Wholesale, retail trade sales up 5.4% to RM142.4bil in January 2024 - DoSM

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade recorded a sales value of RM142.4 billion, an increase of 5.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in January 2024.

Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the y-o-y increase was driven by wholesale trade sub-sector, which rose 5.5 per cent or RM3.3 billion to register RM63.7 billion.