MITI: BYD Malaysia plant plan still unconfirmed, no official notice on Tanjung Malim CKD project

The status of BYD’s planned CKD assembly plant in Tanjung Malim remains unresolved after Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) said it has not received any official notification on the project. The update keeps the brand’s local manufacturing direction unclear, nearly a year after the site was first linked to the Chinese EV maker.

According to a report by The Star, MITI Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said in the Dewan Negara that the government has not been formally informed whether BYD intends to proceed with the Tanjung Malim plan under the stated conditions. He added that any decision to continue, delay or alter the project is ultimately a commercial matter for the company.

That means the official position is still the same: there is no confirmed public update on whether the Tanjung Malim project will move ahead as originally outlined. The uncertainty is important because assembly plans usually signal long-term product and supply-chain commitments in a market.

The plant was first announced in August 2025, but no fresh confirmation has followed from either the company or the authorities. For now, there is still no public timetable, production plan or site-specific update attached to the project.

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