Malaysia is a peninsular and its location along the Strait of Malacca, make it an important part of a major sea-route connecting the Far East to Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. This is good for its trading business.
Tin, oil, and gas are the major natural resources of export produced by the mining sector in Malaysia. The major mines are situated in Peninsular Malaysia, making it easy to transport their products to the nearest seaports. Further, there is great potential for development of this sector, since Malaysia has various relatively under-exploited mineral resources in East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), including bauxite, iron ore, copper, ilmenite, and gold. Additionally, there are large offshore reserves of high-quality oil and gas.
The 3 main crops—rubber, palm oil, and cocoa—have dominated agricultural exports. In addition to these products, Malaysian farmers produce a number of fruits and vegetables for the domestic market, including bananas, coconuts, durian, pineapples, rice and rambutan. The Malaysian tropical climate is very favorable for the production of various exotic fruits and vegetables, especially since Peninsular Malaysia seldom experiences hurricanes or droughts. Also, since rice is a staple foodstuff in the everyday diet of Malaysians , it plays an important part in the country's agriculture.
Malaysia is also one of the world's largest oil palm producers and one of the world's leading suppliers of rubber. It is the world's fourth-largest producer of cocoa. Being a tropical rainforest, logging is another important export revenue for Malaysia.
The development of Malaysia is certainly made easier by its strategic geograhical location and structure and its varied natural resources.
With love me Camila
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