Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - October 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) Sep 2004 Aug 2004 Sep 2004 Aug 2004 Sep 2003
       Philippines 123.0 122.3 184.4 183.3 172.5r
       National Capital Region (NCR) 122.6 122.1 186.0 185.2 174.8r
       Areas Outside NCR 123.2 122.4 183.7 182.5 171.6
    Inflation rate          
       Headline 7.2 6.8 6.9 6.3 2.9
       Core 6.6 6.4 6.6 6.2 3.5r
    Purchasing power of the peso 0.82 0.82 0.55 0.55 0.58
      Aug 2004 Jul 2004 Aug 2003
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction
    Materials in NCR
(1985=100)
    310.0 306.9 266.9r
      Jun 2004 May 2004 Jun 2003
 Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in NCR
(1978=100)
    931.0 925.7 869.5
 General Wholesale Price Index
    in the Philippines
(1998=100)
    144.6 142.9 132.3r
      May 2004 Apr 2004 May 2003
 General Retail Price Index in NCR (1978=100)     1,067.3 1,058.9 1,024.6
      Jul 2004 Jun 2004 Jul 2003
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in NCR
(1994=100)
    198.5 196.0r 184.5
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$)*   Total 2003 Jul 2004p Jun 2004 Jul 2003
  Total trade   73,199 6,521 6,768 6,245
  Exports   35,751 3,106 3,313 3,009
  Imports   37,448 3,416 3,455 3,236
  Balance of trade   (1,697) (310) (142) (227)
    Top traders:          
    1. USA     1,307 1,092 1,333
    2. Japan     1,229 1,288 1,121
    3. Singapore     483 449 420
    Top exports:          
    1. Electronic products     2,003 2,275 1,990
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories     213 200 235
    3. Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets
        used in vehicles aircrafts and ships
    65 46 37
    Top imports:          
    1. Electronic products     1,485 1,432 1,527
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials     356 518 298
    3. Industrial machinery and equipment     153 146 142
NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100)
    Jul 2004 Jun 2004r Jul 2003
  Value of production index     224.8 226.9 209.6
     Gainers over last year          
      Food manufacturing     15.7% 2.9% 9.2%
      Petroleum products     15.9% (0.5%) 21.6%
      Nonmetallic mineral products     40.7% 9.4% 17.7%
     Losers over last year          
      Tobaco     (19.5%) (9.2%) (61.9%)
      Electrical Machinery     (2.7%) 31.7% 12.0%
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (6.6%) (11.8%) (5.9%)
  Volume of production index     113.2 115.8 113.7
     Gainers over last year          
      Transport equipments     17.6% 11.8% (12.3%)
      Beverages     17.1% 21.3% (9.5%)
      Nonmetallic products     25.9% (3.7%) 18.2%
     Losers over last year          
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (37.8%) (39.8%) (5.1%)
      Basic metals     (25.7%) (28.4%) 130.1%
      Petroleum products     (11.4%) (22.8%) 5.1%
  Value of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
      Electrical machinery     17.3% 29.2% (10.9%)
      Basic metals     32.2% 45.0% 36.7%
      Food manufacturing     8.3% 9.5% 12.3%
     Losers over last year          
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (9.6%) (22.8%) 11.2%
      Printing and publishing     (17.5%) 8.1% 29.5%
      Machinery excluding electrical     (13.2%) 10.5% 70.6%
  Volume of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
      Electrical machinery     16.3% 26.1% (23.3%)
      Beverages     20.2% 11.2% (8.3%)
      Transport equipment     13.9% 9.6% (8.9%)
     Losers over last year          
      Petroleum products     (17.7%) (20.4%) 6.0%
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (39.9%) (47.3%) (0.3%)
      Food manufacturing     (8.9%) (8.7%) (6.7%)
 Capacity utilization     79.7% 79.8% 78.7%
DOMESTIC TRADE
(Quantity in thousand tons; value in million pesos)
    1st Qtr 2004 4th Qtr 2003 1st Qtr
2003
  Coastwise trade Total 2002        
    Quantity 27,582   5,302 6,922 4,252
    Value 391,441   78,754 69,749 74,270
  Rail trade          
    Quantity 2   0.50 0.76 0.32
    Value 63   14 49 37
  Air trade          
    Quantity 49   8 9 8
    Value 2,945   309 389 307
OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars
(Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
    Jun 2004 May 2004 Jun 2003
  Total     706,098 695,599 591,312
    Land Based     588,655 574,831 489,444
    Sea Based     117,433 120,768 101,868
OFW DEPLOYMENT
(Source:Philippine Overseas Employment Administration)
    Jun 2004 May 2004 Jun 2003
  Total     78,203 83,959 68,822
    Land Based     60,503 63,817 51,001
    Sea Based     17,700 20,142 17,821
ACTUAL STRIKES/LOCKOUTS
(Source:National Conciliation and Mediation Board)
    Sep 2004 Aug 2004 Sep 2003
Notice of strikes/lockouts files     8 60 54
Actual strikes/lockouts declared     2 - 3
GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS in billion pesos
(Source:Bureau of Treasury)
    Jun 2004 May 2004 Jun 2003
Revenue     54.5 60.3 48.8
Expenditure     57.3 73.0 53.0
Cash surplus (deficit)     (2.8) (12.7) (4.2)
MONEY AND BANKING
(Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
    May 2004 Apr 2004 May 2003
Money(in billion pesos)     507.1 511.7 447.5
Peso savings deposit interest rate(% per annum)     4.4 4.2 5.3
      Jul 2004 Jun 2004 Jul 2003
Peso time deposit interest (all maturities)     8.671 6.682 6.117
Dollar savings deposit interest rate     0.811 0.798 0.821
Dollar time deposit interest rate (>180 days)     2.185 2.177 1.961
      Aug 2004 Jul 2004 Aug 2003
Exchange rates Dollar to Peso     55.384 55.953 54.991
INVESTMENTS
(Source:Securities and Exchange Commission)
    Jul 2004 Jun 2004 Jul 2003
Composite index (close)     1,584.7 1,579.4 1,240.4
Volume traded (in million share)     38,269 23,035 14,833.5
Value of shares traded (in million pesos)     11,356.3 13,725.9 14,351.6
REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES
(Source:Securities and Exchange Commission)
    Jul 2004 Jun 2004 Jul 2003
Total     466,229 449,621 344,734
    Cars     81,037 75,112 78,212
    Utility vehicle     163,030 157,204 133,867
    Sports utility vehicle     13,420 12,225 11,693
    Trucks     24,452 26,494 22,659
    Buses     2,997 3,014 361
    Motorcycle/Tricycle     179,991 173,160 95,775
    Trailers     2,302 2,382 2,167
Light Rail Transit(LRT) Statistics (Source:LRTA)     Aug 2004 Jul 2004 Aug 2003
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     8.37 8.51 9.30
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     119.64 121.56 105.10
Metrorail Transit (MRT) Statistics
(Source:Metrostar Express)
    Jun 2004 May 2004 Jun 2003
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     10.19 9.65 9.08
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     125.53 118.69 111.55
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS)     Jul 2004p Apr 2004 Jul 2003
  Total labor force (million)     35.8 36.5 36.9
    Labor force participation rate     67.1% 69.0% 67.0%
     Employment rate     88.3% 86.3% 87.4%
     Unemployment rate     11.7% 13.7% 12.6%
     Underemployment rate     17.6% 18.5% 20.7%
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS in million pesos
(Source: NSCB)
    2nd Qtr 2004p 1st Qtr 2004 2nd Qtr 2003
  At Current Prices          
    Gross National Product     1,241,743 1,177,631 1,109,397
    Gross Domestic Product     1,153,327 1,099,236 1,025,181
  At Constant Prices          
    Gross National Product     302,276 290,860 286,025
    Gross Domestic Product     297,037 269,705 262,861
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)
    - 83.8% 75.4%
ENROLMENT (Source: Department of Education, Culture and Sports)     SY 2002-2003 SY 2001-2002 SY 2000-2001
  Total     19,057,479 21,106,153 20,775,674
  Government     16,483,961 17,574,217 15,990,500a/
  Private     2,213,518 3,531,996 2,148,135a/
    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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