Malaysia’s producer price index (PPI), which measures price changes at the producer level, recorded a smaller decline at 2.8% in August 2025, compared with a 3.8% 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 4% decrease, unchanged from July 2025, due to lower indices for the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (14.9%) as well as computer, electronic and optical products (7.7%)," he said in a statement on Monday.
He added that the mining sector fell 3.4% in August 2025, compared with a sharper 8.7% decline in July, weighed down by the extraction of crude petroleum (5.1%).
Conversely, the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector rose 7.3% (July 2025: 1.1%), driven by the growing perennial crops (11.6%), while the utilities sector saw gains in both electricity and gas supply (4.1%) and water supply (3.4%).
On a month-on-month basis, Mohd Uzir said the PPI for local production edged up 0.1% in August 2025, after a 0.3% 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.
Source: theedgemalaysia