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.

Value of Production remains at two-digit decline

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry recorded a slower year-on-year decline of 18.9 percent in February 2009, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Sixteen out of 20 major sectors reported decreases, with two-digit decline observed in the following:petroleum products, leather products, basic metals, miscellaneous manufactures, footwear and wearing appar

Value of Production registers negative growth

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry slowed down by 0.1 percent in September 2006 compared with the year-ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). This was due to the two-digit decreases in production reported by the following major sectors: machinery excluding electrical, leather products, textiles, chemical products, publishing and printing, tobacco, petroleum products, wood and wood products and rubber products. Refer to Tables 1-A and 1.