Total external trade in goods for January to December 2000 amounted to $69.464 billion which was 5.6 percent higher than $65.779 billion in 1999. Merchandise exports valued at $38.078 billion rose by 8.7 percent from $35.037 billion in 1999 while…

The inflation rate went up further to 6.9 percent in January, from 6.6 percent in December. The rise in prices of food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) and services contributed to the increase. Inflation during the same month a year ago was 2.6 percent.

Total receipts from merchandise export for the period January to December 2000 grew by 8.7 percent to $38.077 billion from $35.037 billion in 1999. For the month of December, total receipts increased by 18.8 percent to $3.495 billion compared to $…

Comparative year-on-year production still up Production output of the manufacturing industry in November 2000 moved up by 47.9 percent in value and 36.6 percent in volume compared to a year ago according to the preliminary results of the…

Total external trade in goods for January to November 2000 amounted to $63.732 billion which was 5.9 percent higher than $60.182 billion in 1999. Merchandise exports valued at $34.582 billion rose by 7.8 percent from $32.093 billion in 1999 while…

The total income of all families increased by 6.7 percent to P896.4 billion (in current prices) during the six-month period from April to September 1999 from P 839.9 billion a year earlier. On the other hand, total expenditures of all families rose…

Total receipts from merchandise export for the period January to November 2000 grew by 7.8 percent to $34.582 billion from $32.093 billion last year. For the month of November, total receipts increased by 7.9 percent to $3.317 billion compared to…

Manufacturing Output Continues to Grow Manufacturing continued to grow in October 2000 as reflected by the 31.7 percent growth in the value and 21.0 percent in the volume of production, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

Total external trade in goods for January to October 2000 amounted to $57.746 billion which was 5.5 percent higher than $54.755 billion in 1999. Merchandise exports valued at $31.265 billion rose by 7.7 percent from $29.018 billion last year while…

October 1999 and October 2000 population figures were estimated based on the 1995 Census-Based Population Projections while figures for January, April and July 2000 were estimated based on the 1980 Census-based Population Projections, which have…