Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - May 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 Apr  2007 Mar  2007 Apr  2006
       Philippines   129.8 140.0 139.7 136.8
       National Capital Region (NCR)   131.5 142.3 142.1 139.4
       Areas Outside NCR   129.1 139.0 138.7 135.7
    Inflation rate          
       Headline   6.2 2.3 2.2 7.1
       Core   5.5 2.6 2.6 6.3
    Purchasing power of the peso   0.77 0.71 0.72 0.73
      Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2006
 General Retail Price Index in NCR  (1985=100)     1,265.7 1,268.8 1,236.8
  Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in     NCR (1978=100)     1,162.1 1,157.4 1,112.5
Wholesale Price Index for Construction
    Materials in NCR
(1985=100)
    377.4 376.6 360.8
      Jun 2006 May 2006 Jun 2005
 General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines  (1985=100)     175.4 173.7 159.4
      Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2006
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in NCR
(1994=100)
    251.6 250.9 245.2
FOREIGN TRADE  (FOB value in million US$)*  Source: NSO   Total 2006p Feb 2007p Jan 2007 Feb 2006
  Total trade   98,518 7,407 7,702 6,805
 Exports   46,985 3,717 3,987 3,447
 Imports   51,533 3,690 3,715 3,358
  Balance of trade   (4,548) 27 272 89
    Top traders:          
    1. USA     1,233 1,251 1,151
    2. Japan     1,020 1,038 1,139
    3. China, People's Republic of     749 774 540
    Top exports:          
    1. Electronic products     2,344 2,568 2,087
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories     201 204 214
    3. Cathodes and sections of cathodes of refined sugar     98 124 70
    Top imports:          
    1. Electronic products     1,712 2,764 1,614
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials     543 486 525
    3. Transport equipment     137 166 135
NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100)
    Feb 2007p Jan 2007r Feb 2006
  Value of production index     216.9 237.9 236.7
     Gainers over last year          
       Nonmetallic mineral products     18.4% 33.6% 8.4%
       Food manufacturing     2.6% 12.8% 7.3%
       Transport equipment     6.3% 5.0% -6.8%
     Losers over last year          
       Petroleum products     -30.7% -5.5% 42.5%
       Textiles     -37.8% -45.2% 17.2%
       Tobacco     -30.0% -56.0% -24.5%
  Volume of production index     85.0 94.6 94.7
     Gainers over last year          
       Nonmetallic mineral products     12.2% 24.6% -18.6%
       Fabricated metal products     16.2% 16.6% 21.9%
       Furniture and fixtures     35.4% 44.9% 21.4%
     Losers over last year          
       Petroleum products     -27.4% -3.8% 18.4%
       Footwear and wearing apparel     -27.7% 3.5% -16.0%
       Beverages     -21.4% -15.8% 11.3%
  Value of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
       Chemical products     14.1% 6.0% -3.9%
       Footwear and wearing apparel     34.4% 147.3% -9.7%
       Nonmetallic mineral products     33.3% 11.1% -10.3%
     Losers over last year          
       Textiles     -28.4% -5.3% -3.2%
       Petroleum products     -5.8% -14.3% 27.9%
       Machinery, excluding electrical     -32.4% -33.5% -56.1%
  Volume of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
       Chemical products     13.6% 2.9% -6.4%
       Fabricated metal products     59.5% 1.7% -3.1%
       Nonmetallic mineral products     26.4% 3.6% -20.2%
     Losers over last year          
       Textiles     -27.2% -3.8% -6.7%
       Beverages     -14.6% -0.6% 6.1%
       Machinery, excluding electrical     -33.9% -37.3% -69.5%
 Capacity utilization     79.8% 80.0% 80.0%
DOMESTIC TRADE  (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos)     2nd Qtr  2006p 1st Qtr  2006 2nd Qtr  2005
  Coastwise trade   Total 2005p      
    Quantity   19,435,591 4,820,615 5,876.474 6,876,502
    Value   354,716,746 79,343,777 97,219,405 87,208,417
  Rail trade          
    Quantity   622 392 224 169
    Value   21,067 13,023 7,912 5,255
  Air trade          
    Quantity   35,278 7,405 5,898 8,551
    Value   1,696,744 323,971 342,333 533,772
OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars   
  (Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
  Total Feb 2007p Jan 2007 Feb 2006
 Total   12,761,508 4,820,615 1,099,354 1,782,406
    Land Based   10,812,218 920,258 929,724 1,492,978
    Sea Based   1,949,290 165,286 169,630 289,428
OFW DEPLOYMENT  (Source:Philippine Overseas
   Employment Administration)
  Total Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2005
 Total   1,062,567 60,982 75,670 69,135
    Land Based   788,070 42,232 50,008 49,351
    Sea Based   274,497 18,750 25,662 19,784
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)
    Mar 2007p Feb 2007 Mar 2006
Notice of strikes/lockouts files     24 35 34
Actual strikes/lockouts declared     - - -
GOVERNMENT CASH OPERATIONS in billion    pesos  (Source:Bureau of Treasury)     Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2006
Revenues     75,037 89,615 68,074
Expenditures     108,399 78,506 95,281
Cash surplus (deficit)     (33,362) 11,109 (27,207)
MONEY AND BANKING
  (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
    Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2005
Money supply (in billion pesos)     753.0 679.0 605.2
      Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Jan 2006
Bank lending rates(WAIR in percent per annum)     9.477 8.954 10.251
Peso savings deposit interest rate(% per annum)     2.751 3.172 3.738
      Feb 2007 Jan 2007 Feb 2006
Peso time deposit interest (all maturities)     3.056 3.531 5.293
Dollar savings deposit interest rate     1.096 1.127 1.034
Dollar time deposit interest rate(>180 days)     3.516 3.577 3.186
      Apr 2007p Mar 2007 Apr 2006
Exchange rates Dollar to Peso     47.822 48.517 51.360
INVESTMENTS
  (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission)
    Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2006
Composite index (close)     3,106.5 3,067.5 2,196.0
Volume traded (in million share)     140,153.3 161,886.0 22,390.8
Value of shares traded (in million pesos)     97,734.0 111,412.6 54,228.5
TRANSPORTATION     Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Jan 2006
Registered motor vehicles
  (Source:Land Trasnportation Office)
         
By Classification     505,647 126,318 505,944
    Private     415,487 110,226 416,519
    Government     6,286 1,876 6,080
    Diplomatic     142 88 184
    For hire     82,989 13,787 83,010
    Exempt     743 341 151
By Type     505,647 126,318 505,944
    Cars     75,459 13,536 93,970
    Utility vehicle     152,960 24,860 157,381
    Sports utility vehicle     18,163 3,846 16,387
    Trucks     26,249 3,730 25,742
    Buses     3,145 534 3,086
    Motorcycle/tricycle     227,354 79,083 207,161
    Trailers     2,317 729 2,217
METRO TRAIN     Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2006
Light Rail Transit (LRT) Statistics   (Source:LRTA)          
Yellow Lane          
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     10.19 9.42 9.71
    Gross Revenue Collection (In million pesos)     146.35 135.37 138.56
      Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2006
Purple Lane          
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     4.57 4.35 3.99
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     61.99 58.49 53.78
Metrorail Transit (MRT) Statistics
  ; (Source: Metrostar Express)
    Oct 2006 Sep 2006 Oct 2005
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     11.52 10.62 10.86
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     142.51 129.04 134.07
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS)     Jan 2007p Oct 2006 Jan 2006
  Total labor force (million)     36.4 35.8 35.5
    Labor force participation rate     64.8% 64.0% 63.6%
     Employment rate     92.2% 92.7% 91.9%
     Unemployment rate     7.8% 7.3% 8.1%
     Underemployment rate     21.5% 20.4% 21.1%
      Oct 2006p Jul 2006 Oct 2005
  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 4th Qtr 2006p 3rd Qtr 2006r 4th Qtr
2005r
      3rd Qtr
2005-2006
     
  At Current Prices          
    Gross National Product   11.2 1,855,980 1,610,904 1,680,489
    Gross Domestic Product   10.2 1,693,609 1,482,300 1,549,533
  At Constant Prices          
    Gross National Product   5.8 388,965 338,740 367,285
    Gross Domestic Product   4.8 352,095 309,651 336,123
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
  (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
  2005 3rd Qtr 2006 2nd Qtr 2006 3rd Qtr 2005
 Philippines(number)   129,670 19,431 26,563 24,438
    Total floor area   17,466,565 3,495,660 4,066,978 3,526,786
    Value   113,197,498 28,004,313 31,415,222 22,671,440
  Residential(number)   91,207 13,121 17,904 17,129
    Total floor area   10,599,084 1,747,982 2,117,948 2,013,427
    Value   63,498,455 12,168,209 13,335,379 12,148,181
  Nonresidential(number)   14,143 2,450 4,295 2,766
    Total floor area   6,228,974 1,502,743 1,735,929 1,384,776
    Value   39,315,987 13,440,746 15,639,303 8,316,986
  Additions(number)   5,648 1,381 1,490 975
    Total floor area   638,507 244,935 213,101 128,583
    Value   3,552,220 1,514,825 1,451,072 690,634
 Alterations/repairs (number)   18,672 2,479 2,874 3,568
    Value   6,830,836 880,533 989,468 1,515,639
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
      2009 2008 2007
  Population projection (medium assumption)3/     92,227 88,706 86,973
HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS   (Source: NSO)     2006p 2005 2004
 Births (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration)     1,401,029 1,601,481 1,595,323
   Male     728,563 832,802 828,450
    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
      2015-2020 2010-2015 2000-2010
  Total fertility rate 2/(number of children per woman)     2.76 2.96 3.18
  Life expectancy at birth 3/(in years; medium
      assumption)
         
     Male     68.81 67.61 66.11
     Female     74.34 73.14 71.64
FAMILY PLANNING   (Source: FPS)     2006 2005 2004
  Contraceptive prevalence rate 4/     50.6% 49.3% 49.3%
     Modern method     35.9% 36.0% 35.1%
     Traditional method     14.8% 13.2% 14.2%
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)   2006 Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2006
Visitors arrivals by country of residence   2,843,335 270,632 247,731 235,041
  ASEAN   202,886 20,590 17,869 17,751
  East Asia   1,338,777 114,957 123,671 99,407
  South Asia   31,975 3,005 2,650 2,503
  Middle East   31,503 2,558 2,580 2,726
  North America   648,929 62,782 52,316 58,771
  South America   2,776 238 213
  Western Europe   117,167 13,018 12,165 10,646
  Northern Europe   106,088 11,745 9,570 9,289
  Southern Europe   23,097 2,401 2,157 1,929
  Eastern Europe   14,042 1,625 1,368 1,213
  Australiasia/Pacific   149,276 14,672 10,564 12,001
  Africa   2,246 197 261 164
  Others not specified residences   28,208 3,092 2,763 2,149
  Overseas Filipinos   146,365 19,787 9,559 16,279
    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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