Table 2  Volume of Production Index (VoPI), Year-on-Year and Month-on-Month Growth Rates for Manufacturing Sector	 
         January 2007 - December 2007
         (1994=100)

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           |          TOTAL MANUFACTURING          |          FOOD MANUFACTURING
Year/Month | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
           |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007          98.3           -4.4                     96.6           -2.1

Jan           94.6           -0.5            -11.8    82.2            9.8            -31.1
Feb           81.0          -14.5            -14.3    79.9           -7.9             -2.8
Mar           94.3           -6.8             16.4    93.8           -6.8             17.3
Apr           96.2           -3.3              2.1    84.6           -3.7             -9.7
May           98.8           -7.7              2.6    84.5           -8.7             -0.2
Jun          100.9           -4.3              2.2    95.3            2.4             12.8
Jul          103.1            0.9              2.2    98.2            9.2              3.0
Aug          101.6           -5.9             -1.5    97.7           -3.0             -0.5
Sep          100.0           -3.2             -1.6   101.5            0.1              3.9
Oct          102.2           -2.2              2.2   109.4           -6.7              7.8
Nov          102.1           -4.2             -0.1   111.0           -6.8              1.4
Dec          105.3           -1.7              3.1   120.5r           1.0              8.6

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Table 2 (continued)

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           |                BEVERAGES              |                TOBACCO
Year/Month | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
           |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007         148.6            7.2                      16.7           -32.1

Jan          130.9          -16.0            -11.1     13.7           -55.7            -10.6
Feb          119.0          -21.6             -9.1     14.7           -29.6              7.4
Mar          141.8           -1.0             19.2     15.2           -42.6              3.1
Apr          140.1            5.9             -1.2     13.9           -35.4             -8.4
May          160.8            4.2             14.8     20.3           -21.0             45.7
Jun          158.4           18.5             -1.5     21.3           -21.3              5.1
Jul          139.2           24.5            -12.1     19.5           -31.2             -8.4
Aug          144.0           13.7              3.4     18.9           -32.3             -3.3
Sep          138.5           -1.5             -3.8     16.3           -40.0            -13.7
Oct          161.3           22.3             16.5     16.8           -36.7              3.3
Nov          151.8           13.5             -5.9     16.6            -2.2             -1.1
Dec          196.7           33.6             29.6     13.1           -14.7            -21.4

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Table 2 (continued)

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               |                TEXTILES               |      FOOTWEAR AND WEARING APPAREL
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007              63.1          -34.0                      17.3           -19.5

Jan               62.2          -44.4              9.6     18.9             3.5            -12.6
Feb               67.0          -39.8              7.7     17.5           -28.0             -7.4
Mar               65.5          -46.2             -2.2     15.3           -38.8            -12.7
Apr               62.4          -47.5             -4.8     15.4           -30.0              0.7
May               66.8          -45.2              7.1     17.0           -23.0             10.8
Jun               61.2          -47.2             -8.3     17.3           -18.8              1.5
Jul               67.9          -18.8             10.8     18.7           -18.0              8.5
Aug               68.2          -18.5             -0.4     17.3           -17.4             -7.5
Sep               61.5          -20.6             -9.8     19.3            -4.7             11.3
Oct               62.0          -18.0              0.9     17.7           -16.5             -8.4
Nov               57.4          -18.2             -7.5     16.3           -12.0             -7.5
Dec               55.4           -2.4             -3.5     17.2r          -20.2              5.5

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Table 2 (continued)

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               |         WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS        |         FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007              68.7           36.8                     127.2            10.2

Jan               51.7           21.0             -6.7    132.3            44.1             -3.6
Feb               62.0           38.1             20.1    140.2            35.7              5.9
Mar               66.2           40.7              6.7    156.6            19.7             11.7
Apr               69.2           57.6              4.6    122.2             7.2            -22.0
May               65.4           36.0             -5.5    120.1            20.8             -1.8
Jun               79.6           59.3             21.7    128.3             5.8              6.9
Jul               73.0           36.4             -8.3    126.1            11.2             -1.7
Aug               83.7           43.0             14.7    123.2             6.0             -2.3
Sep               73.5           41.0            -12.3    114.2            -2.2             -7.3
Oct               74.4           43.7              1.3    121.1             3.1              6.0
Nov               64.8           19.2            -12.9    119.6            -2.8             -1.3
Dec               60.6            9.5             -6.5    122.0           -11.2              2.0

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Table 2 (continued)

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               |        PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS       |         PUBLISHING AND PRINTING
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007             100.4           -0.8                     172.2            -6.4

Jan              102.9           17.3              1.1    168.6            -1.1            -25.3
Feb               93.0           -7.1             -9.7    171.3             4.2              1.6
Mar              101.1r           2.2              8.9    181.6             7.3              6.0
Apr               98.3            6.9             -2.8    158.2             4.2            -12.9
May               98.1           -1.5             -0.2    173.4            -2.9              9.6
Jun              103.8           -7.7              5.8    195.7            12.0             12.8
Jul               92.1          -11.9            -11.2    191.4             2.2             -2.2
Aug              109.3r          10.3             18.7    150.7           -17.3            -21.2
Sep              103.0r          -0.1             -5.8    181.8            -2.7             20.6
Oct              112.6            4.7              9.4    169.8           -18.0             -6.6
Nov               97.0r         -10.0            -13.9    154.1           -26.6             -9.3
Dec               94.0           -7.6             -3.0    170.2r          -24.6             10.5

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Table 2 (continued)

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               |            LEATHER PRODUCTS           |            RUBBER PRODUCTS
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007               3.4            8.1                      72.0            -8.7

Jan                2.8            8.6             -1.0     91.0             0.5             37.8
Feb                2.7           -8.5             -2.8     67.2           -16.3            -26.1
Mar                2.8            6.0              1.7     76.0           -16.8             13.1
Apr                2.8           -9.0             -0.1     66.1            -4.5            -13.0
May                3.0          -29.9              9.2     68.5             0.7              3.6
Jun                3.4            5.1             13.0     75.8             2.4             10.6
Jul                3.9           -4.2             13.0     71.3           -16.6             -5.8
Aug                4.1            5.1              4.6     73.6           -17.3              3.2
Sep                4.2           55.6              3.1     70.4            -6.3             -4.4
Oct                3.7           22.4            -12.1     76.0            -8.1              7.9
Nov                4.3           55.9             16.6     63.7           -14.8            -16.1
Dec                3.5           22.0            -19.0     64.7            -2.0              1.5

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Table 2 (continued)

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               |           CHEMICAL PRODUCTS           |           PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007             119.7           -4.5                      72.3            -2.6

Jan              106.3           -7.2            -17.2     82.3            -3.8             -5.7
Feb              105.2           -5.7             -1.1     41.9           -47.1            -49.1
Mar              120.2           -5.6             14.3     57.5            -2.1             37.2
Apr              118.4           -1.4             -1.4     85.6             2.6             48.9
May              125.3            4.0              5.8     80.2            -1.2             -6.3
Jun              133.6            8.2              6.7     77.2            -7.0             -3.7
Jul              121.1           -8.1             -9.4     79.2            21.7              2.6
Aug              129.8          -15.2              7.2     78.2            10.5             -1.1
Sep              124.3           20.4             -4.3     68.8             5.5            -12.1
Oct              113.1          -13.4             -9.0     71.8            19.2              4.4
Nov              121.4r         -12.9              7.3     71.7            -0.2             -0.2
Dec              117.3r          -8.7             -3.4     73.8           -15.4              2.9

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Table 2 (continued)

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               |      NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS    |       GLASS AND GLASS PRODUCTS f/
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007              65.7            2.1                      35.0            -2.7

Jan               71.4           24.7              3.7     42.5            -0.4              3.2
Feb               68.0           12.2             -4.8     39.0           -10.7             -8.2
Mar               73.9           10.9              8.8     29.2             5.1            -25.2
Apr               65.0            4.1            -12.0     26.8            -0.8             -8.2
May               65.9           -5.8              1.4     33.3            11.5             24.4
Jun               62.6          -11.8             -5.0     30.9             8.8             -7.3
Jul               63.9            8.6              2.0     35.8            20.6             15.9
Aug               66.2            3.6              3.6     32.6           -18.0             -8.7
Sep               63.0           -2.7             -4.8     34.6           -14.0              5.9
Oct               62.0           -4.7             -1.5     39.0             0.2             12.7
Nov               61.8           -2.0             -0.3     40.5            -5.9              3.9
Dec               64.8r          -6.0              4.7     36.3r          -11.7            -10.3

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f/ - Subsector of Non-Metallic Mineral Products

Table 2 (continued)

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               |               CEMENT f/               |  MISCELLANEOUS NON-METALLIC MINERALS f/
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007             122.4            2.2                      15.8            17.0

Jan              133.5           27.3              4.7     13.8            46.1              4.0
Feb              125.7           14.2             -5.9     15.4            31.8             12.2
Mar              140.7            8.1             12.0     19.2            50.9             24.6
Apr              123.4            1.2            -12.3     17.7            48.3             -7.9
May              121.9          -10.1             -1.2     16.6            36.8             -6.3
Jun              114.2          -16.4             -6.3     18.2            18.1              9.7
Jul              118.1            8.7              3.4     14.2            -2.8            -22.2
Aug              124.3            8.9              5.3     16.9             9.4             19.4
Sep              115.0           -2.8             -7.5     17.4            39.6              2.7
Oct              111.2           -6.3             -3.3     17.2            14.8             -0.9
Nov              114.1            3.1              2.6     12.6           -27.8            -26.9
Dec              126.2           -1.0             10.6      9.9           -25.5            -21.7

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f/ - Subsector of Non-Metallic Mineral Products

Table 2 (continued)

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               |               BASIC METALS            |             IRON AND STEEL g/
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007              79.6          -22.2                      31.6            -4.0

Jan               82.0           15.7            -17.3     29.5            32.1              5.6
Feb               78.1           -3.5             -4.8     35.2            29.6             19.4
Mar               90.5           -1.2             15.9     40.0            13.3             13.6
Apr               80.3          -16.9            -11.3     27.7            -6.5            -30.8
May               81.7          -32.5              1.8     31.5           -18.5             13.8
Jun               65.5          -40.6            -19.9     31.1           -18.8             -1.4
Jul               87.0          -31.4             32.9     28.5           -22.0             -8.2
Aug               82.6          -23.8             -5.1     35.2            -3.9             23.5
Sep               73.0          -34.6            -11.6     26.8           -23.3            -23.9
Oct               84.0          -18.2             15.1     31.5r           11.2             17.5
Nov               79.4r         -26.7             -5.5     30.4r          -21.4             -3.5
Dec               71.7r         -27.7             -9.6     31.4r           12.3              3.4

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g/ - Subsector of Basic Metals

Table 2 (continued)

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               |           NON-FERROUS METALS g/       |        FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007             168.0          -25.5                     189.2            10.2

Jan              184.9           11.8            -16.2    155.4            12.6              0.1
Feb              161.7          -10.6            -12.6    180.0            11.8             15.8
Mar              184.5           -6.0             14.1    201.0             5.8             11.6
Apr              173.3          -19.1             -6.1    176.2            12.5            -12.3
May              170.7          -34.7             -1.5    200.1            11.4             13.6
Jun              127.7          -47.6            -25.2    203.0            24.4              1.5
Jul              195.7          -32.3             53.3    199.9             9.6             -1.5
Aug              170.7          -28.1            -12.8    212.5            16.4              6.3
Sep              157.0          -35.7             -8.0    174.6            -4.9            -17.8
Oct              179.4          -21.9             14.3    196.3            12.2             12.4
Nov              169.2          -24.7             -5.6    205.7             6.3              4.8
Dec              141.4          -35.9            -16.4    165.1r            6.3            -19.8

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g/ - Subsector of Basic Metals

Table 2 (continued)

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               |    MACHINERY EXCLUDING ELECTRICAL    |          ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007             101.3          -22.1                      87.5            -8.9

Jan              103.1          -36.3              2.2     89.7             0.1              2.6
Feb               99.2          -34.2             -3.8     79.6            -4.0            -11.3
Mar              105.0          -35.8              5.8     88.2           -13.2             10.8
Apr               95.9          -28.6             -8.7     82.8            -5.8             -6.2
May               93.3          -30.1             -2.7     82.8           -12.6              0.1
Jun               98.8          -26.9              5.9     86.1            -3.0              4.0
Jul               99.3          -31.1              0.5     94.0            -1.6              9.2
Aug              100.7          -13.5              1.4     82.0           -18.9            -12.8
Sep              103.7           -0.4              3.0     96.6r          -20.4             17.7
Oct              113.4            3.5              9.3     88.1r          -17.3             -8.7
Nov              102.1           -3.8             -9.9     89.6r           -5.4              1.7
Dec              101.4            0.5             -0.7     90.9r            3.9              1.4

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Table 2 (concluded)

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               |          TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT          |      MISCELLANEOUS  MANUFACTURES
Year/Month     | Index | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month |  Index  | Year-on-Year | Month-on-Month
               |       | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates |         | Growth Rates |   Growth Rates
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2007              93.6            1.1                      95.3            -1.9

Jan               91.7            1.2             10.6     74.0            -6.2             -3.4
Feb               91.6            1.3             -0.1     82.7            -5.1             11.7
Mar               94.2            1.0              2.8     93.5           -10.1             13.1
Apr               75.9            8.6            -19.5     81.2            -4.4            -13.1
May               92.0           -4.6             21.3    100.7            -6.4             23.9
Jun               88.1           -8.6             -4.3    103.3            -5.1              2.6
Jul              101.6            7.3             15.4     98.8            -8.1             -4.4
Aug              106.6            5.5              4.9    109.8             1.0             11.1
Sep              102.1           -0.4             -4.1    104.8            -3.7             -4.5
Oct              109.0           11.3              6.7    104.8             5.2              0.0
Nov               90.4           -4.9            -17.0     99.0             6.6             -5.6
Dec               80.4r          -3.1            -11.1     91.3r           19.2             -7.7

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Note:    r - revised due to updating of data from late responding establishments

Source:  Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI)
         Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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