The Value of Production Index (VaPI) went down at an annual rate of 5.5 percent in February 2019. In the same month of the previous year, VaPI went up at an annual rate of 15.5 percent. The decline of VaPI in February 2019 can be attributed to the decreases in the indices of four major sectors led by food manufacturing (-21.9%). Refer to Tables1-A and 1.

The Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing further showed an annual drop of 9.3 percent in December 2018. In the same month of the previous year, VaPI also went down by 7.1 percent.

The Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing recorded an annual increment of 3.1 percent in October 2018. In the same month of the previous year, VaPI dropped by 6.0 percent.