Malaysia's IPI Expands 4.9 Pct In August 2025

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) expanded by 4.9 per cent year-on-year in August 2025, supported by the relatively stable performance of the mining sector, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the expansion was attributed to the vigorous growth of the mining sector at 16.8 per cent (July 2025: 4.3 per cent), followed by the increase in the manufacturing sector output of 2.8 per cent (July 2025: 4.4 per cent).

“The growth in the electricity sector remained at a rate of 1.6 per cent (July 2025: 1.6 per cent). In comparison with July 2025, the IPI rebounded to 2.4 per cent, contrasting with the negative growth of 0.3 per cent in the previous month,” he said in a statement today.

He also said that the production of manufacturing sector in the month under review was primarily reinforced with a 2.3 per cent growth in export-oriented industries as against 4.1 per cent recorded in July 2025.

“This increase was predominantly observed in the manufacture of computer, electronics and optical products which rose 6.7 per  cent, followed by the manufacture of electrical equipment sub-sector which strengthened further by 7.4 per cent,” he said.

On the performance of the export-oriented industries, Mohd Uzir added that it was in tandem with the positive 1.9 per cent growth in the country's export performance  in August 2025.  

“On a month-on-month comparison, the export-oriented industries improved to 1.2 per cent as against the negative growth of 2.2 per cent in July 2025,” he said.

Additionally, domestic-oriented industries continued to grow at 3.8 per cent compared with the increase of 5.0 per cent registered in July 2025.

The sustained growth was contributed by the positive momentum recorded in the manufacture of food processing products; and the manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment which registered increases of 9.7 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively.

Looking at the performance of several countries, the IPI grew modestly in the United States (0.9 per cent), South Korea (0.9 per cent), China (5.2 per cent), and Taiwan (14.4 per cent).

Conversely, the IPI in Japan decreased 1.3 per cent, Thailand (-4.2 per cent) and Singapore (-7.8 per cent) in August 2025.

As for the IPI performance for the first eight months of 2025, Mohd Uzir said it grew at a slower rate of 2.7 per cent as compared to the same period of the previous year (January-August  2024: 4.0 per cent), influenced by the manufacturing index (3.9 per cent).

Conversely, the mining index and electricity index recorded a decline of 1.0 per cent and 0.2 per cent, respectively.

-- BERNAMA