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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

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Overview: Projects Approved, Jan - March 2018 and 2017

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

	Jan - March 2018			2017
	New	Exp/Div	Total	New	Exp/Div	Total
Number	78	59	137	327	360	687
Potential Employment	10,860	5,577	16,437	29,775	26,646	56,421
Total Capital Investment (RM Million)	9,088.4	3,422.3	12,510.7	39,493.5	24,191.3	63,684.8
- Domestic	896.5	1639.3	2535.8	31804.7	10337.1	42141.8
- Foreign	8191.9	1783.0	9974.9	7688.8	13854.2	21543.0

US Dollar - USD

	Jan - March 2018			2017
	New	Exp/Div	Total	New	Exp/Div	Total
Number	78	59	137	327	360	687
Potential Employment	10,860	5,577	16,437	29,775	26,646	56,421
Total Capital Investment (USD Million)	2,354.5	886.6	3,241.1	9,727.5	5,958.4	15,685.9
- Domestic	232.2	424.7	656.9	7,833.7	2,546.1	10,379.8
- Foreign	2,122.3	461.9	2,584.2	1,893.8	3,412.3	5,306.1

Summation of totals may not be exact due to rounding difficulties

2018 : US$1 = RM4.06

2017 : US$1 = RM3.86

Projects Approved by Major Country, Jan - March 2018 and 2017

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

	Jan - March 2018		2017
Country	No.	Foreign Investment (RM)	No.	Foreign Investment (RM)
China	9	6,193,179,020	21	3,854,496,774
France	4	591,117,323	4	414,112,676
Indonesia	1	571,900,000	1	474,864
Japan	10	550,315,674	41	1,310,744,379
Singapore	17	306,520,495	100	2,306,974,199
USA	8	303,762,566	18	1,107,236,209
Hong Kong	1	258,815,000	10	1,494,462,898

US Dollar - US

	Jan - March 2018		2017
Country	No.	Foreign Investment (RM)	No.	Foreign Investment (RM)
China	9	1,604,450,523	21	949,383,442
France	4	153,139,203	4	101,998,196
Indonesia	1	148,160,622	1	116,962
Japan	10	142,568,827	41	322,843,443
Singapore	17	79,409,455	100	568,220,246
USA	8	78,694,965	18	272,718,278
Hong Kong	1	67,050,518	10	368,094,310

2018 : US$1 = RM4.06

2017 : US$1 = RM3.86

Projects Approved by State, Jan - March 2018 and 2017

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

	Jan - March 2018				2017
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)
Terengganu	3	0	4,163,610,000	4,163,610,000	4	37,508,416	35,615,300	73,123,716
Pahang	3	962,450	3,453,398,000	3,454,360,450	19	2,138,864,364	823,137,947	2,962,002,310
Negeri Sembilan	10	668,632,596	510,435,469	1,179,068,065	28	382,323,197	724,145,947	1,106,469,144
Pulau Pinang	22	438,860,367	580,469,562	1,019,329,929	120	2,271,389,590	8,540,493,588	10,811,883,178
Johor	31	468,700,897	399,384,499	868,085,396	146	16,825,064,701	5,102,708,911	21,927,773,612
Selangor	35	426,893,004	385,756,650	812,649,654	202	3,427,583,083	2,164,898,536	5,592,481,619
Kedah	8	79,982,203	425,673,272	505,655,475	41	1,374,858,158	1,160,094,013	2,534,952,171
Perak	9	235,716,169	14,088,799	249,804,968	45	1,673,125,203	333,969,245	2,007,094,448
Melaka	7	100,142,233	0	100,142,233	37	2,396,891,660	2,257,779,699	4,654,671,359
Sarawak	3	45,650,000	0	45,650,000	20	10,182,900,344	351,489,945	10,534,390,289
Sabah	2	26,559,060	16,485,940	43,045,000	14	740,228,719	45,017,489	785,246,208
Kelantan	2	40,300,992	0	40,300,992	1	4,200,000	0	4,200,000
W.P. - Kuala Lumpur	2	3,355,716	25,632,293	28,988,009	7	161,868,215	3,606,778	165,474,993
Perlis	-	-	-	-	3	525,000,000	0	525,000,000
TOTAL	137	2,535,755,687	9,974,934,484	12,510,690,171	687	42,141,805,651	21,542,957,396	63,684,763,047

US Dollar - USD

	Jan - March 2018				2017
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)
Terengganu	3	0	1,078,655,440	1,078,655,440	4	9,238,526	8,772,241	18,010,767
Pahang	3	249,339	894,662,694	894,912,034	19	526,813,883	202,743,337	729,557,219
Negeri Sembilan	10	173,220,880	132,237,168	305,458,048	28	94,168,275	178,361,071	272,529,346
Pulau Pinang	22	113,694,396	150,380,716	264,075,111	120	559,455,564	2,103,569,849	2,663,025,413
Johor	31	121,425,103	103,467,487	224,892,590	146	4,144,104,606	1,256,824,855	5,400,929,461
Selangor	35	110,594,043	99,936,956	210,530,998	202	844,232,287	533,226,240	1,377,458,527
Kedah	8	20,720,778	110,278,050	130,998,828	41	338,635,014	285,737,442	624,372,456
Perak	9	61,066,365	3,649,948	64,716,313	45	412,099,804	82,258,435	494,358,238
Melaka	7	25,943,584	0	25,943,584	37	590,367,404	556,103,374	1,146,470,778
Sarawak	3	11,826,425	0	11,826,425	20	2,508,103,533	86,573,878	2,594,677,411
Sabah	2	6,880,585	4,270,969	11,151,554	14	182,322,345	11,088,051	193,410,396
Kelantan	2	10,440,672	0	10,440,672	1	1,034,483	0	1,034,483
W.P. - Kuala Lumpur	2	869,356	6,640,490	7,509,847	7	39,869,018	888,369	40,757,387
Perlis	-	-	-	-	3	129,310,345	0	129,310,345
TOTAL	137	656,931,525	2,584,179,918	3,241,111,443	687	10,379,755,086	5,306,147,142	15,685,902,228

2018 : US$1 = RM4.06

2017 : US$1 = RM3.86

Projects Approved by Major Industry, Jan - March 2018 and 2017

Ringgit Malaysia - RM

Industry	Jan - March 2018				2017
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)
Rubber Products	3	6,478,000	3,453,398,000	3,459,876,000	19	850,200,149	380,760,311	1,230,960,460
Basic Metal Products	4	15,195,500	2,969,964,500	2,985,160,000	15	171,425,154	11,819,534	183,244,688
Chemical & Chemical Products	14	95,869,790	1,511,603,216	1,607,473,006	65	1,728,055,661	2,420,414,448	4,148,470,109
Plastic Products	11	204,877,912	524,425,714	729,303,626	33	306,518,973	407,716,245	714,235,218
Machinery & Equipment	17	409,554,390	312,075,760	721,630,150	77	1,431,279,393	755,028,972	2,186,308,365
Petroleum Products (Incl.Petrochemicals)	2	576,786,500	35,113,500	611,900,000	9	16,310,840,934	340,217,507	16,651,058,441
Transport Equipment	14	128,408,435	419,700,892	548,109,327	79	3,346,186,176	1,502,278,712	4,848,464,888

US Dollar - USD

Industry	Jan - March 2018				2017
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)
Rubber Products	3	1,678,238	894,662,694	896,340,933	19	209,408,904	93,783,328	303,192,232
Basic Metal Products	4	3,936,658	769,420,855	773,357,513	15	42,222,944	2,911,215	45,134,160
Chemical & Chemical Products	14	24,836,733	391,607,051	416,443,784	65	425,629,473	596,161,194	1,021,790,667
Plastic Products	11	53,077,179	135,861,584	188,938,763	33	75,497,284	100,422,720	175,920,004
Machinery & Equipment	17	106,102,174	80,848,642	186,950,816	77	352,531,870	185,967,727	538,499,597
Petroleum Products (Incl.Petrochemicals)	2	149,426,554	9,096,762	158,523,316	9	4,017,448,506	83,797,416	4,101,245,921
Transport Equipment	14	33,266,434	108,730,801	141,997,235	79	824,183,787	370,019,387	1,194,203,174

2018 : US$1 = RM4.06

2017 : US$1 = RM3.86

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 Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
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 March 2018

No.	Applications	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Total
1.	e-Tariff
	• PC1 for Agriculture	0	0	0	1	0	1
	• PC2	162	154	177	169	142	804
	• PC2-1	21	20	21	29	16	107
	• SPM1	44	22	19	17	22	124
	• SPM2	0	1	0	2	0	3
	• PCServices	4	4	7	7	6	28
2.	e-BizMatch	5	2	2	7	6	22
3.	e-Newsletter	14	1	6	9	9	39
4.	e-Recruitment	353	371	359	461	310	1,854
5.	APR e-Survey	684	187	70	65	13	1,019
	Total	1,287	762	661	767	524	4,001

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 March 2018