KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s manufacturing sales grew 6.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM118.4 billion in February, said the Statistics Department.
In a statement today, Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the sales value decreased 3.6% on a monthly basis.
“The y-o-y increase in February 2021 was driven by electrical and electronic products (10.3%), food, beverages and tobacco products (9.0%), and transport equipment and other manufacturing products (8.2%).”
Total employees engaged in manufacturing in February decreased 2.2% to 2.23 million from 2.28 million a year ago, while wages amounted to RM7.52 billion, down 1.2% y-o-y.
He said the sales value per employee rose 8.8% to RM53,138 from February last year, while average wages per employee stood at RM3,374. – Bernama, April 9, 2021
