Tengku Zafrul said the main sectors contributing to the approved investments are: manufacturing sector 51.3% (RM43 billion), services sector 47% (RM39.3 billion) and the primary sector 1.7% (RM1.4 billion).

“In terms of breakdown, foreign investment is 56% and domestic investment is 44%,“ he added.

Austria topped the list of foreign investors by a very wide margin, with RM30.1 billion (64%) in approved investments, followed by Singapore (RM5.6 billion), the Netherlands (RM3.6 billion), China (RM3.4 billion) and the United States (RM632.8 million).

In terms of states, Kedah recorded the highest value of approved investments (RM31.3 billion), followed by Kuala Lumpur (RM21.5 billion), Selangor (RM12.4 billion), Sarawak (RM4.2 billion) and Johor (RM4.1 billion).

Target sectors stipulated by the National Investment Aspirations (NIA) contributed RM53.7 billion, accounting for 64.1% of the total approved investments across 252 projects, which are expected to create 17,056 new job opportunities.

The NIA is built on five robust pillars: enhancing economic complexity, creating high-value job opportunities, expanding domestic linkages, developing new and existing clusters, and promoting inclusivity.

Of the total approved investments, RM47.5 billion, or 56.8%, fall under the jurisdiction of Miti/Mida, covering 500 projects with 18,517 new job opportunities.