Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - September 2004
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES (2000=100) (1994=100)
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100) Aug 2004 Jul 2004 Aug 2004 Jul 2004 Aug 2003
       Philippines 122.3 121.8 183.3 182.4 172.4r
       National Capital Region (NCR) 122.1 121.9 185.2 184.8 174.6r
       Areas Outside NCR 122.4 121.8 182.5 181.4 171.5
    Inflation rate          
       Headline 6.8 6.6 6.3 6.0 3.0r
       Core 6.4 6.2 6.2 6.0 3.3
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.82 0.82 0.55 0.55 0.58
      Jul 2004 Jun 2004 Jul 2003
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction
    Materials in NCR
(1985=100)
    307.0 306.6 267.0r
      Jun 2004 May 2004 Jun 2003
 Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in NCR
(1978=100)
    831.0 925.7 869.5
      May 2004 Apr 2004 May 2003
 General Retail Price Index in NCR (1978=100)     1,067.3 1,058.9 1,024.6
  General Wholesale Price Index in the
    Philippines
(1998=100)
    142.9 141.6 132.0r
      Jun 2004 May 2004 Jun 2003
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in NCR
(1994=100)
    192.5 192.0 182.2
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$)*   Total 2003 Jun 2004p May 2004 Jun 2003
  Total trade   73,199 6,768 6,537 5,989
  Exports   35,751 3,313 3,259 3,060
  Imports   37,448 3,455 3,277 2,929
  Balance of trade   (1,697) (142) (18) 132
    Top traders:          
    1. Japan     1,286 1,180 1,096
    2. USA     1,053 1,149 1,249
    3. Singapore     447 502 394
    Top exports:          
    1. Electronic products     2,275 2,165 1,932
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories     200 180 238
    3. Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets
        used in vehicles aircrafts and ships
    46 54 42
    Top imports:          
    1. Electronic products     1,432 1,413 1,342
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials     518 364 236
    3. Industrial machinery and equipment     146 151 122
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100)
    Jun 2004 May 2004r Jun 2003
  Value of production index     224.6 215.7 206.9
     Gainers over last year          
      Electrical machinery     29.0% 18.0% (10.6%)
      Chemical products     9.3% (16.1%) 22.8%
      Transport equipments     15.9% 15.8% (10.4%)
     Losers over last year          
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (13.5%) (7.6%) 16.1%
      Basic metals     (6.2%) (8.5%) 31.2%
      Tobacco     (9.2%) (17.0%) (67.7%)
  Volume of production index     116.7 112.3 113.6
     Gainers over last year          
      Electrical machinery     37.5% 25.0% (20.0%)
      Beverages     21.2% 12.1% (13.3%)
      Transport equipments     9.7% 11.8% (12.5%)
     Losers over last year          
      Petroleum products     (22.8%) (32.4%) (6.6%)
      Food manufacturing     (15.1%) (6.6%) (30.4%)
      Basic metals     (28.9%) (30.4%) (32.6%)
  Value of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
      Electrical machinery     28.7% 22.2% (26.4%)
      Basic metals     45.0% 56.1% 33.4%
      Food manufacturing     9.0% 15.6%% 12.7%
     Losers over last year          
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (24.6%) (34.1%) 39.3%
      Wood and wood products     (13.5%) (1.8%) (0.9%)
      Paper and paper products     (6.4%) (10.2%) 2.0%
  Volume of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
      Electrical machinery     37.2% 29.5% (34.1%)
      Beverages     11.5% 4.1% (9.5%)
      Basic metals     9.8% 18.7% 24.4%
     Losers over last year          
      Petroleum products     (20.4%) (22.3%) 5.4%
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (45.6%) (52.0%) (19.0%)
      Food manufacturing     (8.8%) (3.1%) (4.9%)
 Capacity utilization     79.6% 79.5% 78.6%
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)
    4th Qtr 2003 3rd Qtr 2003 4th Qtr 2002
  Coastwise trade Total 2002        
    Quantity 27,582   6,922 7,155 5,039
    Value 391,441   69,749 77,103 97,856
  Rail trade          
    Quantity 2   0.53 0.30 0.55
    Value 63   16 11 17
  Air trade          
    Quantity 49   9 11 11
    Value 2,945   389 459 472
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS)     Apr 2004p Jan 2004 Apr 2003
  Total labor force (million)     36.5 35.4 34.6
    Labor force participation rate     68.9% 67.3% 67.1%
     Employment rate     86.3% 89.0% 87.8%
     Unemployment rate     13.7% 11.0% 12.2%
     Underemployment rate     18.5% 17.5% 15.6%
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
(Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
    1st Qtr 2004 4th Qtr 2003 1st Qtr 2003
  Philippines(number)     25,447 27,314 22,483
    Total floor area     3,642,395 3,272,106 3,452,395
    Value     24,832,635 20,059,274 20,217,471
  Residential (number)     17,820 18,757 15,545
    Total floor area     2,261,797 1,986,153 1,980,677
    Value     13,440,983 10,619,929 10,943,133
  Nonresidential (number)     2,633 2,770 2,396
    Total floor area     1,238,617 1,140,277 1,314,750
    Value     8,644,922 7,039,299 7,305,250
  Additions (number)     1,163 1,020 1,296
    Total floor area     141,981 145,676 156,968
    Value     894,476 814,546 772,862
  Alterations/repairs (number)     3,831 4,767 3,246
    Value     1,852,254 1,585,500 1,196,226
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY (Sources: ASE/LE) Based on LE Based on ASE
(with ATE ten or more)
  Number of establishments 2003 2002 1998 1997 1996
    Agriculture and forestry 2,920 3,120 1,257 1,196 1,095
    Fishery 1,130 1,145 502 501 439
    Mining and quarrying 300 327 180 193 188
    Manufacturing 121,476 122,977 15,674 14,734 13,526
    Electricity, gas, and water 1,027 1,216 603 588 582
    Construction 2,567 2,649 1,475 1,457 1,501
    Wholesale and retail trade 365,161 434,475 17,903 15,237 13,336
    Hotels and restaurants 87,770 88,608 7,092 6,686 6,275
    Transportation, storage and communication 9,328 14,263 3,011 2,734 2,581
    Financial intermediation 16,439 24,060 5,744 5,452 5,229
    Real estate, renting and business activities 35,270 38,862 4,165 3,804 3,613
    Education 8,911 9,282 3,929 3,718 3,490
    Health and social work 27,660 28,183 1,181 1,135 1,087
    Other community, social, and personal services 39,461 40,293 2,065 1,935 1,812
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE  (at current prices;
Source: FIES)
    2003 2000 1997
  Annual average family income      P148,757 P145,121 P123,168
  Annual average family expenditure     125,277 118,839 99,537
  Annual average family saving     P23,481 P26,282 P23,631
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     2001 2000 1999
  Births 2/     1,714,093 1,766,440 1,613,335
    Male     891,312 918,243 840,528
    Female     822,781 848,197 772,807
  Marriages 2/       577,387 551,445
  Deaths 2/     381,834 366,931 347,989
   Male     225,879 217,404 207,610
   Female     155,955 149,527 140,379
      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%
EDUCATION (Source: FLEMMS/CPH)     2000 1994 1989
  Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over. basic reading
      and writing skills)
    92.3% 93.9% 89.8%
  Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old, basic
      reading, writing, and computational skills)/TD>
    - 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.
    *      - New sectors in the 1994-based series.
          - Revised
          - Preliminary
    LE   - List of Establishments

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