Index of Industrial Production Malaysia May 2019

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Friday, 12 July 2019 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, MALAYSIA MAY 2019*
2. Malaysia ’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 4.0 per cent in May 2019 The Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 4.0 per cent in May 2019 as compared with the same month of the previous year. The growth in May 2019 was driven by the increase in all indices: Electricity (5.7%), Manufacturing (4.2%) and Mining (3.0%). The Manufacturing sector output rose by 4.2 per cent in May 2019 as compared to May 2018 after recording a growth of 4.3 per cent in April 2019. The major sub-sectors contributing to the increase in May 2019 were Transport Equipment and Other Manufactures Products (6.9%), Electrical and Electronics Products (3.7%) and Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (3.2%). The output of Mining sector increased by 3.0 per cent in May 2019 as compared to the same period of the previous year, which is the highest growth since September 2017. The growth was contributed by the Natural Gas index (7.6%), while the Crude Oil index decreased by 2.0 per cent. The Electricity sector output went up 5.7 per cent in May 2019 as compared to May 2018. The IPI of Malaysia for the period of January to May 2019 recorded a growth of 3.2 per centas compared to the same period of the previous year. The increase was contributed by the growth in Electricity sector (5.8%) and Manufacturing sector (4.1% ). Meanwhile, the Mining sector declined by 0.1 per cent. *Notes: Data for May 2019 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the June 2019 publication. Released By: DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA DrUzir_Mahidin Dr_Uzir 12 July 2019 Contact person: Rohaida binti Mohamad Public Relation Officer Strategic Communication and International Division Department of Statistics, Malaysia Tel : +603-8885 7942 Fax : +603-8888 9248 Email : rohaida.mohamad[at]dosm.gov.my