Table 3.2  Number of Non-Users of ICT Resources in Fishing with ATE 20 or More
           by Reasons of Non-Usage of ICT Resources, Philippines: 2001

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Number      |                             |                  Rank of Problem
of Estab-   |                             |--------------------------------------------------
lishments  |                             |         |         |          |    Less |
as Non-user | Barriers to Adoption of ICT |   Not a |   Minor | Moderate |   Major |   Major
of ICT      |                             | problem | problem |  problem | problem | problem
(1)         | (2)                         |     (3) |     (4) |      (5) |     (6) |     (7)
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              Lack of information                  7        2          4         -         4
              Lack of financing                    5        4          -         4         4
              Low priority by management           3        2          4         3         5
              Lack of equipment                    6        1          2         1         7
              Obsolete Machines                    6        3          1         -         7
              Lack of technical expertise          5        2          2         1         7
              Not relevant to business             6        3          2         3         3
              Lack of appreciation                 7        3          3         3         1
              Lack of telecommunication
                facilities                         5        5          -         3         4
              Others                               1        -          -         -         -

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

Page last updated:  December 4, 2003
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