Table A. Comparative Summary Statistics on Building Construction: Fourth Quarter 2003 and 2002

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Region                Number        |  Floor Area(per square meter) |    Value(in thousand pesos)     |  Average Cost Per Square Meter
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           | Percent |           |
             Change |  2003 |  2002 |  Change |     2003 |     2002 |  Change |      2003 |      2002 |  Change |      2003 |      2002
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Philippines   21.41  27,314  22,497      2.03  3,272,106  3,207,131     14.95  20,059,274  17,449,831     12.67       6,130       5,441

NCR            0.82   3,066   3,041      8.78    739,372    679,686     20.56   6,448,905   5,349,196     10.83       8,722       7,870
CAR           55.88     424     272     36.68     73,321     53,643     53.32     480,617     313,467     12.17       6,555       5,844
   I           2.69   1,639   1,596     21.68    192,510    158,209     35.93   1,006,265     740,257     11.71       5,227       4,679
  II          92.81     536     278    113.15     61,499     28,853    110.86     327,604     155,366     -1.07       5,327       5,385
 III           6.16   2,535   2,388     15.79    334,023    288,474     18.84   1,799,463   1,514,186      2.63       5,387       5,249
IV-A          73.42   8,437   4,865    -18.74    738,988    909,383     -3.38   4,543,244   4,702,370     18.89       6,148       5,171
IV-B          51.32     631     417     -0.16     65,628     65,730      2.57     302,886     295,307      2.73       4,615       4,493
   V         -15.22     479     565    -27.44     68,480     94,382    -28.61     357,787     501,150     -1.60       5,225       5,310
  VI          53.31   1,320     861     44.26    166,850    115,661     60.43     895,962     558,483     11.21       5,370       4,829
 VII         -11.26   2,460   2,772      9.50    336,294    307,118     52.42   1,884,145   1,236,158     39.20       5,603       4,025
VIII           8.41     554     511     38.25     71,945     52,041     31.45     364,744     277,476     -4.92       5,070       5,332
  IX         -15.38     330     390    -21.12     23,740     30,095    -33.33      92,731     139,083    -15.48       3,906       4,621
   X          12.22   1,616   1,440    -17.09    101,594    122,540     -6.69     480,148     514,547     12.55       4,726       4,199
  XI          24.79   1,963   1,573     -7.77    168,496    182,699    -11.06     598,354     672,729     -3.56       3,551       3,682
 XII         -16.47     487     583     29.64     65,817     50,770     -6.08     213,044     226,840    -27.55       3,237       4,468
Caraga       -15.48     797     943     -5.37     62,204     65,737      5.63     259,954     246,104     11.63       4,179       3,744
ARMM       1,900.00      40       2    -36.26      1,345      2,110    -51.90       3,421       7,112    -24.54       2,543       3,371

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Table A.  (continued)

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Region                Number        |   Floor Area(per square meter)|    Value(in thousand pesos)     |  Average Cost Per Square Meter
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           | Percent |           |
             Change |  2003 |  2002 |  Change |     2003 |     2002 |  Change |      2003 |      2002 |  Change |      2003 |      2002
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Philippines   20.66  18,757  15,545      2.43  1,986,153  1,938,954     12.03  10,619,929   9,479,324      9.37       5,347       4,889

NCR            7.69   1,652   1,534     22.43    401,154    327,665     35.67   2,850,731   2,101,298     10.81       7,106       6,413
CAR           37.36     250     182     33.93     42,800     31,957     29.52     242,235     187,027     -3.29       5,660       5,852
   I           2.35   1,351   1,320     21.63    146,045    120,074     26.44     650,910     514,793      3.96       4,457       4,287
  II         117.51     472     217    118.94     42,738     19,520    146.13     208,954      84,896     12.42       4,889       4,349
 III           7.70   1,819   1,689     22.50    181,293    147,995     27.35     967,656     759,814      3.96       5,338       5,134
IV-A          52.00   5,782   3,804    -21.97    506,723    649,435    -13.62   2,801,211   3,242,926     10.71       5,528       4,993
IV-B          77.29     484     273     52.99     47,916     31,320     40.93     197,149     139,893     -7.88       4,114       4,467
   V         -18.14     334     408      9.27     47,725     43,676      2.26     212,312     207,622     -6.42       4,449       4,754
  VI          44.81   1,047     723     26.18    121,989     96,682     43.27     597,354     416,945     13.55       4,897       4,313
 VII         -12.18   1,810   2,061    -13.42    176,652    204,037      7.37     866,518     807,011     24.02       4,905       3,955
VIII          16.50     353     303     13.76     38,404     33,759     13.18     157,575     139,226     -0.51       4,103       4,124
  IX          -6.42     175     187     -5.41     18,321     19,368    -16.30      70,071      83,716    -11.52       3,825       4,322
   X          19.93   1,029     858     -2.50     64,893     66,554     -0.94     246,031     248,369      1.59       3,791       3,732
  XI          16.52   1,411   1,211     16.67     97,227     83,337     11.41     358,364     321,668     -4.51       3,686       3,860
 XII          28.17     364     284     -1.25     22,859     23,149     -1.81      84,266      85,823     -0.57       3,686       3,707
Caraga       -21.63     384     490    -29.96     28,069     40,076    -22.54     105,171     135,772     10.60       3,747       3,388
ARMM       3,900.00      40       1    284.29      1,345        350     35.49       3,421       2,525    -64.74       2,543       7,214

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Table A.  (continued)

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Region                Number        |  Floor Area(per square meter) |    Value(in thousand pesos)     |  Average Cost Per Square Meter
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           | Percent |           |
             Change |  2003 |  2002 |  Change |     2003 |     2002 |  Change |      2003 |      2002 |  Change |      2003 |      2002
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Philippines    5.16   2,770   2,634     -0.68  1,140,277  1,148,121     11.11   7,039,299   6,335,618     11.87       6,173       5,518

NCR          -26.06     383     518     -1.39    302,120    306,392     -4.35   2,356,986   2,464,206     -3.00       7,801       8,043
CAR           52.63      58      38     46.86     28,339     19,296    102.55     181,038      89,378     37.92       6,388       4,632
   I         -21.88     125     160     13.26     37,086     32,745     34.79     231,984     172,106     19.01       6,255       5,256
  II          35.14      50      37    116.71     18,065      8,336     98.01     113,402      57,271     -8.63       6,277       6,870
 III          18.63     554     467      1.75    135,279    132,948      6.26     696,452     655,451      4.42       5,148       4,930
IV-A          41.72     625     441    -14.53    191,204    223,716     12.66   1,249,564   1,109,166     31.81       6,535       4,958
IV-B           3.57      87      84    -54.67     15,482     34,155    -38.60      93,702     152,602     35.46       6,052       4,468
   V          22.22      66      54    -62.94     18,415     49,686    -56.85     115,452     267,574     16.42       6,269       5,385
  VI         126.23     138      61    102.17     35,825     17,720     87.59     206,037     109,831     -7.21       5,751       6,198
 VII         -38.82     156     255     54.06    155,415    100,879    146.18     968,893     393,576     59.79       6,234       3,901
VIII          25.00     100      80    104.55     32,433     15,856     75.33     158,117      90,181    -14.28       4,875       5,688
  IX         -57.14      21      49    -50.86      4,106      8,355    -60.84      15,438      39,418    -20.31       3,760       4,718
   X          39.76     116      83    -37.52     33,657     53,866    -10.92     196,390     220,457     42.57       5,835       4,093
  XI           7.26     133     124    -28.98     67,587     95,171    -37.87     207,325     333,701    -12.51       3,068       3,506
 XII         -17.89      78      95     60.98     42,089     26,146     20.77     117,513      97,307    -24.98       2,792       3,722
Caraga        -8.05      80      87      9.87     23,175     21,094     66.24     131,006      78,806     51.31       5,653       3,736
ARMM        -100.00       0       1   -100.00          0      1,760   -100.00           0       4,587        -           -        2,606

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Table A.  (concluded)

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                                                      ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS/REPAIRS
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Region                Number        |   Floor Area(per square meter)|    Value(in thousand pesos)     |  Average Cost Per Square Meter
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           | Percent |           |
             Change |  2003 |  2002 |  Change |     2003 |     2002 |  Change |      2003 |      2002 |  Change |      2003 |      2002
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Philippines   34.02   5,787   4,318     21.34    145,676    120,056     46.80   2,400,046   1,634,889     20.98      16,475      13,618

NCR            4.25   1,031     989    -20.89     36,098     45,629     58.38   1,241,188     783,692    100.19      34,384      17,175
CAR          123.08     116      52     -8.70      2,182      2,390     54.72      57,344      37,062     69.47      26,280      15,507
   I          40.52     163     116     74.01      9,379      5,390    131.21     123,371      53,358     32.88      13,154       9,899
  II         -41.67      14      24    -30.19        696        997    -60.24       5,248      13,199    -43.04       7,540      13,239
 III         -30.17     162     232    131.72     17,451      7,531     36.83     135,355      98,921    -40.95       7,756      13,135
IV-A         227.42   2,030     620     13.33     41,061     36,232     40.59     492,469     350,278     24.06      11,994       9,668
IV-B           0.00      60      60    774.51      2,230        255    327.99      12,035       2,812    -51.06       5,397      11,027
   V         -23.30      79     103    129.41      2,340      1,020     15.68      30,023      25,954    -49.58      12,830      25,445
  VI          75.32     135      77    617.71      9,036      1,259    191.96      92,571      31,707    -59.32      10,245      25,184
 VII           8.33     494     456     91.96      4,227      2,202     37.00      48,734      35,571    -28.63      11,529      16,154
VIII         -21.09     101     128    -54.33      1,108      2,426      2.04      49,052      48,069    123.43      44,271      19,814
  IX         -12.99     134     154    -44.65      1,313      2,372    -54.72       7,222      15,949    -18.20       5,500       6,724
   X          -5.61     471     499     43.58      3,044      2,120    -17.48      37,727      45,721    -42.53      12,394      21,567
  XI          76.05     419     238    -12.15      3,682      4,191     88.16      32,665      17,360    114.17       8,872       4,142
 XII         -77.94      45     204    -41.08        869      1,475    -74.23      11,265      43,710    -56.26      12,963      29,634
Caraga        -9.02     333     366    139.98     10,960      4,567    -24.58      23,777      31,526    -68.57       2,169       6,903
ARMM              -       0       0         -          0          0         -           0           0         -           -           -

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

Page last updated:  May 3, 2004
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