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Ex. FOR-032 Context (guidance or announcement) Confirmed from a secondary source

MCO 2.0 (Jan. 13, 2021, selected states); nationwide MCO 3.0 from May 12, 2021; nationwide 'total lockdown' (Phase 1 of the National Recovery Plan) from June 1, 2021, with essential manufacturing limited to a 60 percent workforce and other sectors closed; NRP phases through the third quarter of 2021

MCO 2.0, MCO 3.0 and the June 1, 2021 total lockdown

Prime Minister's Office and National Security Council; Ministry of International Trade and Industry (manufacturing approvals) · Malaysia (Foreign government)

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Jurisdiction
Malaysia
Level
Foreign government
Authority
Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342); Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021
Issued
2021-05-28 May 28, 2021
Effective
2021-06-01
End
Phased under the National Recovery Plan (Phase 2 from July 2021 in some states; Phase 3-4 for others from September-October 2021); the 60 percent essential-manufacturing workforce cap ran from June 1 to Aug. 15, 2021, replaced by vaccination-rate-based capacity from Aug. 16, 2021 (read as 2021-08-15)
In force
June 1, 2021 to Aug. 15, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitSupply chain
Addressees
  • all persons and businesses in Malaysia
  • manufacturers (MITI approval and workforce caps)
Functions reached
  • SC semiconductor packaging and test; electronic components; gloves
  • PF U.S. automotive and electronics plants dependent on Malaysian back-end capacity
Collection
Foreign governments' orders (context) FOR

Operative words

Not read.

Enforcement

Act 342; Emergency Ordinance

Notes

The June-August 2021 Malaysian closures and workforce caps are the proximate foreign event in the third-quarter 2021 semiconductor shortage that the Department of Commerce called 'ongoing' on Sept. 24, 2021 (Ex. ECO-A-077); plead through the United States' own records (Exs. ECO-A-077, ECO-A-107).