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External Trade Performance : April 2008

 

Total external trade in goods for January to April 2008 reached $36.322 billion, representing a 10.6 percent increment from $32.828 billion during the 4-month period in 2007. This growth is triggered by the 17.9 percent growth of the total imports…
Construction Statistics from Approved Building Permits : Fourth Quarter 2007 (Preliminary Results)

 

Number of approved building permits decreases for all types of building construction Total number of building construction nationwide reached 20,737 during the fourth quarter of 2007. This number is lower by 14.8 percent compared with 24,330…
Commodity Flow in the Philippines : Fourth Quarter 2007 (Preliminary Results)

 

Quantity and value of domestic trade increase In the fourth quarter of 2007, the total quantity of domestic trade transactions increased by 20.3 percent, resulting to 5.30 million tons from 4.40 million tons reported during the same period of last…
Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in the National Capital Region (1978=100) : February 2008

 

Price hikes in selected construction materials in NCR remained at 0.5 percent in February. Higher price increments were correspondingly noted in masonry materials and plumbing materials at 0.9 percent and 0.2 percent in February from their…
Merchandise Export Performance : May 2008

 

Export earnings in May 2008 went up by 2.3 percent to $4.224 billion from $4.128 billion in May 2007, albeit at a slower pace. Similarly, receipts from merchandise exports during January to May increased by 3.1 percent to $21.085 billion from $20.…
Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index in the National Capital Region (1985=100) : June 2008

 

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) picked up to 4.7 percent in June from 1.8 percent in May. This was primarily due to the 19.1 percent gain in the prices of aluminum and other metal…
General Wholesale Price Index (1998=100) : February 2008

 

The year-on-year growth rate of the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the Philippines increased to 8.5 percent in February from 8.0 percent in January. All the commodity groups registered higher annual growth rates except for the manufactured…
Customer Satisfaction Survey - December 2007

 

In December 2007, customer satisfaction rating further improved by about 7 percentage points to 72.6 percent from 65.5 September 2007. Satisfaction rating in June 2007 was at 50.4 percent. Satisfaction rating refers to the percentage of clients…
General Retail Price Index in the National Capital Region (1978=100) : January 2008

 

The month-on-month growth rate of the General Retail Price Index (GRPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) decelerated to 0.2 percent in January from 1.7 percent in December. This was mainly due to the decline in the prices of the items in the…
Producer Price Survey : May 2008

 

Producer Price Index jumps three percentage points The Producer Price Index (PPI, 2000=100) for the manufacturing industry rose to 3.7 percent in May 2008, up from 0.7 percent a year ago, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Producer…