Total external trade in goods for January to May 2002 amounted to $26.842 billion or 3.0 percent higher than $26.055 billion in 2001. The bill for foreign-made merchandise increased by 3.3 percent to $13.067 billion from $12.646 billion. Likewise,…

Palawan, the largest province in the Philippines in terms of land area, registered a total population of 755,412 persons based on the results of the 2000 Census of Population and Housing (Census 2000). This figure translated to an annual population…

The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT in NCR and AONCR correspondingly increased to 150.6 and 155.5 in June from their respective May levels of 150.4 and 155.3.

The population of Batanes, as of May 1, 2000, stood at 16,467 persons. This was higher by 1,441 persons or 9.6 percent compared to the 1990 figure or almost twice the population of the province in 1903. The population of Batanes declined at the rate…

Year-on-year inflation decelerated to 3.0 percent in June from 3.6 percent in May as the inflation rates of all the commodity groups slowed down. This is the lowest rate registered since January 2000. Inflation a year ago was 6.7 percent.

Total housing expenditures was reported at P272.3 billion in 2000, an increase of 26.2 percent from P215.8 billion in 1997. This translates to P17,833 housing expenditures for each family in 2000. Adjusted for the 22.0 percent inflation measured…

Registered earnings for May 2002 increased by 12.2 percent to $2.917 billion from $2.600 billion during the same month a year earlier. Receipts from merchandise exports for January to May 2002 went up by 2.7 percent to $13.774 billion from $13.410…

The Census 2000 results showed that Bukidnon reached a million population (1,060,415 persons) from 940,403 persons in the 1995 Census of Population. This figure recorded a 2.61 percent annual population growth rate, from a growth rate of 2.05…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) gains strength For April 2002, Value of Production Index (VaPI) of the manufacturing industry posted an increase of 14.8 percent compared with year ago figure, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly…

The population of Butuan City, as of May 2000 was 267,279 persons. This was up by 20,205 persons as compared to 247,074 persons in 1995. The population growth rate of Butuan City had been continuously declining since 1980 to 1995. From a growth rate…