KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's manufacturing sector sales value rose 5.9 percent year on year to 156.1 billion ringgit (34.99 billion U.S. dollars) in June, official data showed Friday.
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that the rise was primarily driven by the electrical and electronics products sub-sector, which grew by 7.1 percent.
The growth was also supported by the food, beverages and tobacco sub-sector, with an increase of 8.6 percent, and the non-metallic mineral products, basic metal and fabricated metal products, which rose by 11.1 percent.
On a month-on-month basis, the sales value grew by 0.8 percent from 154.9 billion ringgit in May.
For the second quarter, the sales of the manufacturing sector expanded by 5.7 percent year on year to 464.2 billion ringgit.
The increase was primarily attributable to the growth in electrical and electronics products (7.3 percent), and the food, beverages and tobacco (8.2 percent) sub-sectors.
Throughout the first six months this year, the sales value of the manufacturing sector increased by 3.7 percent year on year to 921.5 billion ringgit. (1 ringgit equals 0.22 U.S. dollar) ■