Manufacturing capacity utilisation hits 82.4% in 3Q24


Chief statistician Mohd Uzir said the capacity utilisation rate remained above 80% throughout 3Q24.

PETALING JAYA: The manufacturing industry achieved a capacity utilisation rate of 82.4% in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24), an increase of 3.0 percentage points from the same period a year ago, according to the Statistics Department.

Chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin highlighted that the transport equipment and other manufacturers led the way with the highest capacity utilisation at 84.1%.

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