Table 10.  Regional Year-on-Year Inflation Rates of Selected Food Items, March and February 2005 and 2004
           (2000 = 100)

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                                        C e r e a l s                           |           R i c e
Area/Region                                                  Inflation Rates(%) |                              Inflation Rates(%)   
                                 Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04  Current Previous  | Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04   Current Previous  
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Philippines                       111.9  111.1  106.2r 105.4r     5.4      5.4     110.8  110.0  105.6  105.0       4.9      4.8 

National Capital Region (NCR)     104.8  103.7  103.6  103.4      1.2      0.3     104.8  103.7  103.6  103.4       1.2      0.3 

Areas Outside NCR                 112.9  112.1  106.6r 105.7r     5.9      6.1     111.7  111.0  105.9  105.2       5.5      5.5 

  CAR - Cordillera Administrative
          Region                  108.5  108.1  103.8r 103.3r     4.5      4.6r    108.4  108.0  103.7r 103.2r      4.5      4.7r
    I - Ilocos                    114.7  114.0  105.5  104.7      8.7      8.9     114.8  114.1  105.5  104.7       8.8      9.0 
   II - Cagayan Valley            113.0  113.3  105.8  105.5      6.8      7.4     113.0  113.3  105.8  105.4       6.8      7.5 
  III - Central Luzon             107.3  106.9  105.6  105.8      1.6      1.0     106.4  106.0  105.0  105.2       1.3      0.8 
 IV-a - Calabarzon                106.4  106.1  104.1  104.0      2.2      2.0     106.3  106.0  104.1  104.0       2.1      1.9 
 IV-b - Mimaropa                  110.2  110.4  107.5  106.6      2.5      3.6     110.2  110.4  107.5  106.6       2.5      3.6 
    V - Bicol                     109.3  108.8  106.0  106.1      3.1      2.5     107.8  107.3  105.2  105.3       2.5      1.9 
   VI - Western Visayas           107.6  106.1  102.1  101.4      5.4      4.6     107.0  105.4  101.2  100.7       5.7      4.7 
  VII - Central Visayas           122.2  121.3  114.5  113.0      6.7      7.3     117.4  116.2  115.1  113.7       2.0      2.2 
 VIII - Eastern Visayas           116.9  115.3  108.8  107.2      7.4      7.6     117.6  115.9  109.3  107.7       7.6      7.6 
   IX - Western Mindanao          112.1  111.3  103.0  102.0      8.8      9.1     113.3  113.2  102.9  102.3      10.1     10.7 
    X - Northern Mindanao         121.2  119.4  111.9  108.0      8.3     10.6     118.3  117.3  110.2  107.9       7.4      8.7 
   XI - Southern Mindanao         118.3  116.4  109.6  106.9      7.9      8.9     117.5  115.8  107.8  105.7       9.0      9.6 
  XII - Central Mindanao          114.9  113.8  106.8  105.4      7.6      8.0     114.2  113.2  106.5  105.2       7.2      7.6 
 XIII - Caraga                    122.2  121.8  107.9  107.8     13.3     13.0     122.8  122.5  108.3  108.3      13.4     13.1 
 ARMM - Autonomous Region
          in Muslim Mindanao      119.0  118.9  104.7  103.4     13.7     15.0     118.4  118.4  104.3  103.0      13.5     15.0 

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Table 10 (continued)

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                                            C o r n                             |     Cereal Preparations
Area and Region                                               Inflation Rates(%)|                              Inflation Rates(%)
                                 Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04   Current Previous | Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04   Current Previous 
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Philippines                       123.4  122.1  112.3  109.4       9.9     11.6    130.7  130.0  119.4  118.5       9.5      9.7  

National Capital Region (NCR)     107.2  107.2  101.3  100.9       5.8      6.2    140.9  140.2  128.7  126.6       9.5     10.7  

Areas Outside NCR                 123.7  122.4  112.5  109.6      10.0     11.7    127.1  126.5  116.1  115.7       9.5      9.3  

  CAR - Cordillera Administrative
          Region                  115.3  114.6  109.1  109.5       5.7      4.7    121.4  119.8  109.4  109.0      11.0      9.9  
    I - Ilocos                    105.8  105.7  102.8  100.8       2.9      4.9    156.1  154.4  141.1  140.3      10.6     10.0  
   II - Cagayan Valley            112.9  112.7  105.6  106.7       6.9      5.6    116.1  116.0  110.1  109.8       5.4      5.6  
  III - Central Luzon             169.4  169.6  149.6  149.5      13.2     13.4    129.0  128.9  113.7  113.5      13.5     13.6  
 IV-a - Calabarzon                112.6  112.4  106.8  106.6       5.4      5.4    125.9  125.6  115.3  115.1       9.2      9.1  
 IV-b - Mimaropa                  114.1  113.4  108.5  108.5       5.2      4.5    120.3  120.1  113.6  113.3       5.9      6.0  
    V - Bicol                     125.0  125.0  114.3  114.3       9.4      9.4    124.5  124.1  114.9  113.3       8.4      9.5  
   VI - Western Visayas           119.4  119.8  118.6  114.6       0.7      4.5    120.1  119.6  112.4  112.4       6.9      6.4  
  VII - Central Visayas           132.0  131.9  113.2  111.7      16.6     18.1    122.5  122.4  115.5  115.3       6.1      6.2  
 VIII - Eastern Visayas           104.2  103.6   99.0   98.2       5.3      5.5    128.8  127.3  118.7  118.5       8.5      7.4  
   IX - Western Mindanao          109.2  106.9  103.2  101.3       5.8      5.5    125.0  123.7  114.4  113.5       9.3      9.0  
    X - Northern Mindanao         128.2  124.4  115.9  108.1      10.6     15.1    128.2  127.1  115.3  115.3      11.2     10.2  
   XI - Southern Mindanao         121.0  118.7  116.0  111.0       4.3      6.9    132.0  131.2  115.5  114.8      14.3     14.3  
  XII - Central Mindanao          121.4  119.8  109.4  107.7      11.0     11.2    128.2  125.9  116.0  116.0      10.5      8.5  
 XIII - Caraga                    116.3  115.4  104.1r 102.9      11.7     12.1    127.6  124.9  115.9  115.5      10.1      8.1  
 ARMM - Autonomous Region
          in Muslim Mindanao      146.3  141.3  124.6  124.6      17.4     13.4    124.8  124.2  116.5  116.2       7.1      6.9  

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Table 10 (continued)

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                                         Dairy Products                         |           E g g s
Area and Region                                               Inflation Rates(%)|                              Inflation Rates(%)
                                 Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04   Current Previous | Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04   Current Previous 
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Philippines                       141.4  139.7  124.7  124.0      13.4     12.7    117.5  117.7  114.6  113.0       2.5      4.2 

National Capital Region (NCR)     141.2  139.0  125.8  125.0      12.2     11.2    116.6  118.5  124.7  121.6      -6.5     -2.5 

Areas Outside NCR                 141.5  140.0  124.2  123.6      13.9     13.3    117.8  117.4  111.5  110.4       5.7      6.3 

  CAR - Cordillera Administrative
          Region                  145.0  143.7  125.8  125.3      15.3     14.7    115.2  114.7  113.7  111.1       1.3      3.2 
    I - Ilocos                    162.5  159.5  141.5  140.9      14.8     13.2    120.5  119.7  110.0  108.5       9.5     10.3 
   II - Cagayan Valley            135.3  134.2  125.3  124.9       8.0      7.4    124.4  123.7  118.9  117.6       4.6      5.2 
  III - Central Luzon             143.5  141.3  124.2  123.6      15.5     14.3    115.3  114.5  108.3  107.8r      6.5      6.2 
 IV-a - Calabarzon                138.5  137.0  121.0  120.7      14.5     13.5    110.2  110.0  106.2  105.0       3.8      4.8 
 IV-b - Mimaropa                  138.5  137.0  126.3  125.7       9.7      9.0    112.7  112.2  110.8  110.4       1.7      1.6 
    V - Bicol                     140.8  140.1  125.9  125.3      11.8     11.8    119.0  119.0  115.5  114.8       3.0      3.7 
   VI - Western Visayas           131.0  130.2  113.0  112.0      15.9     16.3    111.1  111.4  105.8  105.5       5.0      5.6 
  VII - Central Visayas           145.8  145.1  135.3  134.8       7.8      7.6    118.9  119.0  113.4  112.2       4.9      6.1 
 VIII - Eastern Visayas           140.5  137.6  124.2  123.9      13.1     11.1    120.7  121.5  116.6  114.3       3.5      6.3 
   IX - Western Mindanao          146.6  145.9  121.9  121.2      20.3     20.4    123.9  123.7  118.0  117.8       5.0      5.0 
    X - Northern Mindanao         140.5  137.8  120.7  120.4      16.4     14.5    130.3  129.9  123.6  120.7       5.4      7.6 
   XI - Southern Mindanao         139.2  138.0  116.9  115.1      19.1     19.9    127.8  128.0  112.6  111.3      13.5     15.0 
  XII - Central Mindanao          137.7  136.7  123.4  122.1      11.6     12.0    124.5  123.7  113.4  112.1       9.8     10.3 
 XIII - Caraga                    144.9  142.9  125.8  124.7      15.2     14.6    118.2  118.0  112.6r 111.9       5.0      5.5 
 ARMM - Autonomous Region
          in Muslim Mindanao      139.7  138.8  124.1  124.1      12.6     11.8    127.0  126.5  120.8  119.7       5.1      5.7 

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Table 10 (continued)

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                                            F i s h                             |    Fruits and Vegetables
Area and Region                                              Inflation Rates(%) |                              Inflation Rates(%)
                                 Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04  Current Previous  | Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04   Current Previous 
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Philippines                       127.0  126.8  116.7  116.0      8.8      9.3     112.9  115.6  105.1  105.7       7.4      9.4

National Capital Region (NCR)     120.3  119.8  111.9  112.0      7.5      7.0      98.4  101.2   94.0   93.8       4.7      7.9

Areas Outside NCR                 128.7  128.6  117.9  117.0      9.2      9.9     118.1  120.8  109.1  109.9       8.2      9.9

  CAR - Cordillera Administrative
          Region                  115.9  114.2  108.0  108.0      7.3      5.7     129.7  136.0  116.1  115.4      11.7     17.9
    I - Ilocos                    128.7  126.6  117.5  116.7      9.5      8.5     106.3  110.7   98.0   99.3       8.5     11.5
   II - Cagayan Valley            121.4  120.7  114.1  113.9      6.4      6.0     117.6  118.0  101.6  104.3      15.7     13.1
  III - Central Luzon             125.9  126.6  118.0  114.9      6.7     10.2     114.4  118.3  102.8  103.5      11.3     14.3
 IV-a - Calabarzon                131.9  131.6  120.9  121.4      9.1      8.4     108.7  112.3  103.0  101.9       5.5     10.2
 IV-b - Mimaropa                  122.9  123.1  112.1  111.1      9.6     10.8     117.2  119.2  107.5  107.7       9.0     10.7
    V - Bicol                     126.3  127.2  115.8  114.8      9.1     10.8     116.0  117.8  106.0  106.7       9.4     10.4
   VI - Western Visayas           121.8  121.5  113.3  111.5      7.5      9.0     118.9  120.7  113.5  115.0       4.8      5.0
  VII - Central Visayas           139.4  140.3  126.2  125.3     10.5     12.0     136.0  138.8  125.9  126.2       8.0     10.0
 VIII - Eastern Visayas           126.0  125.7  115.3  114.9      9.3      9.4     121.0  120.7  113.7  114.5       6.4      5.4
   IX - Western Mindanao          121.6  123.6  109.3  110.6     11.3     11.8     127.1  131.4  118.6  121.4       7.2      8.2
    X - Northern Mindanao         129.4  130.2  119.6  118.5      8.2      9.9     120.8  123.5  113.2  118.3       6.7      4.4
   XI - Southern Mindanao         137.6  135.1  120.9  120.0     13.8     12.6     125.6  129.1  118.3  119.7       6.2      7.9
  XII - Central Mindanao          126.1  125.9  116.3  114.5      8.4     10.0     118.8  120.2  109.9  110.2       8.1      9.1
 XIII - Caraga                    134.7  134.3  122.6r 123.0r     9.9      9.2     119.8  119.9  106.9  108.9      12.1     10.1
 ARMM - Autonomous Region
          in Muslim Mindanao      136.4  135.9  121.7  120.0     12.1     13.3     132.6  132.6  124.1  123.4       6.8      7.5

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Table 10 (continued)

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                                             M e a t                            |      Miscellaneous Foods
Area and Region                                              Inflation Rates(%) |                             Inflation Rates(%)
                                 Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04  Current Previous  | Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04  Current Previous 
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Philippines                       127.4  126.7  117.8  116.4      8.1      8.8     120.9  120.4  113.9  113.5      6.1      6.1 

National Capital Region (NCR)     125.8  124.9  116.9  116.7      7.6      7.0     117.5  117.6  114.7  114.4      2.4      2.8 

Areas Outside NCR                 128.1  127.5  118.2  116.2      8.4      9.7     122.4  121.7  113.6  113.1      7.7      7.6 

  CAR - Cordillera Administrative
          Region                  126.1  124.6  116.8  113.6      8.0      9.7     113.1  113.6  106.9  106.4r     5.8      6.8 
    I - Ilocos                    135.1  134.5  123.2  119.5      9.7     12.6     130.4  129.5  113.9  113.7     14.5     13.9 
   II - Cagayan Valley            126.5  125.6  113.7  111.0     11.3     13.2     137.5  137.1  126.3  126.0      8.9      8.8 
  III - Central Luzon             128.2  127.8  119.8  119.3      7.0      7.1     122.3  122.2  111.4  110.7      9.8     10.4 
 IV-a - Calabarzon                126.6  126.1  120.8  117.1      4.8      7.7     114.1  114.1  109.6  109.1      4.1      4.6 
 IV-b - Mimaropa                  126.1  125.6  112.6  112.7     12.0     11.4     120.0  119.6  111.6  110.9      7.5      7.8 
    V - Bicol                     127.4  127.0  116.9  114.8      9.0     10.6     127.3  126.7  118.9  118.0      7.1      7.4 
   VI - Western Visayas           124.0  123.3  112.9  112.1      9.8     10.0     121.8  121.3  113.2  113.0      7.6      7.3 
  VII - Central Visayas           129.7  128.7  116.4  114.8     11.4     12.1     140.2  134.2  129.3  129.1      8.4      4.0 
 VIII - Eastern Visayas           123.8  123.5  114.1  112.9      8.5      9.4     116.7  115.4  110.1  109.9      6.0      5.0 
   IX - Western Mindanao          128.2  127.7  114.2  113.4     12.3     12.6     122.3  121.9  111.7  110.8      9.5     10.0 
    X - Northern Mindanao         128.6  127.5  114.0  111.6r    12.8     14.2     117.8  116.5  110.5  110.4r     6.6      5.5 
   XI - Southern Mindanao         127.8  127.6  116.4  116.0      9.8     10.0     129.4  129.2  114.5  114.0     13.0     13.3 
  XII - Central Mindanao          133.4  132.7  121.5  119.0      9.8     11.5     121.8  121.9  112.6  112.3      8.2      8.5 
 XIII - Caraga                    127.3  127.0  118.7  118.0      7.2      7.6     124.7  124.3  112.2r 111.9r    11.1     11.1 
 ARMM - Autonomous Region
          in Muslim Mindanao      144.1  143.2  126.3  124.5     14.1     15.0     126.5  125.1  117.1  115.8      8.0      8.0 

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Table 10 (concluded)

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                                       Meals Eaten Outside
Area and Region                                              Inflation Rates(%)
                                 Mar-05 Feb-05 Mar-04 Feb-04  Current Previous 
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Philippines                       120.5  119.9  115.5  115.3      4.3      3.9

National Capital Region (NCR)     115.2  115.2  114.9  114.9      0.3      0.3

Areas Outside NCR                 123.6  122.6  115.8  115.5      6.7      6.1

  CAR - Cordillera Administrative
          Region                  107.7  107.6  103.4  102.9      4.2      4.6
    I - Ilocos                    128.4  126.5  118.6  118.5      8.3      6.8
   II - Cagayan Valley            169.1  168.6  149.6  149.6     13.0     12.7
  III - Central Luzon             121.5  121.4  111.5  111.2      9.0      9.2
 IV-a - Calabarzon                113.6  113.6  109.7  109.1      3.6      4.1
 IV-b - Mimaropa                  123.6  123.6  114.9  114.7      7.6      7.8
    V - Bicol                     137.3  136.4  130.3  129.6      5.4      5.2
   VI - Western Visayas           125.3  124.9  116.7  116.7      7.4      7.0
  VII - Central Visayas           154.0  143.8  140.4  140.4      9.7      2.4
 VIII - Eastern Visayas           118.1  115.4  110.0  110.0      7.4      4.9
   IX - Western Mindanao          126.7  126.7  118.8  118.5      6.6      6.9
    X - Northern Mindanao         113.1  112.4  107.7  107.6      5.0      4.5
   XI - Southern Mindanao         124.0  123.9  116.3  116.3      6.6      6.5
  XII - Central Mindanao          119.1  119.1  109.7  109.6      8.6      8.7
 XIII - Caraga                    137.3  136.5  118.8  118.8     15.6     14.9
 ARMM - Autonomous Region
          in Muslim Mindanao      143.2  142.8  130.0  129.9     10.2      9.9

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  April 5, 2005

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