Philippine manufacturing up 21.3% in November

Manufacturing in the Philippines increased by 21.3 percent in November, attributable to the improvement of several sectors which recorded three-digit growths for 2013 compared to 2012 figures.

In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries for November released on Friday, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said that the volume of production index (Vopi), which measures manufacturing volume in the country, went up by as much as three digits for the eight major manufacturing sectors compared to the same period in 2012.