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Producer Price Index Malaysia February 2018

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Producer Price Index Malaysia February 2018

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  1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Friday, 30 March 2018 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX MALAYSIA FEBRUARY 2018
  2. Producer Price Index (2010=100) by Sector (MSIC 2008) The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production decreased 3.4 per cent on a year -on- year basis in February 2018 compared to a decrease of 1.2 per cent in January 2018. Among the sectors which decreased during this period were Agriculture, forestry & fishing (-16.2%), and Manufacturing (-2.6%). Meanwhile, the index registered increases for mining (+3.1%), Water supply (+1.2%) and Electricity & gas supply (+0.8%) sectors. On a monthly basis, PPI for local production decreased by 1.5 per cent in February 2018. This was due to decrease in Mining (-6.3%), Agriculture, forestry & fishing (-2.5%) and Manufacturing (-0.8%) sectors. Meanwhile, the index for the Electricity & gas supply and water supply sectors increased by 1.1 per cent and 0.1 per cent respectively. [Table I].
  3. PRODUCER PRICE INDEX BY STAGE OF PROCESSING The PPI for local production by stage of processing (SOP) decreased by 1.5 per cent in February 2018. This was due to the negative changes in the index for Crude materials for further processing (-4.8%), Finished goods (-1.4%), and Intermediate materials, supplies and components (-0.2%). As compared with the same month a year ago, the PPI for local production by SOP for February 2018 decreased 3.4 per cent. The decreased was fuelled by the index for Crude materials for further processing (-5.8%), Intermediate materials, supplies and components (-2.9%) and Finished goods (-2.1%). [Table II].
  4. Released By : DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA DrUzir_Mahidin Dr_Uzir 30 March 2018 Contact person: Ho Mei Kei Public Relation Officer Strategic Communication and International Division Department of Statistics, Malaysia Tel : +603-8885 7942 Fax : +603-8888 9248 Email : mkho[at]dosm.gov.my