DOSM Industrial Stats

  Quarterly Construction Statistics, ST1 2022 was published on 11 May 2022 Value of construction work done contracted 6.1 per cent to RM29.5 billion in the first quarter 2022 The value of construction work done in the first quarter 2022 continued improving at -6.1 per cent (Q4 2021: -12.9% ) year-on-year basis, amounting to RM29.5 billion (Q4 2021: RM27.6 billion). For the first quarter of 2022, Special trades activities subsector continued a double digit growth of 24.1 per cent whereas the Non-residential buildings subsector recorded an increase of 4.2 per cent in the value of construction work done. Meanwhile, the growth of Residential buildings and Civil engineering contracted by 11.9 per cent and 15.5 per cent respectively (Q4 2021: -18.2% and -20.3%). The Department of Statistics Malaysia also reports that in the first quarter of 2022, the Civil engineering subsector remained dominant as the main contributor to the value of construction work done with  35.1 per cen...

Industrial Production Index and Monthly Manufacturing Statistics, March 2022 were published on May 10, 2022. Malaysia's Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew 5.1 per cent in March 2022, steered by Manufacturing sector with a growth of 6.9 per cent The Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased 5.1 per cent in March 2022 as compared to the same month of the previous year. The expansion of IPI was contributed by the increment in all three sectors; Manufacturing index, 6.9 per cent , Electricity index, 0.8 per cent and Mining index, 0.3 per cent .  The Manufacturing sector output based on year-on-year comparison increased by 6.9 per cent in March 2022 after recording a growth of 5.2 per cent in February 2022. The main subsectors contributed to the growth in Manufacturing sector in March 2022 were Electrical & Electronics Products ( 18.6% ), Non-metallic Mineral Products, Basic Metal & Fabricated Metal Products ( 5.6% ) and Food, Beverages & Tobacco Products ( 4.1% ). ...