Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Malaysia)

Minister of International Trade and Industry
Minister of International Trade and Industry
	Incumbent; Mustapa Mohamed; since 9 April 2009
Style	Yang Berhormat Menteri (The Honourable Minister)
Member of	Cabinet of Malaysia
Reports to	Parliament of Malaysia
Appointer	Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Formation	31 August 1957
First holder	Tan Siew Sin
Website	www.miti.gov.my

Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Malaysia
Headquarters	Menara Miti; No. 7, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah; 50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Employees	958 (2016)
Annual budget	MYR 1,914,438,000 (2016)
Ministers responsible	Mustapa Mohamed (First minister); Ong Ka Chuan (Second minister);
Deputy Ministers responsible	Lee Chee Leong (Trade); Ahmad Maslan (Industry);
Ministry executives	Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, Secretary-General; Hiswani Harun, Deputy Secretary-General (Trade); Nik Rahmat Nik Taib, Deputy Secretary-General (Industry); J. Jayasiri, Deputy Secretary-General (Strategy and Monitoring);
Website	www.miti.gov.my

The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Malay: Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri), abbreviated MITI, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for international trade and industry. The ministry has its headquarters at the Menara Miti on Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah in Kuala Lumpur.^[1] It is the only ministry that has not moved to Putrajaya.^[3]

Portfolio responsibilities

Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), or Lembaga Pembangunan Pelaburan Malaysia. (Official site)
Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), or Perbadanan Pembangunan Perdagangan Luar Malaysia. (Official site)
Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC), or Perbadanan Produktiviti Malaysia. (Official site)
SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp), or Perbadanan Perusahaan Kecil dan Sederhana Malaysia. (Official site)
Small And Medium Enterprise Bank (SME Bank), or Bank Perusahaan Kecil dan Sederhana. (Official site)
Malaysian Industrial Development Finance (MIDF), or Pembangunan Industri Kewangan Malaysia. (Official site)
Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC), or Perbadanan Pembangunan Industri Halal. (Official site)
Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI), or Institut Automotif Malaysia. (Official site)
Malaysia Steel Institute (MSI). (Official site)
The Special Taskforce to Facilitate Business, or Pasukan Petugas Khas Pemudahcara Perniagaan (PEMUDAH). (Official site)

Background

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry was established in April 1956 and situated in Government Office, Jalan Raja. The Ministry was then renamed the Ministry of Trade and Industry in February 1972. On 27 October 1990, the Ministry was separated into two Ministries which are:

Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDN).

In November 2015, MITI relocated its headquarters from Kompleks Pejabat Kerajaan, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim to Menara Miti on Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah.^[1]

Vision

To make Malaysia the preferred investment destination and among the most globally competitive trading nations by 2020.

Mission

To promote and strategise Malaysia's global competitiveness in international trade by producing high value added goods and services.
To spur the development of industrial activities towards enhancing Malaysia's economic growth for achieving a developed nation status by 2020.

Objective

To plan, legislate and implement international trade and industrial policies that will ensure Malaysia 's rapid development towards achieving National Economic Policy and Vision 2020.

Functions

To plan, formulate and implement policies on industrial development, international trade and investment.
To encourage foreign and domestic investment.
To promote Malaysia 's exports of manufacturing products and services by strengthening bilateral, multilateral and regional trade relations and cooperation.
To enhance national productivity and competitiveness in the manufacturing sector.

Client's Charter

To process online applications for:
- Iron & Steel Approved Permit (AP):
  - import AP: 5 working days;
  - import AP via ePermit: 2 working days;
  - export AP: 2 working days.
- AP for other products:
  - import: 5 working days;
  - export: 3 working days;
  - personal vehicle: 14 working days.
To process online applications for certificate of origin within 24 working hours upon receiving complete documentation.
To process applications for Bumiputera Special Shares within 21 working days from the approval dates for shares listing by Securities Commission of Malaysia.
To resolve complaints about MITI within 15 working days from the date the complaint is received.
To achieve at least 85% for external customer satisfaction of MITI services.
95% payment of bills to be done within 7 working days.
Tender and Quotation results to be published in the MITI's portal within 2 working days after the date of supplier confirmation based on the Letter of Acceptance.

Legal Framework

The Federal Constitution allows Parliament to make laws related to trade, commerce and industry that include:

production, supply and distribution of goods; price control and food control; adulteration of foodstuffs and other goods;
imports into, and exports from, the Federation;
incorporation, regulation and winding up of corporations other than municipal corporations (but including the municipal corporation of the federal capital); regulation of foreign corporations; bounties on production in or export from the Federation;
insurance, including compulsory insurance;
patents; designs, inventions; trade marks and mercantile marks; copyrights;
establishment of standards of weights and measures;
establishment of standards of quality of goods manufactured in or exported from the Federation;
auctions and auctioneers;
industries; regulation of industrial undertakings;
subject to item 2(c) in the State List: Development of mineral resources; mines, mining, minerals and mineral ores; oils and oilfields; purchase, sale, import and export of minerals and mineral ores; petroleum products; regulation of labour and safety in mines and oilfields;
factories; boilers and machinery; dangerous trades; and
dangerous and inflammable substances.

List of Federal Minister of International Trade and Industry

The following is a list of former and current Federal Minister of International Trade and Industry.^[4]

Political Party: Alliance BN

№	Federal Minister of International Trade and Industry			Term of Office		Prime Minister (Cabinet)
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Political Party	Took Office	Left Office	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
Minister of Commerce and Industry
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"\| 1		Tan Siew Sin	Alliance (MCA)	31 August 1957	21 January 1959	Tunku Abdul Rahman (I)
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"\| 2		Ismail Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)	20 September 1959	17 November 1959	Tunku Abdul Rahman (II)
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"\| 3		Khir Johari	Alliance (UMNO)	18 November 1959	9 October 1962	Tunku Abdul Rahman (II)
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"\| 4		Lim Swee Aun	Alliance (MCA)	10 October 1962	3 June 1969	Tunku Abdul Rahman (II · III)
Minister of Trade and Industry
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"\| (2)		Ismail Abdul Rahman	Alliance (UMNO)	3 January 1973	12 August 1973	Abdul Razak Hussein (I)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"\| 5		Hussein Onn	BN (UMNO)	13 August 1973	14 September 1974	Abdul Razak Hussein (I)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"\| 6		Hamzah Abu Samah	BN (UMNO)	15 September 1974	31 December 1977	Abdul Razak Hussein (II) Hussein Onn (I)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"\| 7		Mahathir Mohamad	BN (UMNO)	1 January 1978	16 July 1981	Hussein Onn (I · II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"\| 8		Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail	BN (UMNO)	17 July 1981	16 July 1984	Mahathir Mohamad (I · II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"\| 9		Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah	BN (UMNO)	17 July 1984	28 April 1987	Mahathir Mohamad (II · III)
Minister of International Trade and Industry
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"\| 10		Rafidah Aziz	BN (UMNO)	20 May 1987	17 March 2008	Mahathir Mohamad (III · IV · V · VI) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (I · II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"\| 11		Muhyiddin Yassin	BN (UMNO)	18 March 2008	9 April 2009	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (III)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"\| 12		Mustapa Mohamed	BN (UMNO)	9 April 2009	Incumbent	Najib Razak (I · II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"\| 13		Ong Ka Chuan	BN (MCA)	29 July 2015	Incumbent	Najib Razak (II)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Miti moving to new HQ.The Star (Malaysia) 17 November 2015. Retrieved on 17 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Najib to lead Malaysian delegation at APEC.Free Malaysia Today 17 November 2015. Retrieved on 17 November 2015.
^ "Malaysian envoy acclaims Sejong City." (Archive) The Korea Times. 23 September 2012. Retrieved on 1 January 2014.
^ http://www.miti.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/content2b7b.html

External links

Ministry of International Trade and Industry Template:En icon / Template:Ms icon

[newhq2015-1] "Miti moving to new HQ.The Star (Malaysia) 17 November 2015. Retrieved on 17 November 2015.

[minister2015-2] "Najib to lead Malaysian delegation at APEC.Free Malaysia Today 17 November 2015. Retrieved on 17 November 2015.

[3] "Malaysian envoy acclaims Sejong City." (Archive) The Korea Times. 23 September 2012. Retrieved on 1 January 2014.

[4] ttp://www.miti.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/content2b7b.html

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