Total external trade in goods for January to August in 2006 reached $64.816 billion representing a 13.3 percent increment from $57.224 billion during the same period a year earlier. Similarly, total foreign-made merchandise grew by 10.2 percent to $…

Value of Production continues to grow Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry went up by 6.3 percent in August 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of…

Export earnings in August 2006 went up by 21.3 percent to $4.261 billion from $3.956 billion during the same period of the previous year. The double-digit increment was observed since February of the current year.

Producer Price Index (PPI) for the manufacturing industry maintained its two-digit year-on-year increase, registering 14.3 percent in August 2006. Significant price increases were observed in seventeen (17) major sectors, with two-digit growth…

The year-on-year headline inflation rate at the national level continued to slowdown as it registered a rate of 5.7 percent in September from 6.3 percent in August. This was due to the slower annual price increases in all the commodity groups except…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR decreased to 128.8 in September from 129.2 in August. In AONCR, the index slightly went up to 132.1 from 132.0.

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded a decline of -0.1 percent in August from 1.1 percent in July. This can be attributed to the decreases in the prices of cement (-0.1% from 1.5%),…

Value of Production remains at single-digit growth Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry recorded a slow growth of 3.0 percent in July 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the…

Total external trade in goods for January to July in 2006 reached $55.728 billion representing a 12.6 percent increment from $49.473 billion during the same period a year earlier. Similarly, total foreign-made merchandise grew by 9.6 percent to $29.…

Quantity of domestic trade declines, value increases The total quantity of domestic trade transactions in the fourth quarter of 2005 decreased by 7.4 percent, resulting to 4.19 million tons from 4.53 million tons reported during the same period of…