Table 2  Quantity and Value of Domestic Trade by Mode of Transport and by Region:  1998
         (Quantity in tons, Value in thousand pesos)

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Region and Mode                     Total        |           Water        |         Air         |       Rail
   of Transport            Quantity        Value |  Quantity        Value | Quantity      Value | Quantity    Value
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Philippines              22,138,575  302,504,832  22,089,043  297,244,944     46,336  5,181,014      3,196   78,874

N C R                     3,035,621   71,018,475   3,015,506   69,668,917     19,233  1,316,602        882   32,956
C A R                            37        1,559           -            -         37      1,559          -        -  
   I - Ilocos               113,509    1,069,155     113,507    1,069,028          2        127          -        -  
  II - Cagayan Valley            13          799           -            -         13        799          -        -  
 III - Central Luzon      4,729,717   39,362,797   4,729,717   39,362,797          -          -          -        -  
  IV - Southern Tagalog   1,631,192   10,375,972   1,629,406   10,307,820      1,390     55,604        396   12,548
   V - Bicol                317,361   10,171,722     315,096   10,115,629        348     22,723      1,917   33,370
  VI - Western Visayas    1,548,711   24,684,454   1,545,164   24,574,539      3,547    109,915          -        -  
 VII - Central Visayas    1,698,400   32,853,432   1,692,254   32,598,828      6,146    254,604          -        -  
VIII - Eastern Visayas      620,052   13,234,273     619,821   13,222,612        231     11,661          -        -  
  IX - Western Mindanao     575,818   10,510,316     574,498   10,231,145      1,320    279,171          -        -  
   X - Northern Mindanao  1,881,238   21,228,816   1,878,821   21,057,800      2,417    171,016          -        -  
  XI - Southern Mindanao  2,479,344   35,955,457   2,468,284   33,031,875     11,060  2,923,582          -        -  
 XII - Central Mindanao   2,141,106   14,771,098   2,141,106   14,771,098          -          -          -        -  
XIII - Caraga             1,145,767   13,609,728   1,145,318   13,586,656        449     23,072          -        -  
A R M M                     220,688    3,656,776     220,545    3,646,199        143     10,577          -        -  

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Source:  Business and Services Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Note:

Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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