Overview

Malaysia’s Producer Prices Index contracted by 3.4 per cent in February 2026

o    Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI) contracted by 3.4 per cent in February 2026, following a 2.9 per cent decrease in the previous month. The Agriculture, forestry & fishing sector decreased by 8.7 per cent (January 2026: -8.3%), affected by a 15.1 per cent decrease in the Growing of perennial crops index. The Mining sector continued to decline by 8.5 per cent (January 2026: -11.7%), weighed down by Extraction of natural gas (-14.2%) and Extraction of crude petroleum (-6.4%) indices. The Manufacturing sector also decreased by 2.7 per cent (January 2026: -1.7), primarily affected by the declines in Manufacture of coke & refined petroleum products (-10.6%) and Manufacture of food products (-5.2%) indices. In contrast, the Water supply index increased by 11.9 per cent, while the Electricity & gas supply index went up by 4.7 per cent.

o   On a month-on-month basis, the PPI Local Production marginally decreased by 0.5 per cent, after an increase of 0.1 per cent in January 2026. The Manufacturing sector declined by 0.8 per cent (January 2026: -0.2%), due to Manufacture of coke & refined petroleum products (-4.2%) and Manufacture of food products (-0.7%) indices. The Water supply index edged down by 0.3 per cent, while the Electricity & gas supply index down by 0.1 per cent. Meanwhile, the Mining sector recorded a slower increase of 0.4 per cent (January 2026: 1.9%), driven by Extraction of crude petroleum (2.7%) index. The Agriculture, forestry & fishing sector also went up by 1.0 per cent (January 2026: 0.3%) supported by Growing of perennial crops (1.1%) index.

o    All stages of processing continued to record negative year-on-year changes in February 2026. The Crude materials for further processing index decreased by 7.0 per cent (January 2026: -7.5%), due to the decline in Non-food materials (-9.5%). The Intermediate materials, supplies & components index contracted by 3.1 per cent (January 2026: -2.3%), weighed down by Processed fuel & lubricants (-9.3%). The Finished goods index decreased by 1.1 per cent (January 2026: -0.6%), affected by the decline in Capital equipment (-2.3%).

o   On a month-on-month basis, the Crude materials for further processing index increased by 0.7 per cent. In contrast, the Intermediate materials, supplies & components and Finished goods index declined by 1.0 per cent and 0.3 per cent in February 2026, respectively.

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