TABLE 3.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP: APRIL 1999 TO APRIL  2000

(Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                                 April 1999          July 1999           October 1999        January 2000        April 2000
            MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP              Number              Number              Number              Number              Number
                                              ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent    ('000)   Percent
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                PHILIPPINES

       Total Employed (In thousands)            29,492    100.0  29,055       100.0  29,003       100.0     28,895    100.0     28,301    100.0

     Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry         12,090     41.0  11,756        40.5  11,342        39.1     11,415     39.5     10,558     37.3

     Industry                                    4,633     15.7   4,533        15.6   4,518        15.6      4,416     15.3      4,571     16.2
          Mining and Quarrying                     108      0.4      98         0.3      89         0.3        110      0.4        115      0.4
          Manufacturing                          2,784      9.4   2,742         9.4   2,778         9.6      2,700      9.3      2,746      9.7
          Electricity, Gas and Water               155      0.5     138         0.5     145         0.5        121      0.4        140      0.5
          Construction                           1,586      5.4   1,555         5.4   1,506         5.2      1,485      5.1      1,570      5.5

     Services                                   12,757     43.3  12,761        43.9  13,133        45.3     13,061     45.2     13,167     46.5
          Wholesale and Retail Trade             4,548     15.4   4,449        15.3   4,619        15.9      4,590     15.9      4,633     16.4
          Transportation, Storage and
            Communication                        1,903      6.5   1,931         6.6   2,009         6.9      1,991      6.9      1,986      7.0
          Financing, Insurance, Real
             Estate and Business
             Services                              702      2.4     739         2.5     716         2.5        729      2.5        731      2.6
          Community, Social and
             Personal Services                   5,604     19.0   5,642        19.4   5,789        20.0      5,751     19.9      5,817     20.6

     Industry Not Adequately
       Defined                                      11      0.0       4         0.0       7         0.0          2      0.0          5      0.0

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Source:  Labor Force Survey
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines