Malaysia External Trade Indices November 2016

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Friday, 6 January 2017 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE MALAYSIA EXTERNAL TRADE INDICES NOVEMBER 2016
2. Exports On a-month-on-month basis , in November 2016, the export unit value index registered an expansion of 1.1% to 108.0 points. This was led by chemicals (+1.7%), machinery & transport equipment (+1.2%) and inedible crude materials (+1.2%). Similarly, the export volume index rose 4.1% to 126.7 points. This was mainly due to inedible crude materials (+24.6%), mineral fuels (+15.4%) and manufactured goods (+13.1%). In seasonally adjusted terms, the export volume index increased 11.4%. When compared to the previous year, the export unit value index dropped marginally by 0.4%. Meanwhile, the export volume index increased 7.9%. Imports In November 2016, the import unit value index expanded 1.6% to 112.0 points which was attributed to mineral fuels (+6.3%), inedible crude materials (+2.5%) and machinery & transport equipment (+1.4%). Similarly, the import volume index recorded an increase of 5.7% to 129.5 points. The increase was mainly led by inedible crude materials (+29.2%) followed by miscellaneous manufactured articles (+8.6%) and manufactured goods (+7.2%). In seasonally adjusted terms, the import volume index rose 18.3%. On a-year-on-year basis, the import unit value index and the import volume index both recorded the increase of 3.2% and 7.7% respectively. Terms of trade In November 2016, Malaysia’s terms of trade recorded a decline of 0.5% to 96.5 points when compared with the preceding month, while a reduction of 3.5% was recorded year-on-year. For more details, please refer to the Department’s portal: www.statistics.gov.my *Notes: The November 2016 data is provisional and subject to revision in later issues. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 6 JANUARY 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