Based on the 2000 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) conducted nationwide, with 1999 as the reference period, the Philippines had a total of 28,245 establishments in 1999, which employed an average of 20 and more workers (Table 1). As…
Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis continued to grow by 11.7 percent in April 2005, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).…
Total external trade in goods for January to April 2005 amounted to $25.825 billion, an increment of 1.8 percent from $25.368 billion during the same period a year earlier. However, total foreign-made merchandise slightly dropped by 1.0 percent to $…
There were an estimated total number of 1,129 fishing establishments in the entire country, according to the results of the 2002 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry. Majority (82.2 percent or 928 establishments) were accounted by…
The number of persons in the labor force, or those who are either employed or unemployed was registered at 35.1 million, resulting to a labor force participation rate (LFPR) of 64.8 percent in April 2005.
Year-on-year inflation rate based on the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) was registered at 10.2 percent in March. Higher annual inflation rates were noted in the prices of beverages and tobacco, 7.1 percent in March from 6.5 percent in February…
CPI of Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT): National Capital Region (NCR) and Areas Outside the National Capital Region (AONCR) The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR slightly decreased to 119.2 in May from 119.3 in April while that for AONCR…
The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) accelerated by 1.8 percent in April from 0.6 percent in March. This can be attributed to the increments in the indices of fuels and lubricants; 5.2 percent…
Total external trade in goods for January to March 2005 amounted to $18.917 billion representing a negative growth of 0.1 percent from $18.945 billion during the same period of the previous year. However, total foreign-made merchandise dipped by 3.6…
