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Index of Industrial Production Malaysia May 2016

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Index of Industrial Production Malaysia May 2016

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  1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, MALAYSIA MAY 2016*
  2. Malaysia ’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew 2.7% in May 2016 In May 2016, the Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew at a slower pace of2.7% after registering 3.0% in April 2016 due to the decline in the Mining index by1.1%. However, the Manufacturing and Electricity sector continue to expand by registering a growth of3.6% and9.6% respectively. Manufacturing sector increased 3.6% in May 2016 propelled by three major sub-sectors; Electrical and Electronics Products (8.3 %), Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (5.1%) and Non-metallic Mineral Products, Basic Metal and Fabricated Metal Products (5.8%). The Electricity sector output rose at a stronger pace of 9.6% in May 2016 after registering an expansion of 9.4% in April 2016. Meanwhile, the Mining sector declined 1.1% as compared to the marginal growth of 0.6% registered in April 2016 due to the 5.2 % decrease in the Crude Oil index. The Natural Gas index however increased by 4.5%.
  3. *Notes: Data for May 2016 is provisional. The data wil be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication June 2016. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 12 JULY 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