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MONTHLY MANUFACTURING STATISTICS MALAYSIA, MARCH 2018

 

HIGHLIGHTS

Manufacturing sector registered a sales value of RM68.5 billion in March 2018

Malaysia’s March manufacturing sales recorded a growth of  3.9 per cent, rising to  RM68.5 billion as compared to RM65.9 billion reported a year ago.

Year-on-year, the significant increase in sales value in March 2018 was due to the increase in  Electrical  and  Electronic  Products  (10.5%),  Food,  Beverages  and  Tobacco  Products  (5.0%) and Wood, Furniture, Paper Products and Printing  (3.5%).

Total  employees  engaged  in  the  Manufacturing  sector  in  March  2018  was  1,068,116 persons, an increase of  2.1 per cent or 22,076 persons as compared to 1,046,040 persons in March 2017.

Salaries & wages paid rose  11.9 per cent (RM410.9 million) to record  RM3,863.4 million, thus registering an average salaries & wages per employee of  RM3,617 in March 2018.

Sales value per employee gain  1.7 per cent to record  RM64,103 as compared with the same month of the previous year.

 

*Notes:

Data for March 2018  is  provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the April 2018 publication.

 

Released By:

DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
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10 MAY 2018


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