The total number of establishments in the agriculture and forestry sector in 2005 was estimated to be 3.295. Of the total establishments' count. majority (79.1%) were agriculture and forestry establishments with average total employment (ATE) of…

According to the preliminary results of the 2005 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI), the total number of construction establishments in business operation was 2,480. Of the total, 72.6 percent had an average employment of less…

Total external trade in goods for January to February 2007 reached $15.109 billion, representing a 9.8 percent increment from $13.754 billion during the same 2-month period in 2006. Similarly, total imports grew by 5.3 percent to $7.404 billion from…

Value of Production slides further in February 2007 Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry continued to fall as it posted a decrease of 8.3 percent in February 2007, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

The 2005 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) covered a total of 972 electricity, gas and water establishments. More than half of these establishments (54.6%) had an average total employment (ATE) of less than 20 while 45.4…

There were a total of 1,052 fishing establishments in operation all over the country according to the 2005 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI). Majority of this number (86.8%) were accounted by fishing establishments with…

The country's year-on-year inflation rate in the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) decelerated to 5.0 percent in October from 6.1 percent in September. This was primarily due to the 5.7 percentage points (3.0% from 8.7%) slowdown in the…

Export earnings in February 2007 inched up by 7.0 percent to $3.689 billion from $3.447 billion in February 2006. Receipts from merchandise exports during January to February, on the other hand, rose to 14.2 percent to $7.676 billion from $6.719…

Producer Price Index (PPI) exhibits positive trend The Producer Price Index (PPI) for February went up by 2.2 percent compared with the year-ago level. This was brought about by the increases reported by twelve sectors, with double-digit increases…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded a slower rate of increment at 0.1 percent in February from 0.5 percent in January. This can be attributed to the negative growth rates observed in…