Table A. Comparative Summary Statistics on Building Construction Fourth Quarters 2006 and 2005 

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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 |  2006 |  2005 |  Change |     2006 |     2005 |  Change |      2006 |      2005 |  Change |      2006 |      2005
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Philippines     -1.80  24,330  24,777     -6.01  3,432,991  3,652,502      2.78  26,172,820  25,465,239      9.35       7,624       6,972

NCR             51.04   5,933   3,928     -5.49  1,113,180  1,177,848     -5.48   9,689,723  10,251,377      0.01       8,705       8,703
CAR             -8.06     171     186     -5.18     39,121     41,259     19.14     287,344     241,178     25.65       7,345       5,845
Region 1        -9.12   1,485   1,634     -6.08    189,846    202,133      6.39   1,292,672   1,215,059     13.27       6,809       6,011
Region 2       -17.53     254     308    -10.43     33,009     36,854      6.99     207,420     193,865     19.45       6,284       5,260
Region 3       -18.96   1,791   2,210    -16.47    270,880    324,277      2.52   1,925,850   1,878,598     22.72       7,110       5,793
Region 4A       -0.08   6,230   6,235     -5.06    747,091    786,939     17.05   6,675,178   5,702,872     23.29       8,935       7,247
Region 4B      -47.28     300     569    -31.24     36,125     52,539    -28.71     243,333     341,334      3.68       6,736       6,497
Region 5       -16.15     379     452    -23.70     55,969     73,354    -23.73     313,378     410,873     -0.04       5,599       5,601
Region 6       -30.10     655     937    -20.31    112,016    140,570    -10.58     763,960     854,323     12.22       6,820       6,078
Region 7        -4.85   2,747   2,887      4.31    356,270    341,557     30.44   2,276,755   1,745,420     25.05       6,391       5,110
Region 8        54.70     543     351     11.28     46,042     41,374      0.97     259,867     257,381     -9.27       5,644       6,221
Region 9       -62.48     206     549    -60.90     16,122     41,238    -52.00     119,207     248,358     22.77       7,394       6,023
Region 10      -23.57     736     963     29.41    138,578    107,083      8.67     562,695     517,803    -16.03       4,060       4,836
Region 11      -28.81   1,873   2,631    -16.55    177,329    212,493    -16.39   1,003,726   1,200,440      0.19       5,660       5,649
Region 12        5.62     338     320     74.40     51,031     29,261     76.74     280,960     158,971      1.34       5,506       5,433
CARAGA          23.92     689     556     21.35     50,382     41,517     16.36     270,752     232,691     -4.12       5,374       5,605
ARMM          -100.00       0      61   -100.00          0      2,206   -100.00           0      14,696      0.00                   6,662

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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 |  2006 |  2005 |  Change |     2006 |     2005 |  Change |      2006 |      2005 |  Change |      2006 |      2005
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Philippines     -1.75  16,096  16,383    -11.87  1,845,903  2,094,617    -11.65  12,620,929  14,284,941      0.26       6,837       6,820

NCR             49.01   2,490   1,671    -18.96    437,650    540,031    -28.07   3,782,354   5,258,303    -11.24       8,642       9,737
CAR            -17.33     124     150     11.83     26,591     23,778     33.21     203,466     152,743     19.12       7,652       6,424
Region 1       -10.57   1,134   1,268    -11.44    128,895    145,549     -3.43     781,097     808,846      9.05       6,060       5,557
Region 2       -20.41     195     245    -23.60     20,605     26,970    -20.71     112,700     142,138      3.78       5,470       5,270
Region 3       -22.24   1,245   1,601    -19.17    171,020    211,590    -15.55   1,028,263   1,217,580      4.49       6,013       5,754
Region 4A        2.36   5,242   5,121     -1.56    497,560    505,429      9.50   3,774,856   3,447,248     11.24       7,587       6,820
Region 4B      -42.99     179     314    -32.11     21,621     31,846    -22.06     135,278     173,566     14.80       6,257       5,450
Region 5        -6.60     283     303    -26.61     39,097     53,272    -17.70     209,217     254,200     12.14       5,351       4,772
Region 6       -37.32     430     686    -32.29     55,594     82,112    -24.51     363,381     481,374     11.50       6,536       5,862
Region 7         1.41   1,944   1,917      3.35    200,386    193,893      3.05   1,026,738     996,340     -0.29       5,124       5,139
Region 8        75.91     387     220     14.40     30,585     26,736     12.31     173,046     154,077     -1.82       5,658       5,763
Region 9       -69.88      75     249    -66.56      8,047     24,066    -57.75      51,689     122,337     26.36       6,423       5,083
Region 10      -16.98     440     530    -22.64     57,628     74,490    -34.89     209,170     321,252    -15.84       3,630       4,313
Region 11      -16.31   1,344   1,606     -2.24    106,654    109,095      2.56     546,814     533,186      4.90       5,127       4,887
Region 12      -11.37     187     211      8.35     15,352     14,169     24.22      78,751      63,395     14.65       5,130       4,474
CARAGA          56.30     397     254     -6.33     28,618     30,552     -6.87     144,109     154,744     -0.58       5,036       5,065
ARMM             0.00       0      37      0.00          0      1,039      0.00           0       3,612      0.00           0           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 |  2006 |  2005 |  Change |     2006 |     2005 |  Change |      2006 |      2005 |  Change |      2006 |      2005
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Philippines     37.43   4,380   3,187      1.08  1,420,104  1,404,973     25.20  11,508,868   9,192,080     23.87       8,104       6,543

NCR             92.01   2,427   1,264      1.90    580,242    569,401     18.83   5,019,329   4,223,822     16.61       8,650       7,418
CAR             29.17      31      24    -34.43     11,256     17,167    -16.60      68,120      81,677     27.20       6,052       4,758
Region 1        -1.60     123     125      4.17     54,832     52,638     27.91     422,427     330,244     22.80       7,704       6,274
Region 2         7.69      28      26     41.28     12,109      8,571     92.61      88,969      46,191     36.33       7,347       5,389
Region 3       -16.90     236     284    -20.32     85,427    107,215     45.63     807,897     554,771     82.77       9,457       5,174
Region 4A       25.30     520     415     -6.01    235,694    250,768     28.17   2,406,098   1,877,208     36.37      10,209       7,486
Region 4B      -46.76      74     139    -26.35     14,167     19,235    -23.86      98,492     129,362      3.37       6,952       6,725
Region 5       -51.61      30      62    -16.50     16,687     19,985    -41.40      78,387     133,759    -29.81       4,697       6,693
Region 6        -4.55     105     110     -0.15     54,506     54,590     10.39     336,623     304,952     10.56       6,176       5,586
Region 7        22.69     292     238     -2.96    138,907    143,151     55.32   1,051,733     677,144     60.06       7,571       4,730
Region 8        27.78      69      54     -6.19     13,238     14,111    -13.90      72,416      84,110     -8.23       5,470       5,961
Region 9        -8.51      43      47    -50.27      7,230     14,539    -41.98      59,687     102,866     16.68       8,255       7,075
Region 10      -28.05      59      82    148.56     78,125     31,431     99.13     321,758     161,580    -19.89       4,119       5,141
Region 11      -16.96     186     224    -19.40     62,767     77,878     12.71     382,434     339,321     39.84       6,093       4,357
Region 12      102.00     101      50    146.56     33,870     13,737    153.54     182,258      71,884      2.83       5,381       5,233
CARAGA          43.59      56      39    117.97     21,047      9,656     79.04     112,240      62,689    -17.86       5,333       6,492
ARMM          -100.00       0       4   -100.00          0        900   -100.00           0      10,500      0.00                  11,667

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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 |  2006 |  2005 |  Change |     2006 |     2005 |  Change |      2006 |      2005 |  Change |      2006 |      2005
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Philippines    -25.98   3,854   5,207      9.20    166,984    152,912      2.76   2,043,033   1,988,218     -5.90      12,235      13,002

NCR              2.32   1,016     993     39.28     95,288     68,416     15.44     888,040     769,252    -17.11       9,320      11,244
CAR             33.33      16      12    305.73      1,274        314    133.18      15,758       6,758    -42.53      12,369      21,522
Region 1        -5.39     228     241     55.07      6,119      3,946     17.35      89,148      75,969    -24.33      14,569      19,252
Region 2       -16.22      31      37    -77.53        295      1,313      3.88       5,751       5,536    362.37      19,495       4,216
Region 3        -4.62     310     325    163.76     14,433      5,472    -15.58      89,690     106,247    -68.00       6,214      19,416
Region 4A      -33.05     468     699    -54.99     13,837     30,742     30.60     494,224     378,416    190.16      35,718      12,309
Region 4B      -59.48      47     116    -76.89        337      1,458    -75.10       9,563      38,406      7.73      28,377      26,342
Region 5       -24.14      66      87     90.72        185         97     12.48      25,774      22,914    -41.02     139,319     236,227
Region 6       -14.89     120     141    -50.47      1,916      3,868     -5.94      63,956      67,997     89.88      33,380      17,579
Region 7       -30.19     511     732    276.18     16,977      4,513    175.64     198,284      71,936    -26.73      11,680      15,940
Region 8        12.99      87      77    321.06      2,219        527    -24.95      14,405      19,194    -82.18       6,492      36,421
Region 9       -65.22      88     253    -67.91        845      2,633    -66.18       7,831      23,155      5.38       9,267       8,794
Region 10      -32.48     237     351    143.12      2,825      1,162     -9.16      31,767      34,971    -62.64      11,245      30,096
Region 11      -57.18     343     801    -69.01      7,908     25,520    -77.29      74,478     327,933    -26.71       9,418      12,850
Region 12      -15.25      50      59     33.51      1,809      1,355    -15.79      19,951      23,692    -36.92      11,029      17,485
CARAGA         -10.27     236     263    -45.23        717      1,309     -5.54      14,413      15,258     72.46      20,102      11,656
ARMM             0.00       0      20      0.00          0        267      0.00           0         584      0.00           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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