Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew 5.3% in June 2016

The Industrial Production Index (IPI) in June 2016 posted a higher growth of 5.3% as compared to 2.8% registered in May 2016. The expansion was driven by positive growth in all sectors: Manufacturing (4.7%), Mining (6.3%) and Electricity (8.7%).

The Manufacturing sector continued to expand at 4.7% in June 2016 after registering a growth of 3.7% in May 2016. The growth in June 2016 was supported by three major sub-sectors; Electrical and Electronics Products (9.1%), Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (5.0%) and Wood Products, Furniture, Paper Products, Printing (10.1%).

The Mining sector output  grew substantially by 6.3% in June 2016 after recorded a decrease of 1.1% in May 2016. The higher growth in Mining sector was contributed by the increase in Crude Oil index (8.8%) and Natural Gas index (3.5%) .

The Electricity sector output grew by 8.7% as compared to 9.6% growth recorded in May 2016.

 

*Notes:

Data for June 2016 is provisional. The data wil be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication July 2016.

 

 

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THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
11 AUGUST 2016

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