Manufacturing sales up in Malaysia

Manufacturing sales up in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's manufacturing sales in March rose 16.9 percent year-on-year to 39.4 billion ringgit (US$10.37 billion), official data showed on Wednesday.

Sales also increased by 16.2 percent from February, the Statistics Department said in a statement.

In the first quarter of 2005, cumulative manufacturing sales rose 18 percent year-on-year to 109.4 billion ringgit. -- AFP