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VOLUME 9 NO. 1

ISSN 2094-6198

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY

January-March 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 1st quarter 2015 issue of the Bulletin presents the preliminary estimates of production for January-March 2015. Also, it contains the final estimates of production for October-December 2014; final estimates of area planted for permanent crops, area harvested for temporary crops, and number of bearing trees for July-December and January-December 2014. 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, January-March 2015

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January-March 2015 Production Abaca

The January-March 2015 production of abaca fibers was estimated at 15.66 thousand MT, 2.4 percent higher than last year’s level of 15.30 thousand MT. The increase in output was attributed to the following: o more harvesting and stripping due to encouraging price and increased

market demand in Catanduanes, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Aurora, Negros Oriental, and South Cotabato; and

o additional harvest areas in Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, and North Cotabato.

On the other hand, lower production was noted in Aklan which production dropped by 134.08 MT or by 37.6 percent due to lesser purchases from traders in Iloilo City and Manila;

Output in Eastern Samar dropped by 59.53 MT due to adverse effect of typhoon “Ruby.”

The top abaca producing region during the quarter was Bicol with 46.4 percent share to the national output. Eastern Visayas followed with 18.0 percent and Davao Region, 11.1 percent.

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Figure 2. Coconut production by region, Philippines, January-March 2015

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Coconut

Production of coconut slightly increased by 0.05 percent attributed to the following factors: o recovery of coconut trees from stress brought by typhoon “Pablo” in

December 2012 in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley; o recovery from the damages brought by typhoon “Yolanda” in

November 2013 in Aklan, Antique, Iloilo, Leyte, Samar, and Romblon; o improved yield due to salt fertilization program of the Philippine

Coconut Authority (PCA) in Palawan, Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Misamis, Occidental, Sultan Kudarat, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, and Maguindanao;

o additional number of bearing trees in Zamboanga del Norte, Davao del Sur, North Cotabato, and Aurora;

o increased harvesting due to stable demand for copra in Zamboanga del Sur, Camiguin, and Tawi-tawi.

Production in some areas decreased due to the adverse effect of the

following disturbances:

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

Camarines Sur;

o typhoon “Ruby” in Masbate, Sorsogon, Eastern Samar, and Northern

Samar;

o typhoon “Quennie” and “Seniang” in Bohol; and typhoon “Seniang” in

Surigao del Sur;

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

Laguna, Cavite, and Basilan.

Davao Region topped all other coconut producing regions with 18.0

percent share to the national output. This was followed by Northern

Mindanao, 12.9 percent; Zamboanga Peninsula, 12.6 percent; ARMM, 9.8

percent; and SOCCSKSARGEN, 8.0 percent (Figure 2).

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Figure 3. Coffee production by region, Philippines, January-March 2015

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Coffee

The January-March 2015, production of dried coffee berries of all varieties dropped by 12.2 percent, from 26.34 thousand MT last year to 23.14 thousand MT this year.

Production of Arabica coffee went down by 10.1 percent; Excelsa, 5.4 percent; Liberica, 7.6 percent; and Robusta, 13.3 percent. These could be attributed to the following reasons: o effect of heavy rains brought by typhoon “Glenda” during flowering

stage and shifting to production of pineapple and different varieties of banana in Cavite;

o shifting to production of lakatan and latundan in Baguio and Calinan Districts in Davao City;

o cutting/pruning of old and less productive trees and effect of dry spell in Sultan Kudarat.

Higher production though were recorded in some areas due to: o additional number of bearing trees in Basilan, Sulu, and Quirino; o effect of pruning on Robusta coffee in Kalinga; o favorable weather during flowering and fruit formation in Bulacan

and Negros Occidental.

The top coffee producing region was SOCCSKSARGEN with

30.7 percent share to the national output. Cordillera Administrative

Region (CAR) followed with 16.8 percent; Davao Region, 11.8 percent;

CALABARZON, 8.6 percent; and ARMM, 8.5 percent (Figure 3).

Robusta 73.9%

Arabica 18.5%

Excelsa

7.1%

Liberica

0.5%

Figure 4. Coffee: Percent distribution of production by variety, Philippines, January-March 2015

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Figure 5. Rubber production by region, Philippines, January-March 2015

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Rubber

Production of rubber cup lump dropped from 66.62 thousand MT last year to 52.22 thousand MT this year or by 21.6 percent. This could be attributed to the following factors: o drying-up of some rubber trees, less tapping due to dry spell, and low

price of cup lump in North Cotabato; o lesser tapping due to low price in Agusan del Sur, Maguindanao,

Bukidnon, and Laguna; o effect of dry spell in Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur.

On the other hand, increase in number of tappable trees resulted to higher production in Basilan, Zambonga Sibugay, Misamis Occidental, Davao City, Davao del Norte, Compostela Valley, Agusan del Norte, Lanao del Norte, and Negros Oriental.

Zamboanga Peninsula, the top producing region recorded production of 25.17 thousand MT or a share of 48.2 percent to the national output. SOCCSKSARGEN followed with 19.45 thousand MT and shared 37.3 percent (Figure 5).

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Figure 6. Sugarcane production by region, Philippines, January-March 2015

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Sugarcane

For January-March 2015, production of sugarcane for all uses dropped by

2.9 percent, that is, 12.30 million MT last year to 11.95 million MT this

year.

Production of sugarcane for centrifugal sugar went down by 2.8 percent

brought about by the following:

o most of the produced came from ratooned crops in Negros

Occidental and Tarlac;

o decrease in yield due to insufficient fertilizer usage in Capiz, Negros

Occidental and Batangas;

o smaller canes harvested due to insufficient soil moisture in Cebu;

o advanced harvest to the fourth quarter of 2014 in Bukidnon;

o shifting of some sugarcane areas to corn production in Tarlac.

Sugarcane for ethanol production was lower by 9.7 percent due to

smaller canes harvested brought by insufficient soil moisture in Northern

Isabela.

Production of sugarcane for centrifugal sugar shared 97.9 percent to the

total sugarcane production for this quarter.

Western Visayas, the top sugarcane producer contributed 46.5 percent to the total sugarcane production during the reference period. Northern Mindanao followed with 15.8 percent; CALABARZON, 14.4 percent; and Central Visayas by about 10.0 percent (Figure 6).

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Figure 7.Tobacco production by region, Philippines, January-March 2015

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Tobacco

Production of tobacco of all varieties increased by 3.0 percent, from 11.94 thousand MT last year to 12.30 thousand MT this year.

Production of Virginia tobacco went up by 3.4 percent, from 11.63 thousand MT last year to 12.03 thousand MT this year in Ilocos Sur due to cultivation of previously in-fallow areas.

Production of native tobacco decreased by 8.8 percent due to shifting to production of garlic, eggplant, and pepper in Ilocos Norte.

For other varieties of tobacco which were mostly Burley, production was lower by 14.3 percent, from 130.7 MT last year to about 112.0 MT this year. This could be attributed to shifting to corn production in Tarlac and to garlic, eggplant, and pepper in Ilocos Norte.

Ilocos Region, the top tobacco producer contributed about 92.0 percent to the national tobacco output during the period. CAR followed with 7.4 percent share.

Of the total tobacco production in the country, Virginia variety accounted 97.8 percent; native, 1.3 percent; and other varieties which were mostly Burley, 0.9 percent (Figure 8).

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Figure 8. Tobacco: Percent distribution of production by variety, Philippines, January-March 2015

Viginia 97.8%

Native 1.3%

Others 0.9%

STATISTICAL TABLES

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Oct-Dec Jan-Mar2013 2014F 2014 2015P 2014/2013 2015/2014

Production (MT)

Abaca 13,176 16,621 15,297 15,664 26.1 2.4 Coconut 4,011,760 3,983,910 3,337,797 3,339,610 (0.7) 0.1 Mature 3,926,834 3,896,936 3,253,713 3,254,765 (0.8) 0.0 Young 84,926 86,974 84,084 84,844 2.4 0.9 Coffee 33,742 32,711 26,342 23,137 (3.1) (12.2) Arabica 8,686 8,396 4,759 4,276 (3.3) (10.1) Excelsa 1,453 1,429 1,745 1,651 (1.6) (5.4) Liberica 310 293 127 117 (5.5) (7.6) Robusta 23,293 22,593 19,711 17,093 (3.0) (13.3) Rubber 164,641 161,288 66,618 52,217 (2.0) (21.6) Sugarcane (cane) for: 8,706,241 8,025,343 12,301,043 11,946,129 (7.8) (2.9) Centrifugal sugar 8,610,643 7,926,430 12,028,783 11,692,453 (7.9) (2.8) Ethanol 39,245 44,811 187,524 169,317 14.2 (9.7) Panocha/Muscovado 55,928 53,690 81,385 81,104 (4.0) (0.3) Chewing 311 292 234 221 (6.0) (5.3) Basi/Vinegar 114 120 3,116 3,033 5.1 (2.7) Tobacco 389 439 11,936 12,299 12.9 3.0 Native 384 359 175 160 (6.5) (8.8) Virginia 5 80 11,630 12,027 1,500.0 3.4 Others 131 112 - (14.3)

P-PreliminaryF-Final

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

October-December 2013-2014 and January-March 2014-2015P % Change

CropProduction

October-December January-March

July-Dec Jan-Dec2013 2014F 2013 2014F 2014/2013 2014/2013

Area (has)

Abaca 132,724 132,984 138,369 134,773 0.2 (2.6) Coconut 3,422,283 3,498,086 3,551,299 3,502,011 2.2 (1.4) Coffee 116,041 116,056 116,460 117,451 0.0 0.9 Arabica 19,130 18,720 19,190 19,300 (2.1) 0.6 Excelsa 8,515 8,204 8,589 8,453 (3.6) (1.6) Liberica 1,287 1,257 1,308 1,281 (2.3) (2.1) Robusta 87,110 87,875 87,374 88,417 0.9 1.2 Rubber 185,476 217,319 185,476 217,687 17.2 17.4 Sugarcane (cane) for: 155,769 150,197 437,070 432,026 (3.6) (1.2) Centrifugal sugar 152,058 144,257 426,092 415,712 (5.1) (2.4) Ethanol 2,129 4,378 7,197 12,588 105.7 74.9 Panocha/Muscovado 1,516 1,503 3,560 3,504 (0.9) (1.6) Chewing 43 39 89 81 (9.0) (9.7) Basi/Vinegar 23 21 132 140 (10.1) 6.7 Tobacco 1,035 888 34,451 36,082 (14.2) 4.7 Native 1,030 758 7,074 6,127 (26.4) (13.4) Virginia 5 130 20,539 21,133 2,500.0 2.9 Others 6,839 8,822 - 29.0

Number of bearing trees

Coconut 325,424,537 327,957,350 338,400,148 330,518,369 0.8 (2.3) Coffee 80,082,061 78,699,563 80,275,507 79,654,042 (1.7) (0.8) Arabica 13,488,794 12,893,137 13,519,678 13,255,380 (4.4) (2.0) Excelsa 5,087,369 4,877,086 5,123,544 5,066,977 (4.1) (1.1) Liberica 855,242 841,974 866,241 853,418 (1.6) (1.5) Robusta 60,650,656 60,087,366 60,766,044 60,478,267 (0.9) (0.5) Others - - Rubber* 47,375,819 52,236,449 47,377,468 52,457,749 10.3 10.7

F-Final*Tappable trees

January-December

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

Philippines, 2013-2014, July-December 2013-2014% Change

CropJuly-December

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Oct-Dec Jan-Mar

2013 2014F 2014 2015P 2014/2013 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 13,176 16,621 15,297 15,664 26.1 2.4

CAR 4 3 1 (19.6) -

Ilocos Region -

Cagayan Valley -

Central Luzon 22 20 20 26 (9.1) 32.0

CALABARZON 5 1 1 (82.5) -

MIMAROPA 31 42 35 37 34.8 5.8

Bicol Region 4,316 7,145 6,813 7,266 65.5 6.6

Western Visayas 409 434 417 283 6.2 (32.3)

Central Visayas 57 127 140 143 123.3 2.8

Eastern Visayas 2,727 2,697 2,857 2,826 (1.1) (1.1)

Zamboanga Peninsula 192 224 148 141 16.5 (4.4)

Northern Mindanao 573 841 631 640 46.7 1.5

Davao Region 1,827 1,982 1,667 1,745 8.5 4.7

SOCCSKSARGEN 283 370 227 232 30.8 2.6

Caraga 1,544 1,588 1,026 1,083 2.9 5.5

ARMM 1,187 1,146 1,316 1,242 (3.5) (5.6)

P-Preliminary

F-Final

January-March

% Change

October-December 2013-2014 and January-March 2014-2015P

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

RegionProduction

October-December

Oct-Dec Jan-Mar

2013 2014F 2014 2015P 2014/2013 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 4,011,760 3,983,910 3,337,797 3,339,610 (0.7) 0.1

CAR 317 374 223 237 18.0 6.3

Ilocos Region 12,966 13,416 10,827 10,219 3.5 (5.6)

Cagayan Valley 16,932 17,901 18,799 19,278 5.7 2.6

Central Luzon 51,162 62,746 34,388 37,391 22.6 8.7

CALABARZON 378,187 343,650 262,260 243,977 (9.1) (7.0)

MIMAROPA 375,038 407,036 107,136 113,242 8.5 5.7

Bicol Region 349,739 307,332 283,369 259,257 (12.1) (8.5)

Western Visayas 100,586 96,144 91,140 101,082 (4.4) 10.9

Central Visayas 128,873 126,610 92,502 86,792 (1.8) (6.2)

Eastern Visayas 293,275 276,938 248,464 242,357 (5.6) (2.5)

Zamboanga Peninsula 428,764 418,170 415,461 420,979 (2.5) 1.3

Northern Mindanao 476,792 480,578 419,272 429,296 0.8 2.4

Davao Region 570,447 575,511 582,899 600,229 0.9 3.0

SOCCSKSARGEN 260,596 272,813 262,367 267,513 4.7 2.0

Caraga 215,337 219,386 187,555 179,418 1.9 (4.3)

ARMM 352,749 365,306 321,135 328,343 3.6 2.2

P-Preliminary

F-Final

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

RegionProduction



% Change

Oct-Dec Jan-Mar

2013 2014F 2014 2015P 2014/2013 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 33,742 32,711 26,342 23,137 (3.1) (12.2)

CAR 961 949 3,902 3,895 (1.2) (0.2)

Ilocos Region 30 29 (4.6) -

Cagayan Valley 697 699 - 0.2

Central Luzon 100 103 1,406 1,444 3.5 2.7

CALABARZON 196 181 4,310 1,996 (8.0) (53.7)

MIMAROPA 77 79 35 34 3.1 (3.3)

Bicol Region 178 159 86 80 (10.9) (6.8)

Western Visayas 3,718 3,370 954 954 (9.3) 0.0

Central Visayas 68 72 144 141 6.4 (2.0)

Eastern Visayas 35 32 3 3 (7.8) (21.3)

Zamboanga Peninsula 473 478 125 131 1.1 4.3

Northern Mindanao 2,401 2,407 1,953 1,947 0.2 (0.3)

Davao Region 5,079 5,168 2,746 2,727 1.8 (0.7)

SOCCSKSARGEN 13,426 12,786 8,048 7,103 (4.8) (11.7)

Caraga 549 543 11 12 (1.1) 6.9

ARMM 6,451 6,355 1,922 1,973 (1.5) 2.6

P-Preliminary

F-Final

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

RegionProduction


% Change


Oct-Dec Jan-Mar

2013 2014F 2014 2015P 2014/2013 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 164,641 161,288 66,618 52,217 (2.0) (21.6)

CAR - -

Ilocos Region - -

Cagayan Valley - -

Central Luzon - -

CALABARZON 19 10 23 6 (47.4) (75.0)

MIMAROPA 21 30 25 27 40.4 9.2

Bicol Region - -

Western Visayas - -

Central Visayas 7 7 3 10 5.6 266.3

Eastern Visayas - -

Zamboanga Peninsula 84,687 78,264 25,383 25,166 (7.6) (0.9)

Northern Mindanao 4,796 5,012 794 827 4.5 4.2

Davao Region 2,056 2,813 1,797 1,847 36.8 2.8

SOCCSKSARGEN 63,034 64,643 33,233 19,452 2.6 (41.5)

Caraga 2,225 2,025 1,976 1,828 (9.0) (7.5)

ARMM 7,796 8,484 3,383 3,054 8.8 (9.7)

P-Preliminary

F-Final

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

RegionProduction


% Change


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Oct-Dec Jan-Mar

2013 2014F 2014 2015P 2014/2013 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 8,706,241 8,416,191 12,301,043 11,946,129 (3.3) (2.9)

CAR 713 64 46,855 48,974 (91.1) 4.5

Ilocos Region 1,129 1,055 16,683 16,845 (6.6) 1.0

Cagayan Valley 38,648 44,970 299,606 292,589 16.4 (2.3)

Central Luzon 317,803 321,453 585,668 474,890 1.1 (18.9)

CALABARZON 261,823 17,049 1,237,438 1,143,118 (93.5) (7.6)

MIMAROPA

Bicol Region 11,523 9,794 168,651 130,768 (15.0) (22.5)

Western Visayas 6,172,940 5,884,212 5,793,276 5,627,938 (4.7) (2.9)

Central Visayas 476,238 493,716 1,315,362 1,310,636 3.67 (0.4)

Eastern Visayas 9 50,690 103,731 138,318 548,668.6 33.3

Zamboanga Peninsula 68 66 32 11 (3.4) (65.6)

Northern Mindanao 1,120,212 1,245,681 2,080,500 1,984,665 11.2 (4.6)

Davao Region 118,578 93,306 238,424 274,733 (21.3) 15.2

SOCCSKSARGEN 140,981 208,894 374,050 422,989 48.2 13.1

Caraga 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 (61.5) (25.5)

ARMM 45,573 45,241 40,767 79,655 (0.7) 95.4

P-Preliminary

F-Final

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

RegionProduction


% Change


Oct-Dec Jan-Mar

2013 2014F 2014 2015P 2014/2013 2015/2014

PHILIPPINES 389 439 11,936 12,299 12.9 3.0

CAR 706 914 - 29.4

Ilocos Region 11,125 11,305 - 1.6

Cagayan Valley 2 - #DIV/0!

Central Luzon 30 10 - (65.4)

CALABARZON - -

MIMAROPA 1 1 - (8.5)

Bicol Region - -

Western Visayas 11 12 - 1.8

Central Visayas 2 1 - (43.2)

Eastern Visayas 1 1 1 1 (7.3) (24.4)

Zamboanga Peninsula 4 5 17 16 10.8 (4.4)

Northern Mindanao 365 420 15 20 15.1 33.3

Davao Region 4 4 5 4 (1.3) (6.3)

SOCCSKSARGEN 5 4 13 12 (22.2) (5.7)

Caraga 1 1 (12.3) -

ARMM 9 5 10 1 (44.4) (91.0)

P-Preliminary

F-Final


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

October-DecemberRegionProduction % Change

January-March

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