Healthy recovery in production activity

For the manufacturing sector, the increase in output was underpinned by the production of machinery, E&E, food products, motor vehicles, and basic metals, among others. (File pic shows workers packing cooking oil at a factory in Klang.) AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The upward trend in the industrial production index (IPI) signals a healthy recovery in local production activity as more lockdown restrictions are lifted.

Malaysia’s October IPI had risen 5.5% year-on-year (y-o-y), the fastest expansion in five months.