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Sales Value of Wholesale & Retail Trade, April 2020

Wholesale & Retail Trade April 2020

In April 2020, sales value of Wholesale & Retail Trade registered -36.6% growth as compared with the same period last year. Motor Vehicles posted the highest decline of -93.2% followed by Retail Trade and Wholesale Trade of -32.4% and -26.3% respectively. Volume Index of Wholesale & Retail Trade recorded growth of 38.6% as against April […]

Stop The Spread | Covid-19

Dear MRA Members, For Malaysia and the world, the past few weeks have been unprecedented, as we see the global toll COVID-19 has taken. For the retail industry, the disruption has been profound. Retail businesses were experiencing the stress of the unknown and upheaval in their business, work and personal lives, as you also worry […]

Wholesale & Retail Trade March 2020

Sales value of Wholesale & Retail Trade recorded RM103.2 billion in March 2020, decreased -5.7% as compared with the same period last year. Motor Vehicles posted -15.3% followed by Retail Trade and Wholesale Trade of -6.6% and -2.7% respectively. Volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade registered 120.1 points, also recorded negative growth of 6.1% […]

Volume Index of Services, Q4 2019

Volume Index of Services recorded a growth of 6.4% to 133.2 points in fourth quarter of 2019 as compared to the same quarter of the previous year. overall 2019, this index registered an increase of 6.4% to 128.9 points as compared to 7.3% (121.1 points) in 2018. The main contributors to the increase of Services […]

Wholesale & Retail Trade Dec 2019

The sales value of Wholesale & Retail Trade grew +6.0% to record RM115.9 billion in December 2019 compared with the same month last year. Retail Trade outperformed the other sub-sectors with 7% growth. Volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade increased +6% to 134.7 points as against the same month a year ago. The increment […]

Wholesale & Retail Trade September 2019

Volume Index of Services Q3 2019

Volume Index of Services registered a growth of 6.2% to 130.7 points in third quarter 2019 as compared to the same quarter of previous year. The main contributors to the increase of Services sector in the third quarter of 2019 were Wholesale & Retail Trade, Food & Beverages and Accommodation segment (6.6%), followed by Others […]

Volume Index of Wholesale & Retail Trade Third Quarter 2019

Volume Index of Wholesale & Retail Trade Third Quarter 2019 Volume index of Wholesale & Retail Trade registered an increase of 6% to 132 points in the third quarter of 2019 as compared to the same period last year. The growth was spearheaded by Retail Trade with 7.8%. As for seasonally adjusted volume index, it […]