The volume of goat production in the second quarter of 2018 was 2.08 percent lower than last year’s record of 18,067 metric tons, liveweight. (Table 1) Nine (9) regions posted decreases in production. Four (4) of the major producing regions, which were Central Visayas (20.09%), Central Luzon (18.75%), Davao Region (4.89%), and Western Visayas (0.30%) recorded decline in output. The combined shares of these regions was 37.56 percent of the country’s total goat production.