Table 9. Regional Month-on-Month Inflation Rates of Selected Food Items, April and March 2009
(2000 = 100)
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C e r e a l s | R i c e | C o r n
Area and Region Percent Change | Percent Change | Percent Change
Apr Mar Current Previous | Apr Mar Current Previous | Apr Mar Current Previous
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Philipines 174.2 173.9 0.2 2.1 173.1 172.9 0.1 1.8 185.7 184.3 0.8 4.4
National Capital Region (NCR) 158.4 159.3 -0.6 0.3 158.7 159.7 -0.6 0.3 130.5 130.5 0.0 0.0
Areas Outside NCR 176.4 176.0 0.2 2.3 175.3 175.0 0.2 2.0 186.7 185.3 0.8 4.5
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 177.2 175.3 1.1 1.3 177.8 175.9 1.1 1.4 139.7 138.5 0.9 0.6
I - Ilocos 180.0 178.6 0.8 1.8 180.4 179.0 0.8 1.9 151.8 150.3 1.0 0.1
II - Cagayan Valley 183.9 182.7 0.7 0.2 185.8 184.5 0.7 0.2 143.0 143.0 0.0 0.6
III - Central Luzon 167.5 167.9 -0.2 1.1 166.9 167.3 -0.2 1.1 208.1 211.0 -1.4 1.6
IV-a - Calabarzon 162.4 161.9 0.3 0.2 162.6 162.0 0.4 0.1 146.2 148.4 -1.5 3.9
IV-b - Mimaropa 175.8 172.5 1.9 2.4 175.8 172.5 1.9 2.4 178.1 175.4 1.5 1.0
V - Bicol 172.3 174.7 -1.4 2.5 173.5 176.2 -1.5 2.7 159.9 158.0 1.2 0.0
VI - Western Visayas 173.3 174.0 -0.4 2.8 174.8 175.8 -0.6 2.7 144.8 140.5 3.1 4.3
VII - Central Visayas 179.4 179.7 -0.2 0.4 174.0 174.4 -0.2 0.0 190.7 190.6 0.1 1.2
VIII - Eastern Visayas 193.0 191.8 0.6 1.9 195.1 193.8 0.7 1.8 155.0 155.2 -0.1 2.0
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 174.0 172.6 0.8 5.1 172.3 170.6 1.0 4.9 177.8 177.1 0.4 5.2
X - Northern Mindanao 187.4 185.9 0.8 6.4 177.9 176.7 0.7 3.6 210.4 208.2 1.1 12.3
XI - Davao 186.2 186.0 0.1 4.1 183.8 184.2 -0.2 4.1 194.6 192.4 1.1 4.5
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 175.4 175.0 0.2 5.4 172.0 171.8 0.1 5.5 206.9 204.6 1.1 5.1
XIII - Caraga 182.1 178.5 2.0 3.4 180.4 177.2 1.8 3.1 197.5 191.0 3.4 6.1
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 189.4 189.1 0.2 2.4 188.3 188.0 0.2 2.5 240.9 240.8 0.0 0.0
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Table 9. (Continued)
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Cereal Preparations | Dairy Products | E g g s
Area and Region Percent Change | Percent Change | Percent Change
Apr Mar Current Previous | Apr Mar Current Previous | Apr Mar Current Previous
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Philipines 181.5 181.2 0.2 0.6 191.3 190.8 0.3 0.5 152.6 153.0 -0.3 0.5
National Capital Region (NCR) 196.8 196.3 0.3 0.7 188.0 187.4 0.3 0.6 154.1 156.8 -1.7 0.1
Areas Outside NCR 176.2 175.9 0.2 0.5 192.6 192.2 0.2 0.5 152.2 151.8 0.3 0.7
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 156.7 156.4 0.2 0.0 209.4 209.0 0.2 0.2 137.5 137.2 0.2 0.4
I - Ilocos 219.0 218.6 0.2 0.5 214.4 214.3 0.0 0.1 153.3 153.2 0.1 1.7
II - Cagayan Valley 156.9 156.9 0.0 0.8 182.1 181.2 0.5 0.7 152.0 151.4 0.4 0.1
III - Central Luzon 170.7 170.6 0.1 0.0 208.0 206.7 0.6 0.2 139.9 141.4 -1.1 1.9
IV-a - Calabarzon 170.0 170.0 0.0 1.0 194.8 194.6 0.1 0.5 142.7 140.1 1.9 2.5
IV-b - Mimaropa 166.0 165.3 0.4 0.3 191.6 191.5 0.1 0.6 153.1 153.2 -0.1 0.5
V - Bicol 167.9 167.4 0.3 0.5 184.6 184.4 0.1 1.0 146.2 147.5 -0.9 -0.3
VI - Western Visayas 157.5 156.8 0.4 0.3 173.8 173.3 0.3 0.2 157.6 156.2 0.9 -2.7
VII - Central Visayas 188.3 188.3 0.0 0.2 183.3 182.9 0.2 1.7 153.7 153.9 -0.1 0.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 205.1 205.0 0.0 0.2 182.8 182.4 0.2 0.6 170.1 169.8 0.2 0.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 199.1 198.5 0.3 1.3 214.2 214.2 0.0 0.1 188.1 188.1 0.0 0.2
X - Northern Mindanao 168.6 168.6 0.0 0.0 192.2 192.2 0.0 0.1 172.6 173.0 -0.2 0.3
XI - Davao 190.2 189.8 0.2 0.8 178.4 178.3 0.1 0.8 166.7 166.4 0.2 0.7
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 176.3 175.9 0.2 0.7 180.0 179.9 0.1 0.1 148.2 147.5 0.5 -0.7
XIII - Caraga 176.0 175.5 0.3 0.2 185.3 184.5 0.4 0.1 160.9 158.2 1.7 -0.8
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 186.1 186.1 0.0 0.2 192.1 192.0 0.1 0.1 177.5 177.1 0.2 -0.4
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Table 9 (continued)
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F i s h | Fruits and Vegetables | M e a t
Area and Region Percent Change | Percent Change | Percent Change
Apr Mar Current Previous | Apr Mar Current Previous | Apr Mar Current Previous
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Philipines 158.5 157.9 0.4 -0.6 145.2 146.1 -0.6 -1.9 154.7 154.5 0.1 0.6
National Capital Region (NCR) 134.5 134.0 0.4 -0.9 120.6 119.7 0.8 -1.1 153.2 153.3 -0.1 0.5
Areas Outside NCR 164.6 164.0 0.4 -0.6 154.0 155.5 -1.0 -2.3 155.3 155.0 0.2 0.6
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 133.6 133.2 0.3 0.2 147.8 148.8 -0.7 -1.5 148.7 148.5 0.1 0.2
I - Ilocos 155.3 157.7 -1.5 1.3 127.6 129.6 -1.5 -0.3 162.6 161.1 0.9 0.6
II - Cagayan Valley 152.6 151.7 0.6 0.7 143.5 146.7 -2.2 -2.7 152.8 152.3 0.3 0.7
III - Central Luzon 148.5 147.6 0.6 -0.5 139.5 136.8 2.0 -3.0 156.6 156.8 -0.1 0.3
IV-a - Calabarzon 162.0 161.7 0.2 -1.0 131.7 131.6 0.1 -4.8 151.7 151.7 0.0 1.0
IV-b - Mimaropa 154.7 157.4 -1.7 -1.7 143.9 145.6 -1.2 -1.7 159.1 158.5 0.4 0.4
V - Bicol 154.0 152.8 0.8 -1.8 138.5 141.2 -1.9 -3.8 160.0 159.6 0.3 0.7
VI - Western Visayas 170.8 170.3 0.3 -2.3 162.7 166.7 -2.4 -0.4 148.8 148.9 -0.1 0.5
VII - Central Visayas 181.7 180.1 0.9 -0.7 197.8 201.5 -1.8 -0.9 154.6 153.7 0.6 0.0
VIII - Eastern Visayas 164.1 163.2 0.6 0.1 172.3 173.7 -0.8 0.1 154.0 153.3 0.5 0.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 158.1 159.4 -0.8 1.4 168.3 169.4 -0.6 -2.4 152.1 152.0 0.1 0.5
X - Northern Mindanao 181.3 179.6 0.9 -1.6 175.8 179.8 -2.2 -4.2 159.0 158.7 0.2 0.7
XI - Davao 183.6 180.8 1.5 0.7 171.4 175.3 -2.2 -1.4 155.4 153.7 1.1 0.4
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 166.1 164.4 1.0 0.1 163.7 167.2 -2.1 -1.6 161.1 160.6 0.3 0.3
XIII - Caraga 197.0 197.5 -0.3 0.4 180.1 183.5 -1.9 -1.8 162.7 161.2 0.9 -0.1
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 183.7 183.7 0.0 -0.5 208.2 207.9 0.1 -0.7 184.3 181.7 1.4 0.9
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Table 9 (concluded)
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Miscellaneous Foods | Meals Eaten Outside
Area and Region Percent Change | Percent Change
Apr Mar Current Previous | Apr Mar Current Previous
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Philipines 151.6 151.4 0.1 0.1 145.8 145.4 0.3 0.3
National Capital Region (NCR) 149.5 148.7 0.5 0.2 143.1 142.1 0.7 0.0
Areas Outside NCR 152.6 152.6 0.0 0.1 147.4 147.3 0.1 0.5
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 142.9 143.1 -0.1 -0.5 120.7 120.7 0.0 0.1
I - Ilocos 155.2 155.3 -0.1 -0.1 143.6 143.6 0.0 0.0
II - Cagayan Valley 166.3 166.0 0.2 0.2 194.1 194.1 0.0 0.3
III - Central Luzon 152.2 152.0 0.1 -0.2 141.0 141.0 0.0 0.1
IV-a - Calabarzon 141.0 141.3 -0.2 0.6 140.0 140.0 0.0 1.0
IV-b - Mimaropa 148.5 148.0 0.3 0.0 147.2 145.9 0.9 0.2
V - Bicol 157.8 157.2 0.4 0.5 161.3 160.4 0.6 0.9
VI - Western Visayas 152.6 152.4 0.1 -0.1 143.1 142.6 0.4 0.1
VII - Central Visayas 166.8 167.3 -0.3 0.2 173.1 173.0 0.1 0.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 155.6 155.9 -0.2 -0.2 161.0 161.0 0.0 0.0
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 159.6 159.3 0.2 -1.5 150.5 150.5 0.0 0.1
X - Northern Mindanao 152.9 153.0 -0.1 -0.5 142.1 141.9 0.1 0.2
XI - Davao 163.8 164.3 -0.3 0.1 145.3 145.3 0.0 0.0
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 154.4 154.2 0.1 0.0 151.4 151.3 0.1 0.3
XIII - Caraga 164.2 163.5 0.4 -0.2 179.5 177.8 1.0 0.8
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 179.4 178.9 0.3 0.2 209.0 209.0 0.0 0.0
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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: May 5, 2009
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