Export value decreased by 1.9 percent to US$108.104 million in December 2022 from US$110.209 million in December 2021. The volume of exports totaled 91.238 million kilograms in December 2022 from 98.578 million kilograms the previous year. Import value rose by 19.7 percent to US$79.259 million in December 2022 from US$66.230 million in December 2021. Imports volume decreased to 104.263 million kilograms in December 2022 from 178.439 million kilograms in December 2021.

The overall inflation rate for the bottom 30% income households in the province of Sultan Kudarat slowed down to 2.6 percent in January 2024, compared to 5.4 percent reported in December 2023.

The inflation rate or the year-on-year change on the prices of goods and services commonly purchased by people in the province of Sultan Kudarat continued to slow down to 3.8 percent in January 2024 from 6.3 percent in December 2023. In January 2023, the inflation rate was higher at 7.3 percent.

Inflation Rate in Cotabato province goes down to 1.0 in December 2019

Employment situation in SOCCSKSARGEN Region, based on the preliminary Results of the 2020 Annual Estimates on Labor Force Survey (LFS).

Employment Situation in SOCCSKSARGEN Region: April 2021 (Based on the Preliminary Results of April 2021 Round LFS)

Employment Situation in SOCCSKSARGEN Region: October 2020 (Based on the Final Results of October 2020 Round LFS)

2020 Production Performance of Agriculture in SOCCSKSARGEN Region.

Skipjack is the region’s primary import in terms of freight on board (FOB) value, it constituted 20.38 percent of the region’s US$51,765,437.00 total imports in November 2016 in terms of FOB Value. Skipjack or Stripe-Bellied Bonito, at 7,449,362.00 Kilograms, was the top import for the month at US$10.55 million. The commodity came from China, Taiwan, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam.

Special Release on Socio-Economic and Demographic Characteristics of Sultan Kudarat Province based on POPCEN 2015 results