Manufacturing sector sales down 1.9% to RM158.7bil in September - DoSM

KUALA LUMPUR: The sales value of the manufacturing sector dipped by 1.9 per cent year-on-year to RM158.7 billion in September 2023 from RM161.7 billion in the same month last year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the decrease was mainly due to the continuous decline of 12.3 per cent in the petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic sub-sector.