Manufacturing

Overview

 

HIGHLIGHTS

Manufacturing Sales registered RM61.2 billion in January 2017
 

The sales value of the Manufacturing sector in January 2017 recorded  RM61.2 billion, an increase of  10.7% (RM5.9 billion) as compared to RM55.3 billion reported a year ago.

Total employees engaged in the Manufacturing sector in January 2017 was  1,044,346 persons, an increase of  1.4% or 14,193 persons as compared to 1,030,153 persons in January 2016.

Salaries & wages paid in January 2017 increased by  1.5% (RM49.3 million) to record  RM3,300.3 million.

Productivity increased by  9.2% to record  RM58,580 as compared with the same month of the previous year.

 

*Notes:

Data for January 2017 is  provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the February 2017 publication.

 

Released By:

DR MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA

13 MARCH 2017

Contact person:

Ho Mei Kei
Public Relation Officer
Corporate and User Services Division
Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Tel : +603-8885 7942
Fax : +603-8888 9248
Email : mkho[at]stats.gov.my

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