Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 06:47 PM, Jun 20, 2023

June 20, 2023

Dear AC Domingo,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated May 08, 2023 03:42:14 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Paper Industry in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved.

Our apologies for the delayed response.

Our data on this are limited to the following published data:

1. List of operational paper and abaca pulp mills and their capacity and location

Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF): https://psa.gov.ph/content/census-agriculture-and-fisheries-caf

Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) Statistical Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/content/2012-census-agriculture-and-fisheries-statistical-tables

Table 9.  Number and Area of Holding/Farm Parcels Planted with Top 20 Permanent Crops by Compact Planting, Region and Province: Philippines, 2012: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/specialrelease/2012%20CAF_%20Agriculture%20Statistical%20Tables.xlsx  

2. Import and export of paper products

Foreign Trade: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/foreign-trade
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/foreign-trade/fts-table-id

Foreign Trade Statistics (FTS) of the Philippines: https://psa.gov.ph/content/foreign-trade-statistics-fts-philippines

Quarterly Domestic Trade: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/qtr-domstat
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/qtr-domstat/table

Annual Domestic Trade: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/ann-domstat
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/ann-domstat/table

International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/International-Merchandise-Trade-Statistics-IMTS
Annual Commodity Flow: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2L__DTR__AN/?tablelist=true

Quarterly Commodity Flow: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2L__DTR__QT/?tablelist=true

You may refer to Philippine Standard Commodity Classification (PSCC): https://psa.gov.ph/content/philippine-standard-commodity-classification-pscc
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of Paperboard -  48  

3. Share of paper manufacturing to the country’s total manufacturing output

National Accounts: https://psa.gov.ph/national-accounts/base-2018/data-series
GVA in Manufacturing (Q1 2000 to Q1 2023)( at Current and Constant 2018 Prices, as of May 11, 2023): https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/10MFG_2018PSNA_Qrt_15.xlsx	

GVA in Manufacturing (2000-2022)(at Current and Constant 2018 Prices, as of April 5, 2023): https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/10MFG_2018PSNA_Ann_6.xlsx

4. Breakdown of paper use (example: 50% of paper and paperboard products are used in packaging, 10% for 
printing and writing, etc)- we do not have specific data on this.

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Respectfully,

Noel G. Perez
(Information Technology Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service