Malaysia attracted RM 35.8 billion ($11.5 billion) in investments, foreign and domestic, in manufacturing projects in the first eight months of this year, according to Malaysian media resources.
Malaysian Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir Mohamad, said that 54.2 percent of the total investments were foreign direct investments, while 45.8 percent were domestic direct investments. Accordingly, a total of RM 6 billion ($1.9 billion) in foreign investments were invested in the basic metal products industry which was one of the five key sectors which attracted foreign and domestic investments, while a total of RM 4.4 billion ($1.4 billion) were invested by domestic investors in the industry in question.