Overview

In the fourth quarter of 2021, volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade registered a growth of  1.4 per cent to reach 133.5 points as compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The positive growth was recorded in Motor Vehicles (3.7%) and Retail Trade (2.0%) sub-sectors. However, Wholesale Trade posted a marginal decrease of  -0.03 per cent. Meanwhile, for quarter-on-quarter comparison, volume index also soared 16.3 per cent in this quarter.

Seasonally adjusted volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade climbed up 15.3 per cent as against the third quarter of 2021.  The  positive  growth  was contributed  by  Motor  Vehicles,  Retail  Trade,  and Wholesale Trade sub-sectors of  137.1  per  cent,  8.5 per cent and 6.0 per cent respectively.

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

Wholesale Trade Sub-sector

Volume index of Wholesale Trade sub-sector decreased marginally -0.03 per cent  in fourth quarter 2021 as compared to the same quarter in 2020. This contraction was attributed to Wholesale on a Fee or Contract Basis with  -7.5 per cent, followed by Other Specialised Wholesale of -4.0 per cent. For quarterly growth, volume index of Wholesale Trade went up  6.8 per cent.

Retail Trade Sub-sector

For the fourth quarter of 2021, Retail Trade recorded a positive growth of  2.0 per cent to 142.7 points as against the same quarter of the previous year. The increment was attributed to Retail Trade Not in Stores, Stalls or Markets (23.9%), Retail Sale of Foods, Beverages & Tobacco (6.5%) and Retail Sale in Non-Specialised Stores (6.2%). For quarter-on-quarter comparison,  volume index of this sub-sector posted gains 10.8 per cent.

Motor Vehicles Sub-sector

Volume index of Motor Vehicles registered a positive growth of 3.7 per cent year-on-year. This  positive  momentum  was  attributed  to  Sale  of Motor Vehicles and Sale,  Maintenance  &  Repair  of  Motorcycles  which  increased  8.9 per cent  and  1.7 per cent respectively. For performance of this sub-sector as againts the previous quarter, it grew  136.9 per cent.

The full publication of the Quarterly Volume Index of Wholesale & Retail Trade, Fourth Quarter 2021 can be downloaded from eStatistik portal.

Note.

Data for fourth quarter of 2021 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication of first quarter 2022.

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

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