The increase for wholesale and retail trade in November was attributed to the retail trade sub-sector, which rose 22.8 percent to record 58.7 billion ringgit (13.42 billion dollars), the Department of Statistics said in a statement.
Wholesale trade climbed 5.6 percent to 59.5 billion ringgit (13.6 billion dollars) while motor vehicles surged 17.2 percent to 15.7 billion ringgit (3.59 billion dollars).
For month-on-month comparison, sales value of wholesale and retail trade increased 0.2 percent, contributed by motor vehicles and retail trade that expanded 1.7 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively.
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