KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production fell 2.9 per cent in October 2019 to 105.1 versus 108.2 in the same month of the preceding year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia.

In a statement today, chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said out of 1,063 items covered in PPI, 37.0 per cent showed an increase in October 2019 compared to October 2018.