Table A. Comparative Summary Statistics on Building Construction: Fourth Quarter 2004 and 2003

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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 |  2004 |  2003 |  Change |     2004 |     2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003
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Philippines     -5.15  25,906  27,314      8.51  3,550,580  3,272,106     16.25  23,319,086  20,059,274      7.13       6,568       6,130

NCR             -9.62   2,771   3,066     12.39    831,006    739,372      4.79   6,757,691   6,448,905     -6.77       8,132       8,722
CAR            -44.58     235     424    -32.38     49,582     73,321    -20.33     382,899     480,617     17.81       7,723       6,555
Region 1        33.50   2,188   1,639     19.48    230,007    192,510     19.06   1,198,043   1,006,265     -0.35       5,209       5,227
Region 2        -2.61     522     536    -17.14     50,959     61,499    -16.15     274,688     327,604      1.19       5,390       5,327
Region 3       -20.08   2,026   2,535     -3.28    323,075    334,023     13.31   2,039,039   1,799,463     17.15       6,311       5,387
Region 4A       -6.47   7,891   8,437     31.69    973,203    738,988     37.17   6,231,999   4,543,244      4.16       6,404       6,148
Region 4B      -24.41     477     631     -6.08     61,640     65,628      9.90     332,864     302,886     17.01       5,400       4,615
Region 5       -19.00     388     479    -28.41     49,024     68,480    -24.35     270,673     357,787      5.68       5,521       5,225
Region 6       -25.30     986   1,320     -5.64    157,436    166,850     22.05   1,093,538     895,962     29.35       6,946       5,370
Region 7        11.79   2,750   2,460    -13.95    289,392    336,294    -14.99   1,601,783   1,884,145     -1.21       5,535       5,603
Region 8       -16.79     461     554     -5.43     68,036     71,945      2.05     372,239     364,744      7.92       5,471       5,070
Region 9        -4.55     315     330     33.61     31,720     23,740     88.46     174,757      92,731     41.04       5,509       3,906
Region 10        3.40   1,671   1,616      7.72    109,441    101,594     35.82     652,120     480,148     26.08       5,959       4,726
Region 11       -2.39   1,916   1,963      3.53    174,442    168,496     55.80     932,252     598,354     50.49       5,344       3,551
Region 12        4.93     511     487     38.97     91,468     65,817    247.98     741,346     213,044    150.39       8,105       3,237
CARAGA          -3.76     767     797    -10.82     55,472     62,204     -7.64     240,088     259,954      3.57       4,328       4,179
ARMM           -22.50      31      40    247.73      4,677      1,345    574.28      23,067       3,421     93.91       4,932       2,543

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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 |  2004 |  2003 |  Change |     2004 |     2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003
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Philippines     -2.83  18,226  18,757      2.22  2,030,208  1,986,153     12.33  11,929,797  10,619,929      9.90       5,876       5,347

NCR            -17.19   1,368   1,652    -11.33    355,715    401,154      4.64   2,983,097   2,850,731     18.01       8,386       7,106
CAR            -32.00     170     250    -29.23     30,289     42,800    -16.53     202,190     242,235     17.95       6,675       5,660
Region 1        39.01   1,878   1,351     23.56    180,446    146,045     35.31     880,752     650,910      9.51       4,881       4,457
Region 2        -1.91     463     472     -4.97     40,612     42,738     -5.81     196,806     208,954     -0.88       4,846       4,889
Region 3       -21.88   1,421   1,819     -9.99    163,179    181,293      2.41     990,930     967,656     13.77       6,073       5,338
Region 4A       12.00   6,476   5,782     22.54    620,927    506,723     31.95   3,696,177   2,801,211      7.68       5,953       5,528
Region 4B      -33.68     321     484    -30.42     33,340     47,916    -14.21     169,141     197,149     23.30       5,073       4,114
Region 5       -29.04     237     334    -26.42     35,118     47,725    -21.82     165,979     212,312      6.24       4,726       4,449
Region 6       -33.91     692   1,047    -23.35     93,502    121,989    -10.46     534,860     597,354     16.82       5,720       4,897
Region 7         3.98   1,882   1,810      0.86    178,169    176,652     -5.81     816,197     866,518     -6.61       4,581       4,905
Region 8       -21.53     277     353     15.23     44,254     38,404     42.17     224,031     157,575     23.38       5,062       4,103
Region 9        -3.43     169     175    -16.72     15,257     18,321      6.76      74,811      70,071     28.21       4,903       3,825
Region 10      -15.45     870   1,029     24.74     80,946     64,893     18.99     292,745     246,031     -4.61       3,617       3,791
Region 11       -9.00   1,284   1,411      2.27     99,435     97,227     30.94     469,253     358,364     28.04       4,719       3,686
Region 12       -6.04     342     364      4.00     23,774     22,859     19.48     100,681      84,266     14.88       4,235       3,686
CARAGA          -7.29     356     384     14.41     32,113     28,069     12.92     118,762     105,171     -1.30       3,698       3,747
ARMM           -50.00      20      40    132.86      3,132      1,345    291.26      13,385       3,421     68.02       4,274       2,543

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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 |  2004 |  2003 |  Change |     2004 |     2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003
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Philippines      3.07   2,855   2,770     21.02  1,379,925  1,140,277     30.34   9,175,230   7,039,299      7.71       6,649       6,173

NCR            -24.80     288     383     43.92    434,818    302,120     15.27   2,716,780   2,356,986    -19.91       6,248       7,801
CAR            -43.10      33      58    -39.26     17,212     28,339    -11.71     159,838     181,038     45.37       9,286       6,388
Region 1        36.80     171     125     14.77     42,562     37,086     -3.92     222,879     231,984    -16.29       5,237       6,255
Region 2        -8.00      46      50    -44.82      9,968     18,065    -36.90      71,558     113,402     14.36       7,179       6,277
Region 3       -23.29     425     554     13.74    153,862    135,279     37.26     955,964     696,452     20.68       6,213       5,148
Region 4A        4.16     651     625     58.53    303,120    191,204     65.42   2,067,006   1,249,564      4.34       6,819       6,535
Region 4B       31.03     114      87     70.55     26,405     15,482     66.92     156,408      93,702     -2.13       5,923       6,052
Region 5       -13.64      57      66    -35.20     11,932     18,415    -30.60      80,118     115,452      7.10       6,715       6,269
Region 6       -17.39     114     138     73.66     62,214     35,825    133.77     481,652     206,037     34.61       7,742       5,751
Region 7        77.56     277     156    -31.42    106,580    155,415    -29.19     686,028     968,893      3.25       6,437       6,234
Region 8        -9.00      91     100    -31.17     22,323     32,433    -28.44     113,143     158,117      3.96       5,068       4,875
Region 9       219.05      67      21    255.75     14,607      4,106    378.37      73,851      15,438     34.47       5,056       3,760
Region 10       -5.17     110     116    -23.17     25,860     33,657     53.67     301,788     196,390    100.00      11,670       5,835
Region 11       42.86     190     133     -7.11     62,783     67,587     75.73     364,337     207,325     89.18       5,803       3,068
Region 12       32.05     103      78     54.77     65,143     42,089    422.13     613,573     117,513    237.35       9,419       2,792
CARAGA          38.75     111      80    -15.70     19,536     23,175    -21.19     103,246     131,006     -6.51       5,285       5,653
ARMM               -        7       0        -       1,000          0        -        7,061           0        -        7,061          -

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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 |  2004 |  2003 |  Change |     2004 |     2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003
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Philippines    -16.62   4,825   5,787     -3.59    140,447    145,676     -7.75   2,214,059   2,400,046     -4.31      15,764      16,475

NCR              8.15   1,115   1,031     12.12     40,473     36,098    -14.77   1,057,814   1,241,188    -23.99      26,136      34,384
CAR            -72.41      32     116     -4.63      2,081      2,182    -63.60      20,871      57,344    -61.84      10,029      26,280
Region 1       -14.72     139     163    -25.38      6,999      9,379    -23.47      94,412     123,371      2.55      13,489      13,154
Region 2        -7.14      13      14    -45.55        379        696     20.50       6,324       5,248    121.29      16,686       7,540
Region 3        11.11     180     162    -65.42      6,034     17,451    -31.92      92,145     135,355     96.88      15,271       7,756
Region 4A      -62.36     764   2,030     19.71     49,156     41,061     -4.80     468,816     492,469    -20.48       9,537      11,994
Region 4B      -30.00      42      60    -15.02      1,895      2,230    -39.22       7,315      12,035    -28.47       3,860       5,397
Region 5        18.99      94      79    -15.64      1,974      2,340    -18.14      24,576      30,023     -2.97      12,450      12,830
Region 6        33.33     180     135    -80.97      1,720      9,036    -16.79      77,026      92,571    337.13      44,783      10,245
Region 7        19.64     591     494      9.84      4,643      4,227    104.29      99,558      48,734     85.98      21,443      11,529
Region 8        -7.92      93     101     31.68      1,459      1,108    -28.51      35,065      49,052    -45.71      24,034      44,271
Region 9       -41.04      79     134     41.36      1,856      1,313    261.33      26,095       7,222    155.62      14,060       5,500
Region 10       46.71     691     471    -13.44      2,635      3,044     52.64      57,587      37,727     76.33      21,855      12,394
Region 11        5.49     442     419    231.99     12,224      3,682    202.04      98,662      32,665     -9.02       8,071       8,872
Region 12       46.67      66      45    193.56      2,551        869    140.50      27,092      11,265    -18.07      10,620      12,963
CARAGA          -9.91     300     333    -65.12      3,823     10,960    -23.96      18,080      23,777    118.00       4,729       2,169
ARMM               -        4       0        -         545          0        -        2,621           0        -        4,809          -

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

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