Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - October 2001
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Sept. 2001 Aug. 2001 Sept. 2000
       Philippines 163.2 162.8r 153.8
       National Capital Region (NCR) 163.9 163.7r 153.6
       Areas Outside NCR 162.9 162.5 153.8
    Inflation rate 6.1 6.3 4.6
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.61 0.61 0.65
  Aug. 2001 July 2001 Aug. 2000
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in Metro Manila (1978=100)		 829.1 829.9 788.7
  1994=100 1992=100  
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in Metro Manila (July 2001)		 162.2 157.5  
  July 2001 June 2001 July 2000
  General Wholesale Price Index in
    Metro Manila (1985=100)		 268.9 263.9r 258.3r
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction 
    Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100)		 244.0 243.7 233.6
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) July 2001 June 2001 July 2000
  Total trade 5,255 5,187 5,896
  Exports 2,594 2,578 3,219
  Imports 2,660 2,609 2,676
  Balance of trade (66) (31) 543
    Top traders:      
    1. USA 1,212 1,247 1,443
    2. Japan 961 966 960
    3. Singapore 345 347 456
    Top exports:      
    1. Electronics and components 1,182 1,372 1,864
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 255 208 277
    3. Ignition wiring set  and other wirings sets used
        in vehicles,aircrafts and ships		 43 30 55
    Top imports:      
    1. Electronics and components 471 537 465
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 336 276 402
    3. Telecommunications equipment and electrical machinery 247 293 281
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)		 1st Qtr 2001p 4th Qtr 2000p 1st Qtr 2000
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 2,365.69 2,976.54 4,524.08
    Value 41,373.95 52,949.66 61,767.28
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 0.53 0.17 0.49
    Value 14.01 4.29 14.62
  Air trade      
    Quantity 13.16 14.87 11.19
    Value 861.60 695.63 869.92
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS) July 2001 Apr. 2001 July 2000
  Total labor force (million) 32.6 33.6 30.5
    Labor force participation rate 66.3% 69.0% 63.8%
     Employment rate 89.9% 86.7% 88.8%
     Unemployment rate 10.1% 13.3% 11.2%
     Underemployment rate 17.7% 17.5% 21.2%
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/CE)      
  Number of establishments (with 10 or more workers) 1998p 1997 1996
    Agriculture and forestry 1,357 1,196 1,095
    Fishing 606 501 439
    Mining and quarrying 180 193 188
    Manufacturing 15,678 14,734 13,526
    Electricity, gas, and water 623 588 582
    Construction 1,577 1,457 1,501
    Wholesale and retail trade 17,606 15,237 13,336
    Hotels and restaurants 7,100 6,686 6,275
    Transportation, communication, and storage 3,011 2,734 2,581
    Financial intermediation establishments 6,528 5,452 5,229
    Real estate and other business activities 4,167 3,804 3,613
    Private education services 3,930 3,718 3,490
    Health and social work 1,186 1,135 1,087
    Other community, social, and personal services 2,070 1,935 1,812
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)		 1st Qtr 2001 4th Qtr 2000 1st Qtr 2000
  Total (number) 20,934* 15,991* 19,146*
    Floor area 3,269,295 2,305,051 2,869,890
    Value 21,513,829 13,637,822 14,943,319
  Residential (number) 14,524 10,571 12,948
    Floor area 1,617,351 1,161,038 1,374,657
    Value 8,145,162 5,587,543 7,062,962
  Nonresidential (number) 2,129 1,839 2,166
    Floor area 1,473,698 1,021,059 1,349,879
    Value 10,710,525 6,396,089 6,065,813
  Additions (number) 1,061 730 956
    Floor area 178,246 122,954 145,354
    Value 1,215,968 662,945 714,629
  Alterations/repairs (number) 3,220 2,851 3,076
    Value 1,442,174 991,245 1,099,915
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES  (July 2001)		 1994-based 1985-based
  Value of production index   195.7 671.5
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather productsa   124.6% n.a.
      Basic metals   58.8% 25.1%
      Machinery excluding electricala   45.2% n.a.
     Losers over last year      
      Textile   (16.8%) (19.0%)
      Rubber products   (12.4%) (11.7%)
      Wood and wood products   (10.3%) (21.4%)
  Volume of production index   120.6 166.0
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather productsa   245.7% n.a.
      Footwear and wearing apparela   74.9% n.a.
      Machinery excluding electricala   31.4% n.a.
     Losers over last year      
      Electrical machinery   (35.1%) (9.5%)
      Textile   (24.7%) (18.2%)
      Rubber products   (16.1%) (10.2%)
  Value of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather productsa   231.8% n.a.
      Basic metals   81.9% 84.3%
      Machinery excluding electricala   79.9% n.a.
     Losers over last year      
      Publishing and printinga   (34.1%) n.a.
      Nonmetallic mineral products   (19.2%) (15.0%)
      Rubber products   (18.3%) (19.3%)
  Volume of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Leather productsa   410.6% n.a.
      Machinery excluding electricala   62.8% n.a.
      Basic metals   43.0% 85.3%
     Losers over last year      
      Publishing and printinga   (53.0%) n.a.
      Electrical machinery   (35.8%) (6.1%)
      Nonmetallic mineral products   (31.5%) (27.8%)
  Capacity utilization      
      Below 70%   36.9% 37.1%
      90% - 100%   20.1% 19.5%
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE  (Source: FIES)
(At current prices)		 1997 1994 1991
  Annual average family income  P123,168 P83,161 P65,186
  Annual average family expenditure P99,537 P67,661 P51,991
  Annual average family saving P23,631 P15,500 P13,195
POPULATION 2000 1995 1990
  Total 76,498,735 68,616,536 60,703,206
    Male n.a. 34,584,170 30,538,285
    Female n.a. 34,032,366 30,164,921
    0-14 years n.a. 38.4% 39.6%
    15-64 years n.a. 58.1% 57.0%
    65 years and over n.a. 3.5% 3.4%
  Density(persons per square kilometer) 255 229 202
  Growth rate 2.36% 2.32% 2.35%
  Average household size 5.0 5.1 5.3
  2002 2001 2000
  Population projection (medium assumption) 1/ 79,503,675 77,925,894 76,348,114
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS       
  1998 1997r 1996
  Registered births 2/ 1,632,859 1,653,236 1,608,468
    Male 853,304 859,814 835,970
   Female 779,555 793,422 772,498
  Registered marriages 2/ 549,265 562,808 525,555
  Registered deaths 2/ n.a. 339,400 344,363
   Male n.a. 201,700 204,363
   Female n.a. 137,700 140,000
  2002 2001 2000
  Crude birth rate (per thousand population) 1/ 25.70 26.24 26.78
  Crude death rate (per thousand population) 1/ 5.77 5.83 5.89
  Crude rate of natural increase(per thousand population) 1/ 19.93 20.41 20.89
  Total fertility rate (number of children per woman)1/ 3.23 3.30 3.38
  Life expectancy at birth
    (in years; medium assumption)1/		      
     Male 66.93 66.63 66.33
     Female 72.18 71.88 71.58
FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) 2000 1999 1998
  Contraceptive prevalence rate 3/ 47.0% 49.3% 46.5%
     Modern method 32.3% 32.4% 28.2%
     Traditional method 14.7% 16.9% 18.3%
LITERACY RATE (Source: FLEMMS ) 1994 1989  
  Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 4/ 93.9% 89.8%  
  Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old) 5/ 83.8% 75.4%  
    1/      - Source: 1995 Census-Based National, Regional, and Provincial Population Projections.
    2/      - Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration.
    3/      - Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years.
    4/      - Basic reading and writing skills.
    5/      - Basic reading, writing, and computational skills.
    *      - Excludes demolitions and street furnitures.
    a       - New sectors in the 1994-based series.
    r       - Revised
    P      - Preliminary
    n.a.  - not yet available
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