Based on the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing showed an annual drop of 7.3 percent in July 2019. During the same month of the previous year, the annual growth rate of VaPI was higher at 11.1 percent.

Based on the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), Value of Production Index (VaPI) for manufacturing declined by 2.1 percent in May 2019.

The Value of Production Index (VaPI) decreased at an annual rate of 5.4 percent in March 2019. During the same month of the previous year, VaPI went up at an annual rate of 10.5 percent. The decline of VaPI in March 2019 can be attributed to the decreases in the indices of three major industry groups led by food manufacturing (-20.3%). Refer to Tables1-A and 1.