The total imported goods by the country for the month of May 2016 amounted to $6.736 billion, an increase of 39.3 percent from $4.834 billion recorded during the same period a year ago.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) thru the 13th National Convention on Statistics (NCS) Scientific Program Committee extends the deadline for submission of final manuscripts of accepted abstracts for the 13th NCS to 15 August 2016.

Total Gross Revenue Index grew by 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2016 from the 7.4 percent last year. This performance was led by Real Estate, Transportation and Communication, and Trade.

On an annual basis, the Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) further climbed to 1.3 percent in June 2016.

The country’s total external trade in goods in 2015 reached $129.894 billion, expanding by 1.9 percent from $127.500 billion in 2014. The positive growth of the external trade was due to the increase of inward trading of goods. Total imports went…

The total quantity of domestic trade transactions that flowed through air and water within the country increased by 7.0 percent during the first quarter of 2016 to 5.36 million tons from 5.01 million tons in the same quarter in 2015.

The year-on-year increment of the Construction Materials Retail Price Index (CMRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) slowed down to 1.4 percent in June 2016.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) now offers online registration for interested participants to the 13th National Convention on Statistics (NCS) which will be held on 3-4 October 2016, at Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City.

The Philippines’ export sales amounted to $4.711 billion in May 2016, a 3.8 percent decrease from $4.899 billion recorded value in May 2015. The decrease was attributed to five major commodities out of the top ten export commodities for the month.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing reflected a decrease of 4.9 percent in May 2016, showing an improvement from the same month last year’s decline of 8.0 percent, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated…