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APPROVED INVESTMENTS RISE TO RM92 BLN IN H1, UP 7.6 PCT YEAR ON YEAR - MIDA

18/08/2019 10:13 AM

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- Malaysia recorded a total of RM92 billion in approved investments in the services, manufacturing and primary sectors for the first half of 2019 (H1 2019), up 7.6 per cent from RM85.5 billion in the same period last year, said the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA).

In a joint statement with the Ministry of International Trade Industry (MITI) today, MIDA said out of the total approved investments, RM49.5 billion were foreign investments while the remaining RM42.5 billion were domestic investments.

"Foreign investments in the manufacturing, services and primary sectors approved in H1 2019 surged 97.2 per cent to RM49.5 billion from RM25.1 billion recorded in H1 2018.

"This illustrates Malaysia’s competitive and comparative advantages in attracting investments amid mounting global market uncertainties and trade war tensions," said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Darell Leiking.

MIDA said the total approved investments in H1 2019 involved 2,554 projects and would create 59,542 employment opportunities in the country.

"The services sector accounted for the largest share of 59.8 per cent, or RM55.0 billion, of total investments, followed by manufacturing (RM33.1 billion or 36.0 per cent) and primary sector (RM3.9 billion or 4.2 per cent)," it said.

For the services sector, MIDA said domestic investments made up the larger portion, recording RM32.6 billion or 59.3 per cent of the total approved investments for the sector in H1 2019, while the remaining RM22.4 billion were from foreign sources.

A total of 2,150 services projects were approved in H1 2019, and were expected to create more than 28,650 jobs, it said.

On the manufacturing sector, MIDA said the sector recorded approved investments of RM33.1 billion from 366 manufacturing projects in H1 2019 compared with RM19.0 billion from 288 manufacturing projects in the same period last year.

"Some 75.8 per cent or RM25.1 billion were from foreign investments and the remaining RM8 billion were from domestic sources," it said, adding the approved manufacturing projects would create 30,449 jobs.

It noted that the top foreign sources were from the United States with investments of RM11.7 billion, followed by China (RM4.8 billion), Singapore (RM3.1 billion), Japan (RM2.1 billion) and the British Virgin Islands (RM1.4 billion). 

"These five countries jointly accounted for 92.0 per cent of total foreign investments approved in the manufacturing sector during this period," it said.

On the primary sector, MIDA said it contributed RM3.9 billion or 4.2 per cent to the total approved projects in H1 2019, with the mining subsector continuing to lead with approved investments of RM3.6 billion, followed by plantation and commodities (RM257.3 million) and agriculture (RM48.6 million).

"These investments are expected to create 443 job opportunities," it added.

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