PETALING JAYA: A month-on-month comparability confirmed a lower within the unit value index for metal in June 2023 in nearly all areas of Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah, in response to the Division of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
In the meantime, different constructing supplies corresponding to cement and timber recorded value will increase.
In its report on “Constructing and Structural Works, June 2023” launched at present, DoSM stated the worth index per unit of metal was down between 0.6% and a pair of.3% for nearly all areas of Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah. In the meantime the worth index per unit of metal remained unchanged for a number of areas corresponding to in Johor, Terengganu and Kelantan and in all areas in Sarawak (Kuching, Sibu and Miri) in contrast with Might 2023.
Other than metal, the worth index per unit of metal and metallic sections recorded a lower of between 0.3% and a pair of.1% for all areas in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. The drop within the value index of metal and metallic sections was in keeping with the decreases within the costs of metal and iron ore on the world degree.
A month-on-month comparability of building supplies and chosen areas additionally confirmed that cement nonetheless continued to file value will increase. Nonetheless, in June 2023, the worth index per unit of cement elevated at a slower tempo, which was between 0.1% and 0.9%, in contrast with Might 2023 (between 1.8% and 4.0%).
Other than cement, the worth index for a unit of timber elevated between 2.3% and 4.0% in all areas of Peninsular Malaysia besides in Johor and Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan. Nonetheless, the worth index per unit of timber for all areas of Sabah and Sarawak remained unchanged in contrast with Might 2023.
In the meantime, a comparability of the months of June 2022 and June 2023 confirmed that the unit value index of cement recorded a rise between 2.4% and 17.5% for all areas in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak.
Within the context of things and areas, the unit value index of constructing supplies in Peninsular Malaysia elevated between 0.2% and 17.5% for June 2023 in contrast with the identical month final yr. The very best enhance for areas in Peninsular Malaysia was cement in Kelantan and Terengganu (17.5%), adopted by bricks and partitions in Johor (17.4%), and cement in Penang, Kedah and Perlis (17.1%).
The value index for a unit of building materials that recorded the very best enhance in Sabah was plumbing supplies in Kota Kinabalu (17.6%), whereas in Sarawak it was timber in Sibu (31.7%), and bricks and wall supplies in Miri (23.3%).
DoSM stated the common value per unit of metal, consisting of gentle metal spherical bars and Mycon 60 excessive tensile deformed bars, was RM3,689.50 per tonne, recording a 0.5% lower in contrast with the earlier month (Might 2023: RM3,708.75).