chapter 6 - Malaysia Productivity Corporation ( MPC)

Figure 7.6 shows that labour remuneration as
measured by labour cost per employee (LCE) in the
manufacturing sector increased by 0.8% in 2011,
lower than the previous year, which recorded 2.9%
in 2010. This reflected a moderate wage increase
within the manufacturing sector. However,
refined petroleum products recorded the highest
wage increase of 6.9%. This was followed by
pharmaceutical products, palm oil and chemicals
and chemical products which recorded 3.1%, 2.7%
and 2.6% respectively.
However, the wage increase was compensated
by relatively higher productivity growth which
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Figure 7.6: Growth in Labour Cost per Employee of the Manufacturing Sub-sectors and Industries, 2011
REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
PALM OIL
CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
RUBBER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS
TEXTILES
WEARING APPAREL
BASIC METALS
WOOD AND PRODUCTS OF WOOD
ELECTRICAL& ELECTRONICS PRODUCTS
BEVERAGES
MANUFACTURING
FOOD PRODUCTS
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS
PRINTING AND REPRODUCTION OF RECORDED MEDIA
NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS
PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
Computed from: Department of Statistics, Malaysia
-2.0 0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
Percent
6.9
3.1
2.7
2.6
1.8
1.6
1.5
1.3
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.2
0.1
-0.3
-1.4
reflected positive developments of the respective
industries. This was observed in almost all subsectors
and industries except for transport
equipment and paper products industries.
NKEAs Sub-Sector’s Performance
Analysis
a) Electrical and Electronics Sub-Sector
Although export for E&E products experienced
a declining growth in 2011, the contribution of
E&E sub-sector to total output and added value
remained high. The total output of this sub-sector
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