Table A. Comparative Summary Statistics on Building Constructions
         Second Quarter 2002 & 2001

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   Region                                                                   T O T A L
                                 Number     |      Floor Area (per sq. meter)    |      Value (in thousand pesos)      |    Average Cost
                     %    |  2002  |  2001  |     %     |    2002   |     2001   |     %    |      2002   |     2001   |   Per Floor Area
                  Change  |        |        |   Change  |           |            |   Change |             |            |      for 2002
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Philippines       25.08     25,459   20,354     21.38     3,354,587    2,763,64     20.70      19,653,715   16,282,837          5,859
NCR                6.27      4,050    3,811     11.39       926,383     831,670     24.51       8,038,186    6,455,937          8,677
CAR              140.71        272      113    128.08        75,992      33,318     21.58         593,421      488,082          7,809
Region 1          25.66      2,316    1,843     38.54       222,996     160,959     43.86         991,803      689,418          4,448
Region 2          21.45        436      359     71.47        65,123      37,980     86.89         286,327      153,205          4,397
Region 3         -11.75      1,758    1,992     42.46       337,074     236,611     36.10       1,579,515    1,160,518          4,686
Region 4          62.09      7,231    4,461     14.60       843,657     736,199     10.27       4,366,141    3,959,592          5,175
Region 5          35.96        673      495     24.33        70,143      56,415     39.03         396,372      285,090          5,651
Region 6          31.36      1,156      880     52.93       180,266     117,874     16.62         842,528      722,435          4,674
Region 7          13.24      2,591    2,288     -2.67       224,252     230,406     -6.09         925,472      985,521          4,127
Region 8         170.03        775      287    126.34        58,716      25,941     96.28         242,332      123,460          4,127
Region 9          24.87        497      398     -2.73        30,708      31,571      0.56         112,922      112,298          3,677
Region 10          8.73        797      733     51.65        65,782      43,377     44.64         237,675      164,319          3,613
Region 11          8.59      1,631    1,502     32.78       145,078     109,266     -4.50         518,058      542,492          3,571
Region 12        -32.92        216      322     27.12        26,627      20,947     94.84         190,966       98,014          7,172
ARMM              55.78        229      147     14.38         8,860       7,746    -34.24          29,825       45,354          3,366
Caraga            14.94        831      723    -12.52        72,930      83,364      1.71         302,172      297,102          4,143

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Table A.  (continued)

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   Region                                                                  RESIDENTIAL
                                 Number      |     Floor Area (per sq. meter)    |      Value (in thousand pesos)       |   Average Cost
                     %    |  2002  |  2001   |    %     |    2002   |     2001   |     %      |    2002    |    2001    |  Per Floor Area
                  Change  |        |         |  Change  |           |            |   Change   |            |            |     for 2002
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Philippines       31.89     18,030   13,670      20.21     1,932,910    1,607,88     31.04      10,398,367    7,935,190          5,380
NCR                8.62      2,231    2,054     -11.37       467,270     527,187     16.93       3,782,837    3,235,037          8,096
CAR              157.69        201       78     148.56        31,269      12,580    144.31         190,804       78,098          6,102
Region 1          22.86      1,865    1,518      24.27       158,959     127,915     35.61         660,102      486,768          4,153
Region 2          31.60        379      288      50.23        39,950      26,593     52.01         162,780      107,085          4,075
Region 3         -22.39      1,050    1,353       4.61       137,623     131,560      9.83         672,944      612,711          4,890
Region 4          77.62      5,643    3,177      47.55       494,047     334,843     62.03       2,605,047    1,607,775          5,273
Region 5          48.07        536      362      46.71        52,246      35,611     40.88         239,062      169,686          4,576
Region 6          31.19        980      747      31.15       138,063     105,270      6.52         641,483      602,239          4,646
Region 7          28.53      1,964    1,528      35.02       169,449     125,498     36.66         602,148      440,620          3,554
Region 8         174.06        581      212     161.22        47,200      18,069    139.16         185,455       77,544          3,929
Region 9          42.11        243      171      17.21        21,358      18,222     28.21          73,235       57,123          3,429
Region 10         -3.94        488      508      26.60        38,528      30,433     25.97         120,729       95,842          3,134
Region 11         18.31      1,079      912      38.43        81,674      59,000     44.65         281,244      194,425          3,443
Region 12        -30.40        158      227     -14.99        13,480      15,857    -10.63          45,494       50,906          3,375
ARMM             144.71        208       85     105.47         7,475       3,638     85.32          22,478       12,129          3,007
Caraga            -5.78        424      450      -3.63        34,319      35,613      4.97         112,525      107,202          3,279

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Table A.  (concluded)

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   Region                                                         NON-RESIDENTIAL
                                 Number     |     Floor Area (per sq. meter)     |      Value (in thousand pesos)      |    Average Cost
                     %   |   2002  |  2001  |     %     |    2002  |      2001   |     %    |    2002     |    2001    |   Per Floor Area
                  Change |         |        |   Change  |          |             |   Change |             |            |      for 2002
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Philippines       17.48      2,440    2,077       28.11      1,227,58     958,254     15.39       6,967,555    6,038,455          5,676
NCR               -5.06        450      474       71.79       402,176     234,105     57.05       3,197,448    2,035,961          7,950
CAR               93.75         31       16      116.79        43,407      20,023    176.25         340,637      123,308          7,848
Region 1          30.15        177      136       82.14        56,423      30,978     63.29         259,846      159,133          4,605
Region 2          85.19         50       27      116.05        24,200      11,201    155.31         106,836       41,846          4,415
Region 3          46.64        393      268       80.42       167,301      92,731     73.76         725,999      417,816          4,339
Region 4           6.33        521      490      -10.14       285,287     317,483    -34.93       1,242,087    1,908,712          4,354
Region 5           6.25         51       48      -20.03        15,910      19,895      7.13         108,866      101,616          6,843
Region 6          50.79         95       63      242.69        39,200      11,439     59.99         152,873       95,551          3,900
Region 7          13.26        205      181      -49.13        51,702     101,644    -57.65         208,094      491,342          4,025
Region 8          23.68         47       38      131.31         9,685       4,187     68.38          43,264       25,694          4,467
Region 9           2.56         40       39       25.10         8,753       6,997     -2.60          26,752       27,466          3,056
Region 10         63.46         85       52       69.86        18,719      11,020     44.73          76,462       52,832          4,085
Region 11         10.46        169      153       23.59        53,140      42,998    -42.99         176,294      309,254          3,318
Region 12         45.00         29       20      191.18        12,981       4,458    214.54         135,064       42,940         10,405
ARMM       -      20.00          8       10      -75.62           868       3,561    -94.09           1,824       30,885          2,101
Caraga            43.55         89       62      -16.91        37,832      45,534     -5.11         165,209      174,099          4,367

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