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 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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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…
Headline inflation in La Union slowed down further to 3.7 percent in April 2023, from 4.9 percent in March 2023. In April 2022, the inflation rate was recorded at 4.4 percent. This brings the average inflation from January to April 2023 to 5.4…
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - La Union Provincial Statistical Office conducts the 2022 Annual Survey of Philippine Business Industry (ASPBI) on 02 May 2023 to 26 June 2023 in randomly selected sample establishments in the province.
The average Consumer Price Index (CPI) in La Union in 1st quarter 2022 was recorded at 114.5. The said figure was 6.4 percentage points higher than the average CPI in the same period of 2022 at 108.1 and 2.3 percentage points higher than the…
As of 31 March 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has successfully delivered and issued a combined 540,856 Philippine Identification (PhilID) cards and printed electronic PhilID (ePhilIDs) in La Union through the Philippine Postal…
The average Consumer Price Index (CPI) in La Union in 1st quarter 2022 was recorded at 114.5. The said figure was 6.4 percentage points higher than the average CPI in the same period of 2022 at 108.1 and 2.3 percentage points higher than the…