Overview

In the second quarter of 2020, volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade plummeted  23.4 per cent to 97.8 points as compared to the same period in 2019. Motor Vehicles sub-sector contributed the most to this fall to record  -48.0 per cent growth.

Meanwhile for Seasonally adjusted volume index, it recorded -23.1 per cent growth as against the first quarter of 2020. Motor Vehicles sub-sector recorded the biggest fall of -45.4 per cent. Meanwhile, Retail Trade and Wholesale Trade fell 20.7 per cent and 20.2 per cent respectively as compared to the previous quarter.

Table 1: Volume Index of Wholesale & Retail Trade  by Sub-sector

Wholesale Trade Sub-sector

Volume index of Wholesale Trade posted a growth of negative 19.3 per cent to 102.5 points in the second quarter 2020 as compared to the same quarter in 2019. This fall was attributed to Other Specialised Wholesale ( -33.0%) and Wholesale of Machinery, Equipment & Supplies  (-23.8%).

Retail Trade Sub-sector

Retail Trade declined 21.2 per cent year-on-year to 107.6 points in second quarter 2020. the biggest decline recorded by Retail Sale  of  Other  Goods in Specialised Stores  (-34.1%) and  Retail  Sale  of  Cultural  &  Recreation  Goods  in  Specialised  Stores (-33.3%).

Motor Vehicles Sub-sector

Volume index of Motor Vehicles dropped 48.0 per cent to 54.9 points in the second quarter 2020 as against the same period in 2019. The downfall was due to negative growth in Sale of Motor  Vehicles (-50.7%) and Sale of Motor Vehicles, Parts & Accessories (-47.5%).

Note.

Data for second quarter of 2020 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication of third quarter 2020.

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DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
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10 August 2020

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