TABLE 3.  EMPLOYED PERSONS BY MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP:  JANUARY 2000  TO JANUARY 2001
          (Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.)

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             MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUP          January 2000  |  April 2000    |  July 2000     |  October 2000  |  January 2001
                                          Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent | Number Percent |  Number Percent
                                          ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)         | ('000)         |  ('000)
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         PHILIPPINES                       27,733  100.0   27,209   100.0   27,093   100.0   27,775   100.0   28,087    100.0

 Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry         10,622   38.3    9,845    36.2    9,855    36.4   10,401    37.4   10,252     36.5
 Mining and Quarrying                        106     0.4     112      0.4      106     0.4      106     0.4      118      0.4
 Manufacturing                             2,714     9.8   2,758     10.1    2,715    10.0    2,792    10.1    2,884     10.3
 Electricity Gas and Water                   118     0.4     140      0.5      116     0.4      116     0.4      116      0.4
 Construction                              1,462     5.3   1,532      5.6    1,493     5.5    1,430     5.1    1,559      5.6
 Wholesale and Retail Trade*               4,450    16.0   4,486     16.5    4,412    16.3    4,587    16.5    4,956     17.6
 Transport, Storage and  Communication     1,959     7.1   1,960      7.2    2,003     7.4    2,024     7.3    2,078      7.4
 Financing, Insurance, Real Estate
     and Business Services                   730     2.6     727      2.7      709     2.6      678     2.4       773     2.8
 Community, Social and Personal Services   5,569    20.1   5,643     20.7    5,672    20.9    5,636    20.3     5,351    19.1
 Industry Not Adequately Defined               2     0.0       5      0.0      12      0.0       4      0.0        -       -

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 Note: Estimates for all quarters use the 1995 Census-based Population Projection
 * Estimates for 2001 include Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles, Personal and Household Goods

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