Overview

MALAYSIA'S WHOLESALE & RETAIL TRADE RECORDED THE HIGHEST MONTHLY SALES VALUE AMOUNTING RM120.5 BILLION IN DECEMBER, WITH ANNUAL SALES REACHED RM1.3 TRILLION IN 2021

HIGHLIGHTS

Sales  value  of  Wholesale & Retail Trade  recorded  RM120.5  billion  in  December 2021, registered a growth of  3.5 per cent year-on-year. The increase was contributed by all sub-sectors, namely Wholesale Trade  4.1 per cent,  Retail  Trade   3.5 per cent  and  Motor  Vehicles   1.5 per cent.

In     terms     of    volume     index,   Wholesale    &    Retail    Trade   registered   a   growth    of    0.6  per  cent    year-on-year   to   record  135.9 points.  The  increment   was  supported  by  the  increase  of  Motor  Vehicles  1.4 per cent,  Wholesale  Trade  and  Retail  Trade  0.5 per cent respectively. As  for  seasonally  adjusted  volume  index,  it  went  down    -0.4  per  cent  month-on-month in December 2021.

Wholesale Trade

Wholesale Trade generated sales value of  RM57.6 billion in December 2021 with a growth of  4.1 per cent as against December 2020. This increase was attributed to Wholesale of Agricultural Raw Materials & Live Animals  14.7 per cent and Wholesale of Food, Beverages & Tobacco  8.1 per cent as compared to the previous year. For monthly comparison, sales of this sub-sector rose  2.2 per cent.

Volume index of Wholesale Trade registered  132.1 points, expanded  0.5 per cent year-on-year. The positive growth was recorded in  Wholesale  of  Agricultural  Raw  Materials  &  Live  Animals  (9.9%), Wholesale  of  Food,  Beverages  & Tobacco (7.5%), Non-specialised Wholesale Trade (3.1%), Wholesale of Household Goods (2.8%) and Wholesale of Machinery, Equipment & Supplies (1.5%). Meanwhile, the seasonally adjusted volume index decreased   0.5 per cent month-on-month.

Retail Trade 

Sales of Retail Trade registered a growth of  3.5 per cent as compared to December 2020. Among the groups that contributed to this expansion were Retail Trade Not in Stores, Stalls or Markets (27.5%), Retail  Sale  of  Automotive  Fuel  in  Specialised  Stores (11.1%), Retail Sale Via Stalls & Markets (8.5%), Sale of Food, Beverages & Tobacco in Specialised Stores (6.4%) and Retail Sale in Non-specialised Stores (6.0%). Compared with November 2021, sales of this sub-sector went up  1.3 per cent.

Volume Index of Retail Trade recorded a growth of  0.5 per cent to  146.0 points as compared to December 2020. Among the groups that contributed to this growth were Retail Trade Not in Stores, Stalls or Markets (25.1%), Retail Sale Via Stalls & Markets (4.6%), Retail Sale of Food, Beverages & Tobacco in  Specialised  Stores  (4.1%), Retail  Sale  in  Non-specialised  Stores (3.7%) and Retail Sale of Automotive Fuel in Specialised Stores (3.4%). As for seasonally adjusted volume index, it contracted  3.5 per cent as against November 2021.

Motor Vehicles

Sales value of Motor Vehicles sub-sector registered a growth of  1.5 per cent year-on-year. The   increment   was   contributed   by   Sale   of  Motor  Vehicles  Parts  &  Accessories  which  expanded  11.7 per cent,  Maintenance  & Repair  of  Motor  Vehicles   9.8 per cent and Sale, Maintenance & Repair of  Motorcycles   5.6  per  cent  in  December  2021.  On  a  monthly  basis,  sales  of  this  sub-sector  went  up   8.2 per cent.

The volume index of Motor Vehicles increased  1.4 per cent year-on-year to reach  119.6 points. The increase was attributed to Sale of Motor Vehicles Parts &  Accessories (8.7%), Maintenance & Repair of Motor Vehicles (7.0%) and Sale, Maintenance & Repair of Motorcycles (1.4%). Seasonally adjusted volume index for this sub-sector increased  9.3 per cent month-on-month.

The full publication of the Performance of Wholesale & Retail Trade, December 2021 can be downloaded from  eStatistik portal.

 Note.

Data for December 2021 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the Performance of Wholesale & Retail Trade, January 2022.

Released by:

DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
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9 February 2022
 

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