Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis increased by 11.0 percent in February 2005, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Significant increments were posted by the following major sectors: transport equipment , furniture and fixtures, footwear and wearing apparel, petroleum products, chemical products, non-metallic mineral products, textile, and leather products .Refer to Tables 1-A and 1.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis rose by 11.7 percent in March 2005, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Eight (8) major sectors which contributed to the growth were the following: petroleum products, transport equipment, leather products, chemical products, textile, furniture and fixtures, non-metallic mineral products and footwear and wearing apparel.Refer to Tables 1-A and 1.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis continued to gain by 12.9 percent in May 2005, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). This was brought about by the double-digit increases of nine (9) major sectors, as follows: petroleum products, publishing and printing, furniture and fixtures, transport equipment, basic metals, tobacco, textile, chemical products and non-metallic mineral products.Refer to Tables 1-A and 1.