Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production increased by 0.3 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in February 2025, easing from the 0.8 per cent rise recorded in January, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
According to BERNAMA News Agency, DOSM stated that the moderated increase was driven by continued expansion in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector despite a decline in the mining sector. Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin highlighted that growth in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector was led by the growing of perennial crops, contributing to a 15.2 per cent y-o-y increase, although this was slightly lower than the 16.5 per cent recorded in January 2025.
The report noted that the growing of perennial crops sub-sector led the growth, rising 26.1 per cent. However, the mining sector continued to contract, declining 9.7 per cent, compared to a 1.3 per cent drop in January 2024, driven by lower output in crude petroleum (-9.8 per cent) and natural gas (-9.4 per cent).
The manufacturing sector recorded a marginal decline of 0.3 per cent, compared to a 0.6 per cent contraction in the previous month, with the largest drop seen in coke and refined petroleum products (-12.7 per cent) and computer, electronic, and optical products (-3.2 per cent). Additionally, the electricity and gas supply sector recorded a slight decline of 0.2 per cent, while the water supply sector maintained its positive trend with a 2.9 per cent increase.
Mohd Uzir further mentioned that on a month-on-month (m-o-m) basis, PPI local production recorded a slight increase of 0.1 per cent in February 2025, slowing from 0.3 per cent in January 2025. The agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector increased by 1.4 per cent, compared to a 3.9 per cent decline in the previous month, supported by growth in fishing (5.9 per cent) and growing of perennial crops (1.6 per cent).
The manufacturing sector saw a rise of 0.3 per cent, maintaining the same pace as in the previous month, driven mainly by coke and refined petroleum products (0.9 per cent) and food products (0.7 per cent). However, the mining sector declined by 3.2 per cent, compared to 5.3 per cent in January 2025, driven by lower output in natural gas (-3.5 per cent) and crude petroleum (-3.2 per cent). In the utilities sector, the electricity and gas supply sector rose by 0.3 per cent, while the water supply sector fell by 1.8 per cent.
Elaborating on PPI local production by stage of processing, Mohd Uzir stated that the crude materials for further processing and intermediate materials, supplies, and components indices remained unchanged y-o-y, while the finished goods index rose 0.7 per cent, supported by a 1.7 per cent increase in the capital equipment index. On a m-o-m basis, the crude materials for further processing index and finished goods index increased by 0.3 per cent, while the intermediate materials, supplies, and components index fell by 0.1 per cent.
Meanwhile, DOSM announced that it would chair the 15th ASEAN Community Statistical System Committee (ACSS15) under Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN chairmanship, aiming to strengthen statistical cooperation for sustainable regional development. The government has also declared Oct 20 as National Statistics Day (MyStats Day) with the theme ‘Statistics is the Essence of Life.’ The Fourth World Statistics Day, observed on the same date in 2025, will carry the theme ‘Driving Change with Quality Statistics and Data for Everyone.’