Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - February 2007
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 2006 Jan  2007 Dec  2006 Jan  2006
       Philippines   129.8 140.0 139.6 134.8
       National Capital Region (NCR)   131.5 142.8 142.5 137.3
       Areas Outside NCR   129.1 138.7 138.3 133.8
    Inflation rate          
       Headline   6.2 3.9 4.3 6.7
       Core   5.5 3.9 4.6 5.7
    Purchasing power of the peso   0.77 0.71 0.72 0.74
      Dec 2006 Oct 2006 Dec 2005
 Wholesale Price Index for Construction
    Materials in NCR
(1985=100)
    374.6 373.7 355.3
      Oct 2006 Sep 2006 Oct 2005
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in     NCR (1978=100)     1,143.6 1,139.1 1,091.7
      Sep 2006 Aug 2006 Sep 2005
 General Retail Price Index in NCR  (1985=100)     1,272.1 1,279.3 1,181.1
      May 2006 Apr 2006 May 2005
 General Wholesale Price Index in the
    Philippines
(1998=100)
    173.7 171.9 157.4
      Dec 2006 Oct 2006 Dec 2005
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in NCR
(1994=100)
    249.8 249.8 236.1
FOREIGN TRADE  (FOB value in million US$)*  Source: NSO   Total 2005p Nov 2006p Oct 2006 Nov 2005
  Total trade   88,673 8,529 8,875 7,606
 Exports   41,255 4,021 4,198 3,631
 Imports   47,418 4,508 4,677 3,975
  Balance of trade   (6,163) (487) (479) (344)
    Top traders:          
    1. USA     1,407 1,567 1,303
    2. Japan     1,235 1,335 1,207
    3. China, People's Republic of     799 810 584
    Top exports:          
    1. Electronic products     2,639 2,627 2,470
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories     200 231 166
    3. Cathodes and sections of cathodes of refined sugar     158 130 30
    Top imports:          
    1. Electronic products     2,177 2,447 2,009
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials     784 584 562
    3. Transport equipment     217 173 126
NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100)
    Nov 2006p Oct 2006r Nov 2005
  Value of production index     267.2 261.1 277.4
     Gainers over last year          
       Basic metals     47.3% 38.3% -22.1%
       Chemical products     11.9% -4.2% 12.4%
       Food manufacturing     4.7% 0.8% 47.0%
     Losers over last year          
      Petroleum products     -25.2% -36.3% 50.4%
       Textiles     -35.6% -30.5% 23.5%
       Tobacco     -25.4% -19.2% 19.8%
  Volume of production index     107.5 104.8 127.0
     Gainers over last year          
      Basic metals     45.9% 36.8% -30.5%
       Chemical products     12.2% -4.7% 6.2%
       Publishing and printing     28.9% 36.8% -26.8%
     Losers over last year          
      Electrical machinery     -49.1% -38.2% 20.9%
      Petroleum products     -26.7% -32.7% 29.1%
       Textiles     -38.3% -33.6% 20.8%
  Value of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
       Food manufacturing     23.7% 10.8% 12.7%
      Basic metals     44.9% 50.5% 5.6%
      Nonmetallic mineral products     7.2% 3.0% 10.6%
     Losers over last year          
       Petroleum products     -15.4% -14.7% 34.6%
       Footwear and wearing apparel     -23.4% -10.2% 10.1%
       Machinery, excluding electrical     -75.4% -76.4% -33.1%
  Volume of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
      Food manufacturing     15.8% 3.5% 8.5%
      Basic metals     43.4% 48.9% -5.7%
      Machinery excluding electrical     30.7% 29.8% -30.1%
     Losers over last year          
      Electrical machinery     -47.9% -36.7% 13.1%
      Petroleum products     -16.8% -9.9% 15.6%
      Footwear and wearing apparel     -38.5% -28.0% 23.5%
 Capacity utilization     80.3% 80.2% 80.4%
DOMESTIC TRADE  (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos)     1st Qtr  2006p 4th Qtr  2005 1st Qtr  2005
  Coastwise trade Total 2004p        
    Quantity 24,519,333   5876474 4,183,617 4,339,543
    Value 402,343,135   92,546,802 92,546,802 81,679,068
  Rail trade          
    Quantity 1,751   224 270 **
    Value 54,436   7,912 9,824 **
  Air trade          
    Quantity 43,224   5,898 8,150 8,388
    Value 1,969,200   342,333 357,290 444,661
OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars   
  (Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
    Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Nov 2005
 Total     1,144,011 1,185,696 895,234
    Land Based     971,956 1,016,081 748,075
    Sea Based     172,055 169,615 147,159
OFW DEPLOYMENT  (Source:Philippine Overseas
   Employment Administration)
    Oct 2006 Sep 2006 Oct 2005
 Total     76,809 88,548 71,843
    Land Based     66,029 78,228 49,664
    Sea Based     10,780 25,300 22,179
NUMBER OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS   (Source:NSO Survey on Overseas Filipinos)     2005 2004 2003
 Both Sexes     1,327 1,180 982
Male     667 604 508
Female     660 577 475
ACTUAL STRIKES/LOCKOUTS
  (Source:National Conciliation and Mediation Board)
    Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Nov 2005
Notice of strikes/lockouts files     9 33 32
Actual strikes/lockouts declared     - - -
GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS in billion    pesos  (Source:Bureau of Treasury)     Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2005
Revenues     96,294 86,690 61,991
Expenditures     100,172 88,759 85,688
Cash surplus (deficit)     (3,878) (2,069) (23,697)
MONEY AND BANKING
  (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
    Jun 2006 May 2006 Jun 2005
Money supply (in billion pesos)     625.6 622.4 555.6
      Jun 2006 May 2006 Jun 2005
Bank lending rates(WAIR in percent per annum)     10.755 9.694 10.126
Peso savings deposit interest rate(% per annum)     3.731 3.656 3.592
      Jul 2006 Jun 2006 Jul 2005
Peso time deposit interest (all maturities)     5.142 5.251 5.102
      Aug 2006 Jul 2006 Aug 2005
Dollar savings deposit interest rate     1.119 1.107 0.954
Dollar time deposit interest rate(>180 days)     3.650 3.613 2.752
      Jan 2007p Dec 2006 Jan 2006
Exchange rates Dollar to Peso     48.914 49.467 52.617
INVESTMENTS
  (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission)
    Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Nov 2005
Composite index (close)     2,788.5 2,708.5 2,099.7
Volume traded (in million share)     67,366.0 47,898.1 15,281.9
Value of shares traded (in million pesos)     55,335.7 83,005.6 21,064.3
TRANSPORTATION     Aug 2006 Jul 2006 Aug 2005
Registered motor vehicles
  (Source:Land Trasnportation Office)
         
By Classification     531,323 497,019 514,741
    Private     437,118 407,371 415,596
    Government     7,605 6,916 8,134
    Diplomatic     174 185 313
    For hire     85,969 82,145 90,535
    Exempt     457 402 163
By Type     531,323 497,019 514,741
    Cars     85,073 75,461 85,921
    Utility vehicle     160,198 152,219 162,650
    Sports utility vehicle     21,536 16,394 20,548
    Trucks     26,962 26,899 25,126
    Buses     2,912 2,431 3,406
    Motorcycle/tricycle     232,086 221,138 214,508
    Trailers     2,556 2,477 2,582
METRO TRAIN     Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2005
Light Rail Transit (LRT) Statistics   (Source:LRTA)          
Yellow Lane          
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     9.53 9.43 9.63
    Gross Revenue Collection (In million pesos)     136.89 135.94 137.80
      Dec 2006 Nov 2005 Dec 2005
Purple Lane          
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     9.53 9.43 9.63
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     136.89 135.94 137.80
Metrorail Transit (MRT) Statistics
  ; (Source: Metrostar Express)
    Jul 2006 Jun 2006 Jul 2005
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     11.24 11.17 10.91
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     137.14 140.64 136.23
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS)     Oct 2006p Jul 2005 Oct 2005
  Total labor force (million)     35.8 36.0 35.5
    Labor force participation rate     64.0% 64.7% 64.8%
     Employment rate     92.7% 92.0% 92.6%
     Unemployment rate     7.3% 8.0% 7.4%
     Underemployment rate     20.4% 23.5% 21.2%
  Total employed persons     33,185 33,257 32,875
    Male     20,419 20,136 20,203
    Female     12,766 13,122 12,673
  Wage and salary workers     16,759 17,523 16,553
    Own Account     12,094 11,916 12,158
    Unpaid family worker     4,332 3,818 4,165
 Agriculture     12,164 11,841 12,171
    Industry     4,895 5,009 4,883
    Services     16,126 16,407 15,821
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS in million pesos
  (Source: NSCB)
  Growth Rates 3rd Qtr 2006p 2nd Qtr 2006r 3rd Qtr
2005r
      3rd Qtr
2005-2006
     
  At Current Prices          
    Gross National Product   11.2 1,607,881 1,594,596 1,445,870
    Gross Domestic Product   10.2 1,472,742 1,453,165 1,336,856
  At Constant Prices          
    Gross National Product   5.8 338,805 347,574 320,230
    Gross Domestic Product   4.8 308,166 315,063 294,063
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
  (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
  2005 2nd Qtr 2006 1st Qtr 2006 2nd Qtr 2005
 Philippines(number)   129,670 26,563 23,877 27,773
    Total floor area   17,466,565 4,066,978 3,656,921 4,045,805
    Value   113,197,498 31,415,222 24,947,549 27,054,193
  Residential(number)   91,207 17,904 16,717 19,370
    Total floor area   10,599,084 2,117,948 2,096,217 2,375,363
    Value   63,498,455 13,335,379 13,054,534 13,828,693
  Nonresidential(number)   14,143 4,295 2,961 2,998
    Total floor area   6,228,974 1,735,929 1,366,113 1,508,994
    Value   39,315,987 15,639,303 10,183,300 10,554,820
  Additions(number)   5,648 1,490 1,394 1,392
    Total floor area   638,507 213,101 194,591 161,448
    Value   3,552,220 1,451,072 1,006,498 943,932
 Alterations/repairs (number)   18,672 2,874 20,805 4,013
    Value   6,830,836 989,468 703,217 1,726,748
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY   (Sources: ASE/LE)     Based on CPBI
(with ATE 20 or more)
Based on ASPBI
      1999 2003p 2001
    Agriculture and forestry     915 2,951 3,022
    Fishery     224 1,092 1,129
    Mining and quarrying     74 187 317
    Manufacturing     7,450 6,395 6,397
    Electricity, gas, and water     376 1,009 2,691
    Construction     838 2,555 2,691
    Wholesale and retail trade     6,842 365,890 365,912
    Hotels and restaurants     2,837 87,927 87,924
    Transportation, storage and communication     1,451 9,276 9,640
    Financial intermediation     1,565 22,231 22,231
    Real estate, renting and business activities     2,183 35,447 35,461
    Private education     2,200 8,856 8,856
    Health and social work     567 27,646 27,720
    Other community, social, and personal services     723 39,425 39,865
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
      2008 2007 2006
  Population projection (medium assumption)3/     90,457 88,706 86,973
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS   (Source: NSO)     2006 2005 2004
 Births (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration)     913,806 1,546,895 1,593,113
   Male     475,197 804,416 828,450
    Female     438,609 742,479 764,663
 Marriages (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration)     318,151 497,178 565,983
 Deaths(Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration)     255,309 404,142 393,618
   Male     150,669 238,501 232,291
   Female     104,640 165,641 161,327
 Fetal Deaths<     4,357 6,916 8,584
      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)     2005 2004 2002
  Contraceptive prevalence rate 4/     49.3% 49.3% 48.8%
     Modern method     36.0% 35.1% 35.0%
     Traditional method     13.2% 14.2% 13.8%
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)   2005 Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Nov 2005
Visitors arrivals by country of residence   2,623,084 238,310 223,818 227,051
  ASEAN   179,386 20,572 17,812 23,953
  East Asia   1,242,518 119,134 109,734 111,935
  South Asia   28,485 3,039 2,448 2,745
  Middle East   27,053 2,644 1,899 2,573
  North America   602,250 46,623 48,445 43,069
  South America   2,543 246 258 227
  Western Europe   112,109 9,925 8,681 9,381
  Northern Europe   98,502 8,570 7,998 7,809
  Southern Europe   21,889 2,024 1,890 1,710
  Eastern Europe   11,428 1,419 1,196 1,250
  Australiasia/Pacific   143,455 12,311 11,134 11,512
  Africa   2,294 194 190 216
  Others not specified residences   25,777 2,680 2,370 2,367
  Overseas Filipinos   125,395 8,929 9,763 8,304
    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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