Manufacturing

Overview
HIGHLIGHTS
  Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
Sector Index % Changes 
Month-on-Month
Index % Changes
Year-on-Year
IPI 119.2 1.5 118.4 4.7
Mining index 105.6 2.3 107.4 7.6
Manufacturing Index 124.4 1.3 123.4 3.7
Electricity Index 119.4 1.8 115.8 3.2

 

PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX
 
The Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 4.7% in November 2014 compared with the same month in the previous year. The increase in November 2014 was due to the positive growth in all indices: Manufacturing (3.7%), Mining (7.6%) and Electricity (3.2%).
The IPI inOctober 2014 has been revised to 5.1% year-on-year.

In seasonally adjusted terms, the IPI in November 2014 increased by 1.5% month-on-month due to the increase in all indices: Manufacturing (1.3%), Mining (2.3%) and Electricity (1.8%).
PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR 
 
On a yearly basis, Manufacturing output grew by 3.7% in November 2014 following an increase of 3.2% in October 2014.
The sub-sectors which contributed to the increase in November 2014 were: Electrical and Electronics Products (10.2%); Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (1.8%); and Non-metallic Mineral Products, Basic Metal and Fabricated Metal Products (2.7%). On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, Manufacturing output increased by 1.3% in November 2014.

  

 
PERFORMANCE OF MINING SECTOR

Output of the Mining sector increased by 7.6% in November 2014 as compared to the same month in 2013.
he strong growth was due to the increase in Crude Oil index (13.9%) and Natural Gas index (0.9%). As against October 2014, the seasonally adjusted output for the Mining sector increased by 2.3%.
   
PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRICITY SECTOR

The Electricity output recorded an increase of 3.2% in November 2014 on yearly basis. In seasonally adjusted terms, Electricity output increased by 1.8% in November 2014 as compared to the previous month.
 

 

PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 2014
During the period January to November 2014, Malaysia's Industrial Production Index expanded 4.9% compared with the same period in the previous year. The expansion was contributed by the increase in all indices: Manufacturing (5.9%), Mining (2.2%) and Electricity (4.8%).
       
Sector Jan. – Nov. 2014 Jan. – Nov. 2013  % Changes Year-on-Year
IPI 115.2 109.9 4.9
Mining Index 98.6 96.5 2.2
Manufacturing Index 122.3 115.5 5.9
Electricity Index 118.4 112.9 4.8
 
* Notes
  1. Data for November 2014 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the December 2014 publication.
 

THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
9th JANUARY 2015


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