KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Malaysia’s natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 10.3 per cent to 31,795 tonnes in October 2022 from 35,460 tonnes in September 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 —Malaysia has been elected as the Chair of the 18th session of the Governing Council (GC) of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) held in Chiba, Japan from today until tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) grew by 4.6 per cent in October 2022, supported by expansion in the mining and manufacturing sectors, said the Statistics Department (DOSM) following the release of its October publication which presents IPI statistics on mining, manufacturing and electricity.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — The manufacturing sector recorded RM158.9 billion in sales in October 2022, an increase of 12.9 per cent year-on-year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Malaysia’s producer price index (PPI) has eased slightly to 4.0 per cent in October 2022 as compared to 4.9 per cent in the preceding month, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — Malaysia’s encouraging economic growth and stable labour market situation will ensure the country’s economy remains on track, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s export prices in October 2022 dropped slightly by 0.05 per cent from 149.8 points in the preceding month to 149.7 points, while the “import unit value index” showed a positive performance of 0.6 per cent to 133.2 points.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 24 — The number of clinical wastes increased by 43.9 per cent in 2021 to 57,400 tonnes as compared to 39,900 tonnes in 2020, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Nov — Climate changes have caused the pattern of natural disasters to change and caused erratic flooding late last year and early this year which cost the country overall losses of RM6.1 billion, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — The labour market continued its recovery at a steady pace in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022, with the unemployment rate lowered to 3.7 per cent as compared to 4.7 per cent in the same quarter of 2021 and slowly returning to how it was before the pandemic.

TANJUNG MALIM, Oct 20 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) is holding a Statistics Carnival from today to Saturday (Oct 22) at the Statistics Training Institute of Malaysia (ILSM) in Sungkai here, to celebrate the 2022 National Statistics Day (HSN) and a decade of ILSM since its establishment.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 4 — The average monthly salaries and wages received by employees in Malaysia increased by 3.5 per cent in 2021 to RM3,037 compared to RM2,933 in 2020, according to the 2021 Salary and Wage Survey Report released by the Statistics Department (DOSM) today.

MELAKA, Sept 12 — The use of current statistics or data is crucial for the country’s governance at all levels so that any policy and measure the government implements can have a strong impact, especially on Malaysians.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade value hit RM130.7 billion in July 2022, registering 41 per cent growth year-on-year (y-o-y) due to an increase in the retail trade sub-sector, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 4.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 127.9 in July 2022 compared to 122.5 in the same month of the preceding year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — The foreign direct investment (FDI) position in Malaysia expanded by RM24.1 billion to record RM836.2 billion, as of the end of the second quarter of 2022 (Q2) compared with RM812.1 billion in the first quarter of this year (Q1).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade registered a sturdy growth year-on-year (y-o-y) of 44 per cent to RM132.8 billion in June 2022 with a huge surge in motor vehicles sales, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — The income component accruing to production namely compensation of employees (CE) and gross operating surplus (GOS) has contributed 34.8 per cent compared with 37.1 per cent in 2020 and 62.9 per cent from 60.1 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) respectively as the economy is on a gradual recovery path, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — Malaysia’s Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF), the second largest component of gross domestic product (GDP) with a 20.1 per cent share of the total economy, contracted by a marginal 0.9 per cent to RM278.7 billion in 2021 from RM281.2 billion in 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — Malaysia's leading index (LI) rebounded 2.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 111.2 points in May 2022, up from a y-o-y contraction of 0.5 per cent in April 2022 (110.8 points), indicating a positive economic outlook in the months to come, says the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).