The development of exchange trading could become an additional tool to expand direct trading links between Russian and Malaysian business, creating conditions for more systematic interaction. This opportunity is reflected in the final protocol of the fifth meeting of the Russo-Malaysian Commission on Economic, Scientific-Technical and Cultural Cooperation.
Denis Permyakov, a representative of the St. Petersburg Exchange for the Far East and China, participated in the Commission's work: “Today Russia and Southeast Asian countries are actively expanding trade, and the task of exchange infrastructure is to support this process. Malaysia has an interest in Russian goods, and Russian companies are interested in new markets for their products. Now we have a point fixed in the final protocol of the Commission for further dialogue on exchange trading.”
Russia and Malaysia are steadily developing their trade and economic relations. In 2025, mutual trade between the two countries grew by 13% year on year and exceeded $3.6 billion. The parties confirmed their interest in further increasing trade and working toward a more balanced structure of mutual trade. Including exchange trading in the agenda of bilateral cooperation will allow continued dialogue and move to discussion of concrete areas of cooperation.
“In this sense, an organized market is not only a mechanism for concluding deals but also an infrastructure that enables companies to operate under transparent rules and to receive market price benchmarks. This becomes especially important when entering new markets, where companies need to understand the terms of trade and form sustainable channels of interaction,” emphasized Denis Permyakov.