KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 ― Malaysia’s wholesale and retail trade sales rose 9.8 per cent year-on-year to RM123.8 billion in March 2022, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said.
“This was followed by wholesale trade which rose 6.8 per cent or RM11.0 billion to RM171.7 billion. The motor vehicle sub-sector grew 13.0 per cent or RM4.8 billion to RM41.8 billion in this quarter,” chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in a statement today.The chief statistician noted that the index of retail sale over the internet for March 2022 recorded 17.0 per cent growth year-on-year .
As for the month of March, the increase for wholesale and retail trade was attributed to the retail trade sub-sector which increased RM4.9 billion or 10.8 per cent to RM49.9 billion.
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