EMBARGO: Only to be published or disseminated at 12:00 hour, Friday, 11 October 2024

PERFORMANCE OF WHOLESALE & RETAIL TRADE, AUGUST 2024

Sales value of Wholesale & Retail Trade recorded RM149.2 billion in August 2024, grew 4.7 per cent year-on-year. The positive growth was contributed by all sub-sectors, namely Retail Trade 5.9 per cent,  Motor Vehicles  4.1 per cent,  and  Wholesale Trade  3.7 per cent. Meanwhile, for  month-on-month  comparison,  sales  value  increased  0.1 per cent.

In terms of volume index, Wholesale & Retail Trade registered a growth of 3.8 per cent year-on-year to  record  158.6 points. The  increase was  supported  by  Retail Trade  4.0 per cent, Wholesale Trade 3.8 per cent, and Motor Vehicles 2.8 per cent.

For monthly comparison, volume index edged up 0.3 per cent, contributed by Retail Trade 0.9 per cent.

As for seasonally adjusted volume index, it went down -2.9 per cent month-on-month in August 2024.

Contact person:
Baharudin Mohamad
Public Relation Officer
Strategic Communication and International Division
Department of Statistics Malaysia
Tel : +603-8090 4681
Fax : +603-8888 9248
Email : baharudin[at]dosm.gov.my
Copyright ©2026 Department of Statistics Malaysia Official Portal. All Rights Reserved.
An Error occurred while handling another error:
yii\web\HeadersAlreadySentException: Headers already sent in /var/www/html/dosm/frontend/controllers/SiteController.php on line 191. in /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/Response.php:368
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/Response.php(341): yii\web\Response->sendHeaders()
#1 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/ErrorHandler.php(136): yii\web\Response->send()
#2 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/ErrorHandler.php(152): yii\web\ErrorHandler->renderException()
#3 [internal function]: yii\base\ErrorHandler->handleException()
#4 {main}
Previous exception:
yii\web\HeadersAlreadySentException: Headers already sent in /var/www/html/dosm/frontend/controllers/SiteController.php on line 191. in /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/Response.php:368
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/web/Response.php(341): yii\web\Response->sendHeaders()
#1 /var/www/html/dosm/vendor/yiisoft/yii2/base/Application.php(390): yii\web\Response->send()
#2 /var/www/html/dosm/www/index.php(24): yii\base\Application->run()
#3 {main}