KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — Malaysia's natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 39 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) to 29,920 tonnes in February 2022 against 49,087 tonnes in January 2022, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Malaysia’s total trade for February 2022 amounted to RM184.8 billion, or an increase of 17.5 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), with exports of RM102.3 billion (an increase of 16.8 per cent) and imports worth RM82.5 billion (an increase of 18.4 per cent), said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade sales increased by 8.5 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM117.2 billion in February 2022, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Malaysia's Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased 3.9 per cent in February 2022 compared with the same month of the previous year, driven by the growth in the manufacturing sector, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, April 8 — The number of unemployed persons in Malaysia has declined further by 1.3 per cent to 671,000 in February from 680,400 in January this year, according to the Key Statistics of Labour Force in Malaysia for February 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — The Building Materials Cost Index (BCI), without steel bars and with steel bars, continued to increase in March 2022, in line with the increase in the price of most of the building materials, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Malaysia's export and import unit value indices recorded positive growth in February 2022, at 2.1 per cent and 1.3 per cent, respectively, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) External Trade Indices report for February 2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — Malaysia continues to be on the path to economic recovery but it should stay cautious due to global uncertainties, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Malaysia's producer price index (PPI) for local production, which measures the costs of goods at the factory gate, rose 9.7 per cent year-on-year in February 2022, “led by higher prices of the primary commodity,” said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Malaysia’s manufacturing sales in January 2022 grew 13.1 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM139 billion compared to the same month in 2021, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

PUTRAJAYA, March 10 — The Building Materials Cost Index (BCI) without steel bars for all regions in Peninsular Malaysia increased between 0.3 per cent and 1.5 per cent for almost all building categories in February 2022 as compared with the previous month, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — The number of unemployed persons in the country in January has declined to 680,400, bringing the unemployment rate to 4.2 per cent, according to Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — Malaysia's export unit index remained positive for the fourth consecutive months since October 2021, growing 1.3 per cent in January 2022 compared with the previous month, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

PUTRAJAYA, March 2 — The Subnational Statistics of Parliament, which encompasses socio-economic and environmental statistics in 222 parliamentary areas, has recorded the Wangsa Maju constituency as having the highest population density of 13,475 people per square kilometre (sq km).

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 28 — The number of vacancies advertised online in the fourth quarter of 2021 amounted to 190,436, a marked increase of 143.2 per cent from 78,303 recorded in the same quarter of 2020, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production rose 9.2 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in January 2022 from a contraction of 0.1 per cent y-o-y in the same period last year, supported by higher prices of crude oil and palm oil products, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Malaysia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.3 per cent to 124.9 in January 2022 from 122.1 in the same month of the preceding year, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — Malaysia’s labour productivity as measured by value-added per employment picked up in the fourth quarter last year by 1.7 per cent, after falling 5.6 per cent the previous quarter.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Malaysia's economy rebounded 3.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021 (Q4 2021), driven by higher external demand, according to the Department of Statistics (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Malaysia’s current account balance (CAB) continued to record a surplus of RM15.2 billion in the final quarter of 2021, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.