Pocket_Stats_Q4-2018

Department of Statistics Malaysia Series 1/2019
www.dosm.gov.my Released 20th February 2019





CONTENTS Page
1
Main Indicators 2
Malaysia’s Economic Snapshot 3
Gross Domestic Product
Balance of Payments Current Account 4-5
Balance of Payments Financial Account 6
International Investment Position 7
Leading Index
Social Indicators 8–9
Population 10
Vital Statistics 11
Labour Force 12
Job Creation and Vacancies 13
Employed Persons 14
Unemployment 15
Labour Productivity

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Economic Indicators 17
Services 18
Wholesale and Retail Trade 19
Manufacturing 20
Construction 21
Natural Rubber 22
Palm Oil 23
Consumer Price Index 24
Producer Price Index 25
Services Producer Price Index 26
Industrial Production Index 27
Volume Index of Services
Volume Index of Wholesale and Retail Trade 28 - 29
External Trade 30
Major Trading Partners

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Economic Indicators
Exports and Imports of Selected Food Commodities 32
States Socioeconomics Indicators 33
Johor 34
Kedah 35
Kelantan 36
Melaka 37
Negeri Sembilan 38
Pahang 39
Perak 40
Perlis 41
Pulau Pinang 42
Sabah 43
Sarawak
Selangor iii

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States Socioeconomics Indicators 45
Terengganu 46
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur 47
Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan
Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya 48
Selected Indicators by Countries 49
Gross Domestic Product 50
Exports 51
Imports 52
Natural Rubber 53
Consumer Price Index 54
Producer Price Index 55
Industrial Production Index 56
Retail Trade Index 57
Labour Force Participation Rate
Unemployment Rate iii

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Tables
Economic Barometer 59 – 67
Gross Domestic Product 68 – 69
Balance of Payments
International Investment Position 70
Services Sector 71 – 73
Wholesale Retail and Trade 74 - 75
Industrial Production and Construction
Petroleum and Natural Gas 76
Natural Rubber 77
Production of Palm Oil 78 - 80
Production and Prices of Palm Oil 81
Volume Index of Services 82
Volume Index of Wholesale and Retail Trade 83
Price Indices 84
85

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86 – 87
Tables 88 - 89
Exports 90 – 94
Imports
Exports and Imports 95
Population 96
Population by States 97 – 99
Vital Statistics 100
Labour Force 101
Money Supply and Market Capitalisation 102
Exchange Rate : Ringgit Malaysia 103
Credit Card Transaction 104
Federal Government Financial Position 105
Composite Index and Diffusion Index 106
New Registration of Motor Vehicle
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Statistics In Our Life Span
Statistics In Our Life Span 2016 – 2018 108
Gross Domestic Product by Income Approach for Selected Countries
Gross Domestic Product by Income Approach for Selected Countries 109
Summary of Q4 2018 110 – 111
Summary of Q4 2018
Advance Release Calendar (ARC) 2019 112
ARC 2019 Monthly 113 – 116
ARC 2019 Quarterly
ARC 2019 Yearly 117
ARC 2019 AD HOC 118 – 119
ARC 2019 by SDDS
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DOSM Main Activities 2019 - 2020 121
Household Income, Expenditure and Basic Amenities Survey 2019 122
Wholesale & Retail Trade Census 2019 123
MyCensus 2020 124
MyStats Day
ISI World Statistics Congress vii
Sustainable Development Goals
Stats Applications
DOSM Online Services
DOSM Mobile Applications

MAIN INDICATORS

MAIN INDICATORS

MALAYSIA’S ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT

Q4 2018 Growth YoY %

GDP at current prices GDP at constant prices GNI GNI per capita

5.2% 4.7% 4.1% 2.9%

YEAR 2018

GDP at current prices GDP at constant prices 4.8GNI GNI per capita

5.6% 4.7% % 3.6%

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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

Malaysia’s economic growth accelerates to 4.7% in Q4 2018

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SHARE GROWTH RATE

Services 56.0% Q418 6.9% Underpinned by Wholesale & Retail GDPBYECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Trade, Information & Communication
Manufacturing 22.8% Q318 7.2% and Finance & Insurance

Q418 4.7% Contributed by E&E, Petroleum, Chemical,
Q318 Rubber & Plastic and Transport Equipment,
5.0% other manufacturing & repair products

Construction 4.2% Q418 2.6% Attributed by Civil Engineering,
Q318 Specialised construction activities and
4.6% Non-residential buildings

Mining & 7.9% Q418 0.5% Buoyed by the recovery in production of
Quarrying -4.6% Crude & Condensate and Natural gas
Q318

Agriculture 7.9% -0.4% Q418 Reflected by the improvement in Oil Palm
Q318 while Rubber and Forestry & Logging
-1.4% Contracted

Note: Exclude Import Duties

8.5% 0.3% 4.0% GDPBYEXPENDITURE SIDE

Q318: 9.0% Q318: 3.2% Q318: 5.2%

Attributed by food & beverages, Due to the slower momentum Supported by spending on
communication, restaurants in Structure and decline in supplies and services
& hotels Machinery & equipment

Private Final Consumption Gross Fixed Capital Government Final Consumption
Expenditure Formation Expenditure

1.3% 0.2%

Q318: -0.8% Q318: 0.1%

Reflected by the better Impelled by the performance
momentum in both exports of in the imports of goods and

goods and services services

Exports Imports

2

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
CURRENT ACCOUNT

“Current Account surplus surged to RM10.8 billion in Q4 2018 against
RM3.8 billion in Q3 2018”

Q4 18 Surplus Current Account Balance, Q1 2017 – Q4 2018

RM10.8 billion RM billion 15.0

Q3 18 Surplus 16.0

RM3.8 billion 14.0 13.9
12.8
Due to higher surplus in Goods and lower deficit in Primary Income

12.0 10.8

Surplus Q4 18 Deficit 10.0 8.8
RM33.0 RM4.3 8.0
Q4 18 billion billion

Goods Surplus Services Deficit 6.0 4.8
4.0
Primary Q3 18RM26.6 billion Q3 18RM3.3 billion 3.9
Income 3.8

Deficit Deficit 2.0

Q4 18 RM12.9 billion Secondary Q4 18 RM4.9 billion 0.0
Income Q1-17 Q2-17 Q3-17 Q4-17 Q1-18 Q2-18 Q3-18 Q4-18
Deficit Deficit

Q3 18 RM15.0 billion Q3 18 RM4.5 billion

3

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

“Financial Account registered an outflow of RM6.1 billion after
continuous inflows for the past four quarters”

Q4 18 Net outflow Financial Account, Q1 2017 – Q4 2018

RM6.1 billion RM billion

Q3 18 Net inflow 50

RM2.3 billion 40

Due to turnaround in Portfolio and Other Investment 30

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Direct Net inflow Financial Net outflow 10
Derivatives Q4 18 RM0.7 billion 0.9
Q4 18 RM2.1 billion
Net inflow 0
Investment Net inflow Q3 18 RM0.03 billion 2.3

Q3 18 RM0.5 billion -10 -6.1

-20

Net outflow Net outflow -30

Q4 18 RM5.8 billion Q4 18 RM1.8 billion -40

Portfolio Net inflow Other Net inflow -50
Q1-17 Q2-17 Q3-17 Q4-17 Q1-18 Q2-18 Q3-18 Q4-18
Investment Q3 18 RM0.8 billion Investment Q3 18RM1.0 billion
Direct Investment Portfolio Investment Other Investment

Reserve Assets Financial Account

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BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) FDI & DIA Malaysia’s Direct Investment
in Malaysia Performance Abroad (DIA)

Net inflow Net outflow

Q4 18 RM12.9 billion Q4 18 RM10.8 billion

Q3 18 RM4.3 billion Q3 18 RM3.8 billion

Investment Flow Investment Income Investment Flow Investment Income

RM 12.9 billion RM 15.2 billion -RM 10.8 billion RM 7.9 billion

Investment Position Investment Position

RM 631.2 billion RM 492.0 billion

Main Countries of FDI Flows Main Countries of DIA Flows

Netherlands Japan Hong Kong Canada Indonesia Singapore
RM3.1 billion RM2.3 billion RM1.9 billion -RM1.9 billion -RM1.6 billion -RM1.4 billion

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INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POSITION

“Malaysia’s international investment position registered a lower net
liabilities of RM 77.7 billion”

Q4 18 RM 1,684.2 billion Q4 18 RM 1,761.9 billion
ASSETS Q3 18 RM 1,695.5 billion LIABILITIES Q3 18 RM 1,793.1 billion

DIRECT INVESTMENT BY COMPONENT

ASSETS LIABILITIES

53.2 % 46.8 % 77.1 % 22.9 %
Debt Debt
Equity & Equity &
investment instruments investment instruments
fund shares fund shares
RM 278.7 billion RM 168.6 billion
RM 317.1 billion RM 566.3billion

DIRECT INVESTMENT BY TOP COUNTRIES

DIA FDI

Singapore Indonesia Cayman Islands Singapore Japan Hong Kong

RM96.8 billion (19.7 %) RM46.7 billion (9.5 %) RM30.0 billion (6.1 %) RM120.2 billion (19.0 %) RM75.3 billion (11.9 %) RM74.3 billion (11.8%)

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LEADING INDEX

0.4% -0.1% -0.9% -1.6%

JUNE JULY AUG NOV
2018 2018 2018 2018

Malaysia’s economy is anticipated -1.7% -1.2%
to continue growing from January till May 2019
SEPT OCT
Economic direction forecast by Leading 2018 2018
Index in average of 4 to 6 Months ahead
(Year on Year)

Expected Month Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
2018 2018 2018 2019 2019

Annual Growth Rate of Leading Index (Smoothed) and Business Cycle (Grey Shaded Areas), January 1991 to November 2018

Per Cent Peak Trough Peak Trough Peak Trough
15 12/97 11/98 2/01 2/02 1/08 3/09

10

5

0
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

-5 Year

-10

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MAIN INDICATORS

SOCIAL INDICATORS

POPULATION

32.6 million population in 127.4 thousands live 41.4 thousands deaths in
fourth quarter 2018 births in fourth quarter 2018 fourth quarter 2018

Increased by 1.1 per cent as Decreased by 2.5 per cent as Decreased by 1.9 per cent as
compared to fourth quarter compared to fourth quarter compared to fourth quarter
2017 2017 2017

Demographic Statistics by Selected Variables

Table 1: Demographic statistics by sex, fourth quarter (Q4) 2017 and Demographic statistics by quarter 2017 and 2018, Malaysia
2018, Malaysia
Live Births/Deaths (thousand) Population (million)
Fourth Fourth Year-on-year 32.20 32.29 32.38
quarter quarter change (%) 160 31.93 32.02 32.11 32.48 32.57 35
(Q4) 2018a (Q4) 2017
Total population (‘000) 1.1 140 30
32,566.9 32,203.8
120 25
Male 16,813.6 16,634.5 1.1
100
Female 15,753.3 15,569.3 1.2 20

Live births (‘000) 127.4 130.6 -2.5 80
65.8 67.4 -2.4 15
Male 61.6 63.2 -2.5
Female 60

40 10

20 5
119.5
42.2
127.9
42.3
130.8
41.5
130.6
42.2
117.0
42.2
125.3
41.1
127.9
41.3
127.4
41.4

Deaths (‘000) 41.4 42.2 -1.9 0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 0
Male 23.8 24.3 -2.1 2017 2018a
Female 17.6 17.9 -1.7 Deaths
Live births Population

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POPULATION

Demographic statistics by state, fourth quarter (Q4) 2018 a, Malaysia

Perlis 2,173.7 1,870.7 100.0
254.7 9.3 9.5 0.4
1.1 3.6 2.8 0.06
0.5
1,241.6 2,804.9 3,921.0
1,778.2 7.0 9.0 13.5
5.2 1.8 3.2 2.4
2.8
1,675.0 9
2,510.7 6.8
8.6 2.3
4.6
1,796.2 926.8
6,518.5 6.7 3.7
25.6 2.2 1.3
6.7
1,138.2 3,764.8
91.9 4.7 15.5
0.6 1.8 5.2
0.058

Note: a The number of live births and deaths refer to preliminary figures. Total population refers to estimates.

VITAL STATISTICS 127.4 thousands
41.4 thousands
Number of live births and deaths by quarter, 2010 – 2018, Malaysia

Number 140,000
120,000
100,000

80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000

0

Q4 Q4201020112012201320142015201620172018p
2016
Q3 Q3Live birthsDeaths

Q2 Q2

Q1 Q1

Q4 Q4

Q3 Q3
Q2 Q2
Q1 Q1
Q4 Q4
Q3 Q3
Q2 Q2
Q1 Q1
Q4 Q4
Q3

Q3
Q2

Q2
Q1

Q1
Q4

Q4
Q3

Q3
Q2
Q1 Q2
Q4 Q1
Q3 Q4
Q2 Q3
Q1 Q2
Q4 Q1
Q3 Q4

Q2 Q3

Q1 Q2

Q4 Q1

Q3 Q4

Q2 Q3

Q1 Q2

Q4 Q1

Q3 Q4
Q2 Q3
Q1 Q2

Q1
Crude birth rate and crude death rate by quarter, 2010 – 2018, Malaysia

5.0 3.9

4.0

Rate 3.0

1.3

2.0

1.0

0.0

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018p

Crude birth rate Crude death rate

Notes:
•p : Preliminary
•a The number of live births and deaths refer to preliminary figures. Total population refers to estimates.

Live births refers to births with signs of life during delivery although for a very short period
Deaths refers to disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place

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LABOUR FORCE

Q1 2018 Total Male Female Labour force increased 0.4 per cent in the fourth
quarter of 2018 at 15.45 million persons as
million million million compared to 15.38 million persons in the third
quarter of 2018
15.19 9.27 5.92
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)
Q2 2018 15.28 9.37 5.95

Q3 2018 15.38 9.37 6.01 80.3 80.5 80.6 80.7
68.4 68.6
6.03 68.2 68.5
55.1 55.3 55.5 55.7

Q4 2018 15.45 9.42

Outside Labour Force
(million)

Q1 2018 7.09 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
Q2 2018 7.07 Total Male Female
Q3 2018 7.08
Q4 2018 7.07

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JOB CREATION AND VACANCIES

Q2 2018: 8,474 thousands Q2 2018: 27 thousands
Q2 2017: 8,449 thousands Q2 2017: 41 thousands

POSITIONS Skilled 24.3 % 47.3 % Skilled JOB
24.1 % 47.1 % CREATED
62.2 %
Semi-Skilled 13.5 % 62.2 % 49.0 % Semi-Skilled
13.7 % 49.2 %
Q2 2018
Low-Skilled 3.7 % Low-Skilled
3.7 %

Q2 2017

Q2 2018: 8,274 thousands Q2 2018: 200 thousands
Q2 2017: 8,224 thousands Q2 2017: 224 thousands

FILLED 24.3 % 25.3 % Skilled
POSITION 24.1 % 23.1 %

Skilled VACANCIES

Semi-Skilled 62.4 % 53.8 % Semi-Skilled
62.3 % 56.6 %

13.3 % 20.9 %
20.3 %
13.6 % Low-Skilled
Low-Skilled

Note: Q3 and Q4 2018 data will be released on 1st March 2019 12

EMPLOYED PERSONS

Total Male Female

Q1 million million million

2018 14.68 8.98 5.71

Q2 14.77 9.04 5.73
2018
9.07 5.78 Employed Persons by Level of Skills,
Q3 14.86 Malaysia 2018 (million)
2018

Q4 14.93 9.14 5.80
2018

Q1/2018 Skilled workers Semi-skilled Low-skilled
Q2/2018 workers workers
Q3/2018 3.92 (26.7%)
Q4/2018 4.03 (27.3%) 8.89 (60.5%) 1.88 (12.8%)
4.12 (27.7%) 8.94 (60.6%) 1.79 (12.1%)
4.10 (27.5%)
9.05 (60.9%) 1.69 (11.4%)
9.03 (60.5%)
1.81 (12.1%)

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UNEMPLOYMENT

Unemployment Rate

Unemployment (‘000) 3.3% 3.3% 3.4% 3.3%
Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
508.9 511.1 524.4 516.5

Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018

Active unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, Malaysia 2018

 Less than 3 months  3 months to less than 6 months  6 months to less than 1 year  More than 1 year

Q1• 150.6 (42.7%) Q1 • 113.3 (32.1%) Q1 • 47.6 (13.5%) Q1 • 41.4 (11.7%)
Q2• 143.5 (43.1%) Q2 • 119.6 (35.9%) Q2 • 43.8 (13.1%) 26.4 (7.9% )
171.3 (49.3%) 92.2 (26.5%) Q3 • 45.7 (13.2%) Q2 • 38.4 (11.1%)
Q3• 161.6 (47.5%) Q3 • 93.3 (27.4%) Q4 • 45.5 (13.4%) • 33.7 (9.9% )
Q4• Q4 • Q3 •
Q4

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LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY Agriculture

Third Quarter 2018 Q2 2018 HW EMP
Q3 2018 3.4% 1.3%
1.4% -1.9%

Mining & Quarrying

Q2 2018 HW EMP
Q3 2018 6.2% 5.2%
-2.9% 0.8%

Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Manufacturing

Hours Worked 3.8% 2.9% Q2 2018 HW EMP
Q3 2018 1.7% 1.5%
2.4% 2.2%

Employment 2.0% 1.7% EMP
4.0%
Construction 3.2%

Total Hours Worked Total Employment Q2 2018 HW EMP
Q3 2018 5.0% 2.6%
4.3% 3.9%
Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q2E2M01P8LOYMENQT3 2018 Services
0.7% 1.4% HW 15
2.4% 2.6% 5.0%
8.5 billion hours 8.7 billion hours 5.1%
14.8 million persons 14.9 million persons

Q2 2018
Q3 2018

Notes :
1. The statistics shown refer to year on year percentage change of labour productivity from the same quarter of the preceding year.
2. HW - Hours Worked; EMP – Employment
3. Q4 2018 data will be released on 22 February 2019

MAIN INDICATORS

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Revenue SERVICES YoY YoY
Number of Persons Engaged Q3 2018 Q4 2018
Salaries & Wages RM 433.1 billion 8.4%
3.7 million 9.3%
RM 24.8 billion 2.6%
2.7%
4.1%
3.9%

Information&
Communication

and
Transportation

& Storage

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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE

Note: Percentage change: Year-on-Year

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MANUFACTURING

SALES VALUE SALARIES & WAGES
RM 217.2 billion RM 11.9 billion

Food, Beverages &
Tobacco
2.9%

Q3 2018: 5.9%

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CONSTRUCTION

Growth Share

Q3 Q4 14.3% Civil 42.6%
2018 VALUE OF 2018 Engineering
(Q3 2018) 17.7% (Q3 2018) 42.6%
CONSTRUCTION
WORK DONE The value of 8.2% Special 4.8%
(RM billion) construction work Trade
done in Q4 2018 grew (Q3 2018) 11.8% (Q3 2018) 4.8%

36.3 36.5 moderately at 2.5% Non 28.4%
4.1% Residential
(Q3 2018) 0.4% Buildings (Q3 2018) 27.9%
(Q3 2018 : 5.2%)
to record 24.2%

RM36.5 billion (Q3 2018) 24.7%

-9.2% Residential
Buildings
(Q3 2018) -7.7%

Public The private sector dominates 56.2%
Sector compared to 43.8% of the public sector

RM 16 billion Private
43.8% Sector

RM 20.5 billion
56.2%

Note:
Value for construction work done includes new work, capital work done repairs, restorations, conversions and current repairs and maintenance which were carried out
during the reference period for the owner or investor of the project.

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NATURAL RUBBER

Production of Natural Rubber 158.4p thousand tonnes Production of natural rubber
167.4 thousand tonnes
Q4 2018: decreased 5.4% in Q4 2018 as
Q3 2018:
compared to Q3 2018

Exports of Natural Rubber

Q4 2018: Exports of natural rubber decreased
155.3p thousand tonnes
6.7% in Q4 2018 as compared to
Q3 2018:
166.5 thousand tonnes Q3 2018

Average Price of Natural Rubber – Field Latex & SMR 20 Average price of field latex

Q4 2018: SMR20 Q4 2018: decreased 8.1% in Q4 2018 as
394.00 sen/kg 523.50 sen/kg
Field Latex compared to Q3 2018
P : Provisional Q3 2018: Q3 2018:
428.61 sen/kg 538.36 sen/kg Average price of SMR 20

decreased 2.8% in Q4 2018 as

compared to Q3 2018

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PALM OIL

FRESH FRUIT BUNCHES CRUDE PALM OIL

Q4 2018: 28,186 Production Q4 2018: 5,618
Q3 2018: 24,910 Q3 2018: 4,977
(‘000 tonnes)

Q4 2018: RRMM RRMM Average Price Q4 2018:
RM387.00 RRMM RRMM RM2,043.50
(RM/tonnes)
Q3 2018: RRMM RRMM Q3 2018:
RM460.00 RRMM RM2,191.50

RRMM RRMM

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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco

Q4 2018 : 1.0% Q4 2018 : 0.5%

Q3 2018 : 0.5% Q3 2018 : -0.9%

Clothing & Footwear Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas
& Other Fuels

Q4 2018 Q4 2018 : -3.1% Q4 2018 : 2.0%

0.2% Q3 2018 : -3.0% Q3 2018 : 2.0%

Q3 2018 Furnishings, Household Equipment Health
& Routine Household Maintenance
0.5%
Q4 2018 : -0.1% Q4 2018 : -0.3% The Consumer Price
Index (CPI) rose 0.2% in
Q3 2018 : -1.4% Q3 2018 : 0.0% fourth quarter 2018 as
compared 0.5% in third
Transport Communication
quarter 2018
Q4 2018 : -1.2% Q4 2018 : -1.4%
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Q3 2018 : 3.0% Q3 2018 : -3.2%

Recreation Services & Culture Education

Q4 2018 : -0.3% Q4 2018 : 1.2%

Q3 2018 : -1.6% Q3 2018 : 1.1%

Restaurants & Hotels Miscellaneous Goods & Services

Q4 2018 : 1.2% Q4 2018 : -2.6%

Q3 2018 : 0.9% Q3 2018 : -3.0%

PRODUCER PRICE INDEX

Q3 2018 Q4 2018
0.1% -2.0%

Water Supply
Q3 2018: 0.1% | Q4 2018: -0.1%

Electricity & Gas Supply
Q3 2018: 0.9% | Q4 2018: 1.3%

Manufacturing
Q3 2018: -1.5% | Q4 2018: -1.7%

Mining
Q3 2018: 30.1% | Q4 2018: 9.9%

Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
Q3 2018: -13.7% | Q4 2018: -19.3%

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SERVICES PRODUCER PRICE INDEX

109.2

QoQ = 0.2% YoY = 0.6%

SPPI increased 0.6 Accommodation and Food & Health
per cent in the fourth Beverage Service Activities
105.5
quarter of 2018 as 130.5 QoQ = 0.0% YoY = 0.4%
compared to the same QoQ = 1.0% YoY = 2.5%
Transportation
quarter of 2017 Real Estate
Activities 103.5
QoQ = 0.0% YoY = 0.0%
123.8
QoQ = 0.2% YoY = 0.7% Education

Professional 114.2
QoQ = 0.3% YoY = 1.4%
103.7
QoQ = 0.0% YoY = 0.4% Information &
Communication
Arts, Entertainment
& Recreation 101.1
QoQ = 0.0% YoY = 0.4%
101.0
QoQ = 0.4% YoY = 1.1%

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INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX

IPI Mining Manufacturing Growth YoY

Electricity

Q4 2018 3.5% 0.6% 4.5% 2.9%

Oct, Nov & Dec. 2018 : 3.4% Dec. 2018 : 1.0% Dec. 2018 : 4.4% Dec. 2018 : 2.7%
Dec 2018 Nov. 2018 : 2.6% Nov. 2018 : -0.7% Nov. 2018 : 3.7% Nov. 2018 : 3.2%
Oct. 2018 : 4.3% Oct. 2018 : 1.4% Oct. 2018 : 5.4% Oct. 2018 : 2.8%

Q3 2018 2.4% -5.6% 4.8% 4.2%

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VOLUME INDEX OF SERVICES Growth YoY

Volume index of services rose 7.2 % in fourth quarter 2018
as compared to 7.7% in third quarter 2018

Other Services

Q4 : 6.4%

Q3 : 6.5%

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VOLUME INDEX OF WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL TRADE

Growth YoY

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EXTERNAL TRADE

Exports grew at a higher pace of 8.0% while Imports at 5.7% in Q4/2018
resulting a higher trade surplus of 26.6%.

Total Trade RM494.4 billion Growth YoY
Exports 6.9%

RM264.5 billion 8.0%

Imports RM229.9 billion 5.7%
Trade Balance
RM34.6 billion 26.6%

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EXTERNAL TRADE

E&E Products Imports Intermediate
Goods
Share 38.7% RM229.9 billion
5.7% Share 51.8%
RM102.4 billion 11.8%
Imports By RM119.1 billion 1.2%
End Use & BEC
Refined Petroleum Capital Goods
Products Exports Of
Major Products
Share 6.7% Share 12.7%

RM17.7 billion 26.8% RM29.1 billion 9.4%

Palm Oil & Palm Oil- RM264.5 billion Consumption
based Products 8.0% Goods

Share 6.3% Exports Share 8.5%

RM16.5 billion 18.0% Note : BEC – Broad Economic Categories RM19.6 billion 4.7%
All changes are based on year-on-year (y-o-y) comparison.
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MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS

Total Trade Share Exports Imports

China Q4/2018 :16.8% RM38.3 billion 12.1%
RM83.2 billion Q3/2018 :17.1% RM44.9 billion 3.4%
Q4/2017 :16.8%

Singapore Q4/2018 : 13.2 % RM38.3 billion 12.4%
RM65.3 billion Q3/2018 : 13.1% RM27.0 billion 5.0%
Q4/2017 : 12.9%

European Union Q4/2018 : 9.3 % RM24.0 billion -1.5%
Q3/2018 : 9.5% RM21.8 billion - 6.3%
RM45.8 billion Q4/2017 : 10.3%

Note: All changes are based on year-on-year (y-o-y) comparison.

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EXPORTS & IMPORTS OF SELECTED
FOOD COMMODITIES

CROPS LIVESTOCK

456.5 Cabbage 33,839.3 Beef

2018:1,893.9 2018:129,468.2 131.0 37,700.0
2017:1,567.2 2017:107,707.6
2018:1,824.8 2018:152,251.9
2017:3,565.8 2017:148,624.7

739.4 Chilli 16,580.3 9,431.9 Poultry 18,461.2

2018:3,824.6 2018:55,900.4 2018:39,168.1 2018:71,693.5
2017:4,003.3 2017:47,127.7 2017:36,576.1 2017:67,999.3

381.6 Mango 7,490.5 2.1 Mutton

2018:2,967.4 2018:53,245.6 Q4 2018 2018:12.4 6,656.4
2017:2,752.1 2017:52,751.5 (Tonne) 2017:1.8
2018:36,078.7
2017:38,619.6

FISHERIES

9,371.5 Shrimp 6,931.8

1,912.2 Mackerel 2018:25,909.0 2018:25,151.2 Cuttlefish 4,187.6
2017:23,562.9 2017:19,079.8
2018:7,002.0 2018:16,490.0
2017:2,054.4 9,332.3 6,172.8 2017:16,809.9

2018:31,783.2 2018:19,484.2 31
2017:30,914.6 2017:20,074.3

Domestic Retained
Exports Imports

Note: Exclude Re-export

MAIN INDICATORS

STATES SOCIOECONOMICS INDICATORS