Table A. Comparative Annual Construction Statistics by Region and by Province: 2004

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                             |       Final Data (Revised)       |	                                                                           Preliminary Figures
                             |               2004               |            TOTAL                 |            1st Qtr                |            2nd Qtr                |           3rd Qtr                |           4th Qtr
Region/                      |        | Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area |     Value  |        |  Floor Area |     Value  |        |  Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area  |     Value
Province                     | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |     (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |     (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |     (sq.m.) |    (1,000)
                             |    (1) |        (2) |        (3) |    (4) |        (5) |        (6) |    (7) |         (8) |        (9) |   (10) |        (11) |       (12) |   (13) |       (14) |       (15) |   (16) |        (17) |       (18)
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Philippines                   105,425   15,080,909  100,495,951  102,641   14,877,793   99,493,473   25,447     3,642,395   24,832,635   27,748     4,250,465   28,623,228   23,540    3,434,353   22,718,524   25,906     3,550,580   23,319,086

National Capital Region        12,714    4,304,584   37,553,602   12,714    4,304,584   37,553,602    3,206     1,013,340    9,209,244    3,691     1,458,428   13,388,580    3,046    1,001,810    8,198,087    2,771       831,006    6,757,691

First District                  1,216      400,426    3,553,604    1,216      400,426    3,553,604      327        54,607      506,577      378       275,224    2,289,059      233       36,190      369,715      278        34,405      388,253
Second District                 5,247    1,485,755   10,049,363    5,247    1,485,755   10,049,363    1,376       364,411    2,389,004    1,554       446,432    3,205,430    1,154      337,853    2,227,348    1,163       337,059    2,227,581
Third District                  1,241      211,995    1,186,720    1,241      211,995    1,186,720      331        46,319      276,705      306        51,509      299,239      311       50,450      288,748      293        63,717      322,028
Fourth District                 5,010    2,206,408   22,763,915    5,010    2,206,408   22,763,915    1,172       548,003    6,036,958    1,453       685,263    7,594,852    1,348      577,317    5,312,276    1,037       395,825    3,819,829

Cordillera Administrative
   Region                       1,115      236,535    1,513,170    1,115      236,535    1,513,170      341        82,210      522,040      312        60,417      341,077      227       44,326      267,154      235        49,582      382,899

Abra                               57        9,582       54,708       57        9,582       54,708       12         3,458        9,765       22         2,688       12,758       14        1,767       12,640        9         1,669       19,545
Benguet                           967      212,752    1,333,167      967      212,752    1,333,167      309        71,353      429,300      260        55,273      314,144      192       40,194      237,409      206        45,932      352,314
Ifugao                             24        2,606       18,627       24        2,606       18,627        9         1,411        8,792        7           504        4,212        4          236        2,460        4           455        3,163
Kalinga                            41        9,601       95,575       41        9,601       95,575       10         5,841       73,465       14         1,477        7,539        8        1,081        7,707        9         1,202        6,864
Mountain Province                   2          147        1,045        2          147        1,045        1           147          718        1             0          327        0            0            0        0             0            0
Apayao                             24        1,847       10,048       24        1,847       10,048        0             0            0        8           475        2,097        9        1,048        6,938        7           324        1,013

Region I - Ilocos Region        8,258      880,354    4,469,765    8,178      872,363    4,426,574    2,168       231,500    1,068,977    2,061       227,760    1,176,594    1,761      183,096      982,960    2,188       230,007    1,198,043

Ilocos Norte                    2,088      192,607    1,071,265    2,088      192,607    1,071,265      485        43,448      225,379      610        55,770      283,377      443       37,391      224,269      550        55,998      338,240
Ilocos Sur                      1,755      135,664      646,555    1,738      133,602      636,108      422        29,518      139,303      252        24,085      131,211      374       30,776      138,150      690        49,223      227,444
La Union                        1,113      162,298      872,723    1,113      162,298      872,723      337        48,190      231,308      298        44,448      237,402      244       32,817      194,686      234        36,843      209,327
Pangasinan                      3,302      389,785    1,879,222    3,239      383,856    1,846,478      924       110,344      472,987      901       103,457      524,604      700       82,112      425,855      714        87,943      423,032

Region II - Cagayan Valley      2,332      263,512    1,455,954    2,332      263,512    1,455,954      575        67,000      347,464      708        68,593      321,878      527       76,960      511,924      522        50,959      274,688

Batanes                            30        3,747       28,466       30        3,747       28,466        3           180        1,300        6           877        3,856       13        1,271       13,348        8         1,419        9,962
Cagayan                         1,259      129,292      735,565    1,259      129,292      735,565      296        30,839      142,207      461        31,900      142,734      253       41,386      324,431      249        25,167      126,193
Isabela                           715       87,178      439,791      715       87,178      439,791      152        21,699      119,329      176        25,980      122,378      174       21,894      104,020      213        17,605       94,064
Nueva Vizcaya                     119       14,544       97,480      119       14,544       97,480       41         3,217       25,594       23         2,791       23,007       40        6,244       34,016       15         2,292       14,863
Quirino                           209       28,751      154,652      209       28,751      154,652       83        11,065       59,034       42         7,045       29,903       47        6,165       36,109       37         4,476       29,606

Region III - Central Luzon      9,876    1,471,641    8,760,664    9,809    1,465,708    8,726,606    2,930       446,123    2,797,740    2,634       376,200    2,015,660    2,219      320,310    1,874,167    2,026       323,075    2,039,039

Bataan                            797      114,838      671,058      791      114,301      667,814      275        46,337      227,138      224        25,505      157,417      144       23,097      147,908      148        19,362      135,351
Bulacan                         3,551      407,537    2,018,989    3,490      402,141    1,988,175    1,304       106,042      500,256    1,012       127,960      616,421      722       95,045      475,865      452        73,094      395,633
Nueva Ecija                     1,110      148,984      866,544    1,110      148,984      866,544      310        37,367      204,533      264        34,905      196,814      232       38,759      246,089      304        37,953      219,108
Pampanga                        3,018      522,873    3,183,930    3,018      522,873    3,183,930      657       145,005      711,943      863       140,639      823,496      801      118,966      746,740      697       118,263      901,751
Tarlac                            862      185,466      801,108      862      185,466      801,108      236        67,594      211,711      226        42,778      198,666      163       28,573      164,260      237        46,521      226,471
Zambales                          270       72,043    1,111,882      270       72,043    1,111,882       96        37,251      903,310        8         1,209        6,060       60        9,883       61,039      106        23,700      141,473
Aurora                            268       19,900      107,153      268       19,900      107,153       52         6,527       38,849       37         3,204       16,786       97        5,987       32,266       82         4,182       19,252

Region IVA - Calabarzon        24,522    3,054,913   20,359,300   24,264    3,027,198   20,191,390    5,045       711,830    5,250,442    6,258       698,639    4,390,361    5,070      643,526    4,318,588    7,891       973,203    6,231,999

Batangas                        4,519      575,399    4,079,812    4,261      547,684    3,911,902      802       121,276    1,380,514    1,641       209,619    1,266,741      728      100,864      505,090    1,090       115,925      759,557
Cavite                          8,016      997,862    6,104,328    8,016      997,862    6,104,328    1,560       184,299    1,253,093    1,635       177,097    1,088,215    1,539      207,971    1,205,532    3,282       428,495    2,557,488
Laguna                          7,663      972,350    6,680,068    7,663      972,350    6,680,068    1,284       238,241    1,533,910    1,850       164,925    1,010,612    1,904      242,783    2,013,985    2,625       326,401    2,121,561
Quezon                          1,133      108,367      663,224    1,133      108,367      663,224      203        21,108      119,460      291        26,892      185,638      444       41,640      240,499      195        18,727      117,627
Rizal                           3,191      400,935    2,831,868    3,191      400,935    2,831,868    1,196       146,906      963,465      841       120,106      839,155      455       50,268      353,482      699        83,655      675,766

Region IVB - Mimaropa           1,517      211,730    1,146,804    1,517      211,730    1,146,804      290        38,245      225,892      379        52,538      268,558      371       59,307      319,490      477        61,640      332,864

Marinduque                        359       31,015      165,021      359       31,015      165,021       81         7,812       41,953      110         9,009       47,111       90        9,186       49,752       78         5,008       26,205
Occidental Mindoro                 66       10,620       40,394       66       10,620       40,394       12         1,814        6,838       24         2,366       10,605       17        4,479       15,549       13         1,961        7,402
Oriental Mindoro                  439       85,848      461,954      439       85,848      461,954       98        17,453       84,855      102        23,149      116,402      107       20,252      115,636      132        24,994      145,061
Palawan                           475       63,178      379,819      475       63,178      379,819       94        10,252       84,455      111        15,196       84,446      148       22,999      121,208      122        14,731       89,710
Romboln                           178       21,069       99,616      178       21,069       99,616        5           914        7,791       32         2,818        9,994        9        2,391       17,345      132        14,946       64,486

Region V - Bicol                2,331      300,471    1,682,141    2,207      290,576    1,615,026      583        71,780      408,401      552        69,925      379,569      684       99,847      556,383      388        49,024      270,673

Albay                             416      111,187      516,997      416      111,187      516,997       88        20,261       88,018      105        24,591       99,209      163       52,054      266,180       60        14,281       63,590
Camarines Norte                   135       18,033       93,775      135       18,033       93,775       39         4,422       22,226       35         6,574       34,676       35        3,952       23,613       26         3,085       13,260
Camarines Sur                   1,306      113,242      699,223    1,185      103,376      634,163      374        37,573      235,876      277        22,238      139,314      346       25,119      155,183      188        18,446      103,790
Catanduanes                       134       12,790       80,993      134       12,790       80,993       29         3,236       22,382       45         3,160       23,816       31        3,058       14,672       29         3,336       20,123
Masbate                           140       20,428      123,718      137       20,399      121,663       20         2,358       12,209       42         7,078       34,834       42        7,356       44,848       33         3,607       29,772
Sorsogon                          200       24,791      167,435      200       24,791      167,435       33         3,930       27,690       48         6,284       47,720       67        8,308       51,887       52         6,269       40,138

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Table 1.  (continued)

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                             |       Final Data (Revised)       |	                                                                           Preliminary Figures
                             |               2004               |            TOTAL                 |            1st Qtr                |            2nd Qtr                |           3rd Qtr                |           4th Qtr
Region/                      |        | Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area |     Value  |        |  Floor Area |     Value  |        |  Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area  |     Value
Province                     | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |     (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |     (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |     (sq.m.) |    (1,000)
                             |    (1) |        (2) |        (3) |    (4) |        (5) |        (6) |    (7) |         (8) |        (9) |   (10) |        (11) |       (12) |   (13) |       (14) |       (15) |   (16) |        (17) |       (18)
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Region VI - Western Visayas     5,026      727,263    4,967,329    4,746      702,433    4,841,723    1,153       160,254      987,157    1,565       218,961    1,279,734    1,042      165,782    1,481,294      986       157,436    1,093,538

Aklan                             208       66,934      455,327      208       66,934      455,327       78        19,670      113,850       54        14,125       99,201       36        6,779       38,212       40        26,360      204,064
Antique                           107       23,295      137,150      107       23,295      137,150       40         6,880       44,748       21         4,013       20,843       28        6,486       34,458       18         5,916       37,101
Capiz                             398       63,400      301,863      398       63,400      301,863       94        15,567       59,802       98        13,398       66,490      125       20,209       93,012       81        14,226       82,559
Iloilo                          1,868      292,260    1,954,842    1,717      274,402    1,856,275      302        51,102      282,659      770       105,774      665,065      285       57,121      483,064      360        60,405      425,487
Negros Occidental               2,346      272,115    2,079,726    2,253      268,294    2,065,917      632        65,952      481,861      597        79,686      420,832      542       72,715      821,286      482        49,941      341,938
Guimaras                           99        9,259       38,421       63        6,108       25,191        7         1,083        4,237       25         1,965        7,303       26        2,472       11,262        5           588        2,389

Region VII - Central Visayas   11,925    1,279,439    6,867,177   10,710    1,202,240    6,541,004    2,843       315,678    1,749,139    2,951       355,677    1,945,984    2,166      241,493    1,244,098    2,750       289,392    1,601,783

Bohol                           3,017      209,903      901,417    2,236      160,046      695,362      339        23,372       86,358      878        60,339      255,053      323       28,083      142,994      696        48,252      210,957
Cebu                            6,822      924,000    5,347,695    6,480      903,403    5,261,843    1,800       249,918    1,496,864    1,555       257,043    1,520,113    1,495      188,194    1,004,631    1,630       208,248    1,240,235
Negros Oriental                 1,957      128,403      504,302    1,900      125,441      493,918      692        41,605      160,361      483        32,149      127,390      343       24,890       93,800      382        26,797      112,367
Siquijor                          129       17,133      113,763       94       13,350       89,881       12           783        5,556       35         6,146       43,428        5          326        2,673       42         6,095       38,224

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas   2,160      239,000    1,366,681    2,139      236,522    1,347,206      648        57,155      309,062      467        53,831      290,743      563       57,500      375,162      461        68,036      372,239

Eastern Samar                     228       24,112      170,644      228       24,112      170,644       61         7,474       43,441       47         4,843       34,283       64        6,384       49,015       56         5,411       43,905
Leyte                             951      115,283      645,460      930      112,805      625,985      270        26,866      164,655      198        27,295      137,834      251       27,826      169,790      211        30,818      153,706
Northern Samar                    290       23,055      105,250      290       23,055      105,250      130         8,019       28,597       47         4,931       24,855       74        5,326       30,536       39         4,779       21,262
Samar (Western Samar)             166       15,859       81,968      166       15,859       81,968       41         3,705       14,607       29         3,061       16,344       55        4,162       26,159       41         4,931       24,858
Southern Leyte                    340       39,601      243,644      340       39,601      243,644       88         5,773       34,021      104         9,031       56,417       69        5,924       38,198       79        18,873      115,008
Biliran                           185       21,090      119,715      185       21,090      119,715       58         5,318       23,741       42         4,670       21,010       50        7,878       61,464       35         3,224       13,500

Region IX - Zambonaga Peninsula 2,448      194,709      905,090    2,219      182,198      859,452      477        46,312      200,203    1,100        69,527      295,082      327       34,639      189,410      315        31,720      174,757

Zambonaga del Norte             1,653       80,277      303,332    1,424       67,766      257,694      269        13,858       53,209      937        43,653      167,573      144        6,969       25,797       74         3,286       11,115
Zambonaga del Sur                 746      109,733      579,703      746      109,733      579,703      200        30,924      141,986      161        25,341      125,596      149       26,164      158,392      236        27,304      153,729
Isabela City                       49        4,699       22,055       49        4,699       22,055        8         1,530        5,008        2           533        1,913       34        1,506        5,221        5         1,130        9,913

Region X - Northern Mindanao    6,722      557,631    2,747,788    6,321      536,833    2,631,997    1,501       131,829      563,036    1,546       142,758      618,430    1,603      152,805      798,411    1,671       109,441      652,120

Bukidnon                          885      148,544      528,855      870      145,327      514,724      217        54,906      202,010      221        35,075      112,970      280       38,232      119,469      152        17,114       80,275
Camiguin                          295       14,956       96,028      295       14,956       96,028       83         1,721        6,511       74         3,197       18,478       67        5,851       25,803       71         4,187       45,236
Lanao del Norte                 2,281      120,279      440,380    2,279      120,137      439,425      455        25,268       90,702      612        35,338      123,149      487       22,739       95,821      725        36,792      129,753
Misamis Occidental                705       57,277      313,673      664       54,134      300,280      194        15,685       86,702      150        13,402       96,408      197       13,555       64,519      123        11,492       52,651
Misamis Oriental                2,556      216,575    1,368,852    2,213      202,279    1,281,540      552        34,249      177,111      489        55,746      267,425      572       72,428      492,799      600        39,856      344,205

Region XI - Davao Region        8,919      773,921    3,691,481    8,901      769,950    3,682,472    2,375       166,505      739,358    2,243       214,601    1,106,065    2,367      214,402      904,797    1,916       174,442      932,252

Davao del Norte                 2,555      143,056      493,756    2,555      143,056      493,756      682        31,328      112,673      623        31,475      107,419      572       42,148      131,674      678        38,105      141,990
Davao del Sur                   4,729      550,195    2,916,912    4,729      550,195    2,916,912    1,288       116,739      565,613    1,199       164,365      935,866    1,407      153,797      710,579      835       115,294      704,854
Davao Oriental                    210       23,958      107,116      192       19,987       98,107       57         5,823       29,085       62         4,367       19,741       38        4,162       25,693       35         5,635       23,588
Compostela Valley               1,425       56,712      173,697    1,425       56,712      173,697      348        12,615       31,987      359        14,394       43,039      350       14,295       36,851      368        15,408       61,820

Region XII - Soccsksargen       2,324      343,158    1,932,364    2,268      334,441    1,885,401      551        55,635      252,465      745       129,549      586,677      461      57,789	      304,913      511        91,468      741,346

North Cotabato                    157       19,542      104,854      101       10,825       57,891        0             0            0       72         6,224       34,017        1          42	          150       28         4,559       23,724
South Cotabato                  1,377      236,762    1,515,036    1,377      236,762    1,515,036      383        39,466      189,243      474        84,151      436,313      247      39,820	      226,543      273        73,325      662,937
Sultan Kudarat                    149       15,385       57,942      149       15,385       57,942       19         2,323        7,581       58         5,296       23,016       30       4,099	       14,204       42         3,667       13,141
Saranggani                         94       15,233       56,321       94       15,233       56,321       27         3,335       11,556       28         8,350       28,887       22       1,860	       10,041       17         1,688        5,837
Cotabato City                     547       56,236      198,211      547       56,236      198,211      122        10,511       44,085      113        25,528       64,444      161      11,968	       53,975      151         8,229       35,707

Region XIII - Caraga            3,047      232,194    1,036,366    3,047      232,194    1,036,471      710        45,286      193,486      535        53,043      218,114    1,035      78,393	      384,783      767        55,472      240,088

Agusan del Norte                1,158       81,734      346,651    1,158       81,734      346,651      438        25,569      101,128        0             0            0      361      32,314	      157,368      359        23,851       88,155
Agusan del Sur                    686       40,887      178,712      686       40,887      178,712      136         8,480       31,875      173        12,405       54,828      222       9,252	       38,299      155        10,750       53,710
Surigao del Norte               1,036       92,288      402,955    1,036       92,288      403,060      103         7,893       34,095      306        34,672      127,496      386      29,701	      148,533      241        20,022       92,936
Surigao del Sur                   167       17,285      108,048      167       17,285      108,048       33         3,344       26,388       56         5,966       35,790       66       7,126	       40,583       12           849        5,287

Autonomous Region in Muslim
   Mindano                        189        9,854       40,275      154        8,776       38,621       51         1,713        8,529        1            18          122       71       2,368	        6,903       31         4,677       23,067

Basilan                            10          833        6,827       10          833        6,827        1            65          505        1            18          122        1          77	          320        7           673        5,880
Lanao del Sur                      23        3,997       18,281       23        3,997       18,281        0             0            0        0             0            0        1         180	        1,619       22         3,817       16,662
Maguindanao                       145        4,433       10,510      110        3,355        8,856       44         1,412        5,202        0             0            0       66       1,943	        3,654        0             0            0
Sulu                                4          423        2,347        4          423        2,347        2           236        1,822        0             0            0        0           0	            0        2           187          525
Tawi-Tawi                           7          168        2,310        7          168        2,310        4             0        1,000        0             0            0        3         168	        1,310        0             0            0

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

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