KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 (Xinhua): Malaysia attracted 38.774 billion Malaysian ringgit (about US$11.66 billion) in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2013, exceeding the country's highest ever recorded FDI of 37.325 billion Malaysian ringgit in 2011 by 3.9 per cent, Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) said here on Thursday.
The figure saw an increase of 24 per cent compared with the 31. 116 billion Malaysian ringgit FDI recorded for 2012, it said, adding that this was achieved despite the slow recovery and uncertain global economic conditions.
MITI said all economic sectors registered increases in FDI inflows last year, with the investments mainly in the manufacturing (37.6 per cent) and services (28.8 per cent), as well as mining (28.7 per cent) sub-sectors.
Malaysia attracts record $11.6b FDI in 2013
FE Team | Published: February 14, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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