Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - February 2005
A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA
PRICE INDICES   (Source: NSO)                                          (2000=100)
  Consumer Price Index (1994=100)     Jan  2005 Dec  2004 Jan  2004
       Philippines     126.3 125.4 116.5r
       National Capital Region (NCR)     127.8 126.4 117.4r
       Areas Outside NCR     125.6 124.9 116.0
    Inflation rate          
       Headline     8.4 8.6 4.1r
       Core     7.9 7.8 4.1r
    Purchasing power of the peso     0.79 0.80 0.86
      Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Dec 2003
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials
    in NCR
(1978=100)
    1,000.1 990.9 822.2
      Oct 2004 Nov 2004 Oct 2003
 Retail Price Index in NCR (1978=100)     1,103.6 1,098.2 1,035.8
 Wholesale Price Index for Construction
    Materials in NCR
(1985=100)
    311.9 310.9 268.4
      Aug 2004 Jul 2004 Aug 2003
 General Wholesale Price Index in the
    Philippines
(1998=100)
    146.7 145.4 133.6
      Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Nov 2003
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in NCR
(1994=100)
    207.7 207.8r 188.7
FOREIGN TRADE  (FOB value in million US$)*  Source: NSO   Total 2003 Nov 2004p Oct 2004 Nov 2003
  Total trade   73,199 7,043 7,420 6,363
 Exports   35,751 3,688 3,751 3,085
 Imports   37,448 3,355 3,669 3,278
  Balance of trade   (1,697) 333 82 (193)
    Top traders:          
    1. Japan     1,473 1,528 1,303
    2. USA     1,101 1,133 1,044
    3. China, People's Republic of     495 535 308
    Top exports:          
    1. Electronic products     2,494 2,635 2,148
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories     177 163 133
    3. Other products manufactures from
         materials on consignment basis
    86 47 69
    Top imports:          
    1. Electronic products     1,470 1,583 1,605
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials     414 484 303
    3. Industrial machinery and equipment     125 146 132
NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100)
    Nov p2004 Oct 2004r Nov 2003
  Value of production index     239.6 242.1 200.5
     Gainers over last year          
      Petroleum products     37.6% 8.6% (7.5%)
      Electrical machinery     22.8% 10.8% (12.0%)
      Transport equipment     35.5% 28.1% (13.5%)
     Losers over last year          
      Tobacco     (17.8%) (1.1%) (50.7%)
      Machinery excluding electrical     (0.9%) (3.8%) (0.1%)
  Volume of production index     115.5 116.6 106.3
     Gainers over last year          
      Transport equipment     28.4% 20.8% (15.4%)
      Beverage     24.9% 16.4% (2.6%)
      Electrical machinery     10.4% 6.7% (23.8%)
     Losers over last year          
      Food manufacturing     (5.6%) (4.5%) (3.0%)
      Tobacco     (33.1%) (19.3%) (50.6%)
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (15.4%) (16.6%) (38.5%)
  Value of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
      Food manufacturing     35.5% 11.5% 149.6%
      Petroleum products     15.7% 16.9% 18.5%
      Nonmetallic mineral products     33.6% 26.6% (9.3%)
     Losers over last year          
      Chemical products     (3.0%) 12.9% 1.8%
      Tobacco     (8.1%) (1.0%) (30.3%)
      Machinery excluding electrical     (11.2%) (7.1%) 18.7%
  Volume of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
      Transport equipment     26.6% 19.4% (11.3%)
      Beverages     10.7% 22.1% 0.6%
      Textile     16.4% 7.8% 3.9%
     Losers over last year          
      Petroleum products     (13.4%) (13.1%) (5.0%)
      Chemical products     (12.8%) 1.2% (15.4%)
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (27.9%) (31.0%) (37.9%)
 Capacity utilization     79.9% 80.1% 78.4%
DOMESTIC TRADE  (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos)     2nd Qtr  2004 1st Qtr  2004 2nd Qtr  2003
  Coastwise trade Total 2003        
    Quantity 27,028,525   6,144,878 5,301,680 4,645,587
    Value 352,047,609   88,860,408 78,753,514 84,982,244
  Rail trade          
    Quantity 2,071   553 255 1,036
    Value 61,438   41,657 27,783 54,626
  Air trade          
    Quantity 39,310   10,825 7,555 10,199
    Value 1,568,799   372,530 308,724 358,429
OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars   
  (Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
    Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Nov 2003
  Total     739,926 741,169 579,275
    Land Based     619,217 614,891 473,671
    Sea Based     120,709 126,278 105,604
OFW DEPLOYMENT  (Source:Philippine Overseas
   Employment Administration)
    Sep 2004p Aug 2004 Sep 2003
 Total     53,994 59,739 74,655
    Land Based     35,824 41,721 58,027
    Sea Based     18,170 18,018 16,628
ACTUAL STRIKES/LOCKOUTS
  (Source:National Conciliation and Mediation Board)
    Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Dec 2003
Notice of strikes/lockouts files     30 47 34
Actual strikes/lockouts declared     2 4 -
GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS in billion    pesos  (Source:Bureau of Treasury)     Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Dec 2003
Revenue     60.8 60.5 56.9
Expenditure     86.7 73.1 85.6
Cash surplus (deficit)     (25.9) (12.5) (28.7)
MONEY AND BANKING
  (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
    Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Nov 2003
Money supply (in billion pesos)     520.0 499.4 470.7
      Oct 2004 Sep 2004 Oct 2003
Peso savings deposit interest rate(% per annum)     4.486 4.120 3.895
      Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Dec 2003
Peso time deposit interest (all maturities)     6.244 6.474 6,598
Dollar savings deposit interest rate     0.866 0.850 0.887
Dollar time deposit interest rate (>180 days)     2.237 2.212 1.978
Exchange rates Dollar to Peso     56,183 56,322 55,372
INVESTMENTS
  (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission)
    Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Dec 2003
Composite index (close)     1,822.8 1,831.0 1,442.4
Volume traded (in million share)     35,920 22,305 6,064.3
Value of shares traded (in million pesos)     18,288.6 27,599.7 11,296.5
REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES
  (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission)
    Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Dec 2003
Total     106,107 140,594 105,436
    Cars     11,975 13,149 11,810
    Utility vehicle     23,712 33,223 29,785
    Sports utility vehicle     2,551 3,333 2,764
    Trucks     3,631 5,740 4,512
    Buses     375 541 655
    Motorcycle/Tricycle     63,710 84,198 55,500
    Trailers     153 410 410
Light Rail Transit(LRT) Statistics   (Source:LRTA)     Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Dec 2003
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     8.57 8.25 9.33
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     122.76 118.30 119.93
Metrorail Transit (MRT) Statistics
  ; (Source: Metrostar Express)
    Sep 2004 Aug 2004 Sep 2003
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     10.64 10.56 10.04
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     131.08 130.08 122.81
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS)     Oct 2004p Jul 2004 Oct 2003
  Total labor force (million)     35.6 35.8 35.1
    Labor force participation rate     66.5% 67.2% 67.1%
     Employment rate     89.1% 88.3% 89.8%
     Unemployment rate     10.9% 11.7% 10.2%
     Underemployment rate     16.9% 17.6% 15.8%
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS in million pesos
  (Source: NSCB)
    4th Qtr 2004p 3rd Qtr 2004 4th Qtr 2003
  At Current Prices          
    Gross National Product     1,484,809 1,288,664 1,315,048
    Gross Domestic Product     1,389,817 1,198,335 1,232,128
  At Constant Prices          
    Gross National Product     342,537 302,733 324,727
    Gross Domestic Product     318,560 279,590 302,308
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
  (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
    3rd Qtr 2004 2nd Qtr 2004 3rd Qtr 2003
 Philippines(number)     23,540 27,748 22,536
    Total floor area     3,434,353 4,25,465 3,188,594
    Value     22,718,524 28,623,228 19,077,850
  Residential (number)     16,086 19,786 15,050
    Total floor area     1,915,159 2,335,587 1,871,194
    Value     11,283,512 13,293,847 9,968,824
  Nonresidential (number)     2,721 2,978 2,972
    Total floor area     1,370,791 1,757,486 1,144,333
    Value     8,910,533 13,301,393 6,947,214
  Additions (number)     965 1,179 1,141
    Total floor area     148,403 157,392 173,067
    Value     1,157,112 787,585 912,160
 Alterations/repairs (number)     3,768 3,805 3,373
    Value     1,367,367 1,240,403 1,249,652
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
    2003p 2000 1997
  Annual average family income      P148,616 P145,121 P123,168
  Annual average family expenditure     124,377 118,839 99,537
  Annual average family saving     P24,239 P26,282 P23,631
POPULATION    (Source: NSO)     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)3/     102,822,358 93,938,917 85,236,913
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS   (Source: NSO)     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) 3/     2.96 3.18 3.41
  Life expectancy at birth (in years; medium
      assumption) 3/
         
     Male     67.60 66.10 64.10
     Female     73.10 71.60 70.10
FAMILY PLANNING   (Source: FPS)     2002 2001 2000
  Contraceptive prevalence rate 4/     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/
TOURISM   (Source: Department of Tourism)     Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Nov 2003
Visitors arrivals by country of residence     191,406 175,644 170,921
  ASEAN     14,688 12,338 13,383
  East Asia     93,596 84,185 82,366
  South Asia     2,141 1,914 2,058
  Middle East     1,705 1,164 1,155
  North America     42,276 41,168 37,846
  South America     162 200 162
  Western Europe     8,741 7,687 7,554
  Northern Europe     6,904 6,539 6,125
  Southern Europe     1,526 1,757 1,272
  Eastern Europe     476 471 312
  Australiasia/Pacific     10,818 9,697 9,876
  Africa     177 173 144
  Others not specified residences     2,023 1,788 1,504
  Overseas Filipinos     6,173 6,590 7,164
    1/      - Source: 1995 Census-Based National, Regional, and Provincial Population Projections.
    2/      - Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration.
    3/      - Source: 2000 Census-Based Population Projection
    4/      - Based on currently married women aged 15-49 years)
    a/      - Exclude data on Tertiary level. years.
    *      - Figures are adjusted based on the information generated from the Survey of Imported Rawn Materials and the new
               coverage of exports of electronic products.
          - Revised
          - Preliminary
    LE   - List of Establishments

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