Quickstat Index
QUICKSTAT - August 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 July  2007 June  2007 July  2006
       Philippines   129.8 142.4 141.3 138.8
       National Capital Region (NCR)   131.5 146.0 143.8 142.2
       Areas Outside NCR   129.1 140.9 140.3 137.3
    Inflation rate          
       Headline   6.2 2.6 2.3 6.4
       Core   5.5 3.0 2.5 5.4
    Purchasing power of the peso   0.77 0.70 0.71 0.72
      Jun 2007 May 2007 Jun 2006
 Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in     NCR (1978=100)     1,168.9 1,165.6 1,120.2
  Wholesale Price Index for Construction
    Materials in NCR
(1985=100)
    385.2 381.0 367.5
General Retail Price Index in NCR  (1985=100)     385.2 381.0 367.5
      May 2007p Apr 2007 May 2006
 General Wholesale Price Index in the Philippines  (1985=100)     173.6 173.0 170.0
      Jun 2007p May 2007 Jun 2006
  Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing
    in NCR
(1994=100)
    254.6 253.7 251.0
FOREIGN TRADE  (FOB value in million US$)*  Source: NSO   Total 2006p May 2007p Apr 2007 May 2006
  Total trade   99,184 8,417 8,459 8,333
 Exports   47,410 4,122 4,117 3,885
 Imports   51,774 4,296 4,342 4,448
  Balance of trade   (4,547) (174) (225) (563)
    Top traders:          
    1. USA     1,252 1,024 1,426
    2. Japan     963 991 1,191
    3. China, People's Republic of     788 688 649
    Top exports:          
    1. Electronic products     2,560 2,562 2,290
    2. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories     182 163 239
    3. Cathodes and sections of cathodes of refined copper     134 102 107
    Top imports:          
    1. Electronic products     1,786 1,852 2,006
    2. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials     796 930 893
    3. Transport equipment     200 124 122
NSO MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY
ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1994=100)
    May 2007p Apr 2007r May 2006
  Value of production index     251.2 246.3 255.8
     Gainers over last year          
       Beverages     9.0% 10.8% 5.2%
       Publishing and printing     27.7% 41.8% -11.3%
       Wood and wood products     28.2% 49.7% -34.9%
     Losers over last year          
      Basic metals     -26.1% -11.5% 36.5%
       Textiles     -45.5% -46.9% -17.9%
       Electrical machinery     -11.8% -3.5% 14.3%
  Volume of production index     99.4 97.9 107.0
     Gainers over last year          
       Wood and wood products     34.2% 57.0% -39.0%
       Chemical products     2.1% -1.2% -6.1%
       Beverages     4.2% 5.9% -0.6%
     Losers over last year          
       Basic metals     -31.0% -11.5% 33.9%
       Food manufacturing     -8.1% -2.1% 5.7%
       Textiles     -46.1% -47.5% 14.3%
  Value of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
       Beverages     19.2% 7.1% -9.0%
       Chemical products     8.9% 5.7% 2.3%
       Transport equipment     13.4% 24.8% -20.6%
     Losers over last year          
       Basic metals     -26.4% -7.5% 57.8%
       Textiles     -31.2% -19.8% -4.9%
       Footwear and wearing apparel     -20.2% -2.1% 5.7%
  Volume of net sales          
     Gainers over last year          
       Chemical products     8.7% 3.8% 1.4%
       Transport equipment     13.4% 24.8% -23.9%
       Beverages     14.0% 2.4% -13.0%
     Losers over last year          
       Basic metals     -31.2% -7.5% 54.8%
       Footwear and wearing apparel     -31.7% -11.6% -3.2%
       Textiles     -32.0% -20.8% -7.8%
 Capacity utilization     80.2% 80.1% 80.2%
DOMESTIC TRADE  (Quantity in tons; value in thousand pesos)     4th Qtr  2006p 3rd Qtr  2006 4th Qtr  2005
  Coastwise trade   Total 2005p      
    Quantity   19,435,591 4,395,156 3,661,398 4,183,617
    Value   354,716,746 97,884,993 79,737,823 92,548,802
  Rail trade          
    Quantity   622 - 235 270
    Value   21,067 - 8,631 9,824
  Air trade          
    Quantity   35,278 8,367 6,524 8,150
    Value   1,696,744 381,402 202,659 357,290
OFW REMITTANCES in thousand US dollars   
  (Source:Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
  Total 2006 May 2007 Apr 2007 May 2006
 Total   12,761,308 1,237,140 1,191,540 1,141,582
    Land Based   10,812,018 1,028,717 1,012,669 975,182
    Sea Based   1,949,290 208,423 178,871 166,400
OFW DEPLOYMENT  (Source:Philippine Overseas
   Employment Administration)
  Total Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2006
 Total   1,062,567 82,055 75,421 87,214
    Land Based   788,070 57,957 56,732 61,492
    Sea Based   274,497 24,098 18,689 25,722
NUMBER OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS   (Source:NSO Survey on Overseas Filipinos)     2006 2005 2004
 Both Sexes     1,515 1,326 1,180
Male     751 668 604
Female     764 658 577
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)     Jun 2007 May 2007 Jun 2006
Revenues     77,688 94,133 81,298
Expenditures     76,906 95,880 68,545
Cash surplus (deficit)     782 (1,747) 12,653
MONEY AND BANKING
  (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
    Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2006
Money supply (in billion pesos)     833.1 787.3 616.7
      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 Jan 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
      Jul 2007p Jun 2007 Jul 2006
Exchange rates Dollar to Peso     45,625 46,160 52,398
INVESTMENTS
  (Source:Securities and Exchange Commission)
    Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2006
Composite index (close)     3,270.7 3,203.6 2,270.5
Volume traded (in million share)     78,140.6 140,180.1 72,392.2
Value of shares traded (in million pesos)     97,734.0 97,734.0 30,475.4
TRANSPORTATION     May 2007 Apr 2007 May 2006
Registered motor vehicles
  (Source:Land Trasnportation Office)
         
By Classification     543,558 486,750 523,881
    Private     446,829 402,894 430,271
    Government     7,533 6,276 6,753
    Diplomatic     209 138 279
    For hire     87,708 76,476 86,382
    Exempt     1,279 966 196
By Type     543,558 486,750 523,881
    Cars     74,557 67,623 77,460
    Utility vehicle     160,551 152,135 160,746
    Sports utility vehicle     18,508 14,804 15,819
    Trucks     27,841 25,872 26,873
    Buses     2,612 3,480 2,288
    Motorcycle/tricycle     256,976 220,557 238,641
    Trailers     2,513 2,279 2,054
METRO TRAIN     Jun 2007 May 2007 Jun 2006
Light Rail Transit (LRT) Statistics   (Source:LRTA)          
Yellow Lane          
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     9.86 9.44 9.38
    Gross Revenue Collection (In million pesos)     142.2 135.83 135.27
      Jun 2007 May 2007 Jun 2006
Purple Lane          
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     4.25 3.85 3.94
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     63.03 54.41 53.50
Metrorail Transit (MRT) Statistics
  ; (Source: Metrostar Express)
    Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Jan 2006
    Passenger Traffic (in Million Passengers)     11.98 11.50 11.54
    Gross Revenue Collection (in Million Pesos)     144.39 139.16 143.36
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT  (Source: LFS)     Apr 2007p Jan 2007 Apr 2006
  Total labor force (million)          
    Labor force participation rate     64.5% 64.8% 64.8%
     Employment rate     92.6% 92.2% 91.8%
     Unemployment rate     7.4% 7.8% 8.2%
     Underemployment rate     18.9% 21.5% 25.4%
      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 1st Qtr 2007p 4th Qtr 2006r 1st Qtr
2006r
      1st Qtr
2006-2007
     
  At Current Prices          
    Gross National Product   9.6 1,652,039 1,865,110 1,506,683
    Gross Domestic Product   9.9 1,521,526 1,715,325 1,384,907
  At Constant Prices          
    Gross National Product   6.6 350,413 389,702 328,593
    Gross Domestic Product   6.9 320,698 355,744 299,976
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
  (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)
  2005 4th Qtr 2006 3rd Qtr 2006 4th Qtr 2005
 Philippines(number)   129,670 24,330 19,431 24,777
    Total floor area   17,466,565 3,432,991 3,495,660 3,652,502
    Value   113,197,498 26,172,830 28,004,313 25,465,239
  Residential(number)   91,207 16,096 13,121 16,383
    Total floor area   10,599,084 1,845,903 1,747,982 2,094,617
    Value   63,498,455 12,620,929 12,168,209 14,284,941
  Nonresidential(number)   14,143 4,380 2,450 3,187
    Total floor area   6,228,974 1,420,104 1,502,743 1,404,973
    Value   39,315,987 11,508,868 13,440,746 9,192,080
  Additions(number)   5,648 1,343 1,381 1,073
    Total floor area   638,507 166,984 244,935 152,912
    Value   3,552,220 978,906 1,514,825 855,017
 Alterations/repairs (number)   18,672 2,511 2,479 4,134
    Value   6,830,836 1,064,127 880,533 1,133,201
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY   (Sources: ASE/LE)   Based on CPBI
(with ATE 20 or more)
Based on ASPBI
    1999 2005 2003 2001
    Agriculture and forestry   915 3,295 2,951 3,022
    Fishery   224 1,052 1,092 1,129
    Mining and quarrying   74 242 202 317
    Manufacturing   7,450 n.a 121,183 6,397
    Electricity, gas, and water   376 972 889 2,691
    Construction   838 2,480 2,532 2,691
    Wholesale and retail trade   6,842 366,185 365,083 365,912
    Hotels and restaurants   2,837 95,812 87,760 87,924
    Transportation, storage and communication   1,451 9,539 9,279 9,640
    Financial intermediation   1,565 n.a. 15,824 22,231
    Real estate, renting and business activities   2,183 n.a. 35,206 35,461
    Private education   2,200 n.a. 8,900 8,856
    Health and social work   567 30,312 27,646 27,720
    Other community, social, and personal services   723 45,817 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     672,466 768,679 765,723
 Marriages (Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration)     449,215 504,763 566,838
 Deaths(Based on civil registration. Not adjusted for underregistration)     389,081 415,271 393,638
   Male     229,613 245,069 232,302
   Female     159,468 170,202 161,335
 Fetal Deaths<     6,663 7,651 8,584
      2015-2020 3020-2015 2005-2010
  Crude birth rate1/(per thousand population)     18.15 20.40 22.80
  Crude death rate1/(per thousand population)     5.45 5.43 5.48
  Crude rate of natural increase 1/(per thousand
      population)
    12.70 14.97 17.32
      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 2005-2006 SY 2004-2005 SY 2003-2004
  Elementary     12,913 13,015 12,987
  Government     11,982 12,089 12,066
  Private     931 926 921
  Secondary     6,267 6,312 3,270
  Government     4,979 5,044 5,026
  Private     1,288 1,268 1,244
TOURISM   (Source: Department of Tourism)   2006 Jun 2007 May 2007 Jun 2006
Visitors arrivals by country of residence   2,843,335 250,227 243,951 225,623
  ASEAN   202,886 19,766 18,828 15,662
  East Asia   1,338,777 109,798 107,919 100,437
  South Asia   31,975 3,432 3,491 2,952
  Middle East   31,503 3,647 2,702 3,216
  North America   648,929 58,415 60,742 56,874
  South America   2,776 283 236 190
  Western Europe   117,167 8,507 7,846 7,561
  Northern Europe   106,088 9,701 8,651 7,697
  Southern Europe   23,097 2,596 2,142 1,805
  Eastern Europe   14,042 724 990 875
  Australiasia/Pacific   149,276 13,873 12,232 12,525
  Africa   2,246 239 212 252
  Others not specified residences   28,208 3,300 2,643 2,589
  Overseas Filipinos   146,365 15,946 15,317 12,988
    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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