February PPI down 0.8%

PETALING JAYA: The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production, which measures the prices of goods at the factory gate, shrank 0.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in February 2023 against a 1.3% growth in January 2023, due to the base effect and lower prices of primary commodities.

The downward trend was mainly due to the decline in agriculture, forestry and fishing, and mining sectors, the Statistics Department reported.