HIGHLIGHTS

Based on standing crop as of 01 March 2023, the estimated palay and corn production for the period of January to March 2023 may increase compared with the estimate of actual harvest in the same period of 2022. 

PALAY 
1. The estimated palay production for January to March 2023 may increase to 4.80 million metric tons or by 5.7 percent based on standing crop as of 01 March 2023 from its actual estimate of 4.54 million metric tons in the same period of last year. On the other hand, the updated estimate of palay production as of 01 March 2023 for the period of January to March 2023 showed a decline of -0.9 percent from its estimate of 4.84 million metric tons as of 01 January 2023. (Figure 1 and Table 1) 

2. The estimated harvest area for the period of January to March 2023 may increase to 1.18 million hectares or by 3.2 percent based on standing crop from 1.14 million hectares actual estimate of harvested area in the same period of 2022. The yield per hectare of palay for the period of January to March 2023 may increase to 4.08 metric tons or by 2.4 percent based on standing crop, from 3.98 metric tons actual estimate in the same period of the previous year. (Table 1)

3. About 632.40 thousand hectares or 53.8 percent of the 1,176.41 thousand hectares updated harvest area of standing crop have been harvested as of 01 March 2023. (Tables 1 and 2)

4. Out of the 632.40 thousand hectares area harvested as of 01 March 2023, the actual production was recorded at 2.55 million metric tons. (Table 2)

5. Of the total area of 544.02 thousand hectares of standing crop that are yet to be harvested as of 01 March 2023, 12.5 percent were at the reproductive stage and 87.5 percent at the maturing stage. (Figure 2 and Table 3)

 
CORN
1. Based on standing crop as of 01 March 2023, the updated corn production for the period of January to March 2023 may increase to 2.560 million metric tons or by 4.9 percent from its actual estimate of 2.44 million metric tons in the same period of 2022. Meanwhile, the updated estimate of corn production as of 01 March 2023 based on standing crop exhibited a reduction of -0.1 percent from its estimate of 2.564 million metric tons as of 01 January 2023. (Figure 3 and Table 4)

2. Harvest area for the period of January to March 2023 may increase to 688.62 thousand hectares or by 2.6 percent based on standing crop from 671.20 thousand hectares actual estimate of harvest area in the same period of 2022. Yield per hectare may increase to 3.72 metric tons or by 2.2 percent based on standing crop from 3.64 metric tons actual estimate of yield per hectare in the same period of the previous year. (Table 4)

3. About 398.67 thousand hectares or 57.9 percent of the 688.62 thousand hectares updated area of standing crop have been harvested as of 01 March 2023. (Tables 4 and 5)

4. From the area harvested as of 01 March 2023 at 398.67 thousand hectares, the actual production was recorded at 1.43 million metric tons. (Table 5)

5. Of the total area of 289.95 thousand hectares standing corn that are yet to be harvested as of 01 March 2023, 7.6 percent were at the reproductive stage and 92.4 percent were at the maturing stage. (Figure 4 and Table 6)

DIVINA GRACIA L. DEL PRADO, Ph.D.
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge, Deputy National Statistician
Sectoral Statistics Office