COCONUT STATISTICS






AREAS PLANTED TO COCONUT*

  • 3.562 M hectares (2011)

  • 26% of total agricultural land

  • 68 out of 79 provinces are coconut areas

  • 1,195 coconut municipalities



NUMBER OF COCONUT TREES*

  • 340 Million bearing trees



NUT PRODUCTION*

  • 15.2 Billion nuts/year average

  • 43 nuts/tree/year average

* Source: DA-BAS




COCONUT PRODUCTION

YEAR (A)
COPRA TERMS
(Million MT)
NUT EQUIVALENT*
(Billion)
1997 2.600 13.627
1998 2.500 13.102
1999 1.374 7.201
2000 2.572 13.480
2001 2.842 15.031
2002 2.315 12.133
2003 2.549 13.789
2004 2.377 12.458
2005 2.652 14.825
2006 2.554 14.958
2007 2.213 14.853
2008 2.387 15.320
2009 2.758 15.656
2010 3.030 15.540
2011 2.550 15.207

* computed from (A) at 5,241 nuts = 1 MT copra



COCONUT EXPORTS

YEAR In Million MT
(copra terms)
2001 2.449
2002 1.767
2003 2.171
2004 1.792
2005 2.144
2006 2.015
2007 1.680
2008 1.643
2009 1.515
2010 2.332
2011 1.505

Source: UCAP



COCONUT DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION

YEAR In Million MT
(copra terms)
2001 0.513
2002 0.513
2003 0.506
2004 0.444
2005 0.468
2006 0.600
2007 0.625
2008 0.825
2009 0.957
2010 0.922
2011 0.740

Source: UCAP



 
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