Value of Production posts slower growth in November 2008

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry grew at a slower rate of 1.4 percent in November 2008 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Sectors that significantly contributed to the increase were the following: beverages, fabricated metal products, food manufacturing, footwear and wearing apparel, non-metallic mineral products, wood and wood products, publishing and printing, rubber and plastic products, and leather products. Refer to Tables 1-A and 1.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing maintained a year-on-year growth as it posted 16.2 percent increase in August 2010, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). This was accounted for by 13 major sectors with two-digit increment in production values exhibited by the following: petroleum products, transport equipment, leather products, miscellaneous manufactures, beverages, electrical machinery, machinery except electrical, basic metal, fabricated metal products, rubber and plastic products, non-metallic mineral products, paper and paper products and publishing and printing. Refer to Tables 1-A and 1.

Value of Production posts positive growth for the first time after 12 months

Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry recovered at 2.1 percent in November 2009 from a year-on-year negative growth observed since November 2008, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated S