Volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade registered a growth of  25.9 per cent to reach 144.5 points as compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The positive growth was recorded in all sub-sectors namely Motor Vehicles 142.4 per cent, Retail Trade 29.6 per cent, and Wholesale Trade 7.1 per cent. Meanwhile, for quarter-on-quarter comparison, volume index also increased 1.6 per cent in this quarter.
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For seasonally adjusted volume index, Wholesale & Retail Trade decreased  -2.1 per cent as against the second quarter of 2022.

The full publication of the Quarterly Volume Index of Wholesale & Retail Trade, Third Quarter 2022 can be downloaded through  eStatistik Portal.

Released by:

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA

9 November 2022

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