Production and sales for total manufacturing in March 1999 continued to decline though at a slower rate compared to a year ago according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).

Declining value of imports failed to hamper the growth in the countrys total trade output as rising exports continued to offset the drop. Total trade settled at $15.158 billion, representing a growth of 2.1 percent from $14.853 billion a year ago.…

The rates for food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) slowed down to 7.8 percent in April from 9.2 percent in March; housing and repairs (H&R), 9.4 percent from 9.7 percent; miscellaneous items, 6.1 percent from 6.7 percent; and clothing, 7.3…

Aggregate merchandise export receipts for the first quarter of 1999 grew by 15.2 percent to $7.850 billion from $6.816 billion in 1998. For March 1999, total dollar inflows went up by 9.1 percent to $2.699 billion from $2.474 billion a year earlier…

 

Total trade in goods for the first two months of 1999 amounted to $9.803 billion which was 0.4 percent higher than $9.765 billion last year. Purchases of foreign-made merchandise dropped by 14.2 percent to $4.653 billion from $5.423 billion a year…

Inflation in food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) slowed to 9.2 percent in March from 11.2 percent in February; services, 9.0 percent from 9.9 percent; miscellaneous items, 6.7 percent from 7.5 percent; and clothing, 7.5 percent from 8.1 percent. The…

Aggregate revenue from merchandise exports remained on the upswing as the two-month dollar inflow grew by 18.6 percent to $5.148 billion from $4.342 billion in 1998. For February, total receipts amounted to $2.567 billion which was 15.2 percent…

Value of domestic trade reaches P307.76 billion In 1997, the total value of merchandise goods traded within the country amounted to P307.76 billion, posting a slight increase of 1.2 percent from P304.06 billion recorded in the previous year. The…

Preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) for January 1999 indicated that the year-on-year declines in the value and volume of production in manufacturing have been slowing down since November 1998.