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VOLUME 9 NO. 2

ISSN 2094-6198

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY

April-June 2015

Explanatory Notes

The Non-Food and Industrial Crops Quarterly Bulletin provides updates on production of abaca, coconut, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, and tobacco. These crops are highlighted in the report on the Performance of Agriculture that the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) releases quarterly.

The 2nd quarter 2015 issue of the Bulletin presents the final estimates of production for January-March 2015 and the preliminary estimates for April-June 2015. Also, it contains the preliminary estimates of area planted for permanent crops, area harvested for temporary crops, and number of bearing trees for the period January-June 2015. The data contained herein are the results of the Quarterly Crop Production Survey (CrPS) of the PSA and the Quarterly Coconut Production Survey (QCPS) of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and PSA. Data on canes milled are sourced from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA).

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Figure 1. Abaca production by region, Philippines, April-June 2015

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April-June 2015 Production Abaca

During the period April-June 2015, production of abaca fibers grew by 2.5 percent, from 18.95 thousand MT in 2014 to 19.42 thousand MT in 2015. These were attributed to the following factors: o favorable weather for stripping, increased demand and good price

in Catanduanes, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur, Negros Oriental, and Bukidnon; and

o additional harvest areas in Davao provinces and in Lanao del Sur.

Production in some areas decreased due to the following factors: o effect of typhoon “Ruby” and “Seniang” in Eastern Samar and

Northern Samar; and o occurrence of bunchy top disease in some abaca farms in the

municipalities of Dolores, Maslog, and Taft in Eastern Samar and in Bontoc, Sogod, Saint Bernard, and City of Maasin in Southern Leyte.

In Aklan, harvesting slowed down due to lesser purchases from traders in Iloilo and Manila.

Bicol Region was the top abaca producer at 8.29 thousand MT representing 42.7 percent share to the national output. Eastern Visayas followed with 19.9 percent share and Davao Region, 10.7 percent.

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Figure 2. Coconut production by region, Philippines, April-June 2015

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Coconut

The April-June 2015 production of coconut at 3.41 million MT was 0.8 percent below the 2014 level of 3.43 million MT. The decrease was brought about by the cutting of old trees in Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental and the effect of the following disturbances:

o typhoon “Glenda” in Laguna, Batangas, and Quezon;

o typhoon “Ruby” and “Seniang” in Eastern Samar and Northern

Samar;

o Coconut Scale Insect (CSI) infestation in some areas in Batangas,

Laguna, Cavite, Basilan, and Camarines Sur;

o lesser nuts developed due to intense heat/insufficient soil moisture

in Bohol; and

o effect of dry spell in Zamboanga Sibugay, North Cotabato, and

Sarangani.

Higher production reported in some areas were due to: o additional number of bearing trees in Zamboanga del Norte and

Palawan; and o recovery of coconut trees from the damages brought by typhoon

“Yolanda” in Capiz, Antique, Iloilo, and Aklan.

The top coconut producing regions were Davao Region, Northern

Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Autonomous Region in Muslim

Mindanao (ARMM), and Eastern Visayas (Figure 2). These regions had

a collective output of 2.01 million MT and comprised 59.0 percent share

to the total coconut production.

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Figure 3. Coffee production by region, Philippines, April-June 2015

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Coffee

From April to June 2015, total production of dried coffee berries dropped by 5.7 percent, from 9.47 thousand MT in 2014 to 8.93 thousand MT in 2015. Production of Arabica coffee decreased by 7.7 percent; Excelsa, 7.1 percent; Liberica, 19.6 percent; and Robusta, 4.4 percent. These can be attributed to the following: o cutting of old and less productive trees and effect of dry spell

in Sultan Kudarat; o effect of heavy rains during flowering of the crop and shifting of some

areas to pineapple production and different varieties of banana in Cavite; and

o shifting of some areas to production of Cavendish banana in Compostela Valley and to lakatan, latundan, and cacao in Davao City.

SOCCSKSARGEN topped all the coffee producing regions at 4.29 thousand

MT contributing 48.0 percent to the national output. This was followed

by Davao Region at 16.7 percent, and ARMM by 15.2 percent (Figure 3).

For January-June 2015, area planted to coffee was recorded at 113.02

thousand hectares, 3.1 percent below the 2014 level of 116.59 thousand

hectares. Similarly, number of bearing trees dropped by 4.1 percent,

from 79.54 million in 2014 to 76.25 million.

Figure 4. Coffee: Percent distribution of production by variety, Philippines, April-June 2015

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Arabica 27.3%

Excelsa 11.5%

Liberica

0.5%

Robusta 60.7%

Figure 5. Rubber production by region, Philippines, April-June 2015

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Rubber

Production of rubber cup lump was estimated at 119.48 thousand MT in April-June 2015. It dropped by 1.1 percent from last year‘s 120.77 thousand MT due to the following: o production in North Cotabato went down by 15.2 percent, from

37.86 thousand MT in 2014 to 32.11 thousand MT in 2015 due to drying-up of some rubber trees, lesser tapping due to dry spell, and low buying price of rubber cup lump;

o effect of dry spell in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte; and

o some less productive trees in Bukidnon were cut due to low buying price of rubber cup lump.

On the other hand, increase in number of tappable trees resulted to higher output in Basilan by 15.0 percent, from 28.87 thousand MT in 2014 to 33.20 thousand MT in 2015.

The top rubber cup lump producers and their shares to the national output were Zamboanga Peninsula at 44.01 thousand MT; ARMM, 33.49 thousand MT; and SOCCSKSARGEN, 32.31 thousand MT. These regions had a collective output of 109.81 thousand MT and comprised 92.0 percent of the national rubber production (Figure 5).

In January-June 2015, area planted to rubber reached 218.29 thousand hectares, 10.8 percent more than the 2014 level of 196.95 thousand hectares. Likewise, number of tappable trees increased by 13.1 percent, from 48.36 million trees in 2014 to 54.70 million MT.

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Figure 6. Sugarcane production by region, Philippines, April-June 2015

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Sugarcane

The April-June 2015 production of sugarcane for all uses dropped by

15.4 percent, from 3.17 million MT in 2014 to 2.68 million MT in 2015

attributed to the following factors:

o decrease in yield due to lesser fertilizer usage in Negros Occidental

and Capiz; o effect of dry spell in Negros Occidental, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental;

o shifting of some areas to production of Cavendish banana in Davao

del Sur.

Higher production were noted in Batangas and Bukidnon due to

expansion in area harvested.

Of the total sugarcane production, the share intended for centrifugal

sugar was at 93.6 percent.

Western Visayas, the top sugarcane producer at 1.23 million MT represented 45.8 percent to total sugarcane production during the reference period. CALABARZON followed with 16.9 percent and Northern Mindanao, 16.6 percent (Figure 5).

For January-June 2015, area planted to sugarcane was recorded at 275.65 thousand hectares, 2.2 percent smaller than last year’s 281.83 thousand hectares.

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Figure 7.Tobacco production by region, Philippines, April-June 2015

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Tobacco

The April-June 2015 production of tobacco at 42.21 thousand MT was 13.0 percent lower than last year’s 48.50 thousand MT.

Virginia tobacco production decreased by 2.1 percent, from 19.56 thousand MT in 2014 to 19.15 thousand MT in 2015.

Ilocos Norte largely affects the decline in Virginia tobacco attributed to insufficient soil moisture and shifting to production of garlic, eggplant, and pepper due to better price.

Production of Native tobacco at 7.31 thousand MT was 20.1 percent below the 2014 level of 9.14 thousand MT attributed to the decrease in area planted in Isabela and Cagayan.

For other varieties of tobacco which were mostly Burley, production dropped by 20.4 percent, from 19.80 thousand MT last year to 15.76 thousand MT this year. This could be attributed to decrease in area planted due to limited financial assistance to farmers in Isabela and Occidental Mindoro.

Ilocos was the top tobacco producing region of the country at 28.09 thousand MT and shared 66.6 percent to total tobacco production. Cagayan Valley ranked second with 27.5 percent share.

For January-June 2015, Ilocos Region recorded the largest area planted at 23.22 thousand hectares representing 72.6 percent to the total area planted to tobacco at 31.97 thousand hectares.

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Figure 8. Tobacco: Percent distribution of production by variety, Philippines, April-June 2015

Virginia 45.4%

Native 17.3%

Others 37.3%

STATISTICAL TABLES

Jan-Mar Apr-Jun2014 2015F 2014 2015P 2015/2014 2015/2014

Production (MT)

Abaca 15,297 15,767 18,950 19,420 3.1 2.5 Coconut 3,337,797 3,353,863 3,433,514 3,405,725 0.5 (0.8) Mature 3,253,713 3,269,447 3,353,521 3,324,394 0.5 (0.9) Young 84,084 84,417 79,993 81,331 0.4 1.7 Coffee 26,342 23,105 9,473 8,933 (12.3) (5.7) Arabica 4,759 4,250 2,644 2,441 (10.7) (7.7) Excelsa 1,745 1,645 1,103 1,025 (5.7) (7.1) Liberica 127 117 60 48 (7.6) (19.6) Robusta 19,711 17,093 5,666 5,419 (13.3) (4.4) Rubber 66,618 52,217 120,769 119,480 (21.6) (1.1) Sugarcane (cane) for: 12,301,043 11,946,130 3,168,016 2,680,531 (2.9) (15.4) Centrifugal sugar 12,028,783 11,692,454 2,978,879 2,507,817 (2.8) (15.8) Ethanol 187,524 169,317 136,470 124,516 (9.7) (8.8) Panocha/Muscovado 81,385 81,104 50,821 46,456 (0.3) (8.6) Chewing 234 221 230 207 (5.4) (10.2) Basi/Vinegar 3,116 3,033 1,616 1,536 (2.7) (4.9) Tobacco 11,936 12,299 48,501 42,207 3.0 (13.0) Native 175 160 9,143 7,306 (8.8) (20.1) Virginia 11,630 12,027 19,561 19,146 3.4 (2.1) Others 131 112 19,797 15,756 (14.3) (20.4)

P-PreliminaryF-Final

Table 1. Non-Food and Industrial Crops: Production, Philippines,

January-March 2014-2015F and April-June 2014-2015P % Change

CropProduction (MT)

January-March April-June

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% Change2015/2014

Area (has)

Abaca 132,692 133,985 1.0 Coconut 3,446,724 3,504,346 1.7 Coffee 116,591 113,023 (3.1) Arabica 18,900 18,717 (1.0) Excelsa 8,439 7,999 (5.2) Liberica 1,277 1,282 0.4 Robusta 87,975 85,025 (3.4) Rubber 196,946 218,292 10.8 Sugarcane (cane) for: 281,828 275,650 (2.2) Centrifugal sugar 271,456 265,960 (2.0) Ethanol 8,210 7,594 (7.5) Panocha/Muscovado 2,001 1,940 (3.1) Chewing 41 39 (6.1) Basi/Vinegar 120 117 (2.3) Tobacco 35,301 31,973 (9.4) Native 5,442 4,267 (21.6) Virginia 21,036 20,607 (2.0) Others 8,822 7,099 (19.5)

Number of bearing trees

Coconut 325,792,656 327,991,557 0.7 Coffee 79,538,134 76,249,687 (4.1) Arabica 13,215,270 12,799,592 (3.1) Excelsa 5,059,234 4,740,472 (6.3) Liberica 853,260 851,961 (0.2) Robusta 60,410,370 57,857,661 (4.2) Others - Rubber* 48,358,530 54,696,459 13.1

P-Preliminary*Tappable trees

2014

Table 2. Non-Food and Industrial Crops: Area and number of bearing trees,

Philippines, January-June 2014-2015P

CropJanuary-June

2015P

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Jan-Mar Apr-Jun

2014 2015F 2014 2015P 2015/2014 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 15,297 15,767 18,950 19,420 3.1 2.5

CAR 1 3 - -

Ilocos Region - -

Cagayan Valley - -

Central Luzon 20 26 29 29 32.0 2.5

CALABARZON 1 0.5 3 - 422.9

MIMAROPA 35 37 48 38 7.1 (20.4)

Bicol Region 6,813 7,266 8,086 8,293 6.6 2.6

Western Visayas 417 399 384 371 (4.5) (3.5)

Central Visayas 140 144 128 158 2.9 23.3

Eastern Visayas 2,857 2,826 3,978 3,856 (1.1) (3.1)

Zamboanga Peninsula 148 128 151 155 (13.3) 2.9

Northern Mindanao 631 640 927 954 1.5 2.9

Davao Region 1,667 1,745 2,062 2,087 4.7 1.3

SOCCSKSARGEN 227 232 242 237 2.6 (2.0)

Caraga 1,026 1,083 1,572 1,818 5.5 15.6

ARMM 1,316 1,242 1,341 1,422 (5.6) 6.0

P-Preliminary

F-Final

April-June

% Change

January-March 2014-2015F and April-June 2014-2015P

Table 3. Abaca: Volume of production by region, Philippines,

RegionProduction (MT)

January-March

Jan-Mar Apr-Jun

2014 2015F 2014 2015P 2015/2014 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 3,337,797 3,353,863 3,433,514 3,405,725 0.5 (0.8)

CAR 223 237 363 364 6.3 0.3

Ilocos Region 10,827 10,219 6,980 6,903 (5.6) (1.1)

Cagayan Valley 18,799 19,278 18,676 19,673 2.6 5.3

Central Luzon 34,388 37,391 58,918 60,043 8.7 1.9

CALABARZON 262,260 243,977 263,403 249,396 (7.0) (5.3)

MIMAROPA 107,136 113,242 161,113 170,758 5.7 6.0

Bicol Region 283,369 259,257 226,353 221,495 (8.5) (2.1)

Western Visayas 91,140 96,161 84,199 97,473 5.5 15.8

Central Visayas 92,502 86,792 118,858 114,168 (6.2) (3.9)

Eastern Visayas 248,464 242,357 282,713 272,130 (2.5) (3.7)

Zamboanga Peninsula 415,461 421,772 401,564 425,958 1.5 6.1

Northern Mindanao 419,272 429,296 440,181 441,269 2.4 0.2

Davao Region 582,899 596,539 592,438 561,427 2.3 (5.2)

SOCCSKSARGEN 262,367 282,160 268,166 259,359 7.5 (3.3)

Caraga 187,555 179,418 203,881 199,526 (4.3) (2.1)

ARMM 321,135 335,766 305,708 305,783 4.6 0.02

P-Preliminary

F-Final

Table 4. Coconut: Volume of production by region, Philippines,




% Change

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Jan-Mar Apr-Jun

2014 2015F 2014 2015P 2015/2014 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 26,342 23,105 9,473 8,933 (12.3) (5.7)

CAR 3,902 3,895 400 392 (0.2) (2.0)

Ilocos Region 1 54 51 #DIV/0! (5.6)

Cagayan Valley 697 699 47 44 0.2 (5.7)

Central Luzon 1,406 1,444 137 140 2.7 2.2

CALABARZON 4,310 1,962 200 100 (54.5) (50.1)

MIMAROPA 35 34 68 64 (3.3) (4.9)

Bicol Region 86 80 35 34 (6.8) (2.4)

Western Visayas 954 954 20 21 0.0 2.07

Central Visayas 144 141 1 1 (2.0) (26.3)

Eastern Visayas 3 3 25 22 (21.3) (12.5)

Zamboanga Peninsula 125 131 187 193 4.3 2.8

Northern Mindanao 1,953 1,947 502 490 (0.3) (2.3)

Davao Region 2,746 2,727 1,571 1,491 (0.7) (5.1)

SOCCSKSARGEN 8,048 7,103 4,623 4,286 (11.7) (7.3)

Caraga 11 12 262 246 6.9 (6.2)

ARMM 1,922 1,973 1,340 1,359 2.6 1.4

P-Preliminary

F-Final

Table 5. Coffee: Volume of production by region, Philippines,



% Change


Jan-Mar Apr-Jun

2014 2015F 2014 2015P 2015/2014 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 66,618 52,217 120,769 119,480 (21.6) (1.1)

CAR - -

Ilocos Region - -

Cagayan Valley - -

Central Luzon - -

CALABARZON 23 6 20 10 (75.0) (51.3)

MIMAROPA 25 27 21 33 9.2 56.4

Bicol Region - -

Western Visayas - -

Central Visayas 3 10 8 8 266.3 3.7

Eastern Visayas - -

Zamboanga Peninsula 25,383 25,166 44,087 44,009 (0.9) (0.2)

Northern Mindanao 794 827 3,322 3,248 4.2 (2.2)

Davao Region 1,797 1,847 2,253 2,466 2.8 9.4

SOCCSKSARGEN 33,233 19,452 38,084 32,308 (41.5) (15.2)

Caraga 1,976 1,828 3,818 3,909 (7.5) 2.4

ARMM 3,383 3,054 29,155 33,489 (9.7) 14.9

P-Preliminary

F-Final

Table 6. Rubber: Volume of production by region, Philippines,



% Change


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Jan-Mar Apr-Jun

2014 2015F 2014 2015P 2015/2014 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 11,936 12,299 48,501 42,207 3.0 (13.0)

CAR 706 914 551 570 29.4 3.6

Ilocos Region 11,125 11,305 28,948 28,093 1.6 (3.0)

Cagayan Valley 2 15,968 11,625 #DIV/0! (27.2)

Central Luzon 30 10 (65.4) -

CALABARZON - -

MIMAROPA 1 1 2,701 1,501 (8.5) (44.4)

Bicol Region - -

Western Visayas 11 12 264 255 1.8 (3.4)

Central Visayas 2 1 8 8 (43.2) 0.9

Eastern Visayas 1 1 1 1 (24.4) (24.8)

Zamboanga Peninsula 17 16 2 4 (4.4) 72.7

Northern Mindanao 15 20 45 138 33.3 206.2

Davao Region 5 4 3 3 (6.3) (5.2)

SOCCSKSARGEN 13 12 10 9 (5.7) (7.5)

Caraga - -

ARMM 10 1 0.2 0.1 (91.0) (33.3)

P-Preliminary

F-Final


Table 8. Tobacco: Volume of production by region, Philippines,

January-MarchRegionProduction (MT) % Change

April-June

Jan-Mar Apr-Jun

2014 2015F 2014 2015P 2015/2014 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 12,301,043 11,946,130 3,168,016 2,680,531 (2.9) (15.4)

CAR 46,855 48,974 1,385 1,271 4.5 (8.2)

Ilocos Region 16,683 16,845 1,575 1,615 1.0 2.6

Cagayan Valley 299,606 292,589 136,402 141,070 (2.3) 3.4

Central Luzon 585,668 474,890 325 125 (18.9) (61.5)

CALABARZON 1,237,438 1,143,118 323,589 452,946 (7.6) 40.0

MIMAROPA -

Bicol Region 168,651 130,768 67,648 83,998 (22.5) 24.2

Western Visayas 5,793,276 5,627,938 1,566,363 1,228,258 (2.9) (21.6)

Central Visayas 1,315,362 1,310,636 406,516 243,156 (0.36) (40.2)

Eastern Visayas 103,731 138,319 162,487 7 33.3 (100.0)

Zamboanga Peninsula 32 11 91 21 (65.6) (76.7)

Northern Mindanao 2,080,500 2,001,379 329,178 445,868 (3.8) 35.4

Davao Region 238,424 169,875 7,844 38,811 (28.8) 394.8

SOCCSKSARGEN 374,050 520,628 160,651 36,069 39.2 (77.5)

Caraga 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 (25.5) (11.5)

ARMM 40,767 70,160 3,962 7,314 72.1 84.6

P-Preliminary

F-Final

Table 7. Sugarcane: Volume of production by region, Philippines,



% Change


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