Manufacturing

Overview
HIGHLIGHTS
  Seasonally Adjusted Index Original Index
Sector Index % Changes 
Month-on-Month
Index % Changes
Year-on-Year
IPI 121.7 2.0 123.8 7.4
Mining index 104.7 -0.9 109.5 6.9
Manufacturing Index 129.1 3.6 130.5 7.8
Electricity Index 119.7 0.1 117.8 3.0

 

PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX

The Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 7.4% in December 2014 compared with the same month in the previous year. The increase in December 2014 was due to the positive growth in all indices: Manufacturing  (7.8%), Mining (6.9%) and Electricity (3.0%). The IPI in November 2014 has been revised to 4.8% year-on-year.

In seasonally adjusted terms, the IPI in December 2014 increased by 2.0% month-on-month due to the increased in indices: Manufacturing (3.6%) and Electricity (0.1%). Meanwhile, Mining index recorded a decrease of 0.9%.
 
   

PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR 

On a yearly basis, Manufacturing output recorded strong growth by 7.8% in December 2014 after an increase of 3.9% in November 2014. The sub-sectors which contributed to the increase in December 2014 were: Electrical and Electronics Products (18.3%); Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (5.2%); and Non-metallic Mineral Products, Basic Metal and Fabricated Metal Products (4.1%). On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, Manufacturing output showed an increase by 3.6% in December  2014. 

  

 
PERFORMANCE OF MINING SECTOR

Output of the Mining sector increased by 6.9% in December 2014 as compared to the same month in 2013. The strong growth was due to the increase in Crude Oil index (12.0%) and Natural Gas index (1.4%). As against November 2014, the seasonally adjusted output for the Mining sector decreased by 0.9%
   
PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRICITY SECTOR

The Electricity output recorded an increase of 3.0% in December 2014 on yearly basis. In seasonally adjusted terms, Electricity output increased by 0.1% in December 2014 as compared to the previous month.
 
 
PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER 2014
For the fourth quarter Malaysia's Industrial Production Index expanded 5.8% compared with the same quarter of the previous year. The increase was due to the rise in all indices: Manufacturing (4.9%), Mining (8.6%) and Electricity (3.2%).
       
      % Changes 
Sector Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q4 2014/
Q4 2013
Q4 2014/
Q3 2014
IPI 115.8 121.3 5.8 4.7
Mining Index 94.9 107.1 8.6 12.8
Manufacturing Index 124.5 127.7 4.9 2.6
Electricity Index 120.7 118.1 3.2 -2.1

* Notes
  1. Data for December 2014 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the January 2015 publication.


THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA
10 FEBRUARY 2015


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