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マレーシアの3月の鉱工業生産はまちまちだった

-- マレーシアの2月の鉱工業生産は前年同月比で増加したが、1月からは減少した。1月の減少は輸出の減速によるものだ。 マレーシア統計局(DOS)によると、マレーシアの2月の鉱工業生産指数は前年同月比3.1%上昇したが、1月からは9.2%急落した。 DOSによると、2月の製造業生産は前年同月比4.2%増加、電力生産は同4.6%増加、鉱業生産は同2%減少した。 しかし、輸出向け製造品の生産は2月に1月から減少した。 DOSは「前月比で、2月の輸出向け産業の生産は1月から8.1%減少した」と説明した。 DOSによると、2月のマレーシアの衣料品生産は前年同月比1.8%減、石油・関連製品は同2.1%減、輸送機器製品は同3.5%減となった。 一方、電子機器の生産は2月に前年同月比12.9%増加し、半導体やその他のハイテク機器の生産がその一因となった。 マレーシアの2月の公式鉱工業生産統計は、S&Pグローバルが発表した最近の製造業購買担当者景気指数(PMI)とほぼ一致した。 S&Pグローバルによると、マレーシアの3月の製造業PMIは季節調整済みで50.7となり、2月の49.3から上昇し、景気拡大と縮小の分岐点となる50を上回った。

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