Civil Engineering Materials Prices: Sabah & Sarawak
Data as of Sep 2026Monthly average unit prices of civil engineering materials for Sabah & Sarawak, by item and region.
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How is this data produced?
This data shows the average unit prices of the main materials used in civil engineering works: steel bars, cement, bitumen, diesel, sand, aggregates, premix, fabric reinforcement and guardrail. The list of materials and their specifications is set with the Public Works Department (JKR) and the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). Most prices are collected every month at the outlets where contractors buy their materials; prices for some materials are obtained from other agencies.
Prices are transaction prices paid by contractors, including wholesale prices and prices after discounts, at the credit terms usually given to contractors. They include all taxes, such as sales tax and import duty, exclude installation costs, and are converted to the unit shown where an item is sold in a different unit. Diesel prices are retail prices.
Prices are reported for 6 regions: Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Tawau in Sabah, and Kuching, Sibu and Miri in Sarawak. Bitumen and diesel are priced for Sabah and Sarawak; bitumen 60/70 penetration prices are ex-Kota Kinabalu for Sabah and ex-Kuching for Sarawak.
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
These prices are compiled to measure the rate of change in prices, and should not be taken as the actual price of a material at a given place or time. Data for the most recent 12 months may be revised in subsequent releases. Months in which an item was not priced in a region are omitted.
Publication(s) using this data
Building Materials Cost Index, Sep 2026, the latest edition of the monthly building materials cost statistics published by DOSM.
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Dataset description
Monthly average unit prices of civil engineering materials for Sabah & Sarawak, by item and region.
Variable definitions
- Date
- Item
- Unit
- Region
- Price (RM)
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date (Date) | Date | The date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with DD set to 01 as the data is at monthly frequency |
item (String) | Item | Material, e.g. 'steel_ms_10mm', 'cement', 'sand_river'; the full list of items is in the table |
unit (String) | Unit | Unit of the price, e.g. 'RM per tonne' or 'RM per 50kg bag' |
region (String) | Region | Region, one of 'Kota Kinabalu', 'Sandakan', 'Tawau', 'Kuching', 'Sibu', 'Miri', 'Sabah', 'Sarawak' |
price (Float) | Price (RM) | Average unit price, in RM per the given unit |
Last updated:
12 Oct 2026, 12:00
Next update:
10 Nov 2026, 12:00
Data source(s)
- Department of Statistics Malaysia
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This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.dosm.gov.my/bci/bci_civil_sabah_sarawak.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
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import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=bci_civil_sabah_sarawak&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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