Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - March 2006
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)   Annual 2005 Feb  2006 Jan  2006 Feb  2005
       Philippines   129.8 136.2 134.8r 126.6
       National Capital Region (NCR)   131.5 138.9 137.3r 128.0
       Areas Outside NCR   135.1 133.8r 132.9 126.1
    Inflation rate          
       Headline   7.6 7.6 6.7 8.5
       Core   7.0 6.3 5.7r 8.1
    Purchasing power of the peso   0.77 0.73 0.74 0.79
      Oct 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2004
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction
    Materials in NCR (1985=100)		     354.7 350.9 311.7r
      Sep 2005 Aug 2005 Sep 2004
 Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in     NCR (1978=100)     1,087.6 1,087.3 969.3
      Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2004
 General Retail Price Index in NCR (1978=100)     1,196.3 1,190.5 1,106.8
      Jun 2005 May 2005 Jun 2004
 General Wholesale Price Index in the
    Philippines (1998=100)		     159.3 158.0 144.5r
      Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2004
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in NCR (1994=100)		     236.1 218.4 209.2
FOREIGN TRADE  (FOB value in million US$)*  Source: NSO   Total 2004 Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2004
  Total trade   86,131 7,801 7,339 6,542
 Exports   41,221 3,827 3,630 3,277
 Imports   44,910 3,974 3,709 3,265
  Balance of trade   (3,689) (147) (79) 12
    Top traders:          
    1. USA     1,486 1,303 928
    2. Japan     1,294 1,207 1,235
    3. Singapore     673 601 442
    Top exports:          
    1. Electronic products     2,590 2,470 2,238
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories     212 166 159
    3. Coconut oil     93 57 35
    Top imports:          
    1. Electronic products     1,850 1,807 1,505
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials     474 558 369
    3. Transport equipment     219 125 112
NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100)		     Dec 2005p Nov 2005r Dec 2004
  Value of production index     278.0 277.1 246.2
     Gainers over last year          
      Food manufacturing     40.0% 46.1% 11.1%
      Petroleum products     35.8% 50.4% 66.0%
      Fabricated metal products     124.9% (3.9%) (13.2%)
     Losers over last year          
      Basic metals     (28.1%) -22.1% 6.7%
      Footwear and wearing apparel     (19.3%) (6.9%) 18.7%
      Wood and wood products     (65.0%) (63.9%) 14.3%
  Volume of production index     117.8 126.9 117.7
     Gainers over last year          
      Food manufacturing     34.7% 40.7% (2.1%)
      Fabricated metal products     138.7% 2.0% (25.2%)
      Petroleum products     15.8% 29.1% 19.6%
     Losers over last year          
      Basic metals     (35.2%) (30.5%) (19.8%)
      Electrical machinery     (14.8%) 20.9% 9.6%
      Machinery excluding electrical     (62.7%) (52.4%) 7.1%
  Value of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
      Petroleum products     42.4% 34.6% 15.0%
      Food manufacturing     24.9% 12.6% (6.6%)
      Electrical machinery     22.0% 2.0% 12.0%
     Losers over last year          
      Tobacco     (34.7%) 10.9% 31.6%
      Beverages     (14.6%) 5.3% 2.1%
      Wood and wood products     (61.3%) (63.2%) 17.1%
  Volume of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
      Food manufacturing     20.2% 8.5% (19.7%)
      Petroleum products     21.4% 15.6% (16.7%)
      Fabricated metal products     118.0% 9.2% (34.1%)
     Losers over last year          
      Electrical machinery     (11.6%) 13.1% 2.7%
      Tobacco     (39.4%) 2.9% 7.4%
      Beverages     (18.4%) 0.5% 8.1%
 Capacity utilization     80.4% 80.4% 80.1%
DOMESTIC TRADE  (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos)     2nd Qtr  2005 1st Qtr  2005 2nd Qtr  2004
  Coastwise trade Total 2004p        
    Quantity 24,519,333   6,876,502 4,339,543 6,144,878
    Value 402,343,135   87,208,417 81,679,068 88,860,408
  Rail trade          
    Quantity 1,751   169 * 556
    Value 54,436   5,255 * 17,573
  Air trade          
    Quantity 43,224   8,551 8,388 10,825
    Value 1,969,200   553,772 444,661 372,530
OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars   
  (Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) 		    Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2004
  Total     895,234 867,182 740,009
    Land Based     748,075 735,547 619,300
    Sea Based     147,159 131,635 120,709
OFW DEPLOYMENT  (Source:Philippine Overseas
   Employment Administration) 		    Oct 2005p Sep 2005 Oct 2004
 Total     58,759 77,914 70,659
    Land Based     40,629 58,362 50,793
    Sea Based     18,130 19,552 19,866
ACTUAL STRIKES/LOCKOUTS
  (Source:National Conciliation and Mediation Board) 		    Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2004
Notice of strikes/lockouts files     73 73 30
Actual strikes/lockouts declared     1 1 -
GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS in billion    pesos  (Source:Bureau of Treasury)     Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2004
Revenues     72,553 71,670 60,521
Expenditures     79,842 78,734 73,015
Cash surplus (deficit)     (7,289) (7,064) (12,494)
MONEY AND BANKING
  (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) 		    Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2004
Money supply (in billion pesos)     576.0 568.0 520.0
Bank lending rates(WAIR in percent per annum)     9.736 10.283 9.903
Peso savings deposit interest rate(% per annum)     3.794 3.843 4.352
Peso time deposit interest (all maturities)     5.633 5.661 6.244
      Oct 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2004
Dollar savings deposit interest rate     0.978 0.960 0.845
Dollar time deposit interest rate(>180 days)     2.916 2.837 2.178
      Jan 2006p Dec 2005 Jan 2005
Exchange rates Dollar to Peso     52.617 53.612 55.766
INVESTMENTS
  (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission) 		    Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2004
Composite index (close)     2,099.7 1,960.2 1,831.0
Volume traded (in million share)     15,281.9 7,887.6 22,305.0
Value of shares traded (in million pesos)     21,064.3 16,433.7 27,599.7
REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES
  (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission) 		    Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2004
Total     131,201 164,918 106,107
    Cars     14,241 15,613 11,975
    Utility vehicle     26,329 35,274 23,712
    Sports utility vehicle     3,637 4,565 2,551
    Trucks     4,600 5,957 3,631
    Buses     428 684 375
    Motorcycle/Tricycle     81,574 102,420 63,710
    Trailers     392 405 153
TRANSPORTATION     Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2004
Light Rail Transit (LRT) Statistics   (Source:LRTA)          
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     8.77 8.99 8.25
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     126.66 128.68 118.30
Metrorail Transit (MRT) Statistics
  ; (Source: Metrostar Express) 		    Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2004
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     11.27 10.39 10.47
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     141.41 135.01 127.68
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS)     Oct 2005p Jul 2005 Oct 2004
  Total labor force (million)     35.5 35.2 35.6
    Labor force participation rate     64.8% 64.6% 66.5%
     Employment rate     92.6% 92.3% 89.1%
     Unemployment rate     7.4% 7.7% 10.9%
     Underemployment rate     21.2% 20.5% 16.9%
WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS     Oct  2004 Jul  2004 Oct  2003
  Total employed persons     31,741 31,632 31,553
    Male     19,836 19,563 19,498
    Female     11,905 12,069 12,055
  Wage and salary workers     16,406 16,711 16,065
    Male     10,398 10,458 10,026
    Female     6,009 6,253 6,039
  Percentage of wage and salary workers     51.7 52.8 50.9
    Male     52.4 53.5 51.4
    Female     50.5 51.8 50.1
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS in million pesos
  (Source: NSCB)		   Growth Rates 4th Qtr 2005p 3rd Qtr 2005r 4th Qtr
2004r
      3rd Qtr
2004-2005 		     
  At Current Prices          
    Gross National Product   12.8 1,651,685 1,434,835 1,464,940
    Gross Domestic Product   10.4 1,539,552 1,325,336 1,377,163
  At Constant Prices          
    Gross National Product   6.5 362,785 318,259 339,126
    Gross Domestic Product   4.1 336,145 292,017 316,929
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
  (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)		   2004 3rd Qtr 2005 2nd Qtr 2005 3rd Qtr 2004
 Philippines(number)   105,425 24,438 27,773 23,540
    Total floor area   15,080,909 3,526,786 4,045,805 3,434,353
    Value   100,495,951 22,671,440 27,054,193 22,718,524
  Residential (number)   73,749 17,129 19,370 16,086
    Total floor area   8,706,344 2,013,427 2,375,363 1,915,159
    Value   50,710,341 12,148,181 13,828,693 11,283,512
  Nonresidential (number)   11,414 2,766 2,998 2,721
    Total floor area   5,783,567 1,384,776 1,508,994 1,370,791
    Value   40,230,302 8,316,986 10,554,820 8,910,533
  Additions (number)   4,505 975 1,392 965
    Total floor area   590,998 128,583 161,448 148,403
    Value   3,596,244 690,634 943,932 1,157,112
 Alterations/repairs (number)   15,757 3,568 4,013 3,768
    Value   5,959,064 1,515,639 1,726,748 1,367,367
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY   (Sources: ASE/LE) Based on LE Based on CPBI Based on ASE
(with ATE ten or more)
  Number of establishments 2003 2002 1999 1998 1997
    Agriculture and forestry 2,920 3,120 915 1,257 1,196
    Fishery 1,130 1,145 224 502 501
    Mining and quarrying 300 327 74 180 193
    Manufacturing 121,476 122,977 7,450 15,674 14,734
    Electricity, gas, and water 1,027 1,216 376 603 588
    Construction 2,567 2,649 838 1,475 1,457
    Wholesale and retail trade 365,161 434,475 6,842 17,903 15,237
    Hotels and restaurants 87,770 88,608 2,837 7,092 6,686
    Transportation, storage and communication 9,328 14,263 1,451 3,011 2,734
    Financial intermediation 16,439 24,060 1,565 5,744 5,452
    Real estate, renting and business activities 35,270 38,862 2,183 4,165 3,804
    Private education 8,911 9,282 2,200 3,929 3,718
    Health and social work 27,660 28,183 567 1,181 1,135
    Other community, social, and personal services 39,461 40,293 723 2,065 1,935
FAMILY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE (at current prices)  Source: FIES     2003 2000 1997
  Annual average family income      P147,888 P145,121 P123,168
  Annual average family expenditure     P123,690 P118,839 P99,537
  Annual average family saving     P24,198 P26,282 P23,631
DEMOGRAPHY    (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
      2015 2010 2005
  Population projection (medium assumption)3/     102,822,358 93,938,917 85,236,913
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS   (Source: NSO)     2002 2001 2000
 Births (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration)     1,666,773 1,714,093 1,766,440
   Male     866,521 891,312 918,243
    Female     800,252 822,781 848,197
 Marriages (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration)     583,167 559,162 577,387
 Deaths(Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration)     396,297 381,834 366,931
   Male     232,530 225,879 217,404
   Female     163,767 155,955 149,527
      2005 2004 2003
  Crude birth rate1/(per thousand population)     24.09 24.63 25.16
  Crude death rate1/(per thousand population)     5.60 5.66 5.72
  Crude rate of natural increase 1/(per thousand
      population) 		    18.49 18.97 19.45
      2015 2010 2005
  Total fertility rate 2/(number of children per woman)     2.96 3.18 3.41
  Life expectancy at birth 3/(in years; medium
      assumption) 		         
     Male     67.60 66.10 64.10
     Female     73.10 71.60 70.10
FAMILY PLANNING   (Source: FPS)     2004 2002 2001
  Contraceptive prevalence rate 4/     49.3% 48.8% 49.5%
     Modern method     35.1% 35.0% 31.1%
     Traditional method     14.2% 13.8% 16.4%
EDUCATION   (Source: FLEMMS/CPH)     2003 2000 1994
  Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over. basic reading
      and writing skills)		     93.4% 92.3% 93.9%
  Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old, basic
      reading, writing, and computational skills)		     84.1% - 83.8%
ENROLMENT
   (Source: Department of Education, Culture and Sports)		     SY 2003-2004 a SY 2002-2003 a SY 2001-2002 
  Total     16,422,406 18,901,147 21,106,153
  Government     16,422,406 16,839,789 17,574,217
  Private     - 2,061,358 3,531,936
TOURISM   (Source: Department of Tourism)     Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2004
Visitors arrivals by country of residence     227,051 206,792 191,406
  ASEAN     23,953 15,134 14,688
  East Asia     111,935 103,913 93,596
  South Asia     2,745 2,229 2,141
  Middle East     2,573 1,133 1,705
  North America     43,069 44,774 42,276
  South America     227 172 162
  Western Europe     9,381 8,509 8,741
  Northern Europe     7,809 7,083 6,904
  Southern Europe     1,710 1,719 1,526
  Eastern Europe     1,250 1,494 476
  Australiasia/Pacific     11,512 10,658 10,818
  Africa     216 200 177
  Others not specified residences     2,367 1,751 2,023
  Overseas Filipinos     8,304 8,023 6,173
    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.
    r       - Revised
    p       - Preliminary
    LE   - List of Establishments
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