Malaysia's January production output rises 3.2 pct

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia's industrial production index.html" target="_blank">index (IPI) in January increased by 3.2 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Year-on-index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Year, official statistics showed Thursday.

Malaysian Statistics Department said in a statement that the growth was supported by the increase in the index.html" target="_blank">index of electricity and manufacturing, which grew 7.8 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent and 4.2 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent respectively.

The index.html" target="_blank">index of mining, however, fell 0.9 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Year-on-index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Year, dragged by the decrease in the crude oil index.html" target="_blank">index.

The major sub-sectors which contributed positively to the manufacturing in January were non-metallic mineral products, basic metal and fabricated metal products, petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products as well as electrical and electronic equipment products.

In a separate statement, the department announced that manufacturing sales expanded 7 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Year-on-index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">Year to 72.5 billion ringgit (17.73 billion U.S. dollars) in January.

The growth was supported by the increase in petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products which jumped 9.2 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, transport equipment and other manufacturer products that rose 7.7 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent, electrical and electronics products sales which increased by 6.3 index.html" target="_blank">index.html" target="_blank">percent.