Monthly Manufacturing Statistics Malaysia November 2016

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE MONTHLY MANUFACTURING STATISTICS, MALAYSIA NOVEMBER 2016*
2. HIGHLIGHTS Manufacturing Sales registered RM60 .1 billion in November 2016 The sales value of the Manufacturing sector in November 2016 recorded RM60.1 billion, an increase of 8.2% (RM4.6 billion) as compared to RM55.5 billion reported a year ago. Total employees engaged in the Manufacturing sector in November 2016 was 1,030,745 persons, an increase of 0.2% or 1,954 persons as compared to 1,028,791 persons in November 2015. Salaries & wages paid in November 2016 increased by 6.1% (RM185.6 million) to record RM3,232.8 million. Productivity increased by 8.0% to record RM58,301 as compared with the same month of the previous year. *Notes: Data for Novemberis provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the December 2016 publication. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 11 JANUARY 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