Table A. Comparative Summary Statistics on Building Construction:  Fourth Quarters 2005 and 2004

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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 |  2005 |  2004 |  Change |     2005 |     2004 |  Change |      2005 |      2004 |  Change |      2005 |      2004
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Philippines     -4.36  24,777  25,906      2.87  3,652,502  3,550,580      9.20  25,465,239  23,319,086      6.16       6,972       6,568

NCR             41.75   3,928   2,771     41.74  1,177,848    831,006     51.70  10,251,377   6,757,691      7.03       8,703       8,132
CAR            -20.85     186     235    -16.79     41,259     49,582    -37.01     241,178     382,899    -24.31       5,845       7,723
Region 2       -41.00     308     522    -27.68     36,854     50,959    -29.42     193,865     274,688     -2.41       5,260       5,390
Region 3         9.08   2,210   2,026      0.37    324,277    323,075     -7.87   1,878,598   2,039,039     -8.21       5,793       6,311
Region 4A      -20.99   6,235   7,891    -19.14    786,939    973,203     -8.49   5,702,872   6,231,999     13.17       7,247       6,404
Region 4B       19.29     569     477    -14.76     52,539     61,640      2.54     341,334     332,864     20.31       6,497       5,400
Region 5        16.49     452     388     49.63     73,354     49,024     51.80     410,873     270,673      1.45       5,601       5,521
Region 6        -4.97     937     986    -10.71    140,570    157,436    -21.88     854,323   1,093,538    -12.50       6,078       6,946
Region 7         4.98   2,887   2,750     18.03    341,557    289,392      8.97   1,745,420   1,601,783     -7.67       5,110       5,535
Region 8       -23.86     351     461    -39.19     41,374     68,036    -30.86     257,381     372,239     13.70       6,221       5,471
Region 9        74.29     549     315     30.01     41,238     31,720     42.12     248,358     174,757      9.31       6,023       5,509
Region 10      -42.37     963   1,671     -2.15    107,083    109,441    -20.60     517,803     652,120    -18.85       4,836       5,959
Region 11       37.32   2,631   1,916     21.81    212,493    174,442     28.77   1,200,440     932,252      5.71       5,649       5,344
Region 12      -37.38     320     511    -68.01     29,261     91,468    -78.56     158,971     741,346    -32.97       5,433       8,105
CARAGA         -27.51     556     767    -25.16     41,517     55,472     -3.08     232,691     240,088     29.50       5,605       4,328
ARMM            96.77      61      31    -52.83      2,206      4,677    -36.29      14,696      23,067     35.07       6,662       4,932

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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 |  2005 |  2004 |  Change |     2005 |     2004 |  Change |      2005 |      2004 |  Change |      2005 |      2004
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Philippines    -10.11  16,383  18,226      3.17  2,094,617  2,030,208     19.74  14,284,941  11,929,797     16.06       6,820       5,876

NCR             22.15   1,671   1,368     51.82    540,031    355,715     76.27   5,258,303   2,983,097     16.11       9,737       8,386
CAR            -11.76     150     170    -21.50     23,778     30,289    -24.46     152,743     202,190     -3.77       6,424       6,675
Region 1       -32.48   1,268   1,878    -19.34    145,549    180,446     -8.16     808,846     880,752     13.85       5,557       4,881
Region 2       -47.08     245     463    -33.59     26,970     40,612    -27.78     142,138     196,806      8.75       5,270       4,846
Region 3        12.67   1,601   1,421     29.67    211,590    163,179     22.87   1,217,580     990,930     -5.24       5,754       6,073
Region 4A      -20.92   5,121   6,476    -18.60    505,429    620,927     -6.73   3,447,248   3,696,177     14.58       6,820       5,953
Region 4B       -2.18     314     321     -4.48     31,846     33,340      2.62     173,566     169,141      7.43       5,450       5,073
Region 5        27.85     303     237     51.69     53,272     35,118     53.15     254,200     165,979      0.96       4,772       4,726
Region 6        -0.87     686     692    -12.18     82,112     93,502    -10.00     481,374     534,860      2.48       5,862       5,720
Region 7         1.86   1,917   1,882      8.83    193,893    178,169     22.07     996,340     816,197     12.17       5,139       4,581
Region 8       -20.58     220     277    -39.59     26,736     44,254    -31.23     154,077     224,031     13.84       5,763       5,062
Region 9        47.34     249     169     57.74     24,066     15,257     63.53     122,337      74,811      3.67       5,083       4,903
Region 10      -39.08     530     870     -7.98     74,490     80,946      9.74     321,252     292,745     19.25       4,313       3,617
Region 11       25.08   1,606   1,284      9.71    109,095     99,435     13.62     533,186     469,253      3.56       4,887       4,719
Region 12      -38.30     211     342    -40.40     14,169     23,774    -37.03      63,395     100,681      5.65       4,474       4,235
CARAGA         -28.65     254     356     -4.86     30,552     32,113     30.30     154,744     118,762     36.95       5,065       3,698
ARMM             0.00      37      20      0.00      1,039      3,132      0.00       3,612      13,385      0.00       3,476           0

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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 |  2005 |  2004 |  Change |     2005 |     2004 |  Change |      2005 |      2004 |  Change |      2005 |      2004
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Philippines     11.63   3,187   2,855      1.82  1,404,973  1,379,925      0.18   9,192,080   9,175,230     -1.60       6,543       6,649

NCR            338.89   1,264     288     30.95    569,401    434,818     55.47   4,223,822   2,716,780     18.72       7,418       6,248
CAR            -27.27      24      33     -0.26     17,167     17,212    -48.90      81,677     159,838    -48.77       4,758       9,286
Region 1       -26.90     125     171     23.67     52,638     42,562     48.17     330,244     222,879     19.81       6,274       5,237
Region 2       -43.48      26      46    -14.01      8,571      9,968    -35.45      46,191      71,558    -24.93       5,389       7,179
Region 3       -33.18     284     425    -30.32    107,215    153,862    -41.97     554,771     955,964    -16.72       5,174       6,213
Region 4A      -36.25     415     651    -17.27    250,768    303,120     -9.18   1,877,208   2,067,006      9.78       7,486       6,819
Region 4B       21.93     139     114    -27.15     19,235     26,405    -17.29     129,362     156,408     13.54       6,725       5,923
Region 5         8.77      62      57     67.49     19,985     11,932     66.95     133,759      80,118     -0.32       6,693       6,715
Region 6        -3.51     110     114    -12.25     54,590     62,214    -36.69     304,952     481,652    -27.84       5,586       7,742
Region 7       -14.08     238     277     34.31    143,151    106,580     -1.29     677,144     686,028    -26.51       4,730       6,437
Region 8       -40.66      54      91    -36.79     14,111     22,323    -25.66      84,110     113,143     17.60       5,961       5,068
Region 9       -29.85      47      67     -0.47     14,539     14,607     39.29     102,866      73,851     39.94       7,075       5,056
Region 10      -25.45      82     110     21.54     31,431     25,860    -46.46     161,580     301,788    -55.95       5,141      11,670
Region 11       17.89     224     190     24.04     77,878     62,783     -6.87     339,321     364,337    -24.92       4,357       5,803
Region 12      -51.46      50     103    -78.91     13,737     65,143    -88.28      71,884     613,573    -44.44       5,233       9,419
CARAGA         -64.86      39     111    -50.57      9,656     19,536    -39.28      62,689     103,246     22.84       6,492       5,285
ARMM           -42.86       4       7    -10.00        900      1,000     48.70      10,500       7,061     65.23      11,667       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 |  2005 |  2004 |  Change |     2005 |     2004 |  Change |      2005 |      2004 |  Change |      2005 |      2004
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Philippines      7.92   5,207   4,825      8.88    152,912    140,447    -10.20   1,988,218   2,214,059    -17.52      13,002      15,764

NCR            -10.94     993   1,115     69.04     68,416     40,473    -27.28     769,252   1,057,814    -56.98      11,244      26,136
CAR            -62.50      12      32    -84.91        314      2,081    -67.62       6,758      20,871    114.59      21,522      10,029
Region 1        73.38     241     139    -43.62      3,946      6,999    -19.53      75,969      94,412     42.72      19,252      13,489
Region 2       184.62      37      13    246.44      1,313        379    -12.46       5,536       6,324    -74.73       4,216      16,686
Region 3        80.56     325     180     -9.31      5,472      6,034     15.30     106,247      92,145     27.15      19,416      15,271
Region 4A       -8.51     699     764    -37.46     30,742     49,156    -19.28     378,416     468,816     29.07      12,309       9,537
Region 4B      176.19     116      42    -23.06      1,458      1,895    425.03      38,406       7,315    582.40      26,342       3,860
Region 5        -7.45      87      94    -95.09         97      1,974     -6.76      22,914      24,576  1,797.43     236,227      12,450
Region 6       -21.67     141     180    124.88      3,868      1,720    -11.72      67,997      77,026    -60.75      17,579      44,783
Region 7        23.86     732     591     -2.80      4,513      4,643    -27.74      71,936      99,558    -25.66      15,940      21,443
Region 8       -17.20      77      93    -63.88        527      1,459    -45.26      19,194      35,065     51.54      36,421      24,034
Region 9       220.25     253      79     41.86      2,633      1,856    -11.27      23,155      26,095    -37.45       8,794      14,060
Region 10      -49.20     351     691    -55.90      1,162      2,635    -39.27      34,971      57,587     37.71      30,096      21,855
Region 11       81.22     801     442    108.77     25,520     12,224    232.38     327,933      98,662     59.21      12,850       8,071
Region 12      -10.61      59      66    -46.88      1,355      2,551    -12.55      23,692      27,092     64.64      17,485      10,620
CARAGA         -12.33     263     300    -65.76      1,309      3,823    -15.61      15,258      18,080    146.47      11,656       4,729
ARMM             0.00      20       4      0.00        267        545      0.00         584       2,621      0.00       2,187           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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