ISSN 2094-6198

Explanatory Notes

The Non-Food and Industrial Crops Quarterly Bulletin provides updates on production of major non-food and industrial crops namely, abaca, coconut, coffee, rubber, sugarcane and tobacco. These crops are highlighted in the report on the Performance of Agriculture which is released quarterly by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS).

This 2nd quarter 2012 issue of the Bulletin provides final estimates of production in January-March 2012 and preliminary estimates in April-June 2012. Also featured are the January-June 2012 preliminary estimates on area planted and number of bearing trees for permanent crops, and area harvested for temporary crops. The data on area and bearing trees are collected on a semi-annual basis

Area, production and number of bearing trees data are based on the results of the Quarterly Crop Production Survey (CrPS) of the BAS, Quarterly Coconut Production Survey (QCPS) of the Philippine Coconut Authority and BAS. 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 2012

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Production

April-June 2012

Abaca

o Abaca production in the 2nd quarter of 2012 at 20.25 thousand mt output went up by 3.44 percent from 19.57 thousand mt in 2011.

Improved weather in Bicol Region which increased production in the region by 5.54% to 7.33 thousand mt from 6.95 thousand mt in 2011.

Production in Aklan increased by 149.75% or 345.92 mt due to the expansion of area planted and planting materials provided by the FIDA thru the LGU.

High demand for abaca fibers in Manila induced harvesting in Iloilo and Negros Oriental.

o Bicol Region recorded the highest production at 7.33 thousand mt or

36.21 percent of the total abaca fiber output of the country. This was

followed by Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) with 5.89 thousand mt or 29.10

percent share and Region Xl (Davao Region) with 2.34 thousand mt or

11.57 percent share (Figure 1).

o Eastern Visayas continued to be infested with mosaic disease and bunchy tops which caused a 0.52 percent or 30.84 mt drop in production.

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Figure 2. Coconut production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2012

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Coconut o Coconut production in the 2nd quarter of 2012 at 3.70 million mt

increased by 5.31 percent from the level of 3.52 million mt in 2011

(Table 1).

o The top coconut producers were Region Xl (Davao Region), Region lX (Zamboanga Peninsula), Region X (Northern Mindanao), Region Vlll (Eastern Visayas), and ARMM (Figure 2).

o Around 97.94 percent of the total coconut production were harvested as

mature nuts while 2.06 percent were young nuts.

o Production estimates of mature and young nuts were 5.23 percent and

9.02 percent higher than their respective levels in April-June 2011.

Zamboanga Peninsula posted the highest increase in production at

13.73 percent or 54.70 thousand mt. This was attributed to the

following:

1) Recovery from stress of coconut crops in Zamboanga del Norte,

and

2) Effect of the fertilization program of PCA in Zamboanga Sibugay.

Northern Mindanao also reported gains in Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental due to improved yield as a result of PCA’s fertilization program.

Additional bearing trees were noted in Misamis Occidental and Camiguin

Sufficient rains improved production in .Bukidnon, Sarangani and Davao Oriental.

Most provinces in the country have recovered from the long dry spell in 2010.

High demand for buko juice increased harvest of young nuts.

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Figure 3. Coffee production by region, Philippines, April-June 2012

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Coffee o Production of coffee in the second quarter of 2012 at 10.10 thousand mt

dropped by 7.56 percent from 10.93 thousand mt in 2011. o Only Liberica variety posted a positive growth at 6.29 percent due to the

effects of rejuvenation process in Batangas and adequate rainfall during fruit development in Cavite.

o Frequent rains and strong winds during the flowering stage caused lower production of Arabica in Quezon by 3.93%, South Cotabato by 6.79% and Sultan Kudarat by 0.35%. Shifting from Arabica Coffee to banana also resulted from lower production in Compostela Valley by 29.53% and in Davao City by 16.77%.

o Early harvest of Excelsa was reported in Cavite. Around 565 mt of the production in the 1st semester were harvested in the 1st quarter which brought down the 2nd quarter production by 48.60 percent.

o Shifting to other crops such as senorita banana in Maragusan, Compostela Valley and banana lakatan and cavendish in Davao City reduced production of Robusta by 5.85 percent or 80.59 mt in Davao Region.

o Less production was reported in Caraga mainly due to the on-going rejuvenation process in coffee farms in Surigao del Sur.

o Among the coffee producing regions in the country, SOCCSKSARGEN was the leading producer with 45.24 percent share in total production. Davao Region and ARMM followed with respective shares of 18.76 percent and 13.77 percent (Figure 3).

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Figure 4. Rubber production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2012

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Rubber

o Rubber cuplump production from April to June 2012 at 117.53 thousand mt increased by 6.12 percent from 110.75 thousand mt in 2011. The output gain was traced to the following:

Increased number of tappable trees

The 9.40 percent increase in production in North Cotabato

Increased output of Basilan which grew by 15 percent

o Rubber continued to be mainly produced in Zamboanga Peninsula, SOCCSKSARGEN and ARMM with shares in national production at 36.75 percent, 30.98 percent and 20.05 percent, respectively. Production of these regions accounted for 88.78 percent of the national output (Figure 4).

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Figure 5. Sugarcane production by region, Philippines, April-June 2012

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Sugarcane o Total production of sugarcane was 3.96 million mt. It went down by 42.55

percent from the 2011 report of 6.90 million mt. The factors that contributed to the decrease were the following:

Less fertilizer usage in Batangas and North Cotabato.

Smaller canes harvested from ratooned sugarcane crops from Iloilo during the second half of 2011.

Movement of harvest as a result of the intensified harvesting/milling in the 4th quarter of 2011 in Cebu and Negros Occidental.

Early completion of harvesting and milling in Bukidnon, May 20, 2012 and in Davao del Sur, April 30, 2012.

Shifting to oil palm production in Maguindanao.

o Western Visayas was the top producer of sugarcane. Its contribution to the national production was 46.44 percent (Figure 5).

o Production of cane for centrifugal sugar which accounted for 98.76 percent of the total sugarcane production dropped by 42.86 percent (Figure 6).

o Production of sugarcane for chewing dropped by 15.77 percent.

o Sugarcane for panocha/ muscovado and basi/ vinegar went up by .72 percent and 6.84 percent, respectively.

centrifugal sugar

98.76%

panocha/muscovado

1.19%

chewing0.01%

basi/vinegar0.04%

Figure 6. Sugarcane: Percent Distribution of Production by Use, Philippines, April-June , 2012

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Figure 7. Tobacco production by region, Philippines, April-June 2012

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Tobacco

o In the second quarter of 2012, production of tobacco was 35.27 thousand mt. It went up by 4.54 percent from the production of 33.74 thousand mt in 2011 (Table 1).

o Virginia tobacco production increased by 8.31 percent or from 10.94

thousand mt in 2011 to 11.85 thousand mt in 2012. This was attributed to the following:

Increase in area planted, shifting from mongo and garlic in Ilocos Norte.

Financial assistance was extended to tobacco farmers in Ilocos Sur by Union Leaf Tobacco Corporation (ULTC)

High price of Virginia tobacco

o Production of other varieties, mostly Burley tobacco, went up by 16.02 percent. From 11.83 thousand mt in 2011, production increased to 13.72 thousand mt. The increase was triggered by the following:

Area planted/harvested increased in Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte due to high price.

Financial assistance was extended to tobacco farmers in La Union by Universal Leaf Philippines Inc and in Isabela by Isabela Leaf.

o Harvest of Native tobacco declined by 11.61 percent because of:

Shifting to Burley in Isabela.

Native tobacco crops in Cagayan were affected by floods.

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Production, Area and Number of Bearing/Mature Trees January-June 2012

Abaca

o Abaca production in the first half of 2012 reached 37.28 thousand mt,

3.07 percent higher than last year’s 36.17 thousand mt (Table 1).

Favorable weather raised production levels in Bicol Region by 731 mt.

High demand and satisfactory price of abaca fibers in Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao induced harvesting in these regions.

High demand for handicrafts due to influx of tourist also increased production in Palawan.

The expansion program in Aklan had also increased production in the province by 612 mt. The program which was jointly undertaken by FIDA and the LGUs included funding for planting materials and techno guide training on extraction and weaving of abaca fibers.

o In the first half of 2012, area planted to abaca expanded by 0.54 percent

to 137.03 thousand hectares from 136.30 thousand hectares in 2011

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Coconut o In January-June 2012, coconut production at 7.32 million mt increased

by 5.49 percent from 6.94 million mt in the same period of 2011. The increase was due to the sufficient rainfall and fertilization program of PCA.

o Area planted to coconut was 3.57 million hectares. It increased by 0.48 percent from the 3.55 million hectares in 2011.

o Number of bearing trees also went up by 1.23 percent or from 340.05 million trees in 2011 to 344.23 million trees.

o Incidence of pest and diseases was also reported, 1) Scale insects in the municipalities of Tanauan, Sto. Tomas,

Lemery, Laurel, Malvar, Agoncillo, Balete and Talisay in Batangas and;

2) Brontispa longissima in Southern Leyte. Coffee o In the first half 2012, production was 41.54 thousand mt. This was 4.41

percent from 39.79 thousand mt in 2011 (Table 1). o Area planted for all varieties at 119.34 thousand hectares went down

by 0.23 percent (Table 2). o The total number of bearing trees

at 82.59 million trees also dropped by 0.64 percent from the 83.12 million trees in 2011 (Table 3).

o Robusta remained as the major variety with 73.21 percent share in total dried berry production in the 1st half of 2011 (Table 1).

Arabica18.22%

Excelsa8.04%

Liberica0.53%

Robusta73.21%

Figure 8. Coffee: Percent Distribution of Production By Variety, Philippines,

January-June , 2012

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Rubber

o From January to June 2012, production of rubber cuplump went up by 6.68 percent. From 172.71 in 2011, it increased to 184.24 thousand mt (Table 1). Increased number of mature trees and frequency of tapping due to satisfactory price of rubber were cited for the increase in production.

o Area planted expanded by 6.16 percent to 168.18 thousand hectares from 158.42 thousand hectares in 2011 (Table 2).

o The number of mature trees grew by 6.57 percent to 42.53 million trees from 39.90 million trees in 2011 (Table 3).

Sugarcane

o Sugarcane production during the 1st half of 2012 at 15.82 million mt went down by 19.45 percent (Table 1).

o Similarly, area harvested at 286.60 thousand hectares went down by 5.82 percent (Table 2).

Production of cane for processing to centrifugal sugar in 2012 was recorded at 15.69 million mt. This was 19.58 percent lower than the previous year’s record of 19.51 million mt.

Production of sugarcane for chewing also dropped by 9.30 percent.

Production of sugarcane for other uses improved; panocha/muscovado by 0.29 percent and basi/vinegar by 1.64 percent.

There was no reported production for sugarcane for ethanol processing during the period.

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Tobacco o In the first half of 2012, production of tobacco of all varieties was

estimated at 46.26 thousand mt. This was 3.79 percent above the 2011 production of 44.57 thousand mt.

o Production of Native variety which was cultivated throughout the year, decreased by 11.40 percent.

o Production of Virginia and Other varieties, mostly Burley, which are traditionally, harvested in the 1st half of the year, increased by 4.96 percent and 15.89 percent, respectively (Table 1).

o Satisfactory price of tobacco last year, availability of seedlings and support from financiers motivated farmers to plant 33.26 thousand hectares to tobacco in 2012. This was 3.99 percent more than the area harvested of 31.98 thousand hectares in 2011.

o From January to June 2012, Virginia tobacco had 48.67 percent share in

the total production (Figure 9).

Native21.39%

Virginia48.67%

Others29.94%

Figure 9 . Tobacco: Percent Distribution of Production By Variety, Philippines,

January-June , 2012

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TABLES

Table 1. Non-Food and Industrial Crops: Production (mt), Philippines, January-June and April-June 2011-2012P

Jan-Jun Apr-Jun2011F 2012P 2011F 2012P 2012/2011 2012/2011

Production (MT)

Abaca 36,171.91 37,283.00 19,572.92 20,246.36 3.07 3.44 Coconut 6,937,290.89 7,318,290.04 3,515,521.89 3,702,130.74 5.49 5.31 Coffee 39,786.47 41,541.35 10,928.83 10,103.05 4.41 (7.56) Arabica 7,712.63 7,569.88 2,795.65 2,752.97 (1.85) (1.53) Excelsa 3,331.57 3,341.62 1,392.26 1,242.37 0.30 (10.77) Liberica 218.51 218.46 74.43 79.12 (0.02) 6.29 Robusta 28,523.76 30,411.39 6,666.49 6,028.59 6.62 (9.57) Rubber 172,706.00 184,243.48 110,754.39 117,532.92 6.68 6.12 Sugarcane (cane) for: 19,644,610.76 15,824,513.68 6,897,154.12 3,962,246.80 (19.45) (42.55) Centrifugal sugar 19,511,698.00 15,691,228.00 6,848,515.00 3,913,234.00 (19.58) (42.86) Panocha/muscovado 128,047.20 128,417.21 46,935.67 47,274.52 0.29 0.72 Chewing 702.27 636.97 361.11 304.17 (9.30) (15.77) Basi/Vinegar 4,163.29 4,231.49 1,342.35 1,434.11 1.64 6.84 Tobacco 44,567.10 46,256.49 33,736.24 35,266.88 3.79 4.54 Native 11,168.64 9,895.18 10,966.18 9,693.06 (11.40) (11.61) Virginia 21,446.88 22,511.00 10,942.95 11,852.28 4.96 8.31 Others 11,951.59 13,850.31 11,827.12 13,721.54 15.89 16.02

P-Preliminary

F-Final

Crop% ChangeProduction

January-June April-June

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Table 2. Non-food and Industrial Crops: Area Planted/Harvested, Philippines, 2010-2011, January-June 2011-2012P

Jan-Dec Jan-Jun

2010 2011F 2011 2012P 2011/2010 2012/2011

Area (ha)

Abaca 135,090 139,771 136,303 137,033 3.47 0.54 Coconut 3,575,944 3,561,981 3,550,988 3,568,178 (0.39) 0.48 Coffee 121,399 119,657 119,608 119,339 (1.44) (0.23) Arabica 19,622 19,369 19,369 19,266 (1.29) (0.53) Excelsa 9,576 9,135 9,135 8,955 (4.61) (1.97) Liberica 1,410 1,378 1,368 1,355 (2.22) (1.00) Robusta 90,320 89,774 89,736 89,764 (0.60) 0.03 Others 471 - - Rubber 138,710 161,565 158,418 168,180 16.48 6.16 Sugarcane (cane) for: 354,878 439,698 304,304 286,596 23.90 (5.82) Tobacco 29,707 32,235 31,982 33,259 8.51 3.99 Native 7,143 7,965 7,712 7,114 11.51 (7.76) Virginia 17,392 18,731 18,731 19,410 7.70 3.63 Others 5,172 5,539 5,539 6,736 7.09 21.60

P-Preliminary

F-Final

CropArea

January-December January-JunePERCENT CHANGE

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Table 3. Non-food and Industrial Crops: Bearing Trees, Philippines, 2010-2011, January-June 2011-2012P

Jan-Dec Jan-Jun

2010 2011F 2011 2012P 2011/2010 2012/2011

Bearing Trees

Coconut 341,020,368 340,088,945 340,052,521 344,232,347 (0.27) 1.23

Coffee 84,544,625 83,146,310 83,124,606 82,593,870 (1.65) (0.64)

Arabica 13,999,774 13,728,806 13,728,160 13,664,071 (1.94) (0.47)

Excelsa 5,897,929 5,631,268 5,623,206 5,502,240 (4.52) (2.15)

Liberica 933,034 911,290 910,892 901,715 (2.33) (1.01)

Robusta 63,488,968 62,874,945 62,862,348 62,525,844 (0.97) (0.54)

Others 224,920 -

Rubber 39,369,228 42,063,221 39,903,917 42,527,522 6.84 6.57

P-Preliminary

F-Final

PERCENT CHANGE

Crop January-December January-June

Bearing Trees

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