Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis registered an increase of 9.9 percent in March 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Sectors which posted considerable increases were tobacco, fabricated metal products, miscellaneous manufactures, textiles, food manufacturing, petroleum products, paper and paper products, electrical machinery, basic metals, leather products and rubber products. Refer to Tables 1-A and 1.