Monthly Manufacturing Statistics Malaysia December 2016

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Friday, 10 February 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE MONTHLY MANUFACTURING STATISTICS, MALAYSIA DECEMBER 2016*
2. HIGHLIGHTS Manufacturing Sales registered RM61 .5 billion in December 2016 The sales value of the Manufacturing sector in December 2016 recorded RM61.5 billion, an increase of 10.6% (RM5.9 billion) as compared to RM55.6 billion reported a year ago. Total employees engaged in the Manufacturing sector in December 2016 was 1,032,897 persons, an increase of 0.6% or 5,853 persons as compared to 1,027,044 persons in December 2015. Salaries & wages paid in December 2016 increased by 5.9% (RM193.8 million) to record RM3,454.5 million. Productivity increased by 10.0% to record RM59,534 as compared with the same month of the previous year. *Notes: Data for Decemberis provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the January 2017 publication. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 10 FEBRUARY 2017 Contact person: Ho Mei Kei Public Relation Officer Corporate and User Services Division Department of Statistics, Malaysia Tel : +603-8885 7942 Fax : +603-8888 9248 Email : mkho[at]stats.gov.my