Attributed to a contraction in the manufacturing and mining sectors, according to the DoSM.
In a statement today, chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the manufacturing sector saw a decline of 1.6 per cent in June while the mining sector recorded negative 6.4 per cent .
On a month-on-month comparison, the IPI grew by 2.2 per cent as compared to 7.3 per cent registered in the previous month, he said. The contraction was also in line with the country's export performance which dropped by 14.1 per cent in June 2023. On a month-on-month comparison, the mining index shrank by 7.7 per cent as compared to the positive 7.6 per cent recorded in May 2023,” he said.
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