Manufacturing sector gains from NIMP 2030


Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) is confident of achieving the first-year targets of the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030), having already fulfilled three of the main indicators set, according to its minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

Following the launch of NIMP 2030 on Sept 1, 2023, the manufacturing sector’s value added to the gross domestic product rose by 4.7%, or RM4.2bil, in the second quarter of 2024 against the same period in 2023 while the number of jobs increased 0.9%, or 200,000, he said.

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