The Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis grew by 19.5 percent in November 2004, compared with year ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected…

Total external trade in goods for January to November 2004 amounted to $73.59 billion representing a growth of 9.0 percent from $67.481 billion during the same period of the previous year. Total foreign-made merchandise as well went up by 8.2…

Supporting auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies dominated the sector in terms of number of establishments The 2002 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) for transport, storage and communications sector…

Four out of five (79.9%) of NSO's clients were either satisfied or very satisfied with its civil registry services in September this year. This was the result of the September 2004 round of the Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS). This was nine…

Labor force population in January 2005 slightly increased by 0.6 percent to 35.7 million from 35.4 million reported in January 2004. However, the labor force participation rate (LFPR), decreased by 1.2 percentage points, from 67.3 percent to 66.1…

Majority of establishments were engaged in retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles, repair of personal and household goods A total of 374,559 establishments engaged in wholesale and retail trade; sale, maintenance and repair of motor…

Export earnings for November 2004 grew by 19.5 percent to $3.688 billion from $3.085 billion during the same period of the previous year. For two consecutive months and the fourth time, a double-digit positive growth was registered since January of…

A total of 7,450 manufacturing establishments with average total employment (ATE) of 20 or more workers were covered in the 2000 Census of Philippine Business and Industry with 1999 as the reference year. Food except beverages dominated the sector…

The 1994 FLEMMS was conducted in response to the government’s program of “Eradicating Illiteracy in the Year 2000” through Memorandum Circular No. 71, issued by President Fidel V. Ramos on September 7, 1993. This circular is basically geared towards…

Quantity and value of domestic trade increased The total quantity of domestic trade in the second quarter of 2004 increased by 32.2 percent, resulting to 6.16 million tons from 4.66 million tons registered during the same period of last year. Most…