Index of Industrial Production Malaysia February 2017

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, MALAYSIA FEBRUARY 2017*
2. Malaysia ’s Index of Industrial Production (IPI) posted a higher growth of 4.7% in February 2017 The Index of Industrial Production (IPI) posted a higher growth of 4.7% in February 2017 as compared to the same month of the previous year. The stronger growth in February 2017 was driven by positive expansion in all indices: Manufacturing (6.5%), Mining (0.4%) and Electricity (1.5%). The Manufacturing sector output increase at a faster pace of 6.5% in February 2017 after an expansion of 4.6% recorded in January 2017. The major sub-sectors that propelled the growth in February 2017 were: Electrical and Electronics Products (8.1%); Food, Beverages and Tobacco (15.9%); and Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (3.7%). The Mining sector output grew nominally by 0.4% in February 2017 after an increase of 1.1% in January 2017. This was mainly due to a further decline in Crude Oil index by 4.7%. However, the Natural Gas index posted a better growth of 7.0%. The Electricity sector output grew marginally by 1.5% in February 2017 after registering a growth of 1.1% in January 2017. *Notes: Data for February 2017 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication March 2017. Released By: DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA 11 APRIL 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