HIGHLIGHTS

Manufacturing Sales registered RM61.5 billion in December 2016
 

The sales value of the Manufacturing sector in December 2016 recorded RM61.5 billion, an increase of 10.6% (RM5.9 billion) as compared to RM55.6 billion reported a year ago.

Total employees engaged in the Manufacturing sector in December 2016 was 1,032,897 persons, an increase of 0.6% or 5,853 persons as compared to 1,027,044 persons in December 2015.

Salaries & wages paid in December 2016 increased by 5.9% (RM193.8 million) to record RM3,454.5 million.

Productivity increased by 10.0% to record RM59,534 as compared with the same month of the previous year.

 

*Notes:

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

 

Released By:

THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
10 FEBRUARY 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