The balance of trade-in-goods (BOT-G) deficit for April 1997 dropped by 34.8 percent to $860 million from $1.319 billion year back as aggregate bills from imported goods posted a slower growth rate compared to revenue from merchandise exports.…

Revenue earned from the merchandise exports posted a 39.6 percent upswing as April 1997 receipts reached $2.082 billion, surpassing $1.492 billion in 1996 by $590.50 million. Compared to the previous month, exports gained by 4.1 percent from $2.001…

Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate continued to slow down as it settled to 4.2 percent from 4.6 percent in April.

Building Permit Applications Rose to 27,714 Building permit applications during the second quarter of 1997 increased by 35 percent reaching to 27,714 from 20,573 received during the same period in 1996. Applications for all types of building…

Building Permit Applications Reached 25,119 Building permit applications during the first quarter of 1997 increased by 4 percent reaching to 25,119 from 24,127 received during the same period in 1996. Figure 1 shows the distribution of building…

The value of production index (VPI) in key manufacturing enterprises decreased by 2.3 percent to 460.2 in March 1997 from 470.8 a year ago. On a month-on-month comparison, VPI increased by 0.3 percent from 458.7 last February 1997. These figures…

Value of merchandise trade transactions between the Philippines and the rest of world for the first quarter of 1997 increased by 15.5 percent to $13.905 billion from $12.041 billion recorded during the same period in 1996. Cost of imported…

Merchandise exports reached $1.996 billion in March, posting a 19.5 percent growth rate or an increase of $326 million over $1.671 billion last year. For the first quarter of 1997, total receipts rose by 17.4 percent to $5.501 billion from $4.685…

Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate slowed down to 4.6 percent in April from 4.8 percent in March.

The 1996 Family Planning Survey (FPS) is a nationwide survey aimed at collecting information on contraceptive use in the Philippines in 1996. It is the second in a series of annual family planning surveys to be conducted by the National Statistics…