The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - La Union Provincial Statistical Office conducted an Information Campaign on 2023 Geo-enabled Master Sample and Data Dissemination on Foreign Trade Statistics, Inflation Report, PhilSys Birth Registration…
The Provincial Statistics Committee (PSC) of La Union organized a training-workshop entitled, "Online Training on Descriptive Statistics and Its Applications Using Official Statistics” on 27 October 2023, aligned with the Provincial Statistical…
La Union’s headline inflation eased to 4.6 percent in October 2023 from 5.4 percent in September 2023. This brings the provincial average inflation rate from January to October 2023 to 4.5 percent. In October 2022, inflation rate was lower at 4.0…
In 2nd quarter of 2023, the total external trade of goods imported and exported at the ports in La Union amounted to USD 269.25 Million, a decrease of 5.45 percent compared with the 1st quarter of 2023 figure of USD 284.78 Million.
The average Consumer Price Index (CPI) in La Union in 2nd quarter 2023 was recorded at 113.5. The said figure was 3.7 percentage points higher than the average CPI in the same period of 2022 at 109.8 and 1.0 percentage point lower than the previous…
John Carlo M. Gayo, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science freshman from Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-South La Union Campus (DMMMSU-SLUC), ranked first during the 27th Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) provincial elimination held…
The 34th National Statistics Month (NSM) celebration in La Union, spearheaded by the Provincial Government of La Union (PGLU) and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-La Union Provincial Statistical Office through the Provincial Statistics…
The total number of new construction projects from approved building permits in 2nd quarter of 2023 was recorded at 675, reflecting an increase of 16.78 percent from 578 construction projects in the same quarter last year.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in La Union in August 2023 went up to 116.0. This means that on the average, prices of goods and services in the province have increased by 16.0 percent from the base year 2018. The province’s CPI was posted at 110.2…
The volume of production from commercial fisheries was posted at 154.45 metric tons in 2nd quarter 2023. This recorded an increase of 55.79 percent from its level in 2nd quarter 2022 of 99.14 metric tons.
The aquaculture production in La Union was posted at 4,596.27 metric tons in 2nd quarter 2023. This translates to a decrease of 12.46 percent from the previous year’s same quarter level of 5,250.38 metric tons.
La Union’s total volume of fisheries production in 2nd quarter 2023 was recorded at 5,224.65 metric tons, a decrease of 11.54 percent from the 5,906.53 metric tons production in 2nd quarter 2022. (Figure 1)
The total municipal fisheries production in La Union decreased by 14.92 percent from the estimated production of 557.02 metric tons in 2nd quarter 2022 to 473.92 metric tons in 2nd quarter 2023.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in La Union in May 2023 was recorded at 113.3. This means that on the average, prices of goods and services in the province have increased by 13.3 percent from the base year 2018. The province’s CPI was posted at 113.9…
The total number of new construction projects from approved building permits in 1st quarter of 2023 was recorded at 669, reflecting an increase of 10.03 percent from 608 construction projects in the same quarter last year.
The total number of new non residential building constructions from approved building permits in 1st quarter 2023 was recorded at 142 constructions, reflecting an increase of 19.33 percent from 119 constructions in same quarter last year.
Residential type buildings were recorded at 526 constructions in 1st quarter of 2023. This figure posted an increase of 8.68 percent from the 484 residential buildings reported in the same quarter a year ago.
Two types of corn (white corn and yellow corn) were grown in La Union in 1st quarter 2022 and 1st quarter 2023. The volume of corn production increased by 0.08 percent in 1st quarter 2023 at 25,157.41 metric tons from 25,136.09 metric tons in 1st…
The volume of palay production in La Union in 1st quarter 2023 was recorded at 26,796.00 metric tons. This is 0.60 percent higher than the volume of palay production in the province in the same period of 2022 at 26,635.00 metric tons.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in La Union in April 2023 was recorded at 113.9. This means that on the average, prices of goods and services in the province have increased by 13.9 percent from the base year 2018. The province’s CPI was posted at 114…