Increase in Malaysia's PPI eases to 3.2% in November

The increase in Malaysia's producer price index (PPI) eased further to record 3.2% in November as compared to 4% posted in October, official data showed on 29th December.

官方12月29日公布的数据显示，马来西亚生产者物价指数（PPI）11月的涨幅进一步放缓至创纪录的3.2%，而10月为4%。

The Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a statement that the increase in the PPI, which measures the price of goods at the factory gate, was due to a lower base effect despite prices of commodities beginning to show an upward trend during November.

马来西亚统计局在一份声明中表示，衡量工厂大门口商品价格的PPI的上涨是由于较低的基数效应，尽管商品价格在11月开始呈现上升趋势。

In November, all sectors posted an increase except the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector which recorded a negative growth of 18.5 %.

11月，除农业、林业和渔业外，所有部门均出现增长，负增长18.5%。

Meanwhile, the manufacturing index rose 6.2 %, while the mining index grew 2.4 %.

与此同时，制造业指数上涨6.2%，而矿业指数上涨2.4%。

The indices of water supply and electricity and gas supply also expanded by 4.2 % and 1.4 %, respectively.

供水和电力和燃气供应指数也分别增长了4.2%和1.4%。

For a monthly comparison, the PPI for local production increased by 0.6 % in November as compared to 0.1 % recorded in the previous month.

月度比较，11月本地生产PPI增长0.6%，而上月为0.1%。