Producer Price Index

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Malaysia’s Producer Price Index went down by 2.1 per cent in September 2024, the second time decrease recorded this year after January 2024

  • Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI) went down by 2.1 in September 2024, as compared to a 0.3 per cent increase in the previous month. 
  • The decrease in PPI Local Production for September 2024 was mainly affected by the Mining sector, which posted a double-digit decrease of 16.1 per cent (August 2024: -8.3%). The index of both Extraction of crude petroleum and Extraction of natural gas went down by 18.6 per cent and 7.9 per cent, respectively. At the same time, the Manufacturing sector contracted by 1.5 per cent (August 2024: 1.0%), attributed to the Manufacture of coke & refined petroleum products index (-18.7%). Meanwhile, the Agriculture, forestry & fishing sector increased by 5.8 per cent (August 2024: 2.7%) with the Growing of perennial crops index recording an increase of 11.2 per cent. For utility sectors, the Water supply index edged up by 7.8 per cent, while the Electricity & gas supply index went up by 0.3 per cent.
  • On a monthly basis, PPI Local Production continued to decrease by 1.5 per cent in September 2024 (August 2024:-0.9%). Other sectors recorded a decrease except the Agriculture, forestry & fishing sector, which went up by 1.6 per cent. The Mining sector declined by 3.4 per cent and the Manufacturing sector continued to decrease by 1.7 per cent. Similarly, the Water supply sector went down by 0.5 per cent and the Electricity & gas supply declined 0.3 per cent.
  • The Finished goods index went up 1.5 per cent (August 2024: 3.5%) contributed by the Capital equipment (3.5%) index. Meanwhile, the Crude materials for further processing index decreased by 9.5 per cent (August 2024: -3.5%), due to the Non-food materials index (-11.3%). The Intermediate materials, supplies & components index also down by 1.1 per cent (August 2024: 0.2%) due to the Processed fuel & lubricants (-11.0%).
  • On a monthly basis, all stages of processing recorded a decrease in this month. The Crude materials for further processing index decreased by 2.6 per cent, while the Finished goods index declined by 1.8 per cent. The Intermediate materials, supplies & components index also went down by 1.1 per cent.
  • PPI Local Production recorded a marginal decrease of 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2024 as compared to 1.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2024, mainly attributed to the Mining sector (-7.7%). Conversely, the Agriculture, forestry & fisheries sector increased by 4.0 per cent, while the Manufacturing sector inched up by 0.2 per cent. In the meantime, Water supply and Electricity & gas supply increased by 8.2 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. Meanwhile, PPI shrank by 1.6 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis, as compared to 1.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2024 attributed to all sectors except the Water supply.
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