Manufacturing leads Malaysia’s September industrial output growth
Manufacturing sales reached RM191.1 billion as the sector’s output expanded 9.4 per cent, according to DOSM.
Malaysia’s September Industrial Production Index (IPI) was 6.3 per cent higher year-on-year, with manufacturing the main contributor, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.
Manufacturing’s 9.4 per cent expansion followed a 7.4 per cent rise in August 2026. Electricity generation also grew faster, registering 10.7 per cent growth against the previous month’s 9.0 per cent.
By contrast, mining shrank 9.4 per cent, with DOSM reporting August 2026 growth at minus 7.4 per cent. Within mining, crude petroleum and condensate recorded an output change of -11.8 per cent, while natural gas registered -7.9 per cent.
Compared with the preceding month, September’s IPI gained 1.3 per cent, supported by manufacturing growth of 2.9 per cent. The overall monthly increase was below August 2026’s 2.6 per cent.
Across the first nine months of 2026, industrial production advanced 5.7 per cent against the corresponding 2025 period. DOSM’s growth figure for January-September 2025 was 2.9 per cent.
For the third quarter of 2026, IPI growth stood at 5.3 per cent, versus 7.7 per cent in 2Q 2026. Gains of 7.8 per cent in manufacturing and 8.3 per cent in electricity offset mining’s 6.7 per cent decline. Against the preceding quarter, the index rose 4.3 per cent.
