The volume of duck production from April to June 2023 was recorded at 6.74 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This indicates an increase of 7.1 percent from the same period of 2022 level of 6.29 thousand metric tons, liveweight. This level of production in the second quarter of 2023 was a recovery from the annual decline of -7.5 percent recorded in the same quarter of 2022. (Figure 1)

By region, Central Luzon was the top producer of duck with 1.95 thousand metric tons, liveweight or 28.9 percent share to the total duck production during the quarter. Completing the top five regions with the highest volume of duck production at liveweight in the second quarter of 2023 were the following:

a.    SOCCSKSARGEN, 1.23 thousand metric tons; 
b.    Northern Mindanao, 0.71 thousand metric tons; 
c.    Western Visayas, 0.64 thousand metric tons; and 
d.    Cagayan Valley, 0.62 thousand metric tons.

These regions accounted for 76.4 percent of the country’s total duck production during the quarter.

Compared with their outputs in the same quarter of 2022, nine regions recorded increases in duck production during the period. In terms of level, Central Luzon recorded the highest increment of 0.49 thousand metric tons, from 1.46 thousand metric tons in the second quarter of 2022 to 1.95 thousand metric tons in the same quarter of 2023.

As of 30 June 2023, the total duck inventory was estimated at 14.52 million birds. This was 7.0 percent higher than the previous year’s same period count of 13.57 million birds. About 66.1 percent of the country’s duck population came from smallhold farms, while the remaining 31.2 percent and 2.7 percent were from semi-commercial and commercial farms, respectively. (Figure 2)

Central Luzon recorded the highest duck population of 5.03 million birds as of 30 June 2023. This was followed by Cagayan Valley and SOCCSKSARGEN with corresponding inventories of 1.55 million birds and 1.46 million birds. These three regions accounted for 55.4 percent of the country’s total duck population during the period.

The average farmgate price of duck for meat for the second quarter of 2023 was quoted at PhP 163.52 per kilogram, liveweight. This indicates an increase of 14.3 percent from the previous year’s same quarter average farmgate price of PhP 143.07 per kilogram, liveweight. (Figure 4)

In the second quarter of 2023, the highest average farmgate price was recorded in June at PhP 175.19 per kilogram, liveweight, while the lowest average farmgate price was quoted in May at PhP 155.47 per kilogram, liveweight.

DIVINA GRACIA L. DEL PRADO, PhD 
Assistant Secretary 
Deputy National Statistician 
Sectoral Statistics Office