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The Producer Price Index of Malaysia continued to decline by 3.4 per cent in April 2025

• Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures price changes at the producer level, continued to decline by 3.4 per cent in April 2025.
• The Mining sector was the main contributor to this decline of 17.8 per cent (March 2025: -15.0%). This was due to the decreases in the Extraction of crude petroleum (-19.8%) and Extraction of natural gas (-11.6%). The Manufacturing sector also posted a decline of 2.6 per cent (March 2025: -1.8%), with a contraction in the Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (-15.7%). In contrast, the Agriculture, forestry & fishing sector recorded moderated increase of 2.6 per cent, supported mainly by the Growing of perennial crops index (5.9%). The Electricity & gas supply sector recorded a marginal decline of 0.6 per cent, while the Water supply sector registered a modest increase of 0.9 per cent.
• On a month-on-month basis, the PPI Local Production decreased by 1.0 per cent in April 2025, as compared to a 0.6 per cent decline in March 2025. The Agriculture, forestry & fishing sector declined by 6.0 per cent, attributed to the Growing of perennial crops sub-sector, which fell by 8.1 per cent. The Mining sector also contracted by 1.2 per cent, attributed to the Extraction of crude petroleum (-3.6%). At the same time, the Manufacturing sector decreased by 0.5 per cent, with decreases in Manufacture of coke & refined petroleum products (-2.0%) and Manufacture of food products (-1.0%). However, the Electricity & gas supply sector grew by 0.3 per cent, while the Water supply sector recorded an increase of 1.3 per cent.
• All categories recorded declines in April 2025 on a year-on-year basis. The Crude materials for further processing index dropped by 9.2 per cent, mainly due to a decline in the Non-food materials (-11.2%). The Intermediate materials, supplies & components index fell by 2.2 per cent, contributed by the Processed fuel & lubricants, which contracted by 10.3 per cent. Meanwhile, the Finished goods index recorded a moderate decrease of 1.4 per cent, led by a 1.9 per cent decline in the Capital equipment.
• On a month-on-month basis, the Crude materials for further processing index fell by  4.2 per cent. At the same time, Intermediate materials, supplies & components and Finished goods indices both edged down by 0.2 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively.

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