Average capacity utilization in January 2006 for total manufacturing was estimated at 80.2 percent. Sectors that registered more than 80% capacity utilization rates were the following: machinery excluding electrical, petroleum products, electrical machinery, paper and paper products, miscellaneous manufactures, rubber products, leather products, basic metals, food manufacturing and chemical products. Refer to Table 6..

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing reflected a year-on-year increment of 2.6 percent in January 2012, after registering declines in the last 3 months of 2011, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).