Overview

Producer Price Index (2010=100) by Sector (MSIC 2008)

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production decreased 2.2 per cent on a year -on- year basis in March 2018 compared to a decrease of 3.4 per cent in February 2018. Among the sectors which decreased during this period were Agriculture, forestry & fishing (-11.0%), and Manufacturing (-2.3%). Meanwhile, the index registered increases were Mining (+5.8%), Electricity & gas supply (+1.3%) and Water supply (+0.1%) sectors.

On a monthly basis, PPI for local production decreased by 0.4 per cent in March 2018. This was due to the decrease in Agriculture, forestry & fishing (-2.9%), Manufacturing (-0.4%), Water supply (-0.2%) and Mining (-0.1%) sectors. Meanwhile, the index for the Electricity & gas supply increased by 0.8 per cent. [Table I].

PRODUCER PRICE INDEX BY STAGE OF PROCESSING

The PPI for local production by stage of processing (SOP) decreased by 0.4 per cent in March 2018. This was due to the negative changes in the index  for Crude  materials  for  further  processing  (-1.0%)  and  Intermediate  materials,  supplies  &  components  (-0.6%). However, the index for Finished goods registered an increase of 0.2 per cent.

As compared with the same month a year ago, the PPI for local production by SOP for March 2018 decreased 2.2 per cent. The decline was due to the decrease in Crude materials for further processing (-0.7%), Intermediate materials, supplies & components (-2.8%) and Finished goods (-2.2%). [Table II].

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DATO' SRI DR. MOHD UZIR MAHIDIN
CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA
 DrUzir_Mahidin    Dr_Uzir

30 April 2018

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