The total duck production from October to December 2020 was estimated at 7.91 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This was 3.7 percent higher than the previous year’s same quarter output of 7.63 thousand metric tons, liveweight.

The total chicken production from October to December 2020 was estimated at 484.36 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This was lower by -7.9 percent compared with the previous year’s same quarter output of 526.10 thousand metric tons, liveweight.

The total hog production from October to December 2020 was estimated at 515.05 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This was -13.8 percent lower compared with the previous year’s same quarter output of 597.51 thousand metric tons, liveweight.

The total goat production from October to December 2020 was estimated at 20.55 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This was -0.8 percent lower compared with the previous year’s same quarter output of 20.71 thousand metric tons, liveweight.

The total cattle production from October to December 2020 was estimated at 69.15 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This was lower by -7.6 percent relative to the previous year’s same quarter output of 74.85 thousand metric tons, liveweight.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) continues its implementation of Step 2 Registration for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) through a gradual, small-scale basis. Step 2 involves validating supporting documents and capturing…

The total carabao production from October to December 2020 was estimated at 35.19 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This was -17.3 percent lower than the previous year’s same quarter output of 42.54 thousand metric tons, liveweight.

At the country level, the seasonally adjusted CPI for all items inched up to 0.9 percent in January 2021, from 0.8 percent in December 2020.

The country’s inflation for the bottom 30% income households accelerated further to 4.9 percent in January 2021. This was the highest inflation recorded since February 2019. In December 2020, inflation for this income group of consumers was posted…

Headline inflation in the Philippines continued its uptrend as it went up further to 4.2 percent at the beginning of 2021.