Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 1.7 per cent in February 2019

The Industrial Production Index (IPI) in February 2019 registered a growth of 1.7 per cent over the same month in the previous year. The growth in February 2019 was driven by the increase in the index of Electricity (4.9%) and Manufacturing (3.7%). Meanwhile the index of Mining recorded a decline of 5.0 per cent.

The Manufacturing sector index recorded a growth of 3.7 per cent in February 2019 as compared to February 2018 after recording an increase of 4.2 per cent in January 2019. The major sub-sectors contributing to the increase in February 2019 were Food, Beverages and Tobacco Products (6.3%), Non-metallic Mineral Products, Basic Metal and Fabricated Metal Products (4.6%) and Electrical and Electronics Products (3.1%).

The Mining sector index recorded a decline of 5.0 per cent in February 2019 as compared to the same period of the previous year. The decline was due to the decrease in the Natural Gas index (-5.6%) and Crude Oil index (-4.3%).

The Electricity sector index grew by 4.9 per cent in February 2019 as compared to February 2018.

 

*Notes:

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

 

Released By:

DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
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Contact person:

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Department of Statistics, Malaysia
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