Chemicals & Chemical Products

Chemicals & chemical products is one of the leading industries in Malaysia, maintaining its second position as the largest contributor to Malaysia’s total exports of manufactured goods.

Electrical & Electronics

The Electrical & Electronics (E&E) industry is the leading industry within the manufacturing sector and is the largest contributor to manufacturing output, employment, investment and exports. E&E exports accounted for more than 50 per cent share of manufactured exports; and 35 per cent share of Malaysia’s total exports

Furniture

The Malaysian furniture industry today has transformed into a technologically advanced multi-billion ringgit industry from a traditional, domestic cottage-based production in the beginning years in1980s.

Jewellery

The jewellery industry in Malaysia has progressed from its humble beginnings comprising of family-owned small-scale businesses catering to the local market, to being one of the major exporters of jewellery in the Asian region.

Pharmaceutical

The pharmaceutical industry is an important component of the healthcare sector in Malaysia. The industry has high growth potential, both in the domestic and export markets, in view of its present strength in the production of generic drugs. There are also vast opportunities to capitalise on the country’s diversified natural flora and fauna to develop resource-based on biogeneric drugs.

Plastic

Major export items were, containers and bottles, plastic bags and sacks, plastic stoppers, lids, with a share of 34.9 per cent and articles of Plastics such as plastic pipe sealing tape, plastic medical and surgical, welding protective mask, frames and handle, 29.7 per cent.

Rubber

There are 4 major sectors in which rubber industries were classified.

1. Latex Industry
2. Foam Industry
3. Rubber Thread Industry
4. Dry Rubber Industry

Textiles and Apparel

The textile & apparel industry comprises  two main sectors:

1. textiles, which cover primary textiles including activities such as polymerization, spinning, weaving, knitting and wet processing; and
2. apparels, which include garments and clothing accessories (i.e. labels, buttons and zippers) packaging.

Transport Equipment

The Transport Equipment sector is categorized into 3 industries as follows:

I. Automotive industry
II. Aerospace industry
III. Ship-building and ship repair industry