I. AGRICULTURE
A. MAJOR CROPS
1. Palay
Production and Yield
Except for the two Misamis provinces, upward trends in palay production were noted in all the remaining three provinces, pushing up the region’s production by 23 percent in the first quarter of 2014. Palay production in Lanao del Norte, which was about 19 percent of the regional total, grew by a hefty 66 percent over its level in the same period of 2013 due to sufficient irrigation water and rainfall in the province. The same reasons plus the more usage of hybrid varieties, production in Bukidnon grew by 20 percent during the quarter.
The decrease in production in irrigated areas recorded in Misamis Occidental was due to the unplanted 250 hectares in the municipality of Jimenez caused by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) rehabilitation project. Misamis Oriental, likewise, recorded negative growth as some irrigated areas were repaired, specifically the lateral canals.
Meanwhile, average yield increased by about 10 percent during the period despite the 1.33 percent decline in yield in rainfed areas. (Table 1)
Value of Production
Average farm gate price rose to P18.27/kilogram during the first quarter of 2014. The increase in price and the favorable production output resulted to a 49 percent rise in the value of palay to Php 3.212 billion.(Table 2)
Rice Sufficiency Level
The region recorded a 77 percent sufficiency level in the first quarter of 2014, compared to 65 percent in the same period of 2013. (Table 3)
Palay/Rice Inventory
The region’s total stocks of 2,256,383 bags as of March 1, 2014 was 91 percent higher than the total stocks in March 2013 and was estimated to last for 84 days based on the region’s daily rice consumption requirement of around 26,820 bags. (Table 4)
2. Corn
Production and Yield
Corn production went up by 16 percent during the first quarter of 2014 to 292,247 metric tons. Increases were more pronounced in Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte for both yellow and white corn. The increase in yellow corn areas in Cabanglasan and Malaybalay was due to the increase demand of yellow corn variety for commercial (feeds) purposes.
Lanao del Norte’s improved yield in white and yellow corn was due to sufficient rainfall during vegetative and reproductive stage and usage of RR varieties, respectively.
Meanwhile, the negative yield showed by Misamis Oriental was caused by excessive rain in January and dry spell in Febraury and March. (Table 5)
Value of Production
The value of white corn production was estimated at PhP1.207 billion, up by 18 percent year-on-year, due to increase in the volume of production and 11 percent increase in the unit price per kilo.
The value of yellow corn production likewise increased by 21 percent to PHP 2.263 billion, mainly due increased production volume. (Table 2)
Corn Sufficiency Level
The region recorded about 79 percent net sufficiency level for corn in the first quarter of 2014, compared to the 69 percent sufficiency level in 2013. (Table 6)
3. Coconut
Nut Production
The number of matured coconut produced during the quarter reached 418 million nuts, up by two percent compared to the same period in 2013. Except Camiguin, the remaining four provinces exhibited increases led by Misamis Occidental at four percent. Higher buying price of copra influenced farmers in Misamis Occidental to harvest matured nuts. (Table 7)
Copra Production
Similarly, copra production went up by 2 percent to 100,627 MT. Bukidnon and Misamis Occidental posted the most notable growth at 6 and 4 percent, respectively. (Table 8)
Green Nut Production
Although Lanao del Norte and Camiguin recorded lower outputs, the increases in the rest of the provinces pulled up the total green nut production by 20 percent. The increase in the local demand of young buko was attributed to emergence of buko outlets in the region. Bukidnon posted the highest increase in green nut production at 134 percent. (Table 9)
Coconut/Palm Export Commodities
The volume of coconut-based commodities exported during the first quarter of 2014 decreased by 22 percent bringing the level to only 103,887 metric tons from 133,378 metric tons during the same period in 2013. However, export sales went up by 11 percent from US$115 million in the first quarter of 2013 to US$128 million during the same period in 2014. (Table 10)
Copra prices
Both farm and mill gates copra prices increased by 25 and 50 percent, respectively, due to low supply of copra in the Visayas regions as a result of the damaged coconut trees brought about by typhoon “Yolanda” (Table 11)
Implementation of Republic Act 8048
Number of trees cut decreased to as low as 928 in the first quarter of 2014 which could be attributed to the continuing enforcement of the “Nationwide Moratorium on the Issuance of Permit to Cut Coconut Trees” effective December 1, 2013. The cutting of trees in some provinces was covered by a “special permit” which considers land conversion and/or cutting of trees which may cause hazard to life. (Table 12)
4. Major Crops: Vegetables, Rootcrops, Fuits and Industrial Crops
Production
Except for vegetables, favorable production growths were noted in industrial crops, rootcrops, and fruits, pushing up the region’s overall production by 12 percent. Among the major industrial crops, sugarcane registered the highest percentage increase due to early start of milling operations as majority of sugarcane areas in Bukidnon were already harvestable. Rubber ranked second due to additional productive trees in Lanao del Norte and more trees were tapped during the quarter due to favorable weather.Pineapple grew by almost 12 percent due to the increase in harvested area and the expansion of corporate farms in Bukidnon. Also, the new plantings in Misamis Oriental were already productive during the quarter. Cassava which contributed the biggest share to rootcrops production, grew by 15 percent. (Table 13)
Value
An increase of 3 percent was recorded in the aggregate estimated value of selected crops produced in the first quarter of 2014 grossing at PhP 10.116 billion. Double-digit increase in value was posted in vegetables at 16 percent. Notable price increase was recorded in the farmgate price of ginger mainly due to 1) low supply - farmers were discouraged to plant ginger after experiencing low price in 2013; and 2) high cost of
production inputs, especially planting materials. (Tables 14 and 15)
B. LIVESTOCK, POULTRY AND FISHERY
1. Livestock and Poultry Production and Inventory
Meat production reached 98,079 metric tons (live weight) in the first quarter of 2014, up by four percent, year-on-year. Highest growth was posted in goat production at 5.0 percent, followed by swine and cattle at four percent each. (Table 16) Total hogs and chicken reached 19,544,326 heads/birds as of April 1, 2014, up by more than two percent from the previous year’s level. Poultry inventories showed positive growths led by layers which rose to 3,693,555 birds. (Table 17)
2. Fish Production
Total fish production slightly increased by about one percent, compared to last year’s first quarter level. Both commercial and municipal fishing posted increases of four and one percent, respectively. Abundant supply of sardines in February and March and more dispersal of tilapia fingerlings in the rivers and dams have contributed to the positive outputs. Meanwhile, seaweeds, which contributed the bulk of aquaculture total production, declined by about two percent. This performance was due to the negative yield of alvarezii caused by continuous rain brought about by LPA and typhoon Agaton which occurred in January 2014.
Fish produced through marine fish-caging significantly increased by almost 98 percent as favorable harvest was noted in Misamis Oriental, and Lopez Jaena, Plaridel, and Sapang Dalaga in Misamis Occidental.(Table 18)
C. FOREST PRODUCTION
1. Sawlog Production
Production of sawlog and other forest products in the first quarter 2014 posted a 118 percent growth to 21,174 cubic meters (m3). This was largely due to the 244 percent increase in Mahogany production which more than offset the 42 percent decline in Yemane production.
Production performance in first quarter 2014 by province indicated Bukidnon as top among the five provinces in the region, followed by Misamis Occidental, Camiguin, and Misamis Oriental. No report was submitted for Lanao del Norte. However, in terms of production by species type, Misamis Occidental produced the most volume of Mahogany at about 14,000 m3during the same quarter. (Table 19)
2. Processed Wood Production
The provinces of Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental continue to be the sources for processed wood products in the region. These processed products are plywood, blockboard, and veneer. While volume of production in first quarter 2013 reached 28,308 m3, it posted -45.43 percent performance in the same quarter 2014 at 15,448 m3. By type of processed products, veneer posted an increase of 2,364 m3
over its same quarter performance in 2013, resulting to 20.41 percent growth in first quarter 2014, while plywood and blockboard production posted negative performances during the current reference quarter. (Table 19)
3. Export of Wood Products
Volume of exported products grew by 4.56 percent in first quarter 2014 versus the same quarter 2013 exports with lumber posting a positive growth of 8.51 percent. Meanwhile, overall export value posted a -6.70 percent growth against the first quarter 2013 value. By type of commodity, lumber continued to dominate over finished lumber, lumber, lumber/veneer core, and logs by an increase of 10,397 m3 more volume than the first quarter 2013 export of 122,100 m3. (Table 20)
II. NON-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
A. Investments
1. DTI-Monitored Investments
Total investments in the region during the first quarter of 2014 amounted to PHP 2.31billion, a decline of 33 percent compared to the PHP 3.44 billion of investments generated in the same period of 2013. The decline of investments was attributed to one-time major investments in the region in 2013 amounting to PHP 2.43 billion. All the five provinces recorded negative growths compared to the same period of last year with Lanao del Norte posting the largest reduction in investments at 67 percent.During the quarter, the two largest contributors to the total investment in the region were Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte. Camiguin shared the least.
The highest contribution to the regional investments was registered in Misamis Oriental amounting to PHP 1.82 billion sharing 79 percent of total investments. The bulk of this amount was generated by the Infra and Services which constituted 87 percent of the total investment in the province. Major investments included (1) improvement of CDO port facilities including berthing, fenders and security system; (2) installation of new production line of a beverage company; (3) new operator of District Cooling System under green project of a certain mall in Cagayan de Oro; and, (4) processing of coconut-by-products as input for fuel. Compared to the same period last year, a decrease of 23 percent was noted under the sector. The surge of investment
last year was due to the capital infusion of a hotel located in Cagayan de Oro amounting to PHP 1.78 billion.
Next to Misamis Oriental was the province of Lanao del Norte accounting for 10 percent share or PHP 227.61 million. About 39 percent of the total investment in the province was contributed by the Infra and Services which included the building expansion of a pawnshop, ethnic center, and multi-purpose cooperative of MSU-IIT, and construction of a new restaurant. The servicing sector shared 32 percent of the total investment in the province which covered expansion of real estate development and infusion of additional working capital in a construction company. A decrease of 67 percent compared to the same period last year was noted under the same sector due to the expansion of one corporation amounting to PHP500.00 million in 2013. Camiguin cornered about 1 percent of the regional total with investments mostly in OTOP-related projects and business name registration. The bulk of the investments were classified under servicing and trading sectors. Investments declined by 9 percent to PHP 4.66 million, year-on-year. Monitoring in previous years included business name registration and bank releases whereas no bank releases were recorded during the quarter, thus the reported decline in investments. (Tables 21 and 22)
2. CDA-Registered Investments
The number of newly registered cooperatives and membership in the first quarter of 2014 dropped by 36 percent and 24 percent, respectively, compared to the figures in the same period of 2013. However, paid-up capital was remarkably 76 percent higher from only Php1.403 million in the first quarter of 2013 to Php2.463 million in the same period of 2014.
As of the first quarter of 2014, accumulated number of registered cooperatives, membership and paid-up capital posted increases by 4.0 percent, 0.7 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively, year-on-year. The region now has 1,616 registered cooperatives with 273,852 members and paid-up capital of PHP1.266 billion. (Tables 23 and 24)
B. Exports
1. Exports by province
Value of exports for the first quarter reached US$202.69 million, one percent higher than that that of the same period of 2013. Only the province of Misamis Oriental recorded an increase in exports for the quarter. Decreases in exports value of coconut-based products in Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental, sugarcane products in Bukidnon and industrial manufactures processed foods in Misamis Oriental pulled down the value of the regional exports for the quarter. (Table 25)
2. Exports by sector
Coconut-based products, which accounts for 60% of total exports value only managed to grow by 3.2 percent. Fresh fruits, which was the second largest export contributor in value terms, grew stronger at 307 percent. The largest growth was registered by mineral products at 1,212 percent, although it contributed only 0.46 percent of the overall exports value for the quarter. (Table 26)
3. Top 10 exports
The quarter’s top export earner was oleochemicals, which contributed 41 percent (US$ 83.66 million) of total exports value. Next in rank was canned pineapple with 11.2 percent share (US$ 22.72 million). The aggregate value of the top ten export commodities was placed at US$182.38 million or 90 percent of the total exports value for the quarter. (Table 27)
C. Tourism
1. Tourist Arrivals (Partial data)
In comparison to that of the first quarter of 2013, a decrease of 3.31 percent in the total tourist arrivals was noted in the same quarter of 2014, with a 19.25 percent and 2.78 percent decrease in foreign and domestic arrivals, respectively. A noticeable decrease in the number of events held in the region was also recorded at 31.55 percent. One of the factors that might have caused the decline was the two-week long of continuous
rainfall in the region and other parts of Mindanao.
Despite a slight decrease in the total foreign arrivals noted of the same period last year, there was a remarkable increase in the number of visitors particularly from Vietnam, Thailand, New Zealand, Spain and Sweden at 450 percent, 268.57, 246.51, 148.94 and 104.92 percent, respectively.
In terms of provincial distribution in the arrival of foreign tourists, majority of the foreign visitors was recorded by Misamis Oriental (CDO/Gingoog) at 60.24 percent, followed by Camiguin at 26.38 percent. For the local tourists, still, the Misamis Oriental (CDO/Gingoog) cluster has the bulk of the total local visitors at 31.36 percent. (Tables 28-32)
III. OTHER DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
A. LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
The region registered a decrease in employment coupled with an increase in underemployment during the first quarter of 2014, relative to its previous year’s performance, based on the Labor Force Survey of PSA-NSO (January as reference month of the survey). Employment rate dropped by 1.4 percentage points from 94.4 percent in January 2013 to 93.0 percent in January 2014 - the lowest employment rate of the region in the last 5 years. The decrease in employment rate translated to a decline in the total number of employed persons in the region from 1.939 million in January 2013 to 1.918 million in January 2014.
The reduction in employment was more evident in the service sectors where employment decreased by 2.19 percent. The Service sector showed significant reductions in employment in both the “Accommodation and Food Service Activities” and “Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation” subsectors by 30 percent and 44.7 percent, respectively. This may be attributed to the reserved performance of the tourism industry since last year.
On a positive note, the preferred economic core subsectors of the region seemed to gain from changes in employment structure. The Industry sector continued to pick up as employment in manufacturing increased by 5.8 percent. Moreover, employment in the Trade subsector under the Service sector still increased by 1.56 percent despite the over-all decrease in the employment of the Service sector. (Tables 33 and 34)
B. PRICES
Prices in the region posted an average inflation of 5.0 percent for the first quarter of 2014 - still clinging to the upper limit target range of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) of 3-5 percent for 2014. This, however, was 1.1 percentage points higher than the average inflation rate recorded during the first quarter of 2013.
The uptick in prices was still affected by the “tail-end” effects of the imposition of the “Sin Tax” which commenced during the first quarter of 2013, thus resulting to a 10.7 percent inflation for the “Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco”. “Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages” and “Education” also posted higher-than-average inflation rates of 6.4 percent and 6.6 percent, respectively. The remaining commodity groups posted lower than average inflation rates.
Across provinces, while Camiguin still posted the highest average inflation rate of 7.9 percent, it recorded the most significant reduction from previous year’s level of 14.3 percent. Misamis Occidental also posted a higher-than-average inflation rate for the first quarter of 2014 with 6.7 percent, while Bukidnon recorded the highest increase in average inflation rate from 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013 to 4.9 percent in the
first quarter of 2014. (Tables 35 and 36)
C. TAX COLLECTIONS
Collections by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR-10) in the first quarter of the year rose by 15 percent to PHP 2.07 billion, year-on-year. The notable performance was buoyed by hefty collections from its top source - income taxes which increased by 19 percent. As a block, revenues from income taxes and value-added tax (VAT) accounted for 86 percent of the total collections. The increase in collections may be attributed to the improved tax mapping efforts by the tax bureau, increased revenues from the business sector, and improved payment system in several LGUs. Cagayan de Oro City topped anew other revenue districts with a regional share of 56 percent, followed by Iligan City and Bukidnon with 16 and 15 percentage shares, respectively. (Table 37)
D. CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS
Customs collections sustained a double-digit growth with first quarter 2014 receipts increasing by 21.4 percent to PHP 1.97 Billion from PHP 1.62 billion in the same period last year. All ports except Iligan City port posted increases in collections. Revenue decline in Iligan City port is reportedly due to the reduction of import duty rate for milling food (e.g wheat milling in PILMICO) and reduction of frequency of Petrona’s importation from thrice a month to once a month. The MCT-SP accounted the biggest share of customs collections at 88.83 percent share, followed by the base port of Cagayan de Oro with 8.27 percent share
Total collection was also 5 percent higher than the customs bureau’s target of PHP 1.88 billion. The increase was mainly attributed to the customs bureau’s anti-smuggling drive campaigns, continued streamlining of operations, and upgrading of customs systems and transactions. (Tables 38 and 39)
E. Lotto Outlets and Bets
There were 298 lotto outlets in the region as of first quarter 2014, or 43 more compared to the same period last year. Misamis Oriental still had the most number of outlets (163), followed by Bukidnon (75). The increase in outlets, however, did not translate to increased betting as amount of bets declined year-on-year by 6 percent to PHP 288.77 million. This was reportedly due to operations of illegal gambling using winning lotto numbers in some parts of the region. Misamis Oriental accounted close to half of the region's total bets, followed by Bukidnon with 36 percent share. (Table 40)
F. Telecommunications
1. Telephones
The total number of equipped and subscribed telephone lines decreased as of the 1st quarter of 2014 compared to the previous year with -13.35 and -11.56 percentage change, respectively. This was attributed to the cessation of operations of the Telecommunications Office (TelOf) services to the general public in September 2013.
The TelOf services and facilities were affected by non-viability, increased private telcos point-of-presence (POP) and end-of-life status of TelOf facilities. Forty eight percent of the total 128,772 equipped telephone lines were subscribed with a telephone density of 1.45. (Table 41)
2. Mobile Telecommunications
There were 878 mobile phone cell sites installed in the region as of the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 16 percent or 118 cell sites more compared to the same period of the previous year. The Smart Telecommunications Inc. has the highest number of cell sites or 45 percent share from the total number in the region. Globe Telecommunications Inc. has 34 percent share, followed by the Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. with 21 percent share.
Among the provinces, Misamis Oriental has the most number of mobile cell sites (44 percent) from the three major service providers, followed by Bukidnon (21 percent), Misamis Occidental (17 percent), Lanao del Norte (15 percent), and Camiguin (3 percent). (Table 42)
3. Internet Connections
The number of internet subscribers increased by 0.82 percent from 24,248 in the first quarter of 2013 to 24,446 in 2014. PLDT-PhilCom serves the most number of internet subscribers with 84 percent share of the total number of subscribers in the region.
Other subscribers are connected to Cable 21 (5.73 percent), ICC-Bayantel (3.67 percent), PLDT (2.57 percent), TMSI (1.80 percent), SoTelCo (1.23 percent), and CruzTelCo/Smart Broadband (1.13 percent). (Table 43)
4. Air Traffic
Laguindigan Airport
In January 2014, Northern Mindanao experienced unfavorable weather conditions that led to flight cancellations in Laguindingan Airport. Based on the assessment report from CAAP Laguindingan, there were a total of 166 flights (Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and Air Asia Airlines) that were cancelled from January 8 to 22, 2014. This resulted into significant decline by 10.05 percent in the total number of incoming and outgoing flights, from 3,842 flights in Lumbia Airport in the first quarter of 2013 to 3,456 flights in the same period this year. Consequently, both the passenger traffic and volume of cargoes in Laguindingan Airport decreased by 4.72 percent and 24.96 percent, respectively. Agriculture-based cargoes most affected by the cancellation of flights were meat products, and some highly perishable vegetables, fruits, and flowers. (Table 44)
Ozamiz Airport
Total number of flights (incoming and outgoing) in Labo Airport, Ozamiz City decreased by 9.97 percent, from 722 flights in the first quarter of 2013 to 325 flights in the same period this year. The decrease in number of flights was also due to the unfavorable weather conditions experienced in January 2014. Consequently, the number of passengers was lowered by 11.16 percent, from 75,915 passengers in 2013 to 67,444 passengers in 2014.
Cargoes handled posted an uptrend by 25.89 percent, from 1.010 million kilograms in 2013 to 1.272 million kilograms in 2014. (Table 45)
Camiguin Airport
A 200 percent increase in number of flights was posted in Camiguin Airport during the period, from 23 flights in 2013 to 69 flights in 2014. Passenger traffic increase significantly from 23 passengers in 2013 to 2,529 passengers in 2014. Cebu Pacific resumed its Cebu-Camiguin-Cebu flight route on 15 April 2013. Prior to the resumption of operations of Cebu Pacific, passengers from Cebu used chartered flights. (Table 46)
G. Shipping, Cargo and Passenger Traffic
PPA-Administered Ports
Total ship calls recorded in the three (3) major ports in the region decreased by 6.37 percent in the first quarter of 2014, from 4,224 ship calls in 2013 as both the domestic and foreign ship calls declined by 6.36 percent and 8.33 percent, respectively. During the period, the ports of Cagayan de Oro and Ozamiz posted
decreases in ship calls by 14.72 percent and 5.20 percent, respectively. Ship calls in the Port of Iligan slightly improved by 1.40 percent.
Due to the decrease in the number of ship calls, total passenger traffic also decline during the period. A 10.67 percent drop in passenger traffic was recorded in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the 1,054,766 passengers posted in the same period last year. All major ports registered downtrends in passenger traffic – Cagayan de Oro Port (10 percent), Iligan Port (17.97 percent) , and Ozamiz Port (10.47 percent). About 68 percent of the total passengers were recorded in Ozamiz Port, followed by Cagayan de Oro port at 28 percent and Iligan Port at 4 percent.
Despite the decline in the number of ship calls during the period, cargo throughput improved by 5.96 percent buoyed by the positive outputs in Cagayan de Oro and Ozamiz ports. Volume of cargoes in Cagayan de Oro port increased by 8.94 percent attributed to the importation of NFA Rice compared to zero (0) importation last year. There was no export of molasses and sugar during the first quarter of 2014. The
increase of 33.74 percent cargoes handled in the port of Ozamiz was due to the increase in shipment both of its inbound and outbound cargoes, like cement and other general cargoes. In the port of Iligan, the drastic decline by 47.24 percent in the volume of cargoes was mainly due to the zero (0) importation of clinker (cement raw materials). (Table 47)
Private Ports
Private ports posted positive performance during the period. Total ship calls increased by 25.48 percent, as the domestic and foreign ship calls rose by 25.44 percent and 27.54 percent, respectively. Passenger traffic in the private ports under PMO Iligan dropped by 10.07 percent in the first quarter of 2014 compared to last year.
Cargo throughput significantly improved by 23.16 percent, from 1.485 million MT in 2013 to 1.829 million MT in 2014. About 58 percent of the total cargoes were handled by private ports under the PMO of Cagayan de Oro. (Table 48)
Containerized Cargoes
A 10.58 percent improvement in the first quarter of 2014 was recorded in the domestic container traffic handled in the major ports in the region, from 54,921 TEUs in 2013 to 60,733 TEUs in 2014. There was no foreign container traffic handled by the ports during the period. (Table 49)
PIA-Regulated Ports
MCT
There was a decline in the number of ship calls in the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) during the period by 7.96 percent, from 113 ship calls in 2013 to 104 ship calls in 2014. Although the number of foreign ship calls increased by 2.17 percent, this was offset by the 10.93 percent decline in domestic ship calls.
The volume of foreign containerized cargoes also suffered downturn by 4.22 percent, from 32,650 TEUs in the first quarter of 2013 to 32,208 TEUs in the first quarter of 2014. Domestic cargoes decreased by 9.27 percent during the period, from 18,534 TEUs in 2013 to 16,817 TEUs in the same period this year.
During the period, NMC Container Line’s schedules slowed down from weekly to 10 days due to restrictions of berthing windows in Cebu Port. Also, due to the scheduled maintenance and shut down of Nestle Philippines, there was a slowdown in the shipment of containerized cargoes. Further, there was also a reduction in the volume of dry containers of Del Monte Phil, Inc. (Table 50)
Other PIA-regulated ports
Although there was an improvement in the number of ship calls in other PIA-regulated ports by 3.52 percent during period, the volume of cargoes handled by the ports experienced decline. Total volume of cargoes handled decreased by 20.61 percent, from 3.701 million MT in the first quarter of 2013 to 2.938 million MT in the first quarter of this year. Foreign cargoes significantly reduced by 23.44 percent during the period
while the volume of domestic cargoes increased by 7.03 percent.
The scheduled maintenance shutdown of Steag Power Plant during the 1st quarter of 2014 contributed to the decline in the volume of cargoes since there was no importation of coal. (Table 51)
H. Motor Vehicle Registration
Total motor vehicles registered in the first quarter of 2014 significantly increased by 14.26 percent, from 63,358 motor vehicles in 2013 to 72,395 motor vehicles this year.
Registration of new and renewal of motor vehicles improved by 23.75 percent and 12.51 percent respectively. About 83 percent of the motor vehicles registered are renewed motor vehicles while 17 percent are new motor vehicles.
Registration of private, for hire, government and tax exempt motor vehicles posted increases during the period. Registration of new private vehicles increased by 23.45 percent, while a 14 percent increase was recorded in the renewal of registration of private vehicles. (Table 52)
I. LTO Frontline Services
For this quarter, LTO collected from its operational activities a total of PHP 161.936 million, 14.80 percent higher than the PhP 141.061 million collected last year. Five (5) revenue collection offices in Cagayan de Oro including the Regional Office contributed about 51 percent (PhP81.927 Million) to the total revenue collections in the first quarter of 2014.
Other transactions handled by LTO recorded increases - registration transactions handled (13.36 percent), licenses/permits issued (11.16 percent) and licenses/transactions handled (14.62 percent).
This quarter, LTO handled 5,170 cases of apprehension, 13.12 percent lower compared to the 5,951 cases of apprehension over the same period last year. (Tables 53, 54, and 55)
J. Status of Electrification
Household Energization
The household electrification level in Region 10 was posted at 78.92 percent or 582,142 households out of the 737,600 potential connections as of the first quarter 2014. There was about six percent increase in households energized this year compared to the same period a year ago. (Table 56)
Sitio Electrification
Sitio electrification in Region 10 stood at around 74.39 percent or about 6,781 out of the total 8,115 sitios regionwide. This data showed that, although universal barangay electrification has been achieved, the greater challenge is to expand the energization to all sitios in Region 10 as targeted in RDP 2011-2016 results matrix. (Table 56)
K. Energy Sales
Energy sales in the region transmitted through the NGCP was posted at about 499,760,557 kilowatt-hour (kwh) during the first quarter of 2014. The sales decreased by 7.44 percent compared to the data in 2013 during the same quarter. According to NGCP, its delivery to the Province of Misamis Oriental decreased by 8.60 percent during the 1st Quarter 2014 compared to a year ago because of the operation of the embedded power plants of the distribution utilities (DU) servicing the said province. There was a net supply-demand deficiency in the Mindanao Grid partially due to technical maintenance shut-down of one of STEAG Coal Fired Power Plant’s turbines. This deficiency prompted the use of embedded powers which resulted to reduction of energy purchased from NGCP.
Moreover, the Province of Lanao del Norte also reduced its energy consumption by about 13 percent. The decrease in sales to Lanao del Norte was also the result of the operation of Mapalad Power Plant as well as of the Iligan Diesel Power Plant which are embedded power source of the DU in the area. In addition, NGCP also reported that one of its customers in Lanao del Norte ceased operation and was disconnected
from the Grid.
The Province of Misamis Oriental was still the biggest energy consumer in the region (around 57 percent share). The Province of Camiguin shared the least of the energy sales during the quarter. (Table 57)
L. Installed and Dependable Capacity
The total installed capacity of Region 10’s power plants was 1,046 megawatts which already included the embedded power of CEPALCO, FIBECO, ILPI and MORESCO II. Dependable capacity was, however, only 893 megawatts or 85.44 percent of the installed capacity. The dependable capacity increased by about 4.44 percentage point or about 38 megawatts in first quarter 2014 compared to the same quarter a year ago.
Most of the additional dependable capacity came from the electric companies and cooperatives with embedded power.The embedded power sources of electric companies and electric cooperatives enable
them to provide uninterruptible power supply to their customers. Comparatively, the coverage areas of these DUs and ECs did not experience brown out or power outages during the first quarter of 2014. Other areas under the Mindanao Grid suffered 4-6 hours a day brown out because of the net system deficiency of power supply experienced in the Grid. (Table 58)
M. Irrigation
The level of irrigation development in Region 10 as of March 2014 was at 56.57 percent which was only 0.72 percentage point higher than the level of irrigation over the same period last year. This translates to about 68,699 hectares of service area in the region out of the potential irrigable areas of 121,432 hectares. More than half of the irrigated areas are in the province of Bukidnon which serves as the food basket of the region. The additional 880 hectares of irrigable area with irrigation facilities were mostly in Misamis Oriental (379 hectares) and Bukidnon (370 hectares).
The province of Camiguin has already reached the 100 percent level of irrigation development. Meanwhile, the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental and Lanao del Norte registered higher increases in total area served by 79.02 percent, 78.66 percent and 78.32 percent, respectively. (Table 59)
N. Peace and Order
Total crime volume in the first quarter of 2014 declined year-on-year by 4 percent to 18,511 cases (8,430 index crimes and 10,081 non-index crimes). The improvement was largely due to the 8 percent reduction in non-index crimes which accounted for more than half of total crime volume. Among index crimes, crimes against persons increased by 2 percent mainly due to increase in physical injury cases (+16 percent). All police offices recorded reductions in crime volume except for Cagayan de Oro (from 4,956 cases to 6,437 cases) and Misamis Oriental (from 3,643 cases to 4,550 cases).
Regionwide, average monthly crime rate (AMCR) improved from 143 per 100,000 population to 138 per 100,000 population. Bukidnon posted the highest crime solution efficiency rate (CSER) at 51 percent followed by Misamis Occidental and Lanao del Norte with 34 percent at 27 percent, respectively. (Tables 60 and 61)
Source: National Economic Development Authority-Region X (http://nro10.neda.gov.ph/downloads/files/1Q_2014_QRES.pdf)
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