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Philippine leather, footwear manufacturing output falls

27/10/2004

The Philippine National Statistics Office (NSO) has released figures relating to the country’s manufacturing output for the year to August that show a fall of 5% compared with the same period in 2003. The fall in productivity has been attributed, in the main, to a decrease in the volumes manufactured in the leather, footwear, apparel, and petroleum sectors. 

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