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ISSN 2094-6198

Explanatory Notes

The Non-Food and Industrial Crops Quarterly Bulletin provides updates on production of major non-food and industrial crops namely, abaca, coconut, coffee, rubber, sugarcane and tobacco. These crops are highlighted in the report on the Performance of Agriculture that the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) releases quarterly.

This 2nd quarter 2013 issue of the Bulletin provides the final estimates of production in January-March 2013 and preliminary estimates in April-June 2013. Also featured are the January-June 2013 preliminary estimates on area planted and number of bearing trees for permanent crops, and area harvested for temporary crops. The data on area and bearing trees are collected on a semi-annual basis.

Data on area, production, and number of bearing trees are based on the results of the Quarterly Crop Production Survey (CrPS) of the BAS and the Quarterly Coconut Production Survey (QCPS) of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and BAS. Data on canes milled are sourced from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA).

i Figure 1. Abaca production by region, , April-June 2013

1 Production

April-June 2013

Abaca o In the 2nd quarter of 2013, abaca production went down by 3.40 percent from 20.08 thousand mt in 2012 to 19.40 thousand mt attributed to the following:  Harvesting slowed down in , , and del Sur due to low demand.  Eastern remained affected by mosaic disease and bunchy tops causing a drop of 6.28 percent in production.  was similarly affected by bunchy top disease.  Region which has yet to recover from the damages of typhoon “Pablo” registered production decline by 13.06 percent.  Around 118 ha of abaca were cut down as a measure in eradicating bunchy top disease in Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GARBEMCO). Thus, production in Sibugay dropped by 53.57 percent. o Bicol Region recorded the highest production at 7.43 thousand mt or 38.29 percent of the total abaca fiber output of the country. This was followed by Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) with 5.48 thousand mt or 28.25 percent share and Region Xl (Davao Region) with 2.04 thousand mt or 10.49 percent share (Figure 1).

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Figure 2. Coconut production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2013

3 Coconut o For 2nd quarter of 2013, coconut production decreased by 1.52 percent compared to the output in the same period in 2012 (Table 1). o Around 97.72 percent young were harvested as nut matured nuts while 2.28 2.28% percent were young nuts (Figure 3). mature o The production of nut 97.72% matured nut was 1.69 percent lower than the Figure 3. Coconut: Percent Distribution output in April-June of Production by Crop Type, Philippines, 2012. April-June 2013  Production in and dropped by 5.51 percent and 15.54 percent, respectively due to low price of copra.  , Compostela Valley, , del Norte, Oriental, and Surigao del Sur have yet to recover from the adverse effects of typhoon “Pablo.”  Cutting of old tall trees reduced output in by 2.77 percent or by 1,755 mt.  Coconut trees affected by scale insects were cut down in . o In contrast, production of young nut was higher by 6.36 percent  High demand from makers of “buko” shakes, juice, halo-halo, and candies increased production of young nuts by 4,938 mt compared to the output a year ago. o The top coconut producers were Davao Region, , Northern , Eastern Visayas, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Figure 2).

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Figure 4. Coffee production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2013

5 Coffee o Production of coffee in the second quarter of 2013 dropped by 3.79 percent, from 10.10 thousand mt in 2012 to 9.72 thousand mt in 2013. Contributory factors that accounted for the decline in production were as follows:  Production in Davao Region went down by 13.28 percent.  Those of Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental, and Davao del Norte went down by 51.14%, 2.48%, and 2.48%, respectively, due to the adverse effects of typhoon “Pablo.”  Davao City, on the other hand, reported shifting to banana (lakatan and cavendish).  Heavy rainfall affected coffee in during the flowering stage causing production in the province to drop by 3.63%.  Low market demand led to neglect of coffee farms in , , , and .  Rains during the flowering stage led to falling off of flowers in while insufficient water retarded development of berries/cherries in Batangas. These caused the drop in production of CALABARZON by 27.03%.  Strong winds negatively affected development of cherries in .  Cutting of old and less productive Liberica trees was reported in Batangas. o Among the coffee producing regions in the country, SOCCSKSARGEN was the top producer with 48.18 percent share to the total production. Davao Region and ARMM followed with respective shares of 16.91 percent and 14.11 percent.

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Figure 5. Rubber production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2013

7 Rubber

o Rubber cuplump production from April to June 2013 decreased by 2.57 percent to 114.55 thousand mt from 117.57 thousand mt in 2012.  Production of Davao Region and went down by 52.74 percent and 57.24 percent, respectively. This negated the gains from the other regions.  Zamboanga Peninsula posted growth of 1.69 percent after rubber trees recovered from defoliation. More trees were tapped in and Zamboanga del Sur due to higher demand for rubber.  posted a growth of 10.35 percent. The increase was attributed to the increasing number of tappable trees in and .  Output of SOCCSKSARGEN rose by 1.63 percent due to the increased number of mature trees.  ARMM's output also climbed by 7.25 percent. This was attributed to the increase in number of mature trees in .

o Concentration of rubber production was observed to be in Zamboanga Peninsula, SOCCSKSARGEN and ARMM with shares of 38.38 percent, 32.31 percent and 22.06 percent, respectively, to the national rubber production. Production of these regions accounted for 92.75 percent of the national output (Figure 4).

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Figure 6. Sugarcane production by region, Philippines, April-June, 2013

9 Sugarcane

o Total production of sugarcane went down by 23.09 percent, from 3.96 million mt in 2012 to 3.05 million mt in 2013. This could be attributed to:  Shifting to palay and cassava in ; corn in and South ; and rubber, oil palm and banana in North Cotabato;  Early termination of harvesting/milling in Batangas (April 2013) and (May 2013);  Movement of harvest from 1st quarter of 2013 to 4th quarter of 2012 as a result of the intensified harvesting/milling in Iloilo and Occidental.

o Production of cane for panocha / centrifugal sugar, which basi/vinegar muscovado 0.05% accounted for 95.28 1.57% percent of the total ethanol chewing sugarcane production 3.06% 0.01% (Figure 7), dropped by 25.80 percent.

o Production of sugarcane for chewing dropped by centrifugal 16.70 percent. sugar 95.28% o Sugarcane for other uses Figure 7. Sugarcane: Percent (panocha/muscovado Distribution of Production by Use, and basi/ vinegar) went Philippines, up by 3.35 percent. April-June 2013

o Western Visayas contributed 42.87 percent to total production (Figure 6).

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Figure 8. Tobacco production by region, Philippines, April-June 2013

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Tobacco

o Production of tobacco went up by 13.37 percent in the second quarter of 2013, to 41.36 thousand mt from 36.49 thousand mt in 2012 (Table 1).

o Virginia tobacco production increased by 31.91 percent, from 12.99 thousand mt in 2012 to 17.13 thousand mt in 2013. This was attributed to:  Crop shifting from yellow corn and garlic in Sur and .  Lesser infestation of cutworm was observed in and Ilocos Norte.  High price of Virginia tobacco was noted.

o Production of other varieties, mostly Burley tobacco, grew by 5.72 percent to 14.57 thousand mt from 13.78 thousand mt in 2012. This was due to:  Increase in area planted/harvested in and Ilocos Norte due to high price.  Financial assistance was extended to tobacco farmers in by Universal Leaf Philippines Inc.

o Harvest of Native tobacco declined by 0.56 percent on account of:  Shifting to banana saba in .  Native tobacco leaves were affected by leaf folder in .  Native tobacco crops in Maguindanao were affected by floods.

12 Production, Area and Number of Bearing/Mature Trees

January-June 2013

Abaca

o The abaca production in the 1st half of 2013 was 35.06 thousand mt or 5.54 percent lower than last year’s production level of 37.12 thousand mt (Table 1). The following were the factors contributed for the decline:  Some municipalities in Leyte and were still affected by bunchy top disease.  Davao Region which has yet to recover from the effects of typhoon “Pablo.” Production went down by 21.92 percent or by 1.04 thousand mt.  Around 118 ha of abaca plant were cut down as a measure in eradicating bunchy top disease in Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi- Purpose Cooperative (GARBEMCO). Thus, dropping production in by 43.14 percent.  At mid-year, area planted to abaca dropped by 4.58 percent, from 136.90 thousand hectares in 2012 to 130.63 thousand hectares in 2013.

13 Coconut

o In January-June 2013, coconut production decreased by 1.26 percent to 7.21 million mt from 7.30 million mt in the same period of 2012, this was attributed to the following:  Low price of copra in Surigao del Norte.  Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur have yet to recover from the effects of typhoon “Pablo”.  Cutting of old tall trees reduced output in Aurora.  Coconut trees affected by scale insects were cut down in Batangas. o Area planted to coconut decreased by 0.75 percent, from 3.56 million trees in 2012 to 3.53 million trees in 2013. o Number of bearing trees went down by 1.00 percent or by 3.43 million trees.

Excelsa Coffee 7.87% Liberica o st Arabica This year’s 1 half 20.39% 0.54% production decreased to 4.26 thousand or by 10.27 percent from 41.54 thousand mt in Robusta 2012 (Table 1). 71.21% o Area planted for all varieties went down by Figure 9. Coffee: Percent Distribution of Production by Variety, Philippines, 3.27 percent, from January-June, 2013 119.72 thousand hectares to 115.81 thousand hectares (Table 2). o The total number of bearing trees dropped by 3.88 percent, from 83.17 million trees in 2012 to 79.95 million trees in 2013 (Table 2). o Robusta remained as the major variety with 71.21 percent share in total dried berry production in the 1st half of 2013 (Figure 2).

14 Rubber

o In the first half of 2013, production of rubber cuplump went down by 1.73 percent, to 181.09 thousand mt from 184.28 in 2012 (Table 1).

o This was attributed to the adverse effects of strong winds and rains brought about by typhoon “Pablo” in the first week of December 2012.

o The number of mature trees in Davao Region decreased by 55.96 percent particularly in the provinces of Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, and Davao Oriental as a consequence of the typhoon.

o Area planted to rubber in Davao Region went down by 48.16 percent from 6.68 thousand ha at mid-year last year to 3.46 thousand ha this year.

Sugarcane o Total sugarcane production during the 1st half of 2013 went down by 8.11 percent (Table 1). o Similarly, area harvested went down by 0.51 percent (Table 2).  Production of cane for centrifugal sugar in 2013 was recorded at 14.17 million mt. This was 9.54 percent lower than the previous year’s record of 15.67 million mt.  Production of sugarcane for chewing dropped by 14.93 percent.  Production of sugarcane for other uses showed improvement; panocha/muscovado by 1.08 percent; and basi/vinegar by 2.78 percent.  Around 212.85 thousand mt of sugarcane were processed for ethanol during the period.

15 Tobacco o In the first half of 2013, production of tobacco of all varieties was estimated at 52.80 thousand mt which was 11.20 percent above the 2012 production level of 47.48 thousand mt. o Production of Native variety, which is cultivated throughout the Others year, decreased by 0.75 27.85% percent. Virginia 53.49% o Outputs of Virginia and Other varieties, mostly Burley, traditionally harvested in the 1st half Native of the year, increased by 18.66% 19.44 percent and 5.73 percent, respectively (Table 1). Figure10. Tobacco: Percent Distribution by Variety, Philippines, January-June, 2013 o Good price of tobacco last year, availability of seedlings and support from financiers motivated farmers to plant 33.51 thousand hectares to tobacco in 2013, 0.18 percent more than the area harvested of 33.45 thousand hectares in 2012. o Virginia tobacco was the most preferred variety with 53.49 percent share in the total production from January to June 2013 (Figure 10).

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TABLES

Table 1. Non-Food and Industrial Crops: Production (mt), Philippines, January-June and April-June 2012-2013P

Production % Change Crop January-June April-June Jan-Jun Apr-Jun 2012F 2013P 2012F 2013P 2013/2012 2013/2012 Production (MT)

Abaca 37,120.21 35,064.83 20,083.57 19,401.66 (5.54) (3.40) Coconut 7,301,874.25 7,209,692.89 3,685,714.95 Coffee 41,541.35 37,276.54 10,103.05 3,629,556.00 9,720.32 (10.27) (1.26) (1.52)(3.79) Arabica 7,569.89 7,599.52 2,752.98 2,729.17 0.39 (0.86) Excelsa 3,341.62 2,933.53 1,242.37 1,118.96 (12.21) (9.93) Liberica 218.46 200.47 79.12 67.34 (8.23) (14.89) Robusta 30,411.39 26,543.02 6,028.59 5,804.86 (12.72) (3.71) Rubber 184,281.39 181,086.01 117,570.83 114,552.50 (1.73) (2.57) Sugarcane (cane) for: 15,799,300.69 14,518,484.32 3,962,247.80 Centrifugal sugar 15,666,015.00 14,170,939.00 3,913,235.00 3,047,333.22 (8.11) (23.09) Ethanol 212,850.79 2,903,567.00 93,171.59 (9.54) (25.80) Panocha/Muscovado 128,417.21 129,803.34 47,274.52 48,873.37 1.08 3.38 Chewing 636.97 541.88 304.17 253.37 (14.93) (16.70) Basi/Vinegar 4,231.49 4,349.31 1,434.11 1,467.89 2.78 2.36 Tobacco 47,476.78 52,795.44 36,487.16 41,364.44 11.20 13.37 Native 9,927.01 9,852.94 9,724.88 9,670.04 (0.75) (0.56) Virginia 23,643.96 28,240.42 12,985.24 17,129.13 19.44 31.91 Others 13,905.81 14,702.08 13,777.04 14,565.27 5.73 5.72

P-Preliminary Centrifugal Sugar and ethanol for 2012-2013 SRA Revised as of July 26, 2013

18 Table 2. Non-Food and Industrial Crops: Area Planted/Harvested , Philippines, 2011-2012, January-June 2012-2013P Area PERCENT CHANGE Crop January-December January-June Jan-Dec Jan-Jun 2011 2012F 2012 2013P 2012/2011 2013/2012 Area (ha)

Abaca 138,991 138,523 136,895 130,630 (0.34) (4.58) Coconut 3,561,981 3,573,806 3,558,715 3,531,939 0.33 (0.75) Coffee 119,637 119,999 119,723 115,810 0.30 (3.27) Arabica 19,369 19,369 19,328 18,828 (0.00) (2.59) Excelsa 9,115 8,916 8,915 8,571 (2.18) (3.85) Liberica 1,378 1,360 1,354 1,306 (1.32) (3.55) Robusta 89,774 90,354 90,127 87,105 0.65 (3.35) Rubber 161,565 176,244 172,660 182,751 9.09 5.84 Sugarcane (cane) for: 439,698 433,301 286,733 285,253 (1.45) (0.52) Centrifugal sugar 435,351 428,329 284,553 278,411 (1.61) (2.16) Ethanol 500 1,233 - 4,650 146.60 Panocha/Muscovado 3,627 3,527 2,024 2,039 (2.76) 0.77 Chewing 99 93 48 45 (5.64) (5.98) Basi/Vinegar 121 119 108 108 (1.61) (0.32) Tobacco 32,235 34,025 33,451 33,511 5.55 0.18 Native 7,965 7,723 7,149 6,134 (3.03) (14.21) Virginia 18,731 19,508 19,508 20,539 4.15 5.29 Others 5,539 6,794 6,794 6,839 22.66 0.65

P-Preliminary F-Final

Table 3. Non-Food and Industrial Crops: Number of Bearing Trees, Philippines, 2011-2012, January-June 2012-2013P Area PERCENT CHANGE January-December January-June Jan-Dec Jan-Jun Crop 2011 2012F 2012 2013P 2012/2011 2013/2012

Bearing Trees

Coconut 339,795,215 344,377,121 343,258,435 339,823,994 1.35 (1.00) Coffee 83,168,310 83,513,674 83,169,805 79,946,680 0.42 (3.88) Arabica 13,728,806 13,684,182 13,666,959 13,304,413 (0.33) (2.65) Excelsa 5,631,268 5,394,460 5,394,386 5,127,149 (4.21) (4.95) Liberica 911,290 902,697 900,769 869,867 (0.94) (3.43) Robusta 62,896,945 63,532,335 63,207,691 60,645,251 1.01 (4.05) Rubber 42,063,221 43,550,204 43,159,406 45,357,539 3.54 5.09

P-Preliminary F-Final

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