YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION RATES The Inflation Rate for the Bottom 30% Income Households in SOCCSKSARGEN Region eases to 5.1% in March 2024 from 5.8% in February 2024.

Fisheries Production in SOCCSKSARGEN Region decreased by 9.0 percent In 2023, the Fisheries production of SOCCSKSARGEN Region decreased by 9.0 percent from 299,784.90 metric tons in 2022 to 272,861.41 metric tons in 2023 despite a 0.1 percent increase in Municipal Fisheries production.

YEAR-ON-YEAR INFLATION RATES The Inflation Rate for the Bottom 30% Income Households in SOCCSKSARGEN Region increased to 5.8% in February 2024 from 4.6% in January 2024.

Export value went down by 38.6 percent to US$87.947 million in February 2023 from US$143.349 million in February 2022. The volume of exports totaled up to 80.170 million kilograms in February 2023 from 123.073 million kilograms the previous year. The value of imports decreased by 1.4 percent to US$76.483 million in February 2023 from US$77.587 million in February 2022. Imports volume were up to 172.903 million kilograms in February 2023 from 119.866 million kilograms in February 2022.

The total export value increased by 24.3 percent to US$109.250 million in January 2023 from US$87.893 million in January 2022. The volume of exports summed up to 102.542 million kilograms in January 2023 from 78.120 million kilograms the previous year. The value of imports were down by 4.4 percent to US$85.266 million in January 2023 from US$89.152 million in January 2022. Imports volume were up to 224.390 million kilograms in January 2023 from 178.064 million kilograms in January 2022.

Export value decreased by 23.0 percent to US$106.784 million in November 2022 from US$138.700 million in November 2021. The volume of exports went down to 99.070 million kilograms in November 2022 from 120.825 million kilograms the previous year. Import value increased by 11.1 percent to US$72.497 million in November 2022 from US$65.258 million in November 2021. Imports volume decreased to 122.917 million kilograms in November 2022 from 174.745 million kilograms in November 2021.

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.

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