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AREAS PLANTED TO COCONUT*
- 3.258 M hectares
- 27% of total agricultural land
- 68 out of 79 provinces are coconut areas
- 1,195 coconut municipalities
NUMBER OF COCONUT TREES*
NUT PRODUCTION*
- 14 Billion nuts/year
- 43 nuts/tree/year (average)
* Source: DA-BAS
COCONUT PRODUCTION
| YEAR
| (A)
COPRA TERMS
(Million MT)
| NUT EQUIVALENT*
(Billion)
| GROWTH RATE
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| 1997 |
2.600 |
13.627 |
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| 1998 |
2.500 |
13.102 |
-3.85 |
| 1999 |
1.374 |
7.201 |
-45.04 |
| 2000 |
2.572 |
13.480 |
87.20 |
| 2001 |
2.868 |
15.031 |
11.51 |
| 2002 |
2.315 |
12.133 |
-19.28 |
| 2003 |
2.631 |
13.789 |
13.65 |
| 2004 |
2.377 |
12.458 |
-9.65 |
| 2005 |
2.652 |
13.899 |
11.57 |
| 2006 |
2.474 |
12.966 |
-6.71 |
| 2007 |
2.352 |
12.327 |
-11.31 |
| AVERAGE |
| 2003-2007 |
2.497 |
13.088 |
(4.03) |
| 1998-2007 |
2.412 |
12.639 |
2.81 |
* computed from (A) at 5,241 nuts = 1 MT copra
COCONUT EXPORTS
| YEAR
| In Million MT
(copra terms)
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| 2001 |
2.449 |
| 2002 |
1.767 |
| 2003 |
2.171 |
| 2004 |
1.792 |
| 2005 |
2.144 |
| 2006 |
2.034 |
| 2007 |
1.608 |
Source: UCAP
COCONUT DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
| YEAR
| In Million MT
(copra terms)
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| 2001 |
0.513 |
| 2002 |
0.513 |
| 2003 |
0.506 |
| 2004 |
0.444 |
| 2005 |
0.468 |
| 2006 |
0.600 |
| 2007 |
0.625 |
Source: UCAP
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(0632) 928-4501
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