KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's manufacturing sector sales reached 480.2 billion ringgit (113.42 billion U.S. dollars) in the second quarter of 2025, reflecting a growth of 3.4 percent, official data showed Thursday.
The Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a statement that the increase was primarily attributable to the food, beverages and tobacco sub-sector and the electrical and electronics products sub-sectors.
Moreover, the number of employees, salaries and wages during the quarter rose by 1 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively.
Within the first half of this year, the sales value of the manufacturing sector amounted to 955.8 billion ringgit, up 3.7 percent.
The number of employee upticked by 1 percent to 2.39 million persons, while salaries and wages increased by 1.8 percent to 50.2 billion ringgit.
As for June, the sales value of the manufacturing sector increased 3.3 percent year-on-year, reaching 161.2 billion ringgit. (1 ringgit equals 0.24 U.S. dollar) ■
