Value of Production Index (VaPI) for total manufacturing sustained a positive growth of 7.1 percent in April 2012, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Significant contributors to the growth were registered in the following major sectors: publishing and printing (131.5%), furniture and fixtures (126.8%), footwear and wearing apparel (86.7%), wood and wood products (27.7%), leather products (22.1%), food manufacturing (16.3%), chemical products (13.8%) and rubber and plastic products (10.1%).