KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's industrial production index (IPI) rose by 2.1 percent year-on-year in October, spurred by steady output growth in the manufacturing sector, official data showed Tuesday.
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in a statement that the IPI maintained positive growth in October, albeit at a slower rate after registering 2.3 percent growth in the preceding month.
The increase of the IPI in October was spearheaded by the manufacturing sector which expanded by 3.3 percent and a 2.5 percent rise in electricity output.
However, the production in the mining sector decreased further by 2.8 percent.
On a month-on-month basis, the IPI increased 1.7 percent from negative 0.7 percent in September.
For the first 10 months this year, the IPI improved to 3.7 percent from 0.8 percent a year ago.
All sectors posted increases during the period, namely the mining index (0.9 percent), manufacturing index (4.2 percent), and electricity index (6 percent). ■
