Table 7. Distribution of Samples and Responding Establishments by Major Industry Group
         December 2006 - January 2007

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                                 |        December      |       December       |           |      January 2006
                                 |     (Preliminary)    |      (Revised)       |           |      (Preliminary)
                          Number |----------------------|----------------------|           |----------------------
Sector                        of |      Responding      |      Responding      | Number of |      Responding
                         Samples |    Establishments    |    Establishments    |           |    Establishments
                             (n) | Number (n) | Percent | Number (n) | Percent |  Samples  | Number (n)  | Percent
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MANUFACTURING               509          448       88.0         488       95.7     515             462        89.7

Food manufacturing          110           96       87.3         107       98.2     113             101        89.4
Beverage                     13           12       92.3          13      100.0      14              12        85.7
Tobacco                      11           11      100.0          11      100.0      11              10        90.9
Textile                      27           25       92.6          27      100.0      28              28       100.0
Footwear and wearing
  apparel                    23           22       95.7          23       95.8      22              20        90.9
Wood andood products         12           11       91.7          12      100.0      13              13       100.0
Furniture and fixtures       22           17       77.3          22      100.0      22              17        77.3
Paper and paper products     16           14       87.5          16      100.0      17              17       100.0
Publishing and printing      14           11       78.6          14      100.0      15              12        80.0
Leather products              7            6       85.7           5       71.4       6               5        83.3
Rubber products              12           10       83.3          11       91.7      11               8        72.7
Chemical products            84           75       89.3          76       89.4      81              73        90.1
Petroleum products            4            4      100.0           4      100.0       4               4       100.0
Non-metallic mineral
  products                   24           23       95.8          24      100.0      25              24        96.0
Basic metals                 34           30       88.2          31       91.2      30              27        90.0
Fabricated metal products    11            9       81.8          11      100.0      14              13        92.9
Machinery excluding
  electrical                  2            2      100.0           2      100.0       6               2        33.3
Transport equipment          15           14       93.3          15      100.0      16              14        87.5
Electrical machinery         51           43       84.3          49       96.1      51              48        94.1
Miscellaneous manufactures   17           13       76.5          15       88.2      16              14        87.5

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Source:  Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI)
         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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