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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