Coconut Statistics






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*

  • 331 Million bearing tree



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
1997 2.600 13.627    
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)
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)
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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