Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - April 2004
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES      
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Mar 2004 Feb 2004 Mar 2003
       Philippines 176.2 175.4r 169.7r
       National Capital Region (NCR) 179.3 179.0r 172.5r
       Areas Outside NCR 175.0 174.0r 168.7
    Inflation rate 3.8 3.4 2.8r
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.57 0.57 0.59
  Feb 2004 Jan 2004 Feb 2003
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in Metro Manila (1978=100)		 908.3 895.5 858.2
  Jan 2004 Dec 2003 Jan 2003
  General Retail Price Index 
    in Metro Manila (1978=100)		 1,054.1 1,047.0 1,014.2r
  General Wholesale Price Index
    in the Philippines (1998=100)		 137.0 136.2 131.2
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in Metro Manila (1994=100)		 188.1 189.6 179.9
  Dec 2003 Nov 2003 Dec 2002
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction
    Materials in Metro Manila (1985=100)		 276.3 275.6 252.1
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$) Jan 2004p Dec 2003 Jan 2003
  Total trade 6,024 6,248 5,651
  Exports 2,844 3,176 2,733
  Imports 3,180 3,072 2,918
  Balance of trade (336) 104 (185)
    Top traders:      
    1. Japan 1,076 1,194 936
    2. USA 1,044 1,174 1,129
    3. Singapore 443 461 367
    Top exports:      
    1. Electronic products 1,928 2,061 1,904
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 159 204 178
    3. Coconut oil 40 64 35
    Top imports:      
    1. Electronic products 1,416 1,501 1,266
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 376 285 329
    3. Industrial machinery and equipment 145 151 116
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)		 2nd Qtr 2003 1st Qtr 2003 2nd Qtr 2002
  Coastwise trade      
    Quantity 4,229 4,252 5,359r
    Value 76,144 74,270 97,690r
  Rail trade      
    Quantity 0.45r 0.52r 0.62r
    Value 14.43r 15.41r 18.01r
  Air trade      
    Quantity 8 8 8
    Value 310 307 821
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS) Jan 2004 Oct 2003 Jan 2003
  Total labor force (million) 35.4 35.1 33.7
    Labor force participation rate 67.2% 67.1% 65.7%
     Employment rate 89.0% 89.9% 89.4%
     Unemployment rate 11.0% 10.1% 10.6%
     Underemployment rate 17.5% 15.7% 16.1%
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/LE)      
  Number of establishments (with 10 or more workers) 1998 1997 1996
    Agriculture and forestry 1,257 1,196 1,095
    Fishing 502 501 439
    Mining and quarrying 180 193 188
    Manufacturing 15,674 14,734 13,526
    Electricity, gas, and water 603 588 582
    Construction 1,475 1,457 1,501
    Wholesale and retail trade 17,903 15,237 13,336
    Hotels and restaurants 7,092 6,686 6,275
    Transportation, storage and communication 3,011 2,734 2,581
    Financial intermediation establishments 5,744 5,452 5,229
    Real estate, renting and other business activities 4,165 3,804 3,613
    Private education services 3,929 3,718 3,490
    Health and social work 1,181 1,135 1,087
    Other community, social, and personal services 2,065 1,935 1,812
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)		 3rd Qtr 2003 2nd Qtr 2003 3rd Qtr 2002
  Philippines(number) 22,536 23,557 19,178
    Floor area 3,188,594 3,694,834 2,563,700
    Value 19,077,850 22,858,530 15,099,796
  Residential (number) 15,050 16,956 12,916
    Floor area 1,871,194 2,130,013 1,440,074
    Value 9,968,824 10,550,673 7,427,154
  Nonresidential (number) 2,972 2,577 2,322
    Floor area 1,144,333 1,432,283 968,662
    Value 6,947,214 9,838,431 5,871,250
  Additions (number) 1,141 1,115 1,061
    Floor area 173,067 132,538 136,964
    Value 912,160 701,124 700,047
  Alterations/repairs (number) 3,373 2,909 2,879
    Value 1,249,652 1,768,302 1,101,345
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100)		   Jan 2004 Dec 2003r
  Value of production index   198.5 200.7
     Gainers over last year      
      Basic Metals   30.3% 164.0%
      Electrical machinery   7.8% (13.3%)
      Beverage   11.8% 2.7%
     Losers over last year      
      Transport equipment   (11.3%) (9.4%)
      Tobacco   (18.4%) (42.0%)
      Petroleum products   (3.7%) 5.3%
  Volume of production index   105.5 105.9
     Gainers over last year      
      Basic metals   19.1% 140.2%
      Beverage   11.0% 0.4%
      Machinery, excluding electrical*   44.3% (6.0%)
     Losers over last year      
      Petroleum products   (15.6%) (7.6%)
      Food manufacturing   (6.9%) (0.1%)
      Footwear and wearing apparel*   (19.0%) (38.6%)
  Value of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Basic metals   55.5% 30.7%
      Petroleum products   13.7% 32.2%
      Food manufacturing   9.1% 4.7%
     Losers over last year      
      Tobacco   (14.7%) (5.7%)
      Footwear and wearing apparel*   (8.1%) (30.0%)
      Miscellaneous manufactures   (14.5%) 19.8%
  Volume of net sales      
     Gainers over last year      
      Basic metals   42.5% 18.9%
      Machinery, excluding electrical*   44.4% 13.3%
      Rubber products   38.3% 4.6%
     Losers over last year      
      Footwear and wearing apparel*   (20.8%) (42.3%)
      Tobacco   (18.9%) (8.8%)
      Miscellaneous manufactures   (15.1%) 14.0%
 Capacity utilization   78.1 78.4
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE  (Source: FIES)
(At current prices)		 2000 1997 1994
  Annual average family income  P144,039 P123,168 P83,161
  Annual average family expenditure P118,002 P99,537 P67,661
  Annual average family saving P26,037 P23,631 P15,500
POPULATION 2000 1995 1990
  Total 76,504,077 68,616,536 60,703,206
    Male 38,524,266 34,584,170 30,538,285
    Female 37,979,811 34,032,366 30,164,921
    0-14 years 37.0% 38.4% 39.6%
    15-64 years 59.2% 58.1% 57.0%
    65 years and over 3.8% 3.5% 3.4%
    Sex ratio 101.4 101.6 101.2
  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
  2005 2004 2003
  Population projection (medium assumption)1/ 84,241,341 82,663,561 81,081,457
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS      
  2000p 1999p 1998
  Births 2/ 1,766,440 1,613,335 1,632,859
    Male 918,243 840,528 853,304
   Female 848,197 772,807 779,555
  Marriages2/ 577,387 551,445 549,265
  Deaths 2/ 366,931 347,989 352,992
   Male 217,404 207,610 210,592
   Female 149,527 140,379 142,400
  2005 2004 2003
  Crude birth rate (per thousand population) 1/ 24.09 24.63 25.16
  Crude death rate (per thousand population) 1/ 5.60 5.66 5.72
  Crude rate of natural increase (per thousand population) 1/ 18.49 18.97 19.45
  Total fertility rate (number of children per woman) 1/ 3.00 3.08 3.15
  Life expectancy at birth (in years; medium assumption)1/      
     Male 67.83 67.53 67.23
     Female 73.08 72.78 72.48
FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS) 2002 2001 2000
  Contraceptive prevalence rate 3/ 48.8% 49.5% 47.0%
     Modern method 35.0% 31.1% 32.3%
     Traditional method 13.8% 16.4% 14.7%
LITERACY RATE (Source: FLEMMS/CPH) 2000 1994 1989
  Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) 4/ 92.3% 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.
    *      - New sectors in the 1994-based series.
    r       - Revised
    p       - Preliminary
    n.a.  - not yet available
    LE   - List of Establishments
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July 23, 2004
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