The coconut (with husk) production from April to June 2023 reached 3.41 million metric tons, indicating an annual growth of 1.5 percent from the 3.36 million metric tons recorded level in the same quarter of 2022.

Davao Region was the largest producer of coconut during the quarter with 461.07 thousand metric tons output or 13.5 percent share. Completing the top three regions with the highest coconut production were Northern Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula with corresponding productions of 452.33 thousand metric tons (13.3%) and 437.60 thousand metric tons (12.8%).

The area planted with coconut from January to June 2023 was 3.62 million hectares, which indicates an increase of 0.6 percent from the previous year’s same period level of 3.59 million hectares.