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VOLUME INDEX OF WHOLESALE & RETAIL TRADE FOURTH QUARTER 2023

In fourth quarter of 2023, volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade registered a growth of 4.2 per cent to reach 153.1 points as compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The positive quarterly growth was attributed to  Motor Vehicles with 9.8 per cent, followed by Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade with 4.6 per cent and 2.9 per cent, respectively. Meanwhile, for quarter-on-quarter comparison, volume index rose 0.8 per cent in this quarter.

For seasonally adjusted volume index, Wholesale & Retail Trade declined -2.6 per cent as against the third quarter of 2023, dragged down by all sub-sectors namely, Motor Vehicles (-8.2%), Wholesale Trade (-3.6%), and Retail Trade (-1.4%), respectively.

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Strategic Communication and International Division
Department of Statistics Malaysia
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Email : baharudin[at]dosm.gov.my
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