Principal Statistics of the Malaysian Textile Industries 

Code Description Period Sales ** Employees Salaries ***
32111 Natural Fibre spinning & weaving mills

(Employment Coverage = 100+)*
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993

1998 (Apr)
1998 (Mac)
1998 (Feb)
976,427
898, 934
954,922
902,210
719,419

71,276
85,983
74,751
5,657
6,114
7,647
8,274
9,257

4,326
4,305
4,304 
75,326
80,354
84,007
92,830
83,218

4,880
5,102
4,777 
32112 Dyeing, bleaching, printing & finishing of
yarn & fabric except batik

(Employment Coverage = 100 + )*
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993

1998 (Apr)
1998 (Mac)
1998 (Feb)
935,071
804,154
686,022
673,059
563,799

97,630
97,713
84,884
5,469
4,935
5,125
5,072
5,402

5,216
2,238
5,225
78,473
70,900
63,171
63,328
63,329

5,579
5,711
6,537
32115 Synthetic Textile Mills

(Employment Coverage =100+)*
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993

1998 (Apr)
1998 (Mac)
1998 (Feb)
 
2,543,172
2,180,312
1,694,198
1,061,863
703,470

252,063
243,832
237,125
12,859
11,478
9,210
7,238
6,323

13,085
13,053
13,189
189,731
147,176
103,938
75,100
64,206

17,291
16,571
14,770
32130 Knitting Mills

(Employment Coverage = 20+)*
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993

1998 (Apr)
1998 (Mac)
1998 (Feb)
1,118,015
1,152,347
1,045,542
1,083,746
906,570

91,338
89,739
80,967
9,432
11,395
12,385
13,729
13,880

9,327
9,226
9,062
118,221
127,803
132,836
122,614
111,460

9,015
9,161
8,576
32201 Clothing Factories

(Employment Coverage = 50+)*
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993

1998 (Apr)
1998 (Mac)
1998 (Feb)
2,516,232
2,443,362
2,302,782
2,284,663
2,092,025

235,108
243,347
207,918
43,299
42,007
43,338
46,204
49,015

43,244
42,881
43,214
444,035
418,782
396,739
383271
344,201

38,460
38,371
34,388
  1. Note :
    *    Only factories with certain employments were covered.
    **  Value of own manufactured products (Ex-factory) in RM'000
    *** RM'000
    Source : Department of Statistic



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