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ANNUAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR

Introduction

This report presents statistics on the Manufacturing sector acquired from the Annual Economic Survey 2022 for the reference year of 2021. The key statistics consists of gross output, intermediate input, value added, number of persons engaged, salaries & wages paid and value of fixed assets.

Performance of Manufacturing Sector

The Manufacturing sector showed a positive performance in 2021 by recording a strong growth of gross output by 17.4 per cent to RM1,609.3 billion as compared to RM1,371.1 billion in 2020. In line with the expansion of gross output, intermediate input increased by 18.2 per cent with a value of RM1,254.2 billion. Thus, the value added turned around to 14.6 per cent from negative 2.9 per cent in the previous year to record a value of RM355.1 billion in 2021. In view of the number of persons engaged in Manufacturing sector, grew by 2.5 per cent with 2.3 million persons as compared to 2.2 million persons in the preceding year. Concurrently, salaries & wages paid increased by 3.3 per cent to RM89.5 billion (2020: RM86.7 billion).


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Released by:

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
23 March 2023


Contact person:

Baharudin Mohamad 
Public Relation Officer
Strategic Communication and International Division
Department of Statistics, Malaysia
Tel : +603-8885 7942
Fax : +603-8888 9248
Email : baharudin@dosm.gov.my

Contact person:
Baharudin Mohamad
Public Relation Officer
Strategic Communication and International Division
Department of Statistics Malaysia
Tel : +603-8090 4681
Fax : +603-8888 9248
Email : baharudin[at]dosm.gov.my
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