TABLE 13.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP AND UNEMPLOYED PERSONS: 1999 VS. 2000
           (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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                                              January                      April                         July                        October
 MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP                ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      1999     2000   % Change     1999     2000   % Change     1999     2000   % Change     1999     2000   % Change
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          PHILIPPINES

      Total Employed                 28,368   28,895    1.86      29,492   28,293   (4.07)     29,055   28,178   (3.02)     27,762   27,775    0.05

Agriculture, Fishery and  Forestry   11,306   11,415    0.96      12,090   10,559  (12.66)     11,756   10,568  (10.11)     10,503   10,401   (0.97)

Industry                              4,447    4,416   (0.70)      4,633    4,567   (1.42)      4,533    4,451   (1.81)      4,501    4,444   (1.27)
    Mining and Quarrying                104      110    5.77         108      115    6.48          98      107    9.18          88      106   20.45
    Manufacturing                     2,681    2,700    0.71       2,784    2,746   (1.36)      2,742    2,708   (1.24)      2,796    2,792   (0.14)
    Electricity, Gas and Water          138      121  (12.32)        155      140   (9.68)        138      118  (14.49)        141      116  (17.73)
    Construction                      1,524    1,485   (2.56)      1,586    1,566   (1.26)      1,555    1,518   (2.38)      1,476    1,430   (3.12)

Services                             12,612   13,061    3.56      12,757   13,161    3.17      12,761   13,146    3.02      12,749   12,925    1.38
   Wholesale and Retail Trade         4,383    4,590    4.72       4,548    4,624    1.67       4,449    4,542    2.09       4,466    4,587    2.71
   Transportation, Storage and
     Communication                    1,927    1,991    3.32       1,903    1,988    4.47       1,931    2,035    5.39       1,968    2,024    2.85
   Financing, Insurance, Real
     Estate and Business
     Services                           723      729    0.83         702      730    3.99         739      714   (3.38)        712      678   (4.78)
   Community, Social and
     Personal Services                5,579    5,751    3.08       5,604    5,819    3.84       5,642    5,855    3.78       5,603    5,636    0.59

Industry Not Adequately
  Defined                                 5        2  (60.00)         11        5  (54.55)          4       12  200.00           9        4  (55.56)

   Total Unemployed                   2,800    2,953    5.46       3,952    4,568   15.59       2,658    3,510   32.05       2,931    3,133    6.89

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Note:  The October 1999 and October 2000 figures were estimated on the 1995 Census-based Population Projection while figures for
       January, April and July 2000 were estimated based on the 1980 Census-based Population Projection.

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