SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR THE 1ST QUARTER: 2000-2001
| INDICATOR | SOURCE | Q1 2001 | Q1 2000 | % CHANGE |
| Palay Production (In MT) | BAS | 89,771 | 112,318 | (20.1) |
| Corn Production (In MT) | BAS | 19,625 | 19,395 | 1.2 |
| High Value Crops (In MT) | BAS | 390,038 | 364,803 | 6.9 |
| Banana | 43 | 56 | (23.8) | |
| Cassava | 42,418 | 27,746 | 52.9 | |
| Coconut | 4,699 | 4,939 | (4.9) | |
| Mango | 337,766 | 327,117 | 3.3 | |
| Rubber | 5,113 | 4,945 | 3.4 | |
| Fishery Production (In MT) | BAS | 96,784 | 103,378 | (6.4) |
| Commercial | 35,535 | 35,963 | (1.2) | |
| Municipal | 33,634 | 32,754 | 2.7 | |
| Aquaculture | 27,615 | 34,661 | (20.3) | |
| Chicken and Hog Inventory (No. of Heads) | BAS | 5,937,672 | 5,517,187 | 7.6 |
| Chicken | 5,200,350 | 4,845,866 | 7.3 | |
| Hog | 737,322 | 671,321 | 9.8 | |
| Exports (In Million US$) | DTI | 88.194 | 68.730 | 28.3 |
| Non-Traditional | 45.234 | 42.573 | 6.3 | |
| Traditional | 42.960 | 26.157 | 64.2 | |
| Total Investments (In Million Pesos) | DTI | 93.066 | 307.298 | (69.7) |
| Visitor Arrivals (Number) | DOT | 55,162 | 84,452 | (34.7) |
| Employment level (In Thousand) | NSO | 1,097 | 1,129 | (2.8) |
| Employment Rate (In Percent) | NSO | 92.7 | 94.0 | (1.4) |
| Number of Establishment Reporttedly | DOLE | 20 | 5 | 300.0 |
| with Retrenchment | ||||
| For Economic Reason | 16 | 5 | 220.0 | |
| For Non-Economic Reason | 4 | |||
| Number of Workers Retrenched | DOLE | 892 | 34 | 2,523.5 |
| For Economic Reason | 263 | 34 | 673.5 | |
| For Non-Economic Reason | 629 | - | ||
| Job Vacancies Solicited | DOLE | 3,150 | 1,883 | 67.3 |
| Inflation Rate (In Percent) | NSO | 5.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Tax Collection (In Pesos) | BIR | 268,734,610 | 211,227,687 | 27.2 |
| Motor Vehicle Registration (Number) | LTO | 26,929 | 23,953 | 12.4 |
| Volume of Shipping Passengers (Number) | PPA | 1,114,314 | 1,128,473 | (1.3) |
| Cargo Throughput (In MT) | PPA | 494,949 | 509,099 | (2.8) |
| Number of Shipcalls (Number) | PPA | 5,233 | 6,465 | (19.1) |
| Volume of Air Passengers (Number) | ATO | 90,437 | 90,268 | 0.2 |
| Volume of Air Cargo (In Kg) | ATO | 1,763,095 | 1,769,119 | (0.3) |
| Postal Revenue (In Pesos) | PPC | 8,430,752 | 8,554,941 | (1.5) |
| Postal Expenditure (In Pesos) | PPC | 24,936,697 | 22,681,517 | 9.9 |
| Energy Sales (In MWH) | NPC | 158,135 | 144,211 | 9.7 |
| Energy Demand (In MW) | NPC | 334 | 320 | 4.6 |
| Crime Volume (Number) | PNP | 545 | 714 | (23.7) |
| Crime Solved (Number) | PNP | 505 | 643 | (21.5) |
| Ave. Monthly Crime Rate (per 100,000 pop) | PNP | 5.7 | 7.5 | (1.9) |