Index of Industrial Production Malaysia - March 2017

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Thursday, May 11, 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, MALAYSIA MARCH 2017*
2. Malaysia ’s Index of Industrial Production (IPI) expanded by 4.6% in March 2017 The Index of Industrial Production (IPI) expanded by 4.6% in March 2017 as compared to the same month of the previous year. The expansion in March 2017 was supported by positive growth in Manufacturing index (5.9%) and Mining index (2.0% ). However, the Electricity index declined by 0.2%. The Manufacturing sector output accelerated to 5.9% in March 2017 after recorded a 6.6% increase in February 2017. The major sub-sectors which recorded an expansion in March 2017 were: Electrical and Electronics Products (8.5%); Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (3.6%); and Wood Products, Furniture, Paper Products, Printing (10.3%). The Mining sector output posted a higher growth of 2.0% in March 2017 after an increase of 0.4% recorded in February 2017. The growth in March 2017 was driven by a sustained increase of 7.9% in Natural Gas index. However, the Crude Oil index contracted at slower pace of 2.6%. The Electricity sector output decrease marginally by 0.2% in March 2017 after registering a growth of 1.5% in February 2017. *Notes: Data for March 2017 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication April 2017. Released By: DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA 11 MAY 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