Table 3  Distribution of Samples and Responding Establishments by Major Industry Group: PPS
         December 2007 - January 2008

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                             |          |      December        |      December        |           |        January
                             |  Number  |   (Preliminary)      |     (Revised)        |  Number   |      (Preliminary)
                             |    of    |----------------------|----------------------|    of     |------------------------
  Sector                     |  Samples |      Responding      |      Responding      |  Samples  |      Responding
                             |  (2007)  |    Establishments    |    Establishments    |  (2008)   |    Establishments
                             |   (n)    | Number (n')| Percent | Number (n') | Percent|   (n)     | Number (n') | Percent
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Manufacturing                      305           252      82.6          300       98.4      317            266       83.9

Food manufacturing                  70            60      85.7           68       97.1       73             64       87.7
Beverages                            8             7      87.5            8      100.0        8              6       75.0
Tobacco                              3             3     100.0            3      100.0        3              3      100.0
Textiles                            13            11      84.6           13      100.0       10              9       90.0
Footwear and wearing apparel        11            10      90.9           11      100.0       12             11       91.7
Wood and wood products               9             6      66.7            7       77.8       12              6       50.0
Furniture and fixtures              11             8      72.7           11      100.0       12              9       75.0
Paper and paper products            12            10      83.3           12      100.0       11             10       81.8
Publishing and printing              4             4     100.0            4      100.0        4              4      100.0
Leather products                     6             5      83.3            6      100.0        7              5       71.4
Rubber products                      4             4     100.0            4      100.0        4              4      100.0
Chemical products                   39            34      87.2           39      100.0       41             30       73.2
Petroleum products                   3             2      66.7            3      100.0        3              3      100.0
Non-metallic mineral products       15            13      86.7           15      100.0       15             15      100.0
Basic metals                        19            17      89.5           19      100.0       22             16       72.7
Fabricated metal products            8             8     100.0            8      100.0        8              7       87.5
Machinery excluding electrical      12            10      83.3           12      100.0       15             14       93.3
Transport equipment                 12             7      58.3           12      100.0       12              8       66.7
Electrical machinery                29            19      65.5           29      100.0       27             26       96.3
Miscellaneous manufactures          17            17      82.4           16       94.1       18             16       88.9

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Source:  Producer Price Survey (PPS)
         Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  March 6,  2008
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