THE Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent MCOs rendered many manufacturers inoperable, resulting in a staggered closure in their business.
Just four months into the pandemic, it was reported by the Department of Statistics Malaysia that Malaysia’s manufacturing sales dropped by 33% from RM113.1bil in April 2019 to RM75.8bil in April 2020 – proving that the manufacturing sector was being hampered by both the surge in Covid-19 cases and the Government’s movement restrictions to contain the outbreak.
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