KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's manufacturing industry recorded an 82.9 percent rate of capacity utilization in the third quarter of 2025, a 0.5 percentage point increase compared to the same quarter of the preceding year, official data showed on Tuesday.
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that in this quarter, all sub-sectors posted capacity utilization above 80 percent, with the highest rate recorded by the transport equipment and other manufactures at 85.5 percent, increasing by 1.7 percentage points.
This was followed by the increased 1.2 percentage points in the food, beverages and tobacco sub-sector with a rate of 83.7 percent.
In comparison with the second quarter, the capacity utilization of the manufacturing industry grew by 0.4 percentage point.
In the third quarter, the capacity utilization in the export-oriented industries grew by 0.2 percentage point year-on-year to 82 percent.
The highest rates were registered in the manufacture of electrical equipment sub-sectors, and the manufacture of furniture sub-sectors, which rose by 2.4 percentage points to 85.1 percent and by 1.6 percentage points to 85.2 percent, respectively. ■
