Table 9. Regional Month-on-Month Inflation Rates of Selected Food Items, May and April 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
May Apr Current Previous | May Apr Current Previous | May Apr Current Previous
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Philipines 174.2 174.2 0.0 0.2 173.1 173.1 0.0 0.1 186.0 185.7 0.2 0.8
National Capital Region (NCR) 158.8 158.4 0.3 -0.6 159.1 158.7 0.3 -0.6 130.5 130.5 0.0 0.0
Areas Outside NCR 176.4 176.4 0.0 0.2 175.3 175.3 0.0 0.2 187.0 186.7 0.2 0.8
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 173.0 177.2 -2.4 1.1 173.4 177.8 -2.5 1.1 147.5 139.7 5.6 0.9
I - Ilocos 180.0 180.0 0.0 0.8 180.4 180.4 0.0 0.8 151.6 151.8 -0.1 1.0
II - Cagayan Valley 185.3 183.9 0.8 0.7 187.2 185.8 0.8 0.7 143.1 143.0 0.1 0.0
III - Central Luzon 166.7 167.5 -0.5 -0.2 166.0 166.9 -0.5 -0.2 216.9 208.1 4.2 -1.4
IV-a - Calabarzon 163.1 162.4 0.4 0.3 163.3 162.6 0.4 0.4 146.4 146.2 0.1 -1.5
IV-b - Mimaropa 175.9 175.8 0.1 1.9 175.9 175.8 0.1 1.9 178.1 178.1 0.0 1.5
V - Bicol 170.1 172.3 -1.3 -1.4 171.0 173.5 -1.4 -1.5 159.9 159.9 0.0 1.2
VI - Western Visayas 173.4 173.3 0.1 -0.4 174.8 174.8 0.0 -0.6 147.8 144.8 2.1 3.1
VII - Central Visayas 180.1 179.4 0.4 -0.2 174.5 174.0 0.3 -0.2 191.6 190.7 0.5 0.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 193.1 193.0 0.1 0.6 195.2 195.1 0.1 0.7 155.2 155.0 0.1 -0.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 174.0 174.0 0.0 0.8 172.4 172.3 0.1 1.0 177.7 177.8 -0.1 0.4
X - Northern Mindanao 187.5 187.4 0.1 0.8 177.7 177.9 -0.1 0.7 211.4 210.4 0.5 1.1
XI - Davao 185.7 186.2 -0.3 0.1 184.2 183.8 0.2 -0.2 191.0 194.6 -1.8 1.1
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 177.8 175.4 1.4 0.2 174.7 172.0 1.6 0.1 206.8 206.9 0.0 1.1
XIII - Caraga 181.1 182.1 -0.5 2.0 179.5 180.4 -0.5 1.8 196.0 197.5 -0.8 3.4
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 191.4 189.4 1.1 0.2 190.3 188.3 1.1 0.2 243.4 240.9 1.0 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
May Apr Current Previous | May Apr Current Previous | May Apr Current Previous
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Philipines 181.6 181.5 0.1 0.2 191.6 191.3 0.2 0.3 152.6 152.6 0.0 -0.3
National Capital Region (NCR) 196.9 196.8 0.1 0.3 188.1 188.0 0.1 0.3 151.0 154.1 -2.0 -1.7
Areas Outside NCR 176.3 176.2 0.1 0.2 193.1 192.6 0.3 0.2 153.1 152.2 0.6 0.3
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 156.8 156.7 0.1 0.2 209.6 209.4 0.1 0.2 138.1 137.5 0.4 0.2
I - Ilocos 219.1 219.0 0.0 0.2 214.6 214.4 0.1 0.0 153.4 153.3 0.1 0.1
II - Cagayan Valley 156.9 156.9 0.0 0.0 182.5 182.1 0.2 0.5 152.0 152.0 0.0 0.4
III - Central Luzon 171.0 170.7 0.2 0.1 208.1 208.0 0.0 0.6 143.5 139.9 2.6 -1.1
IV-a - Calabarzon 169.9 170.0 -0.1 0.0 195.7 194.8 0.5 0.1 143.2 142.7 0.4 1.9
IV-b - Mimaropa 166.0 166.0 0.0 0.4 192.0 191.6 0.2 0.1 152.9 153.1 -0.1 -0.1
V - Bicol 168.5 167.9 0.4 0.3 185.4 184.6 0.4 0.1 146.8 146.2 0.4 -0.9
VI - Western Visayas 157.5 157.5 0.0 0.4 174.5 173.8 0.4 0.3 158.5 157.6 0.6 0.9
VII - Central Visayas 188.6 188.3 0.2 0.0 184.4 183.3 0.6 0.2 153.7 153.7 0.0 -0.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 204.8 205.1 -0.1 0.0 182.9 182.8 0.1 0.2 170.0 170.1 -0.1 0.2
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 199.1 199.1 0.0 0.3 214.2 214.2 0.0 0.0 189.1 188.1 0.5 0.0
X - Northern Mindanao 168.5 168.6 -0.1 0.0 192.2 192.2 0.0 0.0 173.8 172.6 0.7 -0.2
XI - Davao 190.8 190.2 0.3 0.2 178.9 178.4 0.3 0.1 166.6 166.7 -0.1 0.2
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 176.6 176.3 0.2 0.2 180.2 180.0 0.1 0.1 147.9 148.2 -0.2 0.5
XIII - Caraga 175.6 176.0 -0.2 0.3 185.3 185.3 0.0 0.4 160.4 160.9 -0.3 1.7
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 186.5 186.1 0.2 0.0 192.8 192.1 0.4 0.1 177.3 177.5 -0.1 0.2
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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
May Apr Current Previous | May Apr Current Previous | May Apr Current Previous
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Philipines 158.8 158.5 0.2 0.4 147.4 145.2 1.5 -0.6 154.2 154.7 -0.3 0.1
National Capital Region (NCR) 134.0 134.5 -0.4 0.4 127.3 120.6 5.6 0.8 151.8 153.2 -0.9 -0.1
Areas Outside NCR 165.1 164.6 0.3 0.4 154.6 154.0 0.4 -1.0 155.2 155.3 -0.1 0.2
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 138.3 133.6 3.5 0.3 150.9 147.8 2.1 -0.7 149.8 148.7 0.7 0.1
I - Ilocos 155.2 155.3 -0.1 -1.5 128.5 127.6 0.7 -1.5 162.2 162.6 -0.2 0.9
II - Cagayan Valley 153.5 152.6 0.6 0.6 145.0 143.5 1.0 -2.2 153.5 152.8 0.5 0.3
III - Central Luzon 147.8 148.5 -0.5 0.6 141.4 139.5 1.4 2.0 155.5 156.6 -0.7 -0.1
IV-a - Calabarzon 163.6 162.0 1.0 0.2 134.1 131.7 1.8 0.1 150.8 151.7 -0.6 0.0
IV-b - Mimaropa 155.1 154.7 0.3 -1.7 143.1 143.9 -0.6 -1.2 160.0 159.1 0.6 0.4
V - Bicol 155.4 154.0 0.9 0.8 139.7 138.5 0.9 -1.9 160.0 160.0 0.0 0.3
VI - Western Visayas 170.7 170.8 -0.1 0.3 163.6 162.7 0.6 -2.4 149.2 148.8 0.3 -0.1
VII - Central Visayas 181.9 181.7 0.1 0.9 194.7 197.8 -1.6 -1.8 155.1 154.6 0.3 0.6
VIII - Eastern Visayas 165.5 164.1 0.9 0.6 170.9 172.3 -0.8 -0.8 155.1 154.0 0.7 0.5
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 160.1 158.1 1.3 -0.8 168.3 168.3 0.0 -0.6 151.9 152.1 -0.1 0.1
X - Northern Mindanao 181.4 181.3 0.1 0.9 177.6 175.8 1.0 -2.2 159.2 159.0 0.1 0.2
XI - Davao 181.7 183.6 -1.0 1.5 168.2 171.4 -1.9 -2.2 156.6 155.4 0.8 1.1
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 164.8 166.1 -0.8 1.0 163.4 163.7 -0.2 -2.1 161.4 161.1 0.2 0.3
XIII - Caraga 197.3 197.0 0.2 -0.3 177.5 180.1 -1.4 -1.9 163.3 162.7 0.4 0.9
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 183.8 183.7 0.1 0.0 207.5 208.2 -0.3 0.1 184.4 184.3 0.1 1.4
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Table 9 (concluded)
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Miscellaneous Foods | Meals Eaten Outside
Area and Region Percent Change | Percent Change
May Apr Current Previous | May Apr Current Previous
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Philipines 151.8 151.6 0.1 0.1 145.9 145.8 0.1 0.3
National Capital Region (NCR) 149.5 149.5 0.0 0.5 143.1 143.1 0.0 0.7
Areas Outside NCR 152.9 152.6 0.2 0.0 147.5 147.4 0.1 0.1
CAR - Cordillera Administrative
Region 143.2 142.9 0.2 -0.1 120.7 120.7 0.0 0.0
I - Ilocos 155.7 155.2 0.3 -0.1 143.6 143.6 0.0 0.0
II - Cagayan Valley 166.9 166.3 0.4 0.2 194.7 194.1 0.3 0.0
III - Central Luzon 152.5 152.2 0.2 0.1 141.3 141.0 0.2 0.0
IV-a - Calabarzon 141.0 141.0 0.0 -0.2 140.0 140.0 0.0 0.0
IV-b - Mimaropa 148.3 148.5 -0.1 0.3 147.9 147.2 0.5 0.9
V - Bicol 158.2 157.8 0.3 0.4 162.1 161.3 0.5 0.6
VI - Western Visayas 153.2 152.6 0.4 0.1 143.3 143.1 0.1 0.4
VII - Central Visayas 167.0 166.8 0.1 -0.3 173.2 173.1 0.1 0.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 156.1 155.6 0.3 -0.2 161.0 161.0 0.0 0.0
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 159.9 159.6 0.2 0.2 150.5 150.5 0.0 0.0
X - Northern Mindanao 153.9 152.9 0.7 -0.1 142.1 142.1 0.0 0.1
XI - Davao 164.5 163.8 0.4 -0.3 145.4 145.3 0.1 0.0
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 154.5 154.4 0.1 0.1 151.7 151.4 0.2 0.1
XIII - Caraga 164.7 164.2 0.3 0.4 179.7 179.5 0.1 1.0
ARMM - Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao 179.9 179.4 0.3 0.3 209.1 209.0 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: June 5, 2009
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