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Goat Situation Report, July-September 2023

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The volume of goat production from July to September 2023 was recorded at 17.75 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This indicates an annual increase of 0.1 percent from the 17.72 thousand metric tons, liveweight output in the same period of 2022. (Figure 1)

Central Visayas was the top producer of goat with 2.27 thousand metric tons, liveweight or 12.8 percent share to the total goat production during the reference quarter. Completing the top five regions with the highest volume of goat production at liveweight in the third quarter of 2023 were the following:

a.    Ilocos Region, 2.23 thousand metric tons;   
b.    BARMM 1.97 thousand metric tons;   
c.    Northern Mindanao, 1.82 thousand metric tons; and   
d.    Davao Region, 1.78 thousand metric tons.

These regions accounted for 56.8 percent of the country’s total goat production during the quarter.                                      
Relative to their outputs in the same quarter of 2022, 10 regions registered increments in their production during the reference quarter. In terms of level, Western Visayas registered the highest increase of 0.16 thousand metric tons, from 1.50 thousand metric tons in the third quarter of 2022 to 1.66 thousand metric tons this third quarter of 2023.