Malaysia’s manufacturing sales in June rose 17.8 percent from a year earlier, driven by higher demand for refined petroleum products and iron and steel products, the government said on Monday.

Sales totalled 51.7 billion ringgit ($15.45 billion) in June, and grew 5.9 percent from May on a seasonally unadjusted basis.

Malaysia does not provide seasonally adjusted data for the change between months. The sales data shows the value of goods sold by manufacturers to retailers and wholesale firms.

MANUFACTURING SALES

June 2008 May 2008 June 2007

Amount Yr/yr Mth/mth Amount Amount

RM bln Pct chg Pct chg RM bln RM bln

51.7 17.8 5.9 48.7 43.9

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR

(end of period)

June 2008 Yr/yr Mth/mth May 2008 June 2007

Pct chg Pct chg

1,090,487 -1.1 0.05 1,090,023 1,102,533

SALARIES AND WAGES

May 2008 Yr/yr Mth/mth May 2008 May 2007

RM bln Pct chg Pct chg RM bln RM bln

2.09 4.9 2.2 2.05 1.99

($1=3.347 Malaysian Ringgit)

Source: http://www.afxnews.com

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