Malaysia's industrial production index (IPI) slumped 32 percent year on year, due to the effect of the movement control order amid COVID-19 outbreak, official data showed Thursday.
Malaysian Statistics Department said in a statement that the deterioration of IPI was due to the significant decline in all indices.
Index of manufacturing slumped 37.2 percent year on year; index of mining and electricity fell 19.6 percent and 19.2 percent, respectively.
The government agency anticipated the IPI to improve in the coming months, as the government allowed more industries to resume operations in May 2020.
Malaysia imposed a movement control order on March 18 to contain the COVID-19. The restrictive measures were eased in May and were further eased this week to allow economic and social activities to resume.
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