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Investment Data (Overall)

APPROVED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN VARIOUS ECONOMIC SECTORS, 2017 & 2016

Summary	Number		Potential Employment		Domestic Investment (RM million)		Foreign Investment (RM million)		Total Investment (RM million)
	2017	2016 (R)	2017	2016 (R)	2017	2016 (R)	2017	2016 (R)	2017	2016 (R)
Primary Sector	48	41	930	836	8,049.4	4,925.2	4,368.4	3,303.6	12,417.8	8,228.8
Manufacturing Sector	687	733	56,421	64,120	42,141.8	31,075.3	21,543.0	27,417.4	63,684.8	58,492.7
Services Sector	4,731	4,392	82,172	89,535	92,238.3	117,772.2	28,824.6	28,416.6	121,062.9	146,188.8
Total	5,466	5,166	139,523	154,491	142,429.5	153,772.7	54,736.0	59,137.6	197,165.5	212,910.3

Note (R) : Revised figures

B Investment Data (Manufacturing Sector)

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Overview: Projects Approved, 2017 and 2016

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

	2017			2016
	New	Exp/Div	Total	New	Exp/Div	Total
Number	327	360	687	340	393	733
Potential Employment	29,775	26,646	56,421	34,066	30,054	64,120
Total Capital Investment (RM Million)	39,493.5	24,191.3	63,684.8	27,740.5	30,752.2	58,492.7
- Domestic	31,804.7	10,337.1	42,141.8	17,397.2	13,678.1	31,075.3
- Foreign	7,688.8	13,854.2	21,543.0	10,343.3	17,074.1	27,417.4

US Dollar - USD

	2017			2016
	New	Exp/Div	Total	New	Exp/Div	Total
Number	327	360	687	340	393	733
Potential Employment	29,775	26,646	56,421	34,066	30,054	64,120
Total Capital Investment (USD Million)	9,727.5	5,958.4	15,685.9	6,178.3	6,849.0	13,027.3
- Domestic	7,833.7	2,546.1	10,379.8	3,874.7	3,046.3	6,921.0
- Foreign	1,893.8	3,412.3	5,306.1	2,303.6	3,802.7	6,106.3

Summation of totals may not be exact due to rounding difficulties

2017 : US$1 = RM4.06

2016 : US$1 = RM4.49

Projects Approved by Major Country, 2017 and 2016

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

	2017		2016
Country	No.	Foreign Investment (RM)	No.	Foreign Investment (RM)
China	21	3,854,496,774	33	4,774,818,871
Switzerland	7	2,443,998,253	6	522,554,828
Singapore	100	2,306,974,199	96	2,113,765,573
Netherlands	13	2,033,877,069	18	3,216,403,728
Germany	18	1,516,931,996	21	2,645,257,725
Hong Kong	10	1,494,462,898	12	265,245,465
Japan	41	1,310,744,379	53	1,861,739,029

US Dollar - US

	2017		2016
Country	No.	Foreign Investment (RM)	No.	Foreign Investment (RM)
China	21	949,383,442	33	1,063,434,047
Switzerland	7	601,970,013	6	116,381,922
Singapore	100	568,220,246	96	470,771,843
Netherlands	13	500,954,943	18	716,348,269
Germany	18	373,628,570	21	589,144,259
Hong Kong	10	368,094,310	12	59,074,714
Japan	41	322,843,443	53	414,641,209

2017 : US$1 = RM4.06
2016 : US$1 = RM4.49

Projects Approved by State, 2017 and 2016

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

	2017				2016
State	No.	Domestic Investment (RM)	Foreign Investment (RM)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM)	No.	Domestic Investment (RM)	Foreign Investment (RM)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM)
Johor	146	16,825,064,701	5,102,708,911	21,927,773,612	165	15,215,538,019	11,195,039,986	26,410,578,005
Pulau Pinang	120	2,271,389,590	8,540,493,588	10,811,883,178	106	1,236,973,529	3,056,916,908	4,293,890,437
Sarawak	20	10,182,900,344	351,489,945	10,534,390,289	13	2,463,576,686	2,171,730,846	4,635,307,532
Selangor	202	3,427,583,083	2,164,898,536	5,592,481,619	242	4,529,119,807	3,351,647,567	7,880,767,374
Melaka	37	2,396,891,660	2,257,779,699	4,654,671,359	23	679,280,110	675,495,170	1,354,775,280
Pahang	19	2,138,864,364	823,137,947	2,962,002,310	19	385,016,257	498,095,003	883,111,260
Kedah	41	1,374,858,158	1,160,094,013	2,534,952,171	35	615,397,441	1,567,856,898	2,183,254,339
Perak	45	1,673,125,203	333,969,245	2,007,094,448	55	2,843,925,353	1,102,246,895	3,946,172,248
Negeri Sembilan	28	382,323,197	724,145,947	1,106,469,144	33	288,749,372	1,628,739,875	1,917,489,247
Sabah	14	740,228,719	45,017,489	785,246,208	19	1,644,530,791	493,576,189	2,138,106,980
Perlis	3	525,000,000	-	525,000,000	-	-	-	-
W.P. - Kuala Lumpur	7	161,868,215	3,606,778	165,474,993	12	179,937,310	9,029,398	188,966,708
Terengganu	4	37,508,416	35,615,300	73,123,716	5	743,533,720	1,368,716,280	2,112,250,000
Kelantan	1	4,200,000	-	4,200,000	5	238,210,425	276,079,000	514,289,425
W.P.- Labuan	-	-	-	-	1	11,485,467	22,295,318	33,780,785
Total	687	42,141,805,651	21,542,957,396	63,684,763,047	733	31,075,274,288	27,417,465,332	58,492,739,620

US Dollar - USD

	2017				2016
State	No.	Domestic Investment (RM)	Foreign Investment (RM)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM)	No.	Domestic Investment (RM)	Foreign Investment (RM)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM)
Johor	146	4,144,104,606	1,256,824,855	5,400,929,461	165	3,388,761,251	2,493,327,391	5,882,088,643
Pulau Pinang	120	559,455,564	2,103,569,849	2,663,025,413	106	275,495,218	680,827,819	956,323,037
Sarawak	20	2,508,103,533	86,573,878	2,594,677,411	13	548,680,776	483,681,703	1,032,362,479
Selangor	202	844,232,287	533,226,240	1,377,458,527	242	1,008,712,652	746,469,391	1,755,182,043
Melaka	37	590,367,404	556,103,374	1,146,470,778	23	151,287,330	150,444,358	301,731,688
Pahang	19	526,813,883	202,743,337	729,557,219	19	85,749,723	110,934,299	196,684,022
Kedah	41	338,635,014	285,737,442	624,372,456	35	137,059,564	349,188,619	486,248,182
Perak	45	412,099,804	82,258,435	494,358,238	55	633,390,947	245,489,286	878,880,233
Negeri Sembilan	28	94,168,275	178,361,071	272,529,346	33	64,309,437	362,748,302	427,057,739
Sabah	14	182,322,345	11,088,051	193,410,396	19	366,265,210	109,927,882	476,193,091
Perlis	3	129,310,345	-	129,310,345	-	-	-	-
W.P. - Kuala Lumpur	7	39,869,018	888,369	40,757,387	12	40,075,125	2,011,002	42,086,127
Terengganu	4	9,238,526	8,772,241	18,010,767	5	165,597,710	304,836,588	470,434,298
Kelantan	1	1,034,483	-	1,034,483	5	53,053,547	61,487,528	114,541,075
W.P.- Labuan	-	-	-	-	1	2,558,010	4,965,550	7,523,560
Total	687	10,379,755,086	5,306,147,142	15,685,902,228	733	6,920,996,501	6,106,339,718	13,027,336,218

2017 : US$1 = RM4.06
2016 : US$1 = RM4.49

Projects Approved by Major Industry, 2017 and 2016

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

Industry	2017				2016
Industry	No.	Domestic Investment (RM)	Foreign Investment (RM)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM)	No.	Domestic Investment (RM)	Foreign Investment (RM)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM)
Petroleum Products (Inc. Petrochemicals)	9	16,310,840,934	340,217,507	16,651,058,441	18	10,319,834,466	5,599,563,148	15,919,397,614
Electronics & Electrical Products	109	1,510,472,952	8,155,072,248	9,665,545,200	107	1,294,375,818	7,943,314,910	9,237,690,728
Natural Gas	1	9,305,273,500	-	9,305,273,500	1	3,657,200,000	-	3,657,200,000
Non Metallic Mineral Products	45	3,526,211,785	4,123,854,100	7,650,065,885	34	1,062,854,338	1,898,033,868	2,960,888,206
Transport Equipment	79	3,346,186,176	1,502,278,712	4,848,464,888	68	3,064,150,360	1,690,979,394	4,755,129,754
Chemicals & Chemical Products	65	1,728,055,661	2,420,414,448	4,148,470,109	69	1,661,366,118	1,390,087,366	3,051,453,484
Machinery & Equipment	77	1,431,279,393	755,028,972	2,186,308,365	88	999,650,379	536,458,092	1,536,108,471

US Dollar - USD

Industry	2017				2016
Industry	No.	Domestic Investment (USD)	Foreign Investment (USD)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (USD)	No.	Domestic Investment (USD)	Foreign Investment (USD)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (USD)
Petroleum Products (Inc. Petrochemicals)	9	4,017,448,506	83,797,416	4,101,245,921	18	2,298,404,113	1,247,118,741	3,545,522,854
Electronics & Electrical Products	109	372,037,673	2,008,638,485	2,380,676,158	107	288,279,692	1,769,112,452	2,057,392,144
Natural Gas	1	2,291,939,286	-	2,291,939,286	1	814,521,158	-	814,521,158
Non Metallic Mineral Products	45	868,525,070	1,015,727,611	1,884,252,681	34	236,715,888	422,724,692	659,440,580
Transport Equipment	79	824,183,787	370,019,387	1,194,203,174	68	682,438,833	376,610,110	1,059,048,943
Chemicals & Chemical Products	65	425,629,473	596,161,194	1,021,790,667	69	370,014,726	309,596,295	679,611,021
Machinery & Equipment	77	352,531,870	185,967,727	538,499,597	88	222,639,283	119,478,417	342,117,700

2017 : US$1 = RM4.06

2016 : US$1 = RM4.49

C Investment Data (Services Sector)

APPROVED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN SERVICES SECTORS, 2017 & 2016

Summary	Number		Potential Employment		Domestic Investment (RM million)		Foreign Investment (RM million)		Total Investment (RM million)
Services Sub-Sector	2017	2016 (R)	2017	2016 (R)	2017	2016 (R)	2017	2016 (R)	2017	2016 (R)
Global Establishments	225	211	2,028	2,611	760.0	1,563.6	13,250.2	12,534.7	14,010.2	14,098.3
Support Services	194	284	5,040	4,547	3,201.5	8,517.1	1,579.8	1,038.3	4,781.3	9,555.4
MSC Status	315	336	16,278	18,171	2,716.0	3,533.5	3,436.4	2,897.0	6,152.4	6,430.5
Transport	16	15	434	280	4,277.3	1,991.5	237.6	70.0	4,514.9	2,061.5
Real Estate	973	680	NA	NA	43,214.7	62,502.0	2,452.8	1,584.4	45,667.5	64,086.4
Utilities	NA	NA	27	0	8,456.6	10,576.8	0.0	0.0	8,456.6	10,576.8
Telecommunications*	421	586	NA	NA	5,912.1	10,613.9	0.0	0.0	5,912.1	10,613.9
Distributive Trade	1,750	1,449	47,603	52,052	3,448.8	3,575.2	5,967.7	5,687.0	9,416.5	9,262.2
Hotel &Tourism	70	97	5,107	6,217	8,933.7	3,363.0	355.0	1,317.4	9,288.7	4,680.4
Financial Services	44	43	104	74	10,364.6	10,614.1	1,423.4	3,073.7	11,788.0	13,687.8
Health Services	3	4	392	266	374.8	184.7	70.3	3.8	445.1	188.5
Education Services	711	669	4,866	4,683	442.3	417.0	50.8	155.1	493.1	572.1
Bionexus Status & Software	9	18	293	634	135.9	319.8	0.6	55.2	136.5	375.0
Total	4,731	4,392	82,172	89,535	92,238.3	117,772.2	28,824.6	28,416.6	121,062.9	146,188.8
Note NA : Data not available * : Data for telecommunications is only up to September 2017 (R) : Revised figures

D Investment Data (Primary Sector)

APPROVED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN PRIMARY SECTORS, 2017 & 2016

Primary Sector	Number		Potential Employment		Domestic Investment (RM million)		Foreign Investment (RM million)		Total Investment (RM million)
	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016	2017	2016
Agriculture	12	16	305	529	44.9	69.4	0.0	0.0	44.9	69.4
Mining	32	19	243	68	7,332.5	4,289.7	4,368.4	3,303.6	11,700.9	7,593.3
Plantation & Commodities	4	6	382	239	672.0	566.1	0.0	0.0	672.0	566.1
Total	48	41	930	836	8,049.4	4,925.2	4,368.4	3,303.6	12,417.8	8,228.8

E Investment Performance

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Year	Media Statement		Report / Infographic / Presentation Slide
2017	English	Bahasa Malaysia	Online	N/A	Presentation Slides
Q3/2017	English	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1H 2017	English	Bahasa Malaysia	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English	Bahasa Malaysia	Presentation Slides
Q2/2016	English	Bahasa Malaysia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Q1/2016	English	Bahasa Malaysia	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English	Bahasa Malaysia	Presentation Slides
Q3/2015	English (Overall)		N/A	N/A	N/A
Q3/2015	English (Manufacturing)		N/A	N/A	N/A
1H2015	English	N/A	N/A	N/A	Presentation Slides
Q1/2015	English	N/A	N/A	N/A	Presentation Slides
2014	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English Bahasa Malaysia	Infographic /Infografik	Presentation Slides
2013	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English	Bahasa Malaysia	Presentation Slides
Q3/2013	English	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Q2/2013	English	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Q1/2013	English	N/A	N/A	N/A	Presentation Slides
2012	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English	Bahasa Malaysia	Presentation Slides
2011	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English	Bahasa Malaysia	Presentation Slides
2010	English	Bahasa Malaysia	N/A	N/A	N/A
2009	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English Corrigendum	Bahasa Malaysia	N/A
2008	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English Corrigendum	Bahasa Malaysia	N/A
2007	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English	Bahasa Malaysia	N/A
2006	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English Corrigendum	Bahasa Malaysia	N/A

F Key Economic Indicators

	2016 p	2017 e
Population	31.7 Million	32.1 Million
GDP	RM1,230.1 billion	RM1,311.0 billion
GDP Growth	4.2%	4.3 - 4.8%
Per Capita Income	RM37,759 (USD9,102)	RM39,656 (USD8,906)
Inflation Rate (CPI)	1.9%	2.0 - 3.0%
Labour Force	14.7 million	14.9 million
Unemployment	3.4%	3.6 - 3.8%
Total Export (f.o.b)	RM785.9 billion*	RM829.2 billion
Total Import (c.i.f)	RM698.7 billion*	RM743.4 billion
Major Exports Products * (Jan - Dec 2017)	Electrical and Electronic Products Petroleum Products Chemicals & Chemical Products Palm oil & palm-based agriculture products Liquefied natural gas (LNG) Machinery, Equipment & Parts
Major Export Markets * (Jan - Dec 2017)	Singapore China USA Japan Thailand

p: preliminary

e: estimate

Exchange Rate: based on average USD exchange rate for the month of Jan-June 2017 (US$1 = RM4.391)

Sources:

1. The Malaysian Economy in Figure 2017

2. *Matrade Press Release: Malaysia's Trade Performance for the Year 2017

G Facts on Malaysia

Total Area	330,000 square kilometres (127,000 square miles)
Political Structure	A federation with 13 states (11 in peninsular Malaysia and 2 in Malaysian Borneo) and 3 federal territories. As a federation, the governance of the country is divided between the federal and the state governments
System of Government	Parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch
Head of State	DYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong XV Sultan Muhammad V
Prime Minister	YAB Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Hj Abd Razak
Population	31.4 million (2016)
Major Ethnic Groups	Malays, Chinese, Indian, Kadazans, Ibans
Major Languages	Bahasa Malaysia (official language), English, Mandarin, Tamil
Major Religions	Islam, Budhism, Christianity, Hinduism
Time	GMT +8 hours US Eastern Standard Time +13 hours
Climate	Tropical - warm and sunny throughout the year. Daily temparatures range from 33°C (90°F) in the afternoon to 22°C (70°F) during the night.
Currency	Ringgit Malaysia(RM) which is divided into 100 sen.
Exchange Rate	The ringgit exchange rate operates on a managed-float regime against a trade-weighted basket of currencies.

H Online Applications

Number of Online Applications Received for the Month of January to February 2018

No.	Applications	Jan	Feb	Total
1.	e-Tariff
	• PC1 for Agriculture	0	0	0
	• PC2	162	154	316
	• PC2-1	21	20	41
	• SPM1	44	22	66
	• SPM2	0	1	1
	• PCServices	4	4	8
2.	e-BizMatch	5	2	7
3.	e-Newsletter	14	1	15
4.	e-Recruitment	353	371	724
5.	APR e-Survey	684	187	871
	Total	1,287	762	2,049

Note: The above statistic is being updated on monthly basis.

統計データ

統計データ

APPROVED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN SERVICES SECTORS, 2017 & 2016

APPROVED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN PRIMARY SECTORS, 2017 & 2016

Sources:

Number of Online Applications Received for the Month of January to February 2018