KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's manufacturing sales value rose 10.7 percent year on year to 553.5 billion ringgit (about 136.62 billion U.S. dollars) in the third quarter of 2026, accelerating from 9.3 percent in the second quarter, official data showed on Tuesday.
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, manufacturing sales increased 5.5 percent, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a statement.
For the first nine months of 2026, cumulative manufacturing sales reached 1.58 trillion ringgit, up 8.5 percent from the same period last year, compared with growth of 3.6 percent in January to September 2025.
The sales value of the manufacturing sector in September 2026 increased by 12.9 percent year on year to 191.1 billion ringgit, compared with 9.9 percent recorded in August 2026.
This growth was driven by the electrical and electronics equipment subsector, which recorded an increase of 23.9 percent. ■
