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Industry & Advocacy

How MPMA represents Malaysia’s plastics industry to government, in the region and around the world.

The official voice of the industry

A voice for manufacturers

MPMA raises members’ positions with ministries and agencies on wages, foreign worker policy, trade, tax and waste regulation, so the people who make policy hear directly from the people who make plastics.

Members bring issues to MPMA through its committees and branches. MPMA turns them into clear proposals, meets the relevant ministry, and reports back to members through circulars.

Government liaison

Recent engagements with government

Meetings with ministries and agencies over the past year.

Issues MPMA raises

  • Import duty and cheap imports
  • Sales and Service Tax (SST)
  • Electricity tariffs
  • Feedstock import regulation
  • Foreign workers and EPF
  • EPR and waste regulation
  • Minimum wage
  • Trade remedies and market access
  1. 27 Aug 2026MITIMPMA President meets Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani on import duty and the local plastics industry
  2. Oct 2025NRESMPMA engages NRES on feedstock import regulations and circularity
  3. Aug 2025Ministry of FinanceMPMA meeting with the Ministry of Finance: key takeaways
  4. Jul 2025Ministry of FinanceMPMA meets the Ministry of Finance on the expanded scope of SST
  5. 9 Jul 2025TNBMPMA engages TNB on new electricity tariffs
  6. 16 Jul 2025DBKKMPMA Sabah Branch meets the Mayor of Kota Kinabalu
Advisories for members

Four areas of advocacy and advice

Every position and update reaches members as a circular, kept in one searchable archive.

All circulars

Government & industry

Positions raised with ministries and agencies on tax, tariffs, imports and regulation.

  • Budget 2027 measures for manufacturing
  • Import duty and the influx of cheap imports
  • SST on resin, machinery and moulds
See circulars

HR advisory

Updates on wages, foreign workers, SOCSO, HRD Corp and employment law.

  • Foreign workers’ accommodation reporting
  • Employment (Amendment) Act
  • SOCSO contribution ceiling
See circulars

Business advisory

Incentives, financing, roadshows and support schemes for manufacturers.

  • MPMA Roadshow and Business Outlook
  • MIDA facilitation and incentives
  • Financing for SMEs
See circulars

Trade

Market access, trade agreements, trade remedies and trade fairs.

  • CPVC anti-circumvention investigation
  • CPTPP and RCEP opportunities
  • K Show and regional trade fairs
See circulars
Industry insight

Data that shapes members’ decisions

Resin & industry trends

Regional resin pricing against China and Vietnam

Why Malaysian buyers pay the most for resin, and how the gap has moved since 2022.
Energy & feedstocks

Energy and feedstock updates

The crude, refining and feedstock moves that affect plastics converters.
On the record

Press statements

Plastics Newsroom
Press release21 Jan 2026

In response to the proposed moratorium on plastic waste imports

Press release9 Sep 2025

Balanced solutions, not blanket bans, for Malaysia’s recycling future

Press release4 Aug 2025

MPMA commends landmark law requiring litterbugs to clean up their act

Regional and international

Working with the industry worldwide

MPMA represents Malaysia in the Global Plastics Alliance, the Asia Plastics Forum and the ASEAN Federation of Plastic Industries.

Global Alliances
  1. GPA75 organisations in 40 countries
  2. APF12 member countries across Asia
  3. AFPI7 ASEAN countries, 3,000+ companies
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