KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 -- Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz does not think the Asia's high trade percentage in March will continue.

The investment, trade and industry minister said March was an unusually high trade month because companies were preparing for the eventual tariffs.

"I don't expect the momentum to continue, honestly. Look at the global trends and revised numbers by the IMF(International Monetary Fund), World Bank on the world economy and also revised numbers by WTO (World Trade Organisation) on world trade.

"You've seen that spike in the first three months especially in March happened because I believe the companies are exporting quickly and also stocking up, front loading the goods required before the tariffs come into eff...