KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's manufacturing capacity utilization rose 1.2 percentage points year on year to 83.7 percent in the second quarter of 2026, compared with 82.5 percent a year earlier, official data showed on Wednesday.
All manufacturing sub-sectors recorded utilization rates above 80 percent, led by transport equipment and other manufactures at 87.2 percent, up 1.2 percentage points from a year earlier, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a statement.
Electrical and electronics products followed at 85.3 percent, an increase of 2.6 percentage points.
On a quarterly basis, overall manufacturing capacity utilization increased 0.9 percentage point from 82.8 percent in the first quarter.
Export-oriented industries recorded a 1.3 percentage point year-on-year increase to 82.9 percent, while domestic-oriented industries rose 0.8 percentage point to 85.2 percent.
Low demand, insufficient material supplies, and machinery and equipment repairs and maintenance remained the main factors behind capacity underutilization, it said. ■