PPI Declines 2.8 Pct In August 2025 - DOSM

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures price changes at the producer level, recorded a smaller decline at 2.8 per cent in August 2025, compared with a 3.8 per cent decrease in July 2025, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

Its chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the August decline, similar to July 2025, was mainly attributable to the manufacturing and mining sectors. 

"The manufacturing sector posted a four per cent decrease, unchanged from July 2025, due to lower indices for the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (-14.9 per cent) as well as computer, electronic and optical products (-7.7 per cent)," he said in a statement today. 

He added that the mining sector fell 3.4 per cent in August 2025, compared with a sharper 8.7 per cent decline in July, weighed down by the extraction of crude petroleum (-5.1 per cent). 

Conversely, the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector rose 7.3 per cent (July 2025: 1.1 per cent), driven by the growing perennial crops (11.6 per cent), while the utilities sector saw gains in both electricity and gas supply (4.1 per cent) and water supply (3.4 per cent).

On a month-on-month basis, Mohd Uzir said the PPI for local production edged up 0.1 per cent in August 2025, after a 0.3 per cent rise in the previous month.

By stage of processing, he noted that all categories recorded year-on-year decreases in August 2025, extending the downward trend since March 2025.

-- BERNAMA