KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 11): The country's manufacturing sales continued to grow in July 2019, rising six per cent to RM74.2 billion from RM70 billion a year earlier, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoS).

In a report released today, it said the year-on-year growth was driven by the increase in non-metallic mineral products, basic metal and fabricated metal products (7.4%), petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products (5.9%), and electrical and electronics products (5.8%).