Table A. Comparative Summary Statistics on Building Constructions: Fourth Quarters, 2002 and 2001
         (Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)
 
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Region                Number        |          Floor Area           |              Value              | Average Cost 
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           |    Per Floor
             Change |  2002 |  2001 |  Change |     2002 |     2001 |  Change |      2002 |      2001 |         2002
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Philippines   33.88  22,497  16,804     17.65  3,207,131  2,726,104      8.53  17,449,831  16,078,843          5,441

NCR            8.96   3,041   2,791    -32.41    679,686  1,005,615    -28.80   5,349,196   7,513,054          7,870
CAR           51.11     272     180     29.67     53,643     41,368     20.21     313,467     260,765          5,844
   I           4.86   1,596   1,522      6.45    158,209    148,629     13.18     740,257     654,031          4,679
  II         -13.66     278     322    -22.12     28,853     37,050     -0.52     155,366     156,181          5,385
 III          83.23   2,360   1,288     43.17    285,456    199,382     38.08   1,501,674   1,087,530          5,261
  IV          45.12   5,310   3,659     81.18    978,131    539,872     61.41   5,010,189   3,103,975          5,122
   V         210.44     565     182    318.56     94,382     22,549    238.52     501,150     148,041          5,310
  VI           1.29     861     850    -14.45    115,661    135,201     -8.26     558,483     608,779          4,829
 VII          33.14   2,772   2,082     37.32    307,118    223,654     13.56   1,236,158   1,088,549          4,025
VIII          30.69     511     391     61.41     52,041     32,242     72.14     277,476     161,192          5,332
  IX          38.03     392     284     35.83     32,205     23,709     59.56     146,195      91,624          4,540
   X          17.72   1,209   1,027    -25.73    101,726    136,974    -11.80     441,935     501,060          4,344
  XI          38.60   1,921   1,386    116.38    214,267     99,023     96.50     810,459     412,457          3,782
 XII          28.40     321     250     17.45     30,811     26,233      5.22     106,046     100,786          3,442
Caraga        94.43     943     485     37.98     65,737     47,643     49.19     246,104     164,962          3,744
ARMM          38.10     145     105     32.26      9,205      6,960    115.32      55,676      25,857          6,048

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Table A.  (continued)

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Region                Number        |          Floor Area           |              Value              | Average Cost 
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           |    Per Floor
             Change |  2002 |  2001 |  Change |     2002 |     2001 |  Change |      2002 |      2001 |         2002
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Philippines   34.62  15,545  11,547     40.19  1,938,954  1,383,102     42.93   9,479,324   6,631,945          4,889

NCR            9.18   1,534   1,405      6.87    327,665    306,606      8.92   2,101,298   1,929,234          6,413
CAR           50.41     182     121     57.08     31,957     20,344     60.79     187,027     116,316          5,852
   I           6.19   1,320   1,243     12.40    120,074    106,826     18.82     514,793     433,251          4,287
  II         -16.22     217     259    -21.69     19,520     24,925    -14.32      84,896      99,082          4,349
 III         107.22   1,664     803     36.55    145,167    106,310     43.62     748,657     521,285          5,157
  IV          54.91   4,102   2,648    115.92    683,583    316,589    102.31   3,393,976   1,677,572          4,965
   V         200.00     408     136    256.80     43,676     12,241    254.83     207,622      58,513          4,754
  VI          18.91     723     608     -2.75     96,682     99,411      2.72     416,945     405,885          4,313
 VII          33.57   2,061   1,543     53.96    204,037    132,524     59.43     807,011     506,189          3,955
VIII          -3.81     303     315     49.78     33,759     22,539     34.06     139,226     103,850          4,124
  IX         -24.80     188     250      3.01     19,718     19,141     15.73      86,241      74,516          4,374
   X         -12.76     677     776    -54.11     51,309    111,807    -47.46     197,135     375,196          3,842
  XI          55.69   1,328     853     74.40     94,798     54,356    114.72     365,533     170,238          3,856
 XII          32.42     241     182     28.57     20,849     16,216     29.87      70,658      54,408          3,389
Caraga        49.85     490     327     32.02     40,076     30,357     39.95     135,772      97,016          3,388
ARMM          37.18     107      78    109.07      6,084      2,910    139.88      22,534       9,394          3,704

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Table A.  (concluded)

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                                                      NONRESIDENTIAL
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Region                Number        |          Floor Area           |              Value              | Average Cost 
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           |    Per Floor
             Change |  2002 |  2001 |  Change |     2002 |     2001 |  Change |      2002 |      2001 |         2002
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Philippines   30.27   2,634   2,022     -6.27  1,148,121  1,224,912    -19.13   6,335,618   7,834,110          5,518

NCR           21.88     518     425    -53.54    306,392    659,511    -49.18   2,464,206   4,848,462          8,043
CAR           11.76      38      34     -5.08     19,296     20,328    -30.40      89,378     128,420          4,632
   I           8.84     160     147    -12.54     32,745     37,438      4.07     172,106     165,372          5,256
  II          -9.76      37      41    -27.04      8,336     11,426     18.70      57,271      48,247          6,870
 III          72.22     465     270     53.58    132,758     86,443     47.30     654,621     444,399          4,931
  IV          34.44     527     392     42.46    258,061    181,141     24.11   1,262,598   1,017,301          4,893
   V         145.45      54      22    448.23     49,686      9,063    273.86     267,574      71,570          5,385
  VI         -52.34      61     128    -41.09     17,720     30,082    -27.40     109,831     151,280          6,198
 VII          34.21     255     190     20.18    100,879     83,941    -22.67     393,576     508,929          3,901
VIII         128.57      80      35     87.45     15,856      8,459    100.83      90,181      44,904          5,688
  IX         257.14      50      14    124.98     10,115      4,496    224.78      44,005      13,549          4,350
   X          -4.11      70      73    102.03     48,676     24,094     98.75     202,934     102,104          4,169
  XI          20.78     186     154    180.80    114,484     40,771    122.94     402,921     180,728          3,519
 XII         -11.11      32      36      1.38      9,559      9,429    -27.31      31,313      43,078          3,276
Caraga        81.25      87      48     45.80     21,094     14,468     54.57      78,806      50,985          3,736
ARMM           7.69      14      13    -35.53      2,464      3,822     -3.28      14,297      14,782          5,802

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         Philippines National Statistics Office
         Manila, Philippines


Page last updated:  April 29, 2003

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