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Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 1.2 per cent in July 2019

The Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 1.2 per cent in July 2019 as compared with the same month of the previous year. The growth in July 2019 was driven by the increase in the Index of Manufacturing (4.0%) and Electricity (2.0%). Meanwhile the Index of Mining recorded a decline of 8.4 per cent.

 

On year-on-year basis, the Manufacturing sector output rose by 4.0 per cent in July 2019 after recording a growth of 3.8 per cent in June 2019. The major sub-sectors contributing to the increase in July 2019 were Electrical and Electronics Products (4.9%), Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (3.4%) and Non-metallic Mineral Products, Basic Metal and Fabricated Metal Products (4.4%).

 

The Electricity sector output increased by 2.0 per cent in July 2019 as compared to the same month of the previous year.

 

The Mining sector Index recorded a decline of 8.4 per cent in July 2019 as compared to the same period of the previous year. The decline was due to the decrease in the Crude Oil and Condensate Index (-22.7%). Meanwhile Natural Gas Index increased by 7.3 per cent.

 

*Notes:

Data for July 2019 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the August 2019 publication.

 

Released By:

DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
 DrUzir_Mahidin    Dr_Uzir

11 September 2019

 

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