Factory output drops to 4-month low in November

The country’s manufacturing output dipped to a four-month low in November last year due to slower increases in the production of food and refined petroleum products, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

- — Louella Desiderio

Preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries released by the PSA yesterday showed that the Volume of Production Index (VoPI) posted a 1.5-percent contraction in November 2025 from the one percent uptick in the previous month.

This was the lowest VoPI result seen since the 0.7 percent dip in July 2025.

Compared to the 4.5 percent drop posted in November 2024, the latest VoPI result was an improvement.

From January to November 2025, average VoPI growth was at -0.1 percent.

The PSA attributed the downtrend in VoPI growth to the manufacture of food products, which posted a slower increase of 4.2 percent in November 2025 from the previous month’s 8.1 percent.