Table 3. Number of New Non-Residential Building Construction Started, Floor Area and Value of Constructions,
         by Type of Building, by Region, and Province: Second Quarter, 2004

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                                            TOTAL               |            COMMERCIAL             |           INDUSTRIAL
Region, Province,              Number | Floor Area  |     Value |  Number |  Floor Area |   Value   |  Number | Floor Area  |    Value
  City, and Municipality              |     (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |     (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |    (sq.m.)  |  (P1,000)
                                  (1) |         (2) |       (3) |     (4) |         (5) |       (6) |     (7) |        (8)  |       (9)
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Philippines                     2,978     1,757,486  13,301,393     1,759     1,182,068   9,991,045       325      294,103    1,385,886

National Capital Region           645       809,187   7,988,632       496       740,561   7,438,263        41       26,647      137,094

First District                     95       237,334   1,923,175        73       226,926   1,797,956         7        1,033        7,088
Second District                   211        79,737     475,732       146        53,521     265,259        13       10,135       56,694
Third District                     37        14,189      69,261        16         8,022      42,330        10        5,596       21,149
Fourth District                   302       477,927   5,520,464       261       452,092   5,332,718        11        9,883       52,163

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                          34        19,412     113,002        23        17,624      97,602         0            0            0

Abra                                2           816       5,441         1           816       4,188         0            0            0
Benguet                            25        18,266     103,086        21        16,662      93,034         0            0            0
Ifugao                              2             0       2,264         0             0           0         0            0            0
Kalinga                             4           330       1,884         1           146         380         0            0            0
Mountain Province                   1             0         327         0             0           0         0            0            0

Region I - Ilocos Region          166        52,014     315,599       101        21,494     114,351        15       14,530       89,695

Ilocos Norte                       47         6,903      34,365        19         3,139      14,672         7          823        2,579
Ilocos Sur                         12         2,676      31,464         7           824       4,179         0            0            0
La Union                           44        15,410      86,395        33         7,223      37,984         2          939        3,033
Pangasinan                         63        27,025     163,375        42        10,308      57,516         6       12,768       84,083

Region II - Cagayan Valley         49        15,485      91,181        24        12,112      74,770         5        1,069        2,694

Batanes                             1           530         763         0             0           0         1          530          763
Cagayan                            10         3,909      28,757         6         3,516      27,004         1           70          178
Isabela                            29         9,435      45,912        13         7,456      35,614         3          469        1,753
Nueva Vizcaya                       8         1,266      14,449         5         1,140      12,152         0            0            0
Quirino                             1           345       1,300         0             0           0         0            0            0

Region III - Central Luzon        388       162,401     806,594       218        49,925     281,246        48       56,551      244,228

Bataan                             15         4,393      35,729         5           654       4,881         1          202          560
Bulacan                           127        58,799     251,374        63         9,989      49,929        23       28,258       76,717
Nueva Ecija                        38        13,577      81,395        12         3,281      19,435         4        1,159        5,122
Pampanga                          154        66,277     354,072       109        29,931     161,558        15       20,280      151,088
Tarlac                             38        17,928      73,866        20         5,107      40,446         4        6,592       10,671
Zambales                            2           359       2,271         2           359       2,271         0            0            0
Aurora                             14         1,068       7,887         7           604       2,726         1           60           70

Region IVA - Calabarzon           487       177,554   1,099,857       271        58,757     327,460        87       72,242      451,910

Batangas                          148        48,765     244,970        65         8,226      42,064        27       21,416       65,966
Cavite                            174        43,751     254,425       133        25,390     110,351        13        9,429       80,645
Laguna                            101        52,189     388,273        35        14,012      99,475        38       28,155      213,576
Quezon                             16         4,746      40,571         7         2,512      23,398         2          904        5,497
Rizal                              48        28,103     171,618        31         8,617      52,172         7       12,338       86,226

Region IVB - Mimaropa              79        21,670     115,210        50        12,263      52,762        14        5,989       29,639

Marinduque                         12           960       6,690        10           960       5,246         0            0            0
Occidental Mindoro                  1             0       1,078         0             0           0         0            0            0
Oriental Mindoro                   34        12,544      60,476        21         7,380      32,157         9        3,414       12,341
Palawan                            29         7,831      44,781        16         3,588      13,174         5        2,575       17,298
Romblon                             3           335       2,185         3           335       2,185         0            0            0

Region V - Bicol                   82        18,700     118,052        43         9,378      46,150         5        3,741       14,426

Albay                              11         1,977       8,846         7         1,258       5,644         0            0            0
Camarines Norte                     9         4,095      22,288         8         2,993      17,588         1        1,102        4,700
Camarines Sur                      28         7,051      43,184        11         1,974       6,473         3        2,559        9,437
Catanduanes                         6           168       6,278         3           168       1,032         0            0            0
Masbate                            17         3,062      14,237        10         2,320       9,581         0            0            0
Sorsogon                           11         2,347      23,219         4           665       5,832         1           80          289

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Table 3.  (continued)

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                                            TOTAL               |            COMMERCIAL              |           INDUSTRIAL
Region, Province,              Number | Floor Area  |    Value  |  Number |   Floor Area |     Value |  Number |  Floor Area |    Value
  City, and Municipality              |     (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |      (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |     (sq.m.) | (P1,000)
                                  (1) |         (2) |       (3) |     (4) |          (5) |       (6) |     (7) |         (8) |      (9)
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Region VI - Western Visayas       116        49,652     236,153        57        19,696     109,274        16       19,458       44,230

Aklan                              15         7,625      60,635        12         7,285      53,976         1          340        1,419
Antique                             8         2,545       9,068         2           610       1,330         1          620          689
Capiz                              16         3,629      20,586         4           159         359         7        2,040       15,354
Iloilo                              4         1,463      13,996         4         1,463      13,996         0            0            0
Negros Occidental                  73        34,390     131,868        35        10,179      39,613         7       16,458       26,768

Region VII - Central Visayas      247       177,092   1,129,597       140       124,570     875,188        30       18,718       41,383

Bohol                              65         8,991      47,189        30         6,737      24,803         3          208          566
Cebu                              125       155,026   1,000,690        70       107,076     789,623        24       17,703       35,571
Negros Oriental                    49        10,151      58,807        36         7,882      43,270         3          807        5,246
Siquijor                            8         2,924      22,911         4         2,875      17,492         0            0            0

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas      64         9,942      62,355        22         2,766      12,912         7        1,281        5,260

Eastern Samar                      14         1,437      10,159         5           325       3,797         0            0            0
Leyte                              14         3,984      24,972         2           231         325         4          741        3,079
Northern Samar                      7         1,346       5,110         5         1,233       4,514         1           36          296
Samar (Western Samar)               6           609       4,197         1           109       1,367         1          300        1,311
Southern Leyte                     14         1,486      12,222         7           292       1,989         1          204          574
Biliran                             9         1,080       5,695         2           576         920         0            0            0

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula    60        17,183      79,108        31        11,118      52,305         8        1,930        6,788

Zamboanga del Norte                22         3,353      15,227         4           359       3,184         4        1,546        5,728
Zamboanga del Sur                  37        13,362      62,289        26        10,291      47,529         4          384        1,060
Isabela City                        1           468       1,592         1           468       1,592         0            0            0

Region X - Northern Mindanao      157        64,935     292,339        74        19,011      91,657        14       31,319      104,748

Bukidnon                           42        19,469      63,502        17         2,805      11,112         7       14,388       39,066
Camiguin                            7           315       2,467         3           141         585         0            0            0
Lanao del Norte                    42        10,908      38,143        23         8,046      24,945         1           80          790
Misamis Occidental                 23         4,044      54,615         6         1,347       8,938         0            0            0
Misamis Oriental                   43        30,199     133,612        25         6,672      46,077         6       16,851       64,892

Region XI - Davao Region          147        63,065     387,511        83        37,904     256,918        14        9,691       26,370

Davao del Norte                    43         7,274      28,038        26         2,701      14,452         8        3,987        8,961
Davao del Sur                      78        51,687     337,536        45        33,136     233,331         4        4,904       16,186
Davao Oriental                      7         1,136      10,372         5           936       6,715         1          200          589
Compostela Valley                  19         2,968      11,565         7         1,131       2,420         1          600          634

Region XII - Soccsksargen         152        81,812     363,482        86        37,121     118,447        20       30,675      187,051

North cotabato                     14         3,229      17,054        10         2,626      11,288         1          120        1,182
South cotabato                    108        50,842     279,929        61        12,768      61,148        16       30,059      184,786
Sultan kudarat                      7           789       4,606         2            90         748         2          427          811
Saranggani                         12         6,535      20,591         5         1,289       5,588         0            0            0
Cotabato city                      11        20,417      41,302         8        20,348      39,675         1           69          272

Region XIII - Caraga              104        17,364     102,599        39         7,750      41,618         1          262          370

Agusan del Sur                     58         9,601      43,985        18         2,666      11,767         1          262          370
Surigao del Norte                  34         6,006      40,780        17         4,804      26,483         0            0            0
Surigao del Sur                    12         1,757      17,834         4           280       3,368         0            0            0

Autonomous Region in
   Muslim Mindanao                  1            18         122         1            18         122         0            0            0

Basilan                             1            18         122         1            18         122         0            0            0

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Table 3.  (continued)

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                                           INSTITUTIONAL          |           AGRICULTURAL             |       OTHERS
Region, Province,                Number |  Floor Area |     Value |  Number |   Floor Area  |    Value |   Number |     Value
  City, and Municipality                |     (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |      (sq.m.)  | (P1,000) |          |  (P1,000)
                                   (10) |        (11) |      (12) |    (13) |         (14)  |     (15) |     (16) |      (17)
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Philippines                         506       243,920   1,508,456        94        37,395       87,550        294     328,456

National Capital Region              52        41,979     364,247         0             0            0         56      49,028

Manila, First District               12         9,375     103,338         0             0            0          3      14,793
Second District                      17        16,081     128,876         0             0            0         35      24,903
Third District                        4           571       3,491         0             0            0          7       2,291
Fourth District                      19        15,952     128,542         0             0            0         11       7,041

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                             6         1,788      11,221         0             0            0          5       4,179

Abra                                  0             0           0         0             0            0          1       1,253
Benguet                               4         1,604      10,052         0             0            0          0           0
Ifugao                                0             0           0         0             0            0          2       2,264
Kalinga                               2           184       1,169         0             0            0          1         335
Mountain Province                     0             0           0         0             0            0          1         327

Region I - Ilocos Region             16        10,758      81,935        15         5,232       10,460         19      19,158

Ilocos Norte                          5         1,024       6,324         8         1,917        4,499          8       6,291
Ilocos Sur                            2         1,772      22,375         1            80          905          2       4,005
La Union                              4         5,604      38,656         1         1,644        2,000          4       4,722
Pangasinan                            5         2,358      14,580         5         1,591        3,056          5       4,140

Region II - Cagayan Valley           13         1,721       6,086         3           583        1,892          4       5,739

CagayaN                               3           323       1,575         0             0            0          0           0
IsabelA                               8           927       2,764         3           583        1,892          2       3,889
Nueva Vizcaya                         1           126         447         0             0            0          2       1,850
QuirinO                               1           345       1,300         0             0            0          0           0

Region III - Central Luzon           75        43,234     225,930        18        12,691       25,493         29      29,697
 
Bataan                                8         3,537      28,493         0             0            0          1       1,795
Bulacan                              25        14,041      99,628         9         6,511       17,756          7       7,344
Nueva Ecija                          10         9,097      46,748         1            40           50         11      10,040
Pampanga                             18        13,816      33,253         6         2,250        3,374          6       4,799
Tarlac                                9         2,339      15,024         2         3,890        4,313          3       3,412
Aurora                                5           404       2,784         0             0            0          1       2,307

Region IVA - Calabarzon              81        40,970     266,237        21         5,585       16,463         27      37,787

Batangas                             27        13,538     104,738        21         5,585       16,463          8      15,739
Cavite                               21         8,932      56,575         0             0            0          7       6,854
Laguna                               18        10,022      60,406         0             0            0         10      14,816
Quezon                                7         1,330      11,676         0             0            0          0           0
Rizal                                 8         7,148      32,842         0             0            0          2         378

Region IVB - Mimaropa                 7         3,418      22,739         0             0            0          8      10,070

Marinduque                            0             0           0         0             0            0          2       1,444
Occidental Mindoro                    0             0           0         0             0            0          1       1,078
Oriental Mindoro                      3         1,750      11,212         0             0            0          1       4,766
Palawan                               4         1,668      11,527         0             0            0          4       2,782

Region V - Bicol                     22         5,029      41,657         4           552        1,702          8      14,117

Albay                                 4           719       3,202         0             0            0          0           0
Camarines Sur                         7         2,009      18,958         3           509        1,445          4       6,871
Catanduanes                           0             0           0         0             0            0          3       5,246
Masbate                               6           699       4,399         1            43          257          0           0
Sorsogon                              5         1,602      15,098         0             0            0          1       2,000

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Table 3.  (concluded)

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                                           INSTITUTIONAL          |           AGRICULTURAL             |       OTHERS
Region, Province,                Number |  Floor Area |     Value |  Number |   Floor Area |     Value |   Number |     Value
  City, and Municipality                |     (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |         |      (sq.m.) |  (P1,000) |          |  (P1,000)
                                   (10) |        (11) |      (12) |    (13) |         (14) |      (15) |     (16) |      (17)
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Region VI - Western Visayas          24        10,035      57,499         3           463        2,454         16      22,696

Aklan                                 0             0           0         0             0            0          2       5,240
Antique                               4         1,315       6,899         0             0            0          1         150
Capiz                                 4         1,128       2,917         1           302        1,956          0           0
Negros Occidental                    16         7,592      47,683         2           161          498         13      17,306

Region VII - Central Visayas         29        32,575     171,449         7         1,229        3,744         41      37,833

Bohol                                 7         1,208       4,101         5           838        3,010         20      14,709
Cebu                                 15        30,247     161,443         0             0            0         16      14,053
Negros Oriental                       6         1,071       5,680         2           391          734          2       3,877
Siquijor                              1            49         225         0             0            0          3       5,194

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas        23         5,627      33,217         2           268          824         10      10,142

Eastern Samar                         4           844       2,649         2           268          824          3       2,889
Leyte                                 7         3,012      20,067         0             0            0          1       1,501
Northern Samar                        1            77         300         0             0            0          0           0
Samar (Western Samar)                 4           200       1,519         0             0            0          0           0
Southern Leyte                        3           990       6,538         0             0            0          3       3,121
Biliran                               4           504       2,144         0             0            0          3       2,631

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula      20         3,985      19,515         1           150          500          0           0

Zamboanga del Norte                  13         1,298       5,815         1           150          500          0           0
Zamboanga del Sur                     7         2,687      13,700         0             0            0          0           0

Region X - Northern Mindanao         37        13,041      46,558         6         1,564        5,172         26      44,204

Bukidnon                              8           712       2,341         6         1,564        5,172          4       5,811
Camiguin                              1           174         215         0             0            0          3       1,667
Lanao del Norte                      14         2,782       8,794         0             0            0          4       3,614
Misamis Occidental                    5         2,697      17,301         0             0            0         12      28,376
Misamis Oriental                      9         6,676      17,907         0             0            0          3       4,736

Region xi - Davao Region             29        15,004      88,283         1           466          751         20      15,189

Davao del Norte                       4           586       3,399         0             0            0          5       1,226
Davao del Sur                        17        13,181      77,610         1           466          751         11       9,658
Davao Oriental                        0             0           0         0             0            0          1       3,068
Compostela Valley                     8         1,237       7,274         0             0            0          3       1,237

Region xii - Soccsksargen            18         5,460      21,955        12         8,556       17,891         16      18,138

North Cotabato                        2           483       3,384         0             0            0          1       1,200
South Cotabato                       12         3,205       9,765         7         4,810        8,888         12      15,342
Sultan Kudarat                        2           272       2,806         0             0            0          1         241
Saranggani                            2         1,500       6,000         5         3,746        9,003          0           0
Cotabato City                         0             0           0         0             0            0          2       1,355

Region XIII - Caraga                 54         9,296      49,928         1            56          204          9      10,479

Agusan del Sur                       38         6,617      31,644         1            56          204          0           0
Surigao del Norte                     9         1,202       5,761         0             0            0          8       8,536
Surigao del Sur                       7         1,477      12,523         0             0            0          1       1,943

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

Page last updated:  October 20, 2004
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