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%).

• Volume of Production and Net Sales Decline in January 2001
  

  Volume of production and net sales decreased by 2.4 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively in January 2001 according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Double-digit decreases in the volume of production were observed in food manufacturing, electrical machinery and wearing apparel.

• Comparative Year-on-Year Production Value Up
  

  Value of production of the manufacturing industry in March 2001 moved up by 8.1 percent compared to year ago figures according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).