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Figure 4: Gross Fixed Capital Formation and percentage share by major economic sector, 2016
5.3 Job Creation
Job creation is also an indicator to further measure the effectiveness of
inward FATS in Malaysia. In this context, foreign affiliates hired 847,269
employees in 2016 compared to 798,895 persons in five years back (Figure 5).
More than 70 per cent jobs were created in manufacturing sector which
recorded 640,760 employees, largely in electrical and transport equipment.
Figure 5: Number of employees and percentage share by major economic sector, 2016
5.4 Imports and Exports
Foreign affiliates trading activities expanded from RM255.3 billion in 2016
(2014: RM238.0 billion) for exports while imports registered marginally
decrease from RM296.8 billion in 2014 to RM292.8 billion which amounted for
34.0 per cent and 35.1 per cent to Malaysia’s total imports and exports
respectively. The highest share was contributed by affiliates in manufacturing
sector as depicted in (Figure 6).
Figure 6: Top economic sectors based on imports and exports and percentage share, 2016
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