Employment Rate in SOCCSKSARGEN Region hits 93.3 percent in July 2020 (Preliminary Estimates)

Export sales of SOCCSKSARGEN Region in April 2020 was valued at US$77,142,394, an increase of 25.1 percent from US$61,360,487 recorded in April 2019. Total volume of export goods reached 59,467,752 kilograms during the month under review from 35,319,820 kilograms a year ago.

SOCCSKSARGEN’s Headline Inflation Up by 3.3% in October 2020

SOCCSKSARGEN’s Headline Inflation Sustained at 3.3% in November 2020

SOCCSKSARGEN Region’s Inflation Rate for the Bottom 30% Income Household fell by 3.5% in October 2020 from 3.6% in September of the same year. Among all commodity groups, only Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages has recorded an increase in inflation at 1.2% from 0.3% in September 2020. Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco and Transport has sustained a double digit record of 15.5% and 16.8%, respectively.

The inflation rate for the Bottom 30% Income Households in SOCCSKSARGEN slightly rose to 3.6% in November 2020 from 3.5% in October 2020. Only the commodity groups of Clothing and Footwear (from 1.8% to 1.9%), Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas, and Other Fuels (from 3.1% to 3.8%), Furnishing, Household Equipment and Routine Maintenance of the House (from 1.0% to 1.1%), and Health (from 3.9% to 4.3) recorded an increases in inflation among the commodity groups.

Employment Situation in SOCCSKSARGEN Region on April 2020 (Based on the final results of April 2019 and April 2020 Round).

Export sales of SOCCSKSARGEN Region in June 2020 was valued at US$121,356,346, an increase of 48.7 percent from US$81,634,583 recorded in June 2019. Total volume of export goods reached 105,133,870.91 kilograms during the month under review from 100,623,915.43 kilograms a year ago.

SOCCSKSARGEN's Headline Inflation up by 3.7% in December 2020