Index Of Industrial Production Malaysia June 2016

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours on Thursday, August 11, 2016 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, MALAYSIA JUNE 2016*
2. Malaysia ’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew 5.3% in June 2016 The Industrial Production Index (IPI) in June 2016 posted a higher growth of 5.3% as compared to 2.8% registered in May 2016. The expansion was driven by positive growth in all sectors: Manufacturing (4.7%), Mining (6.3%) and Electricity (8.7%). The Manufacturing sector continued to expand at 4.7% in June 2016 after registering a growth of 3.7% in May 2016. The growth in June 2016 was supported by three major sub-sectors; Electrical and Electronics Products (9.1%), Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (5.0%) and Wood Products, Furniture, Paper Products, Printing (10.1%). The Mining sector output grew substantially by 6.3% in June 2016 after recorded a decrease of 1.1% in May 2016. The higher growth in Mining sector was contributed by the increase in Crude Oil index (8.8%) and Natural Gas index (3.5%) . The Electricity sector output grew by 8.7% as compared to 9.6% growth recorded in May 2016. *Notes: Data for June 2016 is provisional. The data wil be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication July 2016. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 11 AUGUST 2016 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