NSO QuickStat - December 1999

QUICKSTAT - December 1999 A Monthly Update of NSO's Most Requested Statistics
INDICATOR	REFERENCE PERIOD and DATA

PRICE INDICES	Nov. 1999	Oct. 1999	Nov. 1998
Consumer Price Index (1994=100)
Philippines	147.9	147.6	142.3
Metro Manila (MM)	146.9	146.6^r	142.5
Areas Outside MM	148.3	148.1	142.1^r
Inflation rate	3.9	5.4	11.3^r
Purchasing power of the peso	0.68	0.68	0.70
	Sept. 1999	Aug. 1999	Sept. 1998
Retail Price Index for Construction Materials in Metro Manila (1978=100)	773.0	772.4	775.9
	July 1999	June 1999	July 1998
General Wholesale Price Index in Metro Manila (1985=100)	248.5	252.1	239.8
	Aug. 1999	July 1999	Aug. 1998
Producer's Price Index for Manufacturing in Metro Manila (1985=100)	138.7	137.2	131.6
Wholesale Price Index for Construction Materials (1992=100)	229.3	229.1	226.4
FOREIGN TRADE (FOB value in million US$)	Sept. 1999	Aug. 1999	Sept. 1998
Total trade	6,241	5,873	5,240
Exports	3,693	3,212	2,786
Imports	2,548	2,661	2,454
Balance of trade	1,145	551	332
Top traders: ^1/
1. USA	1,452.49	1,638.87	1,423.24
2. Japan	894.21	877.40	872.09
3. Taiwan	688.02	464.98	299.88
Top exports: ^1/
1. Electronics and components	2,233.03	1,726.84^r	1,536.83^r
2. Input/output peripheral units	308.59	267.65^r	199.55^r
3. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	207.40	251.82^r	195.00^r

Top imports: ^1/
1. Electronics and components	620.40	687.94^r	533.74^r
2. Telecommunications equipment and electrical machinery	216.05	184.96^r	233.19
3. Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials	202.82	219.35	169.84^r
DOMESTIC TRADE (Value in thousand pesos)	Mar. 1999	Feb. 1999	Mar. 1998
Water	23,136	25,639	14,205
Air	279,900	162,075	562,155
Rail	5,740	3,347	6,810

PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meters; value in P1,000)	2nd Qtr 1999	1st Qtr 1999	2nd Qtr 1998
Total	24,838	19,326	24,895
Floor area	3,213,460	2,701,728	3,035,150
Value	17,397,078	15,341,166	19,046,184
Residential	17,731	13,162	18,712
Floor area	1,805,029	1,415,126	1,615,624
Value	8,136,909	6,694,130	7,861,390
Nonresidential	2,292	2,196	1,989
Floor area	1,268,123	1,132,099	1,258,623
Value	7,417,036	7,031,430	9,330,604
Additions	1,288	1,202	1,554
Floor area	140,308	154,503	160,903
Value	617,604	682,515	635,793
Alterations and repairs	3,243	2,766	2,640
Value	1,076,582	933,091	1,218,397
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT	Oct. 1999^p	July 1999	Oct. 1998
Total labor force (million)	32.0	31.7	31.3
Labor force participation rate	65.8%	65.6%	66.0%
Employment rate	90.6%	91.6%	90.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	8.4%	9.6%
Underemployment rate	22.1%	22.3%	23.7%
INCOME AND EXPENDITURES (at current prices)	1997	1994	1991
Annual average family income	P123,168	P83,161	P65,186
Annual average family expenditure	P 99,537	P67,661	P51,991
Annual average fam ily savings	P 23,631	P15,500	P13,195
(MISSI) MONTHLY INTEGRATED SURVEY ON SELECTED INDUSTRIES (1985=100)	Sept. 1999	Aug. 1999	Sept. 1998
Value of production index	541.9	556.7^r	487.5
Gainers over last year ^1/
Wood and wood products	102.5%	(27.3%)^r	(22.1%)^r
Transport equipment	69.7%	28.4%^r	(52.2%)
Furniture and fixtures	21.3%	13.9%^r	(10.4%)^r
Losers over last year ^1/
Basic metals	(44.4%)	(40.5%)^r	(21.4%)^r
Chemicals/plastics and plastic products	(17.9%)	(3.9%)^r	8.3%^r
Textile	(15.2%)	(20.1%)^r	(2.1%)^r
Volume of production index	149.5	155.4^r	143.5^r
Gainers over last year ^1/
Wood and wood products	105.9%	(26.1%)^r	(24.5%)^r
Transport equipment	64.8%	19.8%^r	(58.7%)^r
Tobacco	16.5%	(0.2%)^r	(3.8%)^r
Losers over last year ^1/
Basic metals	(40.3%)	(33.2%)^r	(29.4%)^r
Textile	(29.5%)	(34.7%)^r	(13.0%)^r
Rubber products	(26.2%)	(14.2%)^r	(4.3%)^r
Value of net sales
Gainers over last year ^1/
Wood and wood products	81.7%	(16.3%)	42.0%
Petroleum products	41.7%	(15.6%)	(24.3%)
Tobacco	31.3%	(17.4%)	(19.4%)
Losers over last year ^1/
Rubber products	(22.9%)	(16.4%)	2.1%
Nonmetallic mineral products	(22.0%)	80.7%	(23.8%)
Beverages	(8.1%)	(9.7%)	(1.4%)
Volume of net sales
Gainers over last year ^1/
Wood and wood products	84.7%	(14.9%)	37.6%
Tobacco	33.9%	(15.6%)	(23.4%)
Electrical machinery	26.4%	(3.9%)	18.1%
Losers over last year ^1/
Rubber products	(34.7%)	(29.0%)	(2.6%)
Nonmetallic mineral products	(31.6%)	56.5%	(20.6%)
Beverages	(21.9%)	(23.6%)	(8.1%)
Capacity utilization
Below 70%	48.7%	45.7%	40.0%
90% - 100%	14.1%	13.1%	16.8%
POPULATION	1995	1990	1980
Total	68,616,536	60,703,206	48,098,460
Male	34,584,170	30,538,285	24,128,755
Female	34,032,366	30,164,921	23,969,705
0-14 years	42.0%	39.6%	38.3%
15-64 years	54.6%	57.0%	58.2%
65 years and over	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%

Density (persons per square kilometer)	229	202	160
Growth rate	2.32%	2.35%	2.71%
Average household size	5.1	5.3	5.6

	2000	1999	1998
Population projection (medium assumption)^2/	76,320,126	74,723,373	73,130,985

VITAL STATISTICS ^2/	2000	1999	1998
Crude birth rate (per thousand population)	26.8	27.3	27.9
Crude death rate (per thousand population)	5.9	6.0	6.1
Crude rate of natural increase (per thousand population)	20.9	21.3	21.8
Infant mortality rate (per thousand live births)	37.6	38.8	40.1

Total fertility rate (number of children per woman)	3.4	3.5	3.5

Life expectancy at birth (in years; medium assumption)
Male	66.3	66.0	65.7
Female	71.6	71.3	71.0

FAMILY PLANNING (Source: FPS)	1999	1998	1997
Contraceptive prevalence rate ^3/(per thousand population)	49.3%	46.5%	47.0%
Modern method	32.4%	28.2%	30.9%
Traditional method	16.9%	18.3%	16.1%
LITERACY RATE (Source: FLEMMS )		1994	1989
Simple literacy rate (10 years old and over) ^3/		93.9%	89.8%
Functional literacy rate (10 to 64 years old)^4/		83.8%	75.4%

^1/ - Based on September 1999 ranking. ^2/ - Source: 1995 Census-Based National and Regional Population Projections. ^3/ - Based on currently married woman aged 15-49 years. ^4/ - Basic reading and writing skills. ^5/ - Basic reading, writing, and computational skills. ^r - Revised ^P - Preliminary

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