The volume of duck egg production from July to September 2023 was estimated at 13.40 thousand metric tons. This indicates a decline of 2.2 percent from the 13.70 thousand metric tons output in the same period of 2022. (Figure 1)

Among regions, Central Luzon was the top producer of duck egg with 7.09 thousand metric tons or 52.9 percent share to the total duck egg production during the quarter. Completing the top five regions with the highest volume of duck egg production in the third quarter of 2023 were the following:

a.    Western Visayas, 1.03 thousand metric tons;  
b.    Northern Mindanao, 0.96 thousand metric tons;  
c.    CALABARZON, 0.74 thousand metric tons; and  
d.    SOCCSKSARGEN, 0.74 thousand metric tons.

These regions accounted for 78.8 percent of the country’s total duck egg production during the quarter.

Compared with their outputs in the third quarter of 2022, eight regions recorded decrements in duck egg production during the period. In terms of level, Northern Mindanao reported the highest decrease of 0.14 thousand metric tons, from 1.10 thousand metric tons in the third quarter of 2022 to 0.96 thousand metric tons in the same quarter of 2023.