The sales value of wholesale and retail trade in April 2017 grew by 9.6 per cent to RM92.8 billion compred to the same month last year.
In a statement today, the Department of Statistics said the sales value consisted of wholesale trade (+8.6 per cent to RM45.2 billion), retail trade (+12.9 per cent to RM36.3 billion) and motor vehicles (+4.0 per cent to RM11.4 billion).
However, month-on-month, sales value of the wholesale trade business decreased 3.8 per cent compared to the previous month, retail trade went down 3.6 per cent and motor vehicles eased 11.8 per cent
Source : Bernama