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Index of Industrial Production Malaysia May 2010 (Updated : 08/07/2010) Print E-mail
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1.PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX

HIGHLIGHTS

Sectors

Index May 2010

% Changes Year-on-Year

% Changes Month-on-Month

IPI

110.2

12.5

3.3

Mining index

96.4

-0.2

2.4

Manufacturing index

115.2

18.7

3.8

Electricity index

127.7

11.5

3.3

The Industrial Production Index (IPI) in May 2010 increased 12.5% as compared with May 2009. Meanwhile, the IPI in April 2010 was revised 10.7% year-on-year. The increase in May 2010 was due to the increases in the two indices: Manufacturing (18.7%) and Electricity (11.5%). However, the index of Mining posted a decrease of 0.2%.

Month-on-month, the IPI increased 3.3%. The cumulative index for the period of January-May 2010 increased 11.3% as compared with the same period of 2009.



2. PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR

The Manufacturing output in May 2010 increased 18.7% as against May 2009. Output for April 2010 increased by 15.1% (revised) as compared with the same month of 2009. As compared with the preceding month, the output for May 2010 increased 3.8%. The growth for the first five months of 2010 increased by 16.0% as compared with the same period of last year.

The increase in the Manufacturing output in May 2010 was due to increases in the groups: Electrical and Electronics Products (33.4%); Non-metallic Mineral Products, Basic Metal and Fabricated Metal Products (29.1%); and Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (11.5%).


3. PERFORMANCE OF MINING SECTOR

The output for the Mining sector decreased marginally 0.2% in May 2010 as compared with the same month of 2009. This was due to the decrease in crude oil index (1.9%). However, natural gas index increased by 4.0%. As compared with the preceding month, the Mining output increased to 2.4%. For the first five months of 2010, the Mining sector recorded an increase of 0.6% as compared with the same period of last year.


4. PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRICITY SECTOR

The Electricity output increased 11.5% in May 2010 as compared with the same month a year earlier. As compared with the preceding month, the Electricity output posted an increase of 3.3%. An increase of 15.8% was registered in the period of January-May 2010 as compared with the corresponding period of 2009.

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*Notes:

1. The Industrial Production Index is a measure of the rate of change in the production of industrial commodities in real terms over time. These commodities are obtained from the Manufacturing, Mining and Electricity sectors.

2. The data for May 2010 are provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and will be published in the June 2010 publication.

3. This report can be accessed through the website of the Department of Statistics, Malaysia (www.statistics.gov.my).