Malaysia’s manufacturing sector sales value rose 3.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM162.5 billion in July 2025, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
Malaysia’s employment growth is expected to be driven by the services sector, analysts said, following an uptick in the number of unemployed persons for the first time since September 2024.
Malaysia’s industrial output expanded faster than expected in July as manufacturing activities picked up and mining production rebounded, official data showed.
“Made in China” labels have come to dominate global goods trade — much to the chagrin of US President Donald Trump — even as the nation’s financial markets remained walled off from the world.
The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) is finalising the new Customised Incentive Mechanism (NCM), aimed at providing a more transparent and attractive tax and incentive structure to strengthen Malaysia’s automotive industry.