The expansion of IPI was contributed by the manufacturing sector which jumped 15.2 percent, the electricity sector which rose 10 percent, and the mining sector which grew 8 percent, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a statement.
The main sub-sectors contributing to the growth in the manufacturing sector in August were electrical and electronics products (19.2 percent), transport equipment and other manufactured products (53.6 percent) and non-metallic mineral products, basic metal and fabricated metal products (13.6 percent).
Meanwhile, domestic-oriented and export-oriented industries recorded a growth of 22.5 percent and 12.4 percent respectively.
The growth in the mining sector was spearheaded by the increment of 8 percent in the natural gas index and crude oil and condensate index respectively.
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