Manufacturing sales rise 4.9 percent in April
The country's manufacturing sales rose 4.9 percent in April from a year earlier to RM25.8 billion but were down 11 percent from
March
, official data showed today.
According to earlier data, March manufacturing sales rose 10 percent year-on-year to RM28.6 billion and 10.4 percent month-on-month.
In a statement, the Statistics Department said a total of 987,862 persons were employed in the manufacturing sector in April, up 2.3 percent year-on-year and 0.1 percent month-on-month.
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