Table A. Comparative Summary Statistics on Building Construction: Third Quarter 2004 and 2003

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Region                Number        |  Floor Area(per square meter) |    Value(in thousand pesos)     |  Average Cost Per Square Meter
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           | Percent |           |
             Change |  2004 |  2003 |  Change |     2004 |     2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003
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Philippines    4.46  23,540  22,536      7.71  3,434,353  3,188,594     19.08  22,718,524  19,077,850     10.56       6,615       5,983

NCR          -10.75   3,046   3,413     17.30  1,001,810    854,029     18.92   8,198,087   6,893,775      1.38       8,183       8,072
CAR          -14.66     227     266    -18.19     44,326     54,184    -21.43     267,154     340,021     -3.96       6,027       6,275
   I           6.86   1,761   1,648      2.93    183,096    177,885     14.37     982,960     859,457     11.11       5,369       4,832
  II           7.55     527     490     14.48     76,960     67,226     52.69     511,924     335,275     33.38       6,652       4,987
 III          -1.94   2,219   2,263     -2.53    320,310    328,623      3.48   1,874,167   1,811,185      6.16       5,851       5,511
IV-A          16.31   5,070   4,359      4.84    643,526    613,827     12.63   4,318,588   3,834,381      7.43       6,711       6,247
IV-B           1.37     371     366     35.96     59,307     43,620     41.87     319,490     225,193      4.35       5,387       5,163
   V          -9.52     684     756     17.57     99,847     84,924     29.25     556,383     430,485      9.93       5,572       5,069
  VI           9.34   1,042     953     -3.31    165,782    171,460     61.32   1,481,294     918,220     66.85       8,935       5,355
 VII         -15.62   2,166   2,567     -8.58    241,493    264,161     -2.72   1,244,098   1,278,839      6.42       5,152       4,841
VIII          12.60     563     500     -1.78     57,500     58,540     36.06     375,162     275,739     38.52       6,525       4,710
  IX         -35.50     327     507    -29.67     34,639     49,250     -6.17     189,410     201,855     33.41       5,468       4,099
   X          45.99   1,603   1,098     46.12    152,805    104,575    111.00     798,411     378,392     44.40       5,225       3,618
  XI          19.97   2,367   1,973     30.16    214,402    164,719     46.17     904,797     619,019     12.30       4,220       3,758
 XII          -6.30     461     492     -6.67     57,789     61,920      3.43     304,913     294,805     10.82       5,276       4,761
ARMM         688.89      71       9    151.65      2,368        941    136.08       6,903       2,924     -6.19       2,915       3,107
Caraga        18.15   1,035     876    -11.63     78,393     88,710      1.72     384,783     378,285     15.10       4,908       4,264

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Table A.  (continued)

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Region                Number        |   Floor Area(per square meter)|    Value(in thousand pesos)     |  Average Cost Per Square Meter
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           | Percent |           |
             Change |  2004 |  2003 |  Change |     2004 |     2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003
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Philippines    6.88  16,086  15,050      2.35  1,915,159  1,871,194     13.19  11,283,512   9,968,824     10.59       5,892       5,328

NCR          -10.25   1,445   1,610    -18.93    372,426    459,397     -4.10   3,217,370   3,354,803     18.30       8,639       7,303
CAR          -10.06     161     179    -11.81     27,358     31,021      7.63     176,192     163,695     22.05       6,440       5,277
   I           6.05   1,438   1,356      2.94    144,094    139,977     10.50     681,868     617,099      7.34       4,732       4,409
  II          12.77     468     415      6.82     50,402     47,186     14.21     242,953     212,734      6.92       4,820       4,508
 III           6.54   1,581   1,484     10.24    178,815    162,203     24.40   1,013,690     814,866     12.84       5,669       5,024
IV-A          27.00   4,069   3,204     18.32    417,181    352,575     24.70   2,435,343   1,953,037      5.38       5,838       5,539
IV-B          -6.45     232     248     10.81     27,547     24,859     46.87     155,876     106,129     32.54       5,659       4,269
   V         -25.04     431     575      5.58     64,005     60,622      8.45     292,085     269,335      2.71       4,563       4,443
  VI           9.76     776     707      5.10    119,933    114,118     39.02     822,270     591,457     32.28       6,856       5,183
 VII         -17.36   1,442   1,745     -8.22    163,817    178,486     -1.67     768,877     781,943      7.13       4,694       4,381
VIII         -14.92     325     382    -26.76     33,836     46,196    -14.61     168,160     196,933     16.58       4,970       4,263
  IX         -31.52     176     257    -36.04     18,123     28,337    -23.40      84,430     110,224     19.77       4,659       3,890
   X          44.77     928     641     42.05     83,122     58,518     59.59     328,541     205,867     12.35       3,953       3,518
  XI          25.39   1,778   1,418     40.25    138,923     99,052     67.26     583,210     348,683     19.26       4,198       3,520
 XII         -16.15     296     353      1.31     21,439     21,161     28.93      99,661      77,299     27.26       4,649       3,653
ARMM         940.00      52       5    230.43      1,672        506    241.59       4,895       1,433      3.38       2,928       2,832
Caraga         3.61     488     471     11.68     52,466     46,980     27.44     208,091     163,287     14.11       3,966       3,476

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Table A.  (continued)

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Region                Number        |  Floor Area(per square meter) |    Value(in thousand pesos)     |  Average Cost Per Square Meter
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           | Percent |           |
             Change |  2004 |  2003 |  Change |     2004 |     2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003
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Philippines   -8.45   2,721   2,972     19.79  1,370,791  1,144,333     28.26   8,910,533   6,947,214      7.07       6,500       6,071

NCR          -29.50     392     556     72.54    586,492    339,907     56.02   3,830,702   2,455,297     -9.58       6,532       7,223
CAR          -14.58      41      48    -21.25     12,284     15,599    -13.94      67,233      78,119      9.29       5,473       5,008
   I          -8.98     152     167     -8.08     30,922     33,639     -2.02     183,121     186,899      6.59       5,922       5,556
  II         -20.00      44      55     39.81     26,092     18,662    125.21     259,002     115,007     61.08       9,926       6,163
 III         -14.84     465     546     -3.98    133,583    139,122     -6.01     752,251     800,377     -2.12       5,631       5,753
IV-A         -10.61     413     462    -22.00    167,262    214,441    -21.45   1,178,304   1,500,137      0.70       7,045       6,996
IV-B          26.92      99      78     82.95     31,690     17,322     43.02     161,598     112,988    -21.82       5,099       6,523
   V           0.00      84      84     44.70     33,171     22,924     81.16     212,203     117,138     25.19       6,397       5,110
  VI          -5.93     127     135    -11.33     45,379     51,178    157.44     593,936     230,711    190.34      13,088       4,508
 VII         -17.00     205     247    -12.20     72,497     82,566    -15.28     380,789     449,486     -3.52       5,252       5,444
VIII          96.23     104      53    105.17     22,099     10,771    201.67     167,605      55,559     47.03       7,584       5,158
  IX         -52.70      35      74      3.52     15,692     15,158     25.67      87,030      69,253     21.39       5,546       4,569
   X          21.24     137     113     51.82     66,793     43,995    194.45     414,809     140,876     93.95       6,210       3,202
  XI          46.67     198     135     15.07     72,621     63,112     17.33     292,752     249,508      1.97       4,031       3,953
 XII          11.46     107      96    -12.85     33,816     38,800     -5.00     185,919     195,697      9.01       5,498       5,044
ARMM         150.00       5       2    115.65        496        230     55.66       1,650       1,060    -27.82       3,327       4,609
Caraga        -6.61     113     121    -46.08     19,902     36,907    -25.10     141,629     189,102     38.89       7,116       5,124

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Table A.  (concluded)

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                                                      ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS/REPAIRS
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Region                Number        |   Floor Area(per square meter)|    Value(in thousand pesos)     |  Average Cost Per Square Meter
            Percent |       |       | Percent |          |          | Percent |           |           | Percent |           |
             Change |  2004 |  2003 |  Change |     2004 |     2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003 |  Change |      2004 |      2003
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Philippines    4.85   4,733   4,514    -14.25    148,403    173,067     16.78   2,524,479   2,161,812     36.18      17,011      12,491

NCR           -3.05   1,209   1,247    -21.62     42,892     54,725      6.12   1,150,015   1,083,675     35.40      26,812      19,802
CAR          -35.90      25      39    -38.08      4,684      7,564    -75.84      23,729      98,207    -60.98       5,066      12,983
   I          36.80     171     125     89.27      8,080      4,269    112.72     117,971      55,459     12.39      14,600      12,991
  II         -25.00      15      20    -66.18        466      1,378     32.32       9,969       7,534    291.28      21,393       5,467
 III         -25.75     173     233    -71.02      7,912     27,298    -44.77     108,226     195,942     90.57      13,679       7,178
IV-A         -15.15     588     693     26.22     59,083     46,811     84.92     704,941     381,207     46.51      11,931       8,144
IV-B           0.00      40      40    -95.14         70      1,439    -66.82       2,016       6,076    582.08      28,800       4,222
   V          74.23     169      97     93.83      2,671      1,378     18.37      52,095      44,012    -38.93      19,504      31,939
  VI          25.23     139     111    -92.38        470      6,164    -32.24      65,088      96,052    788.71     138,485      15,583
 VII          -9.74     519     575     66.58      5,179      3,109     99.18      94,432      47,410     19.57      18,234      15,249
VIII         106.15     134      65     -0.51      1,565      1,573     69.47      39,397      23,247     70.34      25,174      14,779
  IX         -34.09     116     176    -85.68        824      5,755    -19.79      17,950      22,378    460.22      21,784       3,888
   X          56.40     538     344     40.16      2,890      2,062     73.97      55,061      31,649     24.13      19,052      15,349
  XI          -6.90     391     420     11.86      2,858      2,555     38.44      28,835      20,828     23.77      10,089       8,152
 XII          34.88      58      43     29.35      2,534      1,959    -11.35      19,333      21,809    -31.47       7,629      11,133
ARMM         600.00      14       2        -         200        205        -          358         431        -        1,790          -
Caraga        52.82     434     284     24.92      6,025      4,823     35.40      35,063      25,896      8.39       5,820       5,369

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  January 28,2005
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