The General Santos City’s headline inflation or overall inflation eased to 0.0 percent in February 2025 from 1.1 percent in January 2025. In February 2024, the inflation rate was higher at 3.5 percent.

The headline inflation in Sarangani Province further declined to 1.5 percent in February 2025 from an annual decline of 0.4 percent in January 2025. In February 2024, the inflation rate was higher at 5.0 percent.

General Santos City’s inflation rate for the bottom 30% income households registered an annual decline of 0.9 percent in February 2025 from an annual increase of 0.8 percent in January 2025. In February 2024, the city’s inflation rate was higher at 5.0 percent.

The province’s inflation rate for the bottom 30% income households recorded an annual decline of 2.6 percent in February 2025 from 1.1 percent annual drop in January 2025. In February 2024, inflation rate in the province was higher at 6.4 percent.

The overall inflation rate for the bottom 30% income households in the province of Sultan Kudarat dropped to -0.5 percent deflation in February 2025, compared to 1.0 percent reported in January 2025. In February 2024 inflation was higher at 4.8 percent.

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 slowed down to 0.2 percent in February 2025 compared to 1.3 percent recorded in January 2025. In February 2024, the inflation rate was higher at 4.9 percent.

Export value went up by 57.4 percent to US$138.457 million in February 2024 from US$87.947 million in February 2023. The volume of exports summed up to 119.441 million kilograms in February 2024 from 80.170 million kilograms the previous year. The value of imports decreased by 23.7 percent to US$58.355 million in February 2024 from US$56.483 million in February 2023. Imports volume were up to 143.280 million kilograms in February 2024 from 172.903 million kilograms in February 2023

The total export value increased by 24.8 percent to US$136.397 million in January 2024 from US$109.250 million in January 2023. The volume of exports summed up to 124.593 million kilograms in January 2024 from 102.542 million kilograms the previous year. The value of imports were down by 25.6 percent to US$63.414 million in January 2024 from US$85.266 million in January 2023. Imports volume were up to 162.595 million kilograms in January 2024 from 224.390 million kilograms in January 2023