The Philippines’ manufacturing production, measured by the volume of production index (VoPI), saw a faster year-on-year increase of 1.4 percent in October 2025, compared with 0.8 percent in September, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Tuesday.
The acceleration in factory output followed a 1.2-percent annual decline in October 2024.
The main drivers behind the quicker pace of growth were the same industry divisions that propelled the value of production index (VaPI) higher. These were manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, which surged to an 18.0 percent increase during the month from 4.2 percent in September 2025.
The VaPI, which measures the value of manufacturing output, also registered a faster annual increase of 1.7 percent in October from 1.6 percent in September. This followed a 1.6 percent annual decline in October 2024.
The acceleration in VaPI was primarily due to the faster annual increase in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products at 16.8 percent, rising from 4.8 percent in the previous month. This industry contributed 60.1 percent to the uptrend in the overall VaPI growth rate for the manufacturing sector. It is also the industry division with the second highest weight in the VaPI computation.
