Producer Price Survey
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Producer Price Survey is conducted by the Department of Statistics Malaysia on a monthly basis. The questionnaire was distributed by email or post to the respondent (producer) for completion and must be returned to the Department of Statistics Malaysia within 30 days. A total of 1,063 commodities from 281 industries comprising 5 economic sectors, namely Agriculture, forestry & fisheries, Mining, Manufacturing, Electricity & gas supply and Water supply (based on the Malaysian Industry Classification Standards, 2008) were covered in this survey. The objective of the survey was to collect commodity price data for goods sold in the local market valued at the ex-factory price, ex-farm price or price of landing time (for fishing sector only) specified in the basket of goods of Producer Price Index (PPI).This price data is used as input in the construction of the monthly PPI. The PPI is used as a deflator in the provision of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a preliminary indicator to the Consumer Price Index and projections and economic analysis by policymakers, economists and academics. The PPI is published in the monthly issue of the "Producer Price Index Local Production" for public.
