Overview

Peninsular Malaysia

The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) (without steel bars) in all regions for all categories of building increased in August 2018 as compared to July 2018. 

The BCI (with steel bars) in all regions showed increases for almost all categories of building except for several categories of building in region C-Central (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor) and E-Pahang which showed a decrease  0.1 per cent as compared to the previous month.

The changes in unit price indices of building materials by regions in Peninsular Malaysia are shown in Table 1.

Sabah

The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) (without steel bars and with steel bars) in all regions increased for almost all categories of building in August 2018 as compared to July 2018.

The changes in unit price indices of building materials by region in Sabah are shown in Table 2.

Sarawak

The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) (without steel bars and with steel bars) for almost all categories of building in Kuching and Miri increased in August 2018. Meanwhile, the BCI in Sibu was unchanged as compared to the previous month.

The changes in unit price indices of building materials by region in Sarawak are shown in Table 3.   

Notes:

R.C. = Reinforced Concrete

*Region:

A = Pulau Pinang, Kedah and Perlis
B = Perak
C = Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor
D = Johor
E = Pahang
F = Kelantan and Terengganu

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

12 September 2018

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