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Newsletter: October 2006
MALAYSIAN APPROVED
MANUFACTURING PROJECTS BY INDUSTRY
Industry
1996-2005 Total
Capital Investment (RM million) Share
(%) Foreign
Investment (RM million)
Domestic Investment (RM million) Number
of Projects
Potential Employment (‘000 persons) Total
269,688.3 100.0
150,867.6
118,820.7
8,727
837.6 Non-resource based
147,948.6 54.9
93,678.6
54,270.0
5,004
538.1 Electrical and
electronics products 84,285.4
31.3 65,466.1
18,819.3
2,054
310.6 Basic metal products 24,707.8 9.2
8,473.2 16,234.7
350
24.0 Transport equipment 16,714.7
6.2
7,009.9
9,704.7
590
52.1 Fabricated metal
products
7,694.5 2.9
4,228.9
3,465.6
736
51.7 Machinery manufacturing
6,422.4 2.4
3,132.3
3,290.1
735
36.9 Textiles and textile
products
4,945.5 1.8
2,848.5
2,097.0
396
46.9 Scientific and
measuring equipment
3,027.0 1.1
2,470.9
556.2
117
13.5 Leather and leather
products
151.2 0.1
48.9
102.3
26
2.4 Resource based
120,587.4 44.7
56,844.5
63,742.8
3,564
290.5 Petroleum products
(including petrochemicals) 31,198.8
11.6 20,064.1
11,134.6
116
8.4 Paper, printing and
publishing 19,484.1
7.2
8,466.5 11,017.6
244
20.7 Chemicals and chemical
products 17,618.4
6.5
8,972.7
8,645.7
529
23.2 Non-metallic mineral
products 12,855.8
4.8
6,029.6
6,826.3
367
21.2 Natural gas
9,521.4 3.5
1,477.9
8,043.5
5
1.2 Food manufacturing
8,969.0 3.3
3,785.4
5,183.6
602
39.9 Plastic products
6,314.3 2.3
2,807.1
3,507.2
583
39.0 Wood and wood products
6,170.0 2.3
1,676.7
4,493.3
385
53.2 Rubber products
4,209.4 1.6
1,858.6
2,350.8
260
31.9 Furniture and fixtures
2,840.4 1.1
640.3
2,200.1
413
48.0 Beverages and tobacco
1,405.9 0.5
1,065.7
340.2
60
3.6 Miscellaneous
1,152.3 0.4
344.4
807.9
159
9.0 Source: Malaysian
Industrial Development Authority |
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