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Investment Data (Overall)

APPROVED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN VARIOUS ECONOMIC SECTORS, JANUARY - MARCH 2019 & 2018

Summary	Number		Potential Employment		Domestic Investment (RM million) *		Foreign Investment (RM million) *		Total Investment (RM million) *
	Jan-Mar 2019	2018 (R)	Jan-Mar 2019	2018 (R)	Jan-Mar 2019	2018 (R)	Jan-Mar 2019	2018 (R)	Jan-Mar 2019	2018 (R)
Primary Sector	19	63	247	1,648	1,396.9	4,874.6	1,014.7	6,034.2	2,411.6	10,908.7
Manufacturing Sector	214	721	22,973	59,294	5,172.2	29,353.5	20,226.3	58,022.1	25,398.5	87,375.6
Services Sector	1,445	4,234	18,003	68,792	18,017.6	89,993.5	8,082.4	16,077.2	26,100.1	106,070.7
Total	1,678	5,018	41,223	129,734	24,586.8	124,221.5	29,323.4	80,133.5	53,910.2	204,355.1

Note * : Due to rounding, figures presented in this table may not add up precisely to the totals provided

B Investment Data (Manufacturing Sector)

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Overview: Projects Approved, January - March 2019 and 2018

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

	Jan-Mar, 2019			2018
	New	Exp/Div	Total	New	Exp/Div	Total
Number	135	79	214	386	335	721
Potential Employment	12,954	10,019	22,973	36,455	22,839	59,294
Total Capital Investment (RM Million)	11,160.7	14,237.9	25,398.5	61,791.4	25,584.3	87,375.6
- Domestic	4,483.7	688.5	5,172.2	21,458.6	7,894.9	29,353.5
- Foreign	6,677.0	13,549.3	20,226.3	40,332.8	17,689.3	58,022.1

US Dollar - USD

	Jan-Mar, 2019			2018
	New	Exp/Div	Total	New	Exp/Div	Total
Number	135	79	214	386	335	721
Potential Employment	12,954	10,019	22,973	36,455	22,839	59,294
Total Capital Investment (USD Million)	2,735.5	3,489.7	6,225.1	14,925.5	6,179.8	21,105.2
- Domestic	1,098.9	168.8	1,267.7	5,183.2	1,907.0	7,090.2
- Foreign	1,636.5	3,320.9	4,957.4	9,742.2	4,272.8	14,015.0

Note: Due to rounding, figures presented in this table may not add up precisely to the totals provided

Jan-Mar 2019 : US$1 = RM4.08

2018 : US$1 = RM4.14

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Projects Approved by Major Country, January - March 2019 and 2018

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

	Jan-Mar, 2019		2018
Country	No.	Foreign Investment (RM million)	No.	Foreign Investment (RM million)
USA	15	11,493.9	18	3,155.0
China	22	4,406.0	40	19,673.3
Singapore	24	2,227.1	82	1,834.0
Japan	5	552.3	63	4,133.3
British Virgin Islands	1	547.7	5	2,768.5
Netherlands	4	355.2	10	8,336.9
Korea, Rep.	5	245.1	10	2,495.4

US Dollar - US

	Jan-Mar, 2019		2018
Country	No.	Foreign Investment (USD million)	No.	Foreign Investment (USD million)
USA	15	2,817.1	18	762.1
China	22	1,079.9	40	4,752.0
Singapore	24	545.9	82	443.0
Japan	5	135.4	63	998.4
British Virgin Islands	1	134.2	5	668.7
Netherlands	4	87.1	10	2,013.7
Korea, Rep.	5	60.1	10	602.7

Note: Due to rounding, figures presented in this table may not add up precisely to the totals provided

Jan-Mar 2019 : US$1 = RM4.08

2018 : US$1 = RM4.14

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Projects Approved by State, January - March 2019 and 2018

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

	Jan-Mar 2019				2018
State	No.	Domestic Investment (RM million)	Foreign Investment (RM million)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM million)	No.	Domestic Investment (RM million)	Foreign Investment (RM million)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM million)
Pulau Pinang	41	376.2	8,472.6	8,848.9	108	2,087.6	3,693.4	5,781.0
Kedah	10	187.4	7,398.6	7,586.0	41	759.5	1,626.8	2,386.3
Johor	34	1,424.6	1,005.4	2,430.0	144	6,474.6	24,040.1	30,514.7
Selangor	75	954.1	567.5	1,521.6	241	8,110.4	10,837.0	18,947.4
Perak	13	585.1	849.0	1,434.1	37	949.1	937.8	1,886.9
Sarawak	5	218.9	1,043.9	1,262.8	11	6,400.6	2,259.1	8,659.7
Pahang	11	722.4	244.6	967.0	15	456.5	7,571.9	8,028.4
Sabah	3	527.3	126.7	654.0	13	181.4	45.9	227.3
Negeri Sembilan	12	138.0	412.5	550.6	40	826.4	1,604.4	2,430.8
Terengganu	3	11.7	50.0	61.8	11	320.9	4,582.5	4,903.4
Perlis	1	0.0	53.3	53.3	1	8.0	0.0	8.0
W.P. Kuala Lumpur	3	17.4	0.0	17.4	10	141.4	25.6	167.1
Kelantan	1	5.8	0.0	5.8	6	76.7	24.6	101.2
Melaka	2	3.2	2.1	5.3	42	2,479.3	773.1	3,252.4
W.P. Labuan	-	-	-	-	1	81.0	0.0	81.0
Total	214	5,172.2	20,226.3	25,398.5	721	29,353.5	58,022.1	87,375.6

US Dollar - USD

	Jan-Mar 2019				2018
State	No.	Domestic Investment (USD million)	Foreign Investment (USD million)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (USD million)	No.	Domestic Investment (USD million)	Foreign Investment (USD million)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (USD million)
Pulau Pinang	41	92.2	2,076.6	2,168.8	108	504.2	892.1	1,396.4
Kedah	10	45.9	1,813.4	1,859.3	41	183.4	393.0	576.4
Johor	34	349.2	246.4	595.6	144	1,563.9	5,806.8	7,370.7
Selangor	75	233.9	139.1	372.9	241	1,959.0	2,617.6	4,576.7
Perak	13	143.4	208.1	351.5	37	229.3	226.5	455.8
Sarawak	5	53.7	255.9	309.5	11	1,546.0	545.7	2,091.7
Pahang	11	177.1	60.0	237.0	15	110.3	1,829.0	1,939.2
Sabah	3	129.2	31.1	160.3	13	43.8	11.1	54.9
Negeri Sembilan	12	33.8	101.1	134.9	40	199.6	387.5	587.2
Terengganu	3	2.9	12.3	15.1	11	77.5	1,106.9	1,184.4
Perlis	1	0.0	13.1	13.1	1	1.9	0.0	1.9
W.P. Kuala Lumpur	3	4.3	0.0	4.3	10	34.2	6.2	40.4
Kelantan	1	1.4	0.0	1.4	6	18.5	5.9	24.5
Melaka	2	0.8	0.5	1.3	42	598.9	186.7	785.6
W.P. Labuan	-	-	-	-	1	19.6	0.0	19.6
Total	214	1,267.7	4,957.4	6,225.1	721	7,090.2	14,015.0	21,105.2

Note: Due to rounding, figures presented in this table may not add up precisely to the totals provided

Jan-Mar 2019 : US$1 = RM4.08

2018 : US$1 = RM4.14

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Projects Approved by Major Industry, January - March 2019 and 2018

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

Industry	Jan-Mar 2019				2018
Industry	No.	Domestic Investment (RM million)	Foreign Investment (RM million)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM million)	No.	Domestic Investment (RM million)	Foreign Investment (RM million)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (RM million)
Electronics &Electrical Products	31	216.2	15,401.3	15,617.5	56	467.1	10,712.6	11,179.6
Paper,Printing & Publishing	10	652.2	2,303.8	2,956.0	30	449.1	4,987.2	5,436.4
Transport Equipment	11	1,156.8	630.7	1,787.4	61	1,217.9	691.8	1,909.6
Plastic Products	21	710.4	220.9	931.3	61	682.2	1,182.0	1,864.2
Natural Gas	1	506.8	126.7	633.5	-	-	-	-
Chemical & Chemical Products	23	225.9	350.0	575.8	68	564.0	4,436.1	5,000.1
Food Manufacturing	25	250.3	273.5	523.8	63	1,293.6	514.8	1,808.4

US Dollar - USD

Industry	Jan-Mar 2019				2018
Industry	No.	Domestic Investment (USD million)	Foreign Investment (USD million)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (USD million)	No.	Domestic Investment (USD million)	Foreign Investment (USD million)	Total Proposed Capital Investment (USD million)
Electronics &Electrical Products	31	53.0	3,774.8	3,827.8	56	112.8	2,587.6	2,700.4
Paper,Printing & Publishing	10	159.9	564.7	724.5	30	108.5	1,204.6	1,313.1
Transport Equipment	11	283.5	154.6	438.1	61	294.2	167.1	461.3
Plastic Products	21	174.1	54.1	228.3	61	164.8	285.5	450.3
Natural Gas	1	124.2	31.1	155.3	-	-	-	-
Chemical & Chemical Products	23	55.4	85.8	141.1	68	136.2	1,071.5	1,207.7
Food Manufacturing	25	61.4	67.0	128.4	63	312.5	124.3	436.8

Note*: Due to rounding, figures presented in this table may not add up precisely to the totals provided

Jan - Mar 2019 : US$1 = RM4.08

2018 : US$1 = RM4.14

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C Investment Data (Services Sector)

APPROVED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN SERVICES SECTORS, JANUARY-MARCH 2019 & 2018

Summary	Number		Potential Employment		Domestic Investment (RM million) *		Foreign Investment (RM million) *		Total Investment (RM million) *
Services Sub-Sector	Jan-Mar 2019	2018	Jan-Mar 2019	2018	Jan-Mar 2019	2018	Jan-Mar 2019	2018	Jan-Mar 2019	2018
Global Establishments	34	204	111	2,010	0.0	3,080.1	42.2	4,378.3	42.2	7,458.4
Support Services	121	346	620	4,278	467.2	4,381.9	83.7	652.1	550.9	5,034.0
MSC Status	0	107	0	3,339	0.0	729.6	0.0	341.9	0.0	1,071.5
Transport	1	12	0	0	54.0	578.3	0.0	220.5	54.0	798.9
Real Estate	748	968	NA	NA	11,047.4	45,147.5	0.0	2,742.4	11,047.4	47,890.0
Utilities	NA	NA	3	10	4,009.8	9,836.1	0.0	0.0	4,009.8	9,836.1
Telecommunications**	0	508	NA	NA	0.0	8,613.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	8,613.5
Distributive Trade	342	1,263	14,034	43,676	442.9	2,409.7	7,796.8	4,847.4	8,239.7	7,257.0
Hotel &Tourism	31	63	2,348	4,135	1,815.8	3,925.4	2.3	716.7	1,818.0	4,642.1
Financial Services	4	47	13	105	67.9	8,950.9	117.8	744.4	185.7	9,695.3
Health Services	0	11	0	4,374	0.0	1,647.2	0.0	986.2	0.0	2,633.4
Education Services	164	704	874	6,837	112.5	682.7	39.7	447.3	152.2	1,130.0
Other Services	0	1	0	28	0.0	10.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.7
Total	1,445	4,234	18,003	68,792	18,017.6	89,993.5	8,082.4	16,077.2	26,100.1	106,070.7
Note : R : Revised figures * : Due to rounding, figures presented in this table may not add up precisely to the totals provided ** : Data for telecommunications is only up to December 2018 NA: Data not available

D Investment Data (Primary Sector)

APPROVED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN PRIMARY SECTORS, JANUARY - MARCH 2019 & 2018

Primary Sector	Number		Potential Employment		Domestic Investment (RM million) *		Foreign Investment (RM million) *		Total Investment (RM million) *
	Jan- Mar 2019	2018	Jan- Mar 2019	2018	Jan- Mar 2019	2018	Jan- Mar 2019	2018	Jan- Mar 2019	2018
Agriculture	4	14	189	287	43.5	68.8	0.0	0.0	43.5	68.8
Mining	13	26	32	59	1,213.5	4,204.0	1,014.7	6,034.2	2,228.2	10,238.1
Plantation & Commodities	2	23	26	1,302	140.0	601.8	0.0	0.0	140.0	601.8
Total	19	63	247	1,648	1,396.9	4,874.6	1,014.7	6,034.2	2,411.6	10,908.7
Note * : Due to rounding, figures presented in this table may not add up precisely to the totals provided

E Investment Performance

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Year	Media Statement		Report / Infographic / Presentation Slide
2018	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English	N/A	Presentation Slides
2017	English	Bahasa Malaysia	English	Bahasa Malaysia	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	N/A
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

	2018	2019 f
Population	32.4 Million	33.3 Million
GDP	RM1,431.4 billion	RM1,530.3 billion
GDP Growth	5.8%	6.9%
Per Capita Income	RM42,937 (USD10,321)	RM44,686 (USD10,741)
Inflation Rate (CPI)	1.5 - 2.5%	2.5 - 3.5%
Labour Force	15.3 million	15.6 million
Unemployment	3.3 %	3.3 %

f: forecast

Exchange rate: USD1 - RM4.16 (June 2019)

Source: Ministry of Finance Malaysia

For latest updates, visit http://www.treasury.gov.my/index.php/en/economy/economic-indicators.html

Malaysia's External Trade Performance

	2018 p	Jan-Mar 2019 p
Total Export (f.o.b)	RM998.3 billion	RM236.0 billion
Total Import (c.i.f)	RM 877.8 billion	RM199.1 billion
Major Exports Products (Q1, 2019)	Electrical & electronic Products Petroleum Products Chemicals & Chemical Products LNG Palm Oil & Palm Oil Based Agriculture
Major Export Markets (Q1, 2019)	Singapore China USA Japan Hong Kong SAR Thailand

p: provisional data

Source: Matrade's Press Release: Trade Performance March 2019 and January - March 2019

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 XVI Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah Ibni Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah
Prime Minister	YAB Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Population	33.3 million (2019f)
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 2019

No.	Applications	Jan	Feb	Total
1.	e-Tariff
	• PC1 for Agriculture	0	0	0
	• PC2	151	160	311
	• PC2-1	24	20	44
	• SPM1	57	50	107
	• SPM2	2	0	2
	• SPM3	21	13	34
	• PCServices	11	8	19
2.	e-BizMatch	3	7	10
3.	e-Newsletter	20	13	33
4.	e-Recruitment	397	170	567
5.	APR e-Survey	144	33	177
	Total	830	474	1,304

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, JANUARY-MARCH 2019 & 2018

APPROVED PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN PRIMARY SECTORS, JANUARY - MARCH 2019 & 2018

Malaysia's External Trade Performance

Number of Online Applications Received for the Month of January to February 2019