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马来西亚3月份工业生产数据喜忧参半

-- 马来西亚2月份工业生产同比增长,但环比下降,环比下降的原因是出口放缓。 马来西亚统计局(DOS)报告称,2月份马来西亚工业生产指数同比增长3.1%,但环比下降9.2%。 据统计局数据,2月份马来西亚制造业产出同比增长4.2%,电力产出同比增长4.6%,而采矿业产出则下降2%。 但2月份出口制成品产出环比下滑。 统计局解释说,“2月份出口导向型产业产出环比下降8.1%”。 统计局报告称,2月份马来西亚服装产出同比下降1.8%,石油及相关产品产出同比下降2.1%,交通运输产品产出同比下降3.5%。 相比之下,2月份电子产品产量同比增长12.9%,部分原因是半导体和其他科技产品的生产增长。 马来西亚官方公布的2月份工业生产报告与标普全球近期发布的制造业采购经理人指数(PMI)报告基本一致。 标普全球报告称,马来西亚3月份经季节性调整后的制造业PMI升至50.7,高于2月份的49.3,并突破了50荣枯分界线。

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