Index of Industrial Production Malaysia November 2016

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, MALAYSIA NOVEMBER 2016*
2. Malaysia ’s Index of Industrial Production (IPI) increased substantially by 6.2% in November 2016 The Index of Industrial Production (IPI) increased substantially by 6.2% in November 2016 as compared to the same month of the previous year. The strong growth of the IPI in November 2016 was attributed by higher indices in all sectors: Manufacturing (6.5% ); Mining (4.7%) and Electricity (9.7%). Manufacturing sector output grew significantly by 6.5% in November 2016 after an increase of 4.2% in October 2016. The expansion was mainly due to higher growth in major sub-sectors namely: Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products ( 6.1%); Electrical and Electronics Products (8.9%) and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (10.4%). The Mining sector output expanding steadily by 4.7% in November 2016 after registering an increased of 3.5% in October 2016 due to the increased in Natural Gas index by 13.2%. However, the Crude Oil index declined by 1.9%. The Electricity sector output expanded by 9.7% in November 2016 following an increase of 6.9% in October 2016. *Notes: Data for October 2016 is provisional. The data wil be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication December 2016. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 11 JANUARY 2017 Contact person: Ho Mei Kei Public Relation Officer Corporate and User Services Division Department of Statistics, Malaysia Tel : +603-8885 7942 Fax : +603-8888 9248 Email : mkho[at]stats.gov.my