Year-on-Year
The Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufacturing posted a year-on-year increment of 0.1 percent in October 2021, from a negative annual growth rate of -0.3 percent in the previous month. In October 2020, the annual decrease of PPI was recorded at -4.6 percent. (Table A)
The upturn in the PPI in October 2021 can be attributed to the annual increases in the indices of 13 industry divisions led by manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products which posted a double-digit annual increment of 19.6 percent. On the other hand, manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, with an annual decline of -16.4 percent, led the nine industry divisions that recorded decrements in annual growth rates. (Tables A-1 and 1)
Month-on-Month
Month-on-month, the PPI for manufacturing continued to post a positive growth of 0.3 percent in October 2021. This increase was slower than the increase of 0.5 percent in September 2021. In October 2020, the PPI posted a monthly decrease of -0.1 percent. (Table A)
Eleven industry divisions recorded positive monthly growth rates in October 2021 with manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products registering the highest monthly increment of 2.4 percent. On the contrary, nine industry divisions of the PPI recorded monthly decrements, with manufacture of wearing apparel posting the highest monthly drop of -0.9 percent. The monthly growth rates of the two remaining industry divisions were at 0.0 percent. (Tables A-2 and 1)
DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General
- Introduction
- Method of Index Computation
- Computation of Growth Rates
Year-on-year growth rates are computed by dividing the current month’s index by the index of the same month of the previous year less 1.
Month-on-month growth rates are computed by dividing the current month’s index by the previous month’s index less 1.
- Imputation and Revision
Imputation is done for sample establishments that are in operation during the reference period but with no received response during the release date. Results are revised accordingly when the actual data are received and these revisions are reflected in the next release.
- Industry Coverage
Starting with the January 2013 reference month, PPI utilizes the 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC) to classify sectors and industries. Selected industry groups of the 2009 PSIC were grouped to form the 22 industry divisions of the 2021 PPS. These are presented in the table below.
2009 PSIC CODE |
INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION |
---|---|
C10 |
Manufacture of food products * |
C11 |
Manufacture of beverages |
C12 |
Manufacture of tobacco products |
C13 |
Manufacture of Textiles |
C14 |
Manufacture of wearing apparel |
C15 |
Manufacture of leather and related products, including footwear |
C16 |
Manufacture of wood, bamboo, cane, rattan articles, and related products products* |
C17 |
Manufacture of paper and paper products |
C18 |
Printing and reproduction of recorded media |
C19 |
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products |
C20 |
Manufacture of chemical and chemical products* |
C21 |
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations |
C22 |
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products* |
C23 |
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products* |
C24 |
Manufacture of basic metals* |
C25 |
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment* |
C26 |
Manufacture of computer, electronic, and optical products* |
C27 |
Manufacture of electrical equipment* |
C28 |
Manufacture of machinery and equipment except electrical* |
C29, C30 |
Manufacture of transport equipment* |
C31 | Manufacture of furniture |
C32, C33 | Other manufacturing |
* Industry divisions categorized further into industry groups
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