Malaysia's manufacturing industry sees lower capacity utilisation in 2Q 2023 - DoSM

KUALA LUMPUR: The manufacturing industry operated at a lower capacity utilisation of 78.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2023 (2Q 2023) versus 79.0 per cent in the same period last year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

In a statement today, chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the decline was due to the decreases recorded in almost all sub-sectors, except for the manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products, as well as basic metals and fabricated metal products.