KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian pharmaceutical products and semiconductors will be exempt from U.S. tariffs, the country's trade minister, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said on Friday.
"At this time, exports of semiconductor and pharmaceutical (products) remain at 0% (tariff rate)," he said at a press briefing after the United States imposed a tariff of 19% on Malaysia's exports.
He said the levy on Malaysian goods would be effective from August 8.
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