Registered export earnings for February 2004 increased by 7.5 percent to $2.999 billion from $2.789 billion during the same month last year. Receipts from merchandise exports for January to February 2004 went up by 5.8 percent to $5.843 billion…

Majority of establishments are involved in hospital activities and medical and dental practices There were 27,822 health and social work establishments covered by the 2000 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI). Most of these…

Year-on-year inflation rate based on the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) went up at a slower rate of 4.3 percent in January from 6.3 percent in December. Inflation rates for all the commodity

Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry grew by 4.4 percent in January 2004 compared with a year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Sectors…

Total external trade in goods for January 2004 amounted to $6.024 billion representing an increase of 6.6 percent from $5.651 billion during the same period last year. Total foreign-made merchandise also moved up by 9.0 percent to $3.180 billion…

* Estimates for January 2004 are preliminary results and are subject to change.

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly increased to 158.7 and 161.7 in February from their respective January levels of 157.5 and 161.2.

Year-on-year headline inflation was 3.4 percent in February, the same rate posted in January. Food, beverages and tobacco (FBT), clothing and miscellaneous items retained their January inflation rates. Inflation a year ago was 3.1 percent.

There was strong expansion in electronic products such as EDP (15.54 percent), office equipment (20.84 percent), consumer electronics (48.92 percent), communication/radar (7.13 percent), medical/industrial instrumentation (142.68 percent), and…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry improved by 3.4 percent in December 2003 compared with a year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).…