THE manufacturing sector registered sales of RM51 billion in September, a 9.2 per cent rise, driven by petroleum, electronics, chemicals and steel industries.
Sales grew by 0.3 per cent from RM50.9 billion in August, the Statistics Department said.
For the first nine months of the year, the sector posted grew by 14.9 per cent to RM442.7 billion.
A total of 64 out of 106 industries recorded a sales value of RM900 million and above for the period January-September, 2008.
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