Table 8. Distribution of Samples and Responding Establishments by Major Industry Group:  (PPS)
         December 2006 - January 2007

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                                 |       December       |     January 2006     |     January 2007
                                 |      (Revised)       |    (Preliminary)     |       (Revised)
                          Number |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------
Sector                        of |      Responding      |      Responding      |      Responding
                         Samples |    Establishments    |    Establishments    |    Establishments
                             (n) | Number (n) | Percent | Number (n)  | Percent| Number (n)  | Percent
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MANUFACTURING                268         265       98.9         217       81.0         245        91.4

Food manufacturing            68          67       98.5          58       85.3          63        92.6
Beverage                       6           6      100.0           5       83.3           5        83.3
Tobacco                        3           3      100.0           3      100.0           3       100.0
Textile                       12          12      100.0          10       83.3          12       100.0
Footwear and wearing
  apparel                     10          10      100.0          10      100.0          10       100.0
Wood andood products           7           7      100.0           5       71.4           6        85.7
Furniture and fixtures        11          11      100.0           5       45.5           8        72.7
Paper and paper products      11          11      100.0           9       81.8          11       100.0
Publishing and printing        2           2      100.0           1       50.0           2       100.0
Leather products               3           3      100.0           2       66.7           3       100.0
Rubber products                4           4      100.0           3       75.0           3        75.0
Chemical products             33          32       97.0          29       87.9          33       100.0
Petroleum products             3           3      100.0           3      100.0           3       100.0
Non-metallic mineral
  products                    13          13      100.0          10       76.9          13       100.0
Basic metals                  17          17      100.0          14       82.4          16        94.1
Fabricated metal products      5           5      100.0           3       60.0           5       100.0
Machinery excluding
  electrical                  17          16       94.1          15       88.2          15        88.2
Transport equipment           10          10      100.0           7       70.0           8        80.0
Electrical machinery          17          17      100.0          11       64.7          12        70.6
Miscellaneous manufactures    16          16      100.0          14       87.5          14        87.5

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Source:  Producer Price Survey  (PPS)
         Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  March 23, 2007
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