KOTA KINABALU, April 7 -- Sabah's direct exports to the United States are so minimal that the tariffs of 24 per cent on Malaysian exports to America hardly affect Sabah's international trade, said former chief minister Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee.

He pointed out that Sabah's main exports consist of oil and gas, palm oil and palm products, wood products, seafood, silica sand, and food products, most of which go to North-East Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea) as well as India, Europe, Asean countries, and Peninsular Malaysia.

Sabah's estimated direct export of goods to the US for this year (2025) is estimated to be around 1 per cent of Sabah's total exports (that is, only about RM1 billion of Sabah's RM100 billion).

Sabah's exports to t...