Malaysia's PPI up 0.3% in Feb - DoSM

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the price changes of goods at the producer level, increased by 0.3 per cent in February 2024 from a negative 0.6 per cent in January 2024, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said.

Chief Statistician Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector rose 6.0 per cent (January 2024: 3.2 per cent), contributed by the growing of perennial crops (8.1 per cent), fishing (7.5 per cent) and animal production (4.3 per cent) indices.