Prices

Consumer Price Index Malaysia May 2022^*New

Special Release 2 (For Building and Structural Works) May 2022^*New

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• All building materials recorded increases in May 2022 as compared to a year ago. Steel bars increased 20.0 per cent with an average price of steel bar RM3,910 per metric tonnes as compared to the previous year (May 2021: RM3,258 per metric tonnes). Meanwhile, cement recorded an increase of 12.2 per cent in May 2022 with RM20.89/50 kg as compared to RM18.61/50 kg in May 2021. In addition, prices of most building materials such as aggregates, sand, bricks & walls, roofing materials and ceiling materials also registered increases.
• The unit price index of building materials increased between 4.1 per cent to 19.9 per cent. The price index per unit of steel and steel & sections increased by 19.9 per cent and 18.1 per cent respectively in May 2022 as compared to May 2021. In addition, the price index per unit of cement also increased by 12.4 per cent during the period.

Analysis of Annual Consumer Price Index 2021^*New

Malaysia’s inflation increased in 2021 with 184 food components in the CPI “basket” recorded increases

Producer Price Index Malaysia April 2022

Malaysia’s Producer Price Index remained to be high, to record 11.0 per cent in April 2022.

Services Producer Price Index, First Quarter of 2022

SPPI increased 0.6 per cent in the First Quarter of 2022 as compared to the same quarter of 2021