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| March 2008 External Trade Performance Report
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JANUARY TO MARCH 2008 TOTAL TRADE STANDS AT $27.141 BILLION
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March 2008 |
| Total
trade |
US$ 27.141 Billion |
| Balance of
trade |
Surplus posted US$ (928 million) |
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March 2008 |
February 2008 |
| Total
imports |
US$ 5,121
B |
US$ 4,491
B |
| Top five imports for
the month |
Electronic products
Mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials
Transport equipment
Cereal and cereal preparations
Industrial machinery and equipment |
| Top sources of
imports for the month |
Singapore, USA, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan
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| March 2008 Report on the Country's Merchandise Exports
Performance ... |
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MARCH 2008 MERCHANDISE EXPORTS DECLINE BY 6.8 PERCENT
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March 2008 |
February 2008 |
January 2008 |
| Total
Exports |
US$ 4.181
B |
US$ 4.112
B |
US$ 3.241
B |
Top five export
winners
for the month |
Electronic products
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Cathodes and sections of cathodes of refined copper
Woodcrafts and furniture
Petroleum products |
Top five trading
partners
for the month |
Japan, USA, People's Republic of China, Hongkong, Netherlands |
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| April 2008 Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Index
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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CPI OF FBT AND NON-FBT ITEMS, APRIL 2008
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April
2008 |
March
2008 |
April
2007 |
Seasonally Adjsuted CPI of FBT
Items
NCR
AONCR |
143.5
149.7 |
140.0
144.7 |
129.2
134.2 |
Seasonally Adjusted CPI of Non-FBT
Items
NCR
AONCR |
159.2
152.8 |
156.3
152.2 |
151.2
144.7 |
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| April 2008 CPI levels ... |
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8.3 PERCENT INFLATION RATE IN APRIL 2008
National Estimates
(2000-based) |
March
2008 |
February
2008 |
March
2007 |
2007
Average |
Consumer
Price Index
Philippines
National
Capital Region
Areas outside
NCR |
151.6
152.9
140.0 |
148.6
149.8
142.3 |
140.0
148.1
139.0 |
141.8
144.4
140.6 |
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| January 2008 Labor Force figures now out... |
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7.4 PERCENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JANUARY 2008
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January 2008 |
January 2007 |
| Total population 15
years old and over (In thousand) |
57,389 |
56,145 |
| Labor force
(Percent) |
63.4 |
64.8 |
| Employment (Percent) |
92.6 |
92.2 |
| Unemployment(Percent) |
7.4 |
7.8 |
| Underemployment
(Percent) |
18.9 |
21.5 |
Estimates are preliminary and are subject to change.
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| March 2008 Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected
Industries... |
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YEAR-ON-YEAR
GROWTH RATES OF VALUE OF PRODUCTION INDEX (VAPI)
TOTAL
MANUFACTURING (1994/2000=100)
| Total Manufacturing |
March
2008 |
February
2008 |
| Year-on-Year
Growth |
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| Production
Index |
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| Value
(VaPI) |
-5.0 |
-7.4r |
| Volume
(VoPI) |
-5.9 |
-6.3r |
| Producer's Price
Index |
0.9r |
1.0r |
| Average Capacity
Utilization |
80.2 |
80.2r | r -revised
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| Third Quarter 2006 Merchandise Exports and Imports
Indexes Prices and Volumes ... |
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PERCENT
CHANGE IN MERCHANDISE TRADE INDICES:
3rdTHIRD QUARTER, 2006
| Index |
Year-on-Year |
Quarter-on-Quarter |
3rd
Quarter
2006 |
2nd
Quarter
2006 |
3rd
Quarter
2006 |
2nd
Quarter
2006 |
| Value index |
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| Exports |
16.6 |
19.6 |
5.3 |
8.6 |
| Imports |
10.0 |
16.5 |
1.9 |
19.9 |
| Price index |
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| Exports |
-8.7 |
1.6 |
-7.3 |
-9.5 |
| Imports |
4.0 |
11.7 |
5.6 |
0.0 |
| Quantity index |
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| Exports |
27.7 |
17.7 |
13.7 |
20.3 |
| Imports |
6.1 |
4.5 |
-3.7 |
19.9 |
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| Employment Situation January 2007 (Final Results)
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The number of persons in the labor force, or those who are either employed or unemployed was estimated at 36.4 million in January 2007.
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| 2006 Survey on Overseas Filipinos |
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The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2006 reached 1.52 million.
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| External Trade Performance - March 2008 |
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Total external trade in goods for January to March 2008 reached $27.141 billion, representing an 11.4 percent increment from $24.361 billion during the 3-month period in 2007.
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| Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries - March 2008 |
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Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry, after posting a year-on-year increase of 7.4 percent in February 2008, shrank by 5.0 percent in March 2008, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI).
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| Female OFWs are Younger compared to Male OFWs (Results from the 2007 Survey on Overseas Filipinos)
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The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who worked abroad at anytime during the period April to September 2007 was registered at 1.75 million.
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| Fetal Death Statistics: 2005
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Registered fetal deaths in 2005 increased by 15.8 percent to 10,351 from last year's 8,935. This represented an average of 28 fetuses who died per day.
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| Marriage Statistics: 2005
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A total of 518,595 marriages were reported in 2005, a decrease of 10.9 percent from previous year?s 582,281.
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| Final Foreign Trade Statistics (January to December 2007)
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A total of 518,595 marriages were reported in 2005, a decrease of 10.9 percent from previous year's 582,281.
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| Merchandise Export Performance - March 2008
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Export earnings in March 2008 went down by 6.8 percent to $4.181 billion from $4.487 billion in March 2007 while first quarter receipts from merchandise exports slightly inched-up by 2.7 percent to $12.524 billion from $12.201 billion during the first quarter in 2007.
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| Seasonally Adjusted Consumer Price Index - April 2008
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The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR were correspondingly higher at 143.9 and 149.6 in April from their respective March levels of 140.6 and 144.6.
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| Inflation Rates and Consumer Price Index - April 2008
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The 11.4 percent acceleration in the annual adjustments in the prices of the heavily weighted food, beverages and tobacco (FBT) items raised the year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines to 8.3 percent in April from 6.4 percent in March.
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| Official Population Count reveals...
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Final results of the latest Census of Population (POPCEN 2007) conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO) placed the Philippine population at 88,574,614 persons as of August 1, 2007.
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| Employment Rate estimated at 92.6 percent in January 2008
(January 2008 LFS Results) |
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Final results of the latest Census of Population (POPCEN 2007) conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO) placed the Philippine population at 88,574,614 persons as of August 1, 2007.
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| Advisory: NSO to collect Payment for Documentary Stamp Tax beginning May 1, 2008
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In compliance with Sections 173 and 188 of the Tax Code and Revenue Memorandum Order No. 13-2008 dated March 31, 2008, the NSO shall collect an additional FIFTEEN PESOS (Php15.00) as payment for.....
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