Aggregate receipts from merchandise exports as of end-May grew by 20.3 percent to $11.515 billion from $9.571 billion a year earlier.For May alone, total receipts increased by 21.8 percent to $2.415 billion from $1.983 billion last year.

These results were based on the interim Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) of the National Statistics Office with the Department of Trade and Industry which will eventually provide flash indicators on the performance of…

There was an increase of 745 thousand persons (2.4 %) in the labor force from April 1997 to April 1998.

Total trade in goods from January to April grew by 3.5 percent this year to $19.595 billion from $18.930 billion last year. Revenue from exports posted a 19.9 percent increase settling at $9.101 billion from $7.588 billion a year ago while…

All the commodity groups registered higher inflation rates except for that of services whose 15.8 percent in May dipped slightly from 15.9 percent in April. The rates for food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) increased to 7.6 percent from 5.4 percent;…

Revenue from merchandise exports for the first four months of 1998 remained on the upswing by posting a 19.9 percent growth to $9.101 billion from $7.588 billion last year. For April 1998, aggregate receipts grew by 9.8 percent to $2.285 billion…

These results were based on the interim monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), a monthly survey of the National Statistics Office with the Department of Trade and Industry. This will eventually provide flash indicators on the…

The total trade in goods for the first quarter increased by 6.8 percent to $14.854 billion from $13.905 billion last year. Expenditures for imports dipped by 4.3 percent to $8.038 billion from $8.400 billion a year ago. Exports, on the other hand,…

Exports of goods for the first quarter of 1998 increased by 23.8 percent to $6.815 billion from $5.506 billion last year.Receipts for March 1998 alone reached $2.473 billion or 23.6 percent higher than $2.001 billion a year ago. It also increased by…

Measured from a year ago, the national inflation rate increased to 7.9 percent in April from 7.3 percent last month. The index was estimated at 254.7 in April from 253.0 in March. The average inflation during the first four months of the year was 7.…