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Factory output slips in November

Manila Bulletin

January 7, 2026

Domestic factory output fell in November 2025, ending a three-month growth streak, as a deepening infrastructure corruption probe and weather disruptions weighed on production, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported.

- By RICARDO M. AUSTRIA

The PSA’s latest Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), released on Tuesday, Jan. 6, showed that the volume of production index (VoPI)—an indicator of factory output—dropped 1.5 percent year-on-year in November, reversing a one-percent annual increase in October 2025. In the same month in 2024, manufacturing’s VoPI fell 4.5 percent. Year-to-date, VoPI was down 0.1 percent.

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