Malaysia External Trade Indices July 2016

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, 7 September 2016 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE MALAYSIA EXTERNAL TRADE INDICES JULY 2016
3. Exports On a m-o-m basis , in July 2016, the export unit value index decreased 0.5% to103.3 points. This was mainly attributed to animal & vegetable oils & fats (-5.4%) and machinery & transport equipment (-1.0%). On the same trend, the export volume index also decreased 9.5% to 108.9 points which was led by manufactured goods (-22.4%), mineral fuels (-10.7%) and machinery & transport equipment (-10.3%). In seasonally adjusted terms, the export volume index decreased 9.6%. When compared to the previous year, the export unit value index and export volume index registered a decrease of 3.6% and 2.0% respectively. Imports In July 2016, the import unit value index increased 0.5% to 108.4 points. The increase was attributed to mineral fuels (+8.7%), food (+0.6%) and manufactured goods (+0.4%). Meanwhile, the import volume index decreased 5.3% to 121.4 points. This contraction was led by mineral fuels (-25.0%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (-18.4%) and chemicals (-12.8%). In seasonally adjusted terms, the import volume index registered a decrease of 10.7% On a-year-on-year basis, the import unit value index registered an increase of 0.3%, whereas the import volume index registered a decrease of 5.1%. Terms of trade In July 2016, Malaysia’s terms of trade decreased 1.0% to 95.2 points when compared with the preceding month, while a reduction of 3.9% was recorded year-on-year. For more details, please refer to the Department’s portal: www.statistics.gov.my *Notes: The July 2016 data is provisional and subject to revision in later issues. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 7 SEPTEMBER 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