MANILA – Trade between the Philippines and 11 other Asian markets could triple by 2030, highlighting the potential of intra-regional trade, with the manufacturing sector seen driving the growth. This is according to a study by global shipping and logistics firm United Parcel Service (UPS), which surveyed in January to February last year 198 businesses…
The finished goods churned out by the country’s factories soared 539.7 percent year-on-year in August due to the base effects from lower output amid last year’s stringent lockdowns. The Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) monthly integrated survey of selected industries (Missi) report for August released Thursday showed a dramatic reversal of the 82.2-percent drop in the…
The manufacturing sector resumed expansion in September as quarantine curbs were gradually lifted, but global supply constraints and expensive inputs pose a threat to sustained recovery. The September purchasing managers’ index for the Philippines released by London-based global information provider IHS Markit Ltd. on Friday showed , reversing the contraction in August when Metro Manila…
DMCI Mining Corp.’s profitability soared during the first semester of the year after recording about a 400-percent increase in its net income to in the same period last year. In a press release, the subsidiary of Consunji-led DMCI Holdings said it was able to ship 1.24 million wet metric tons of nickel ore between January…
Over half of the Philippine’s industrial sector is in manufacturing and the industry contributes to almost a quarter of the country’s gross domestic product. The industry also promotes stronger inter-industry and inter-sectoral linkages, productivity, technological development and innovation. Keeping all these factors in mind, the Philippines is fast-forwarding the manufacturing industry’s pace toward a more…
Manufacturing sustained year-on-year growth in March, before the most stringent lockdown measures were again imposed in Metro Manila and four neighboring provinces that host economic zones and factories to contain the surge in COVID-19 infections. London-based global information provider IHS Markit Ltd. on Monday said the Philippines’ purchasing managers’ index (PMI) slightly eased to 52.2…