Index Of Industrial Production Malaysia January 2017

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Monday, 13 March 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, MALAYSIA JANUARY 2017*
2. Malaysia ’s Index of Industrial Production (IPI) grew moderately by 3.5% in January 2017 The Index of Industrial Production (IPI) expanded by 3.5% in January 2017 as compared to the same month of the previous year. The expansion in January 2017 was supported by positive growth in all indices: Manufacturing (4.6%), Mining (1.1%) and Electricity (1.1%). The Manufacturing sector output increased by 4.6% in January 2017 after an expansion of 4.3% recorded in December 2016. The major sub-sectors which increased in January 2017 were: Electrical and Electronics Products (6.9%); Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (2.3%); and Food, Beverages and Tobacco (6.8%). The Mining sector output grew at a slower pace of 1.1% in January 2017 after registering a higher growth of 5.8% in December 2016 supported by the increase in Natural Gas index by 5.3%. However, the Crude Oil index declined by 2.3%. The Electricity sector output increased slightly by 1.1% in January 2017 after a significant growth of 6.1% in December 2016. *Notes: Data for January 2017 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication February 2017. Released By: DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA 13 MARCH 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