The headline inflation of prices in Davao de Oro Province decreased to 10.2 percent in August 2022 from 12.0 percent in July 2022. Inflation of prices in August 2022 was lower at 1.8 percentage points compared with the previous month inflation rate. The average inflation for the first eight months of the year stood at 8.1 percent. (see Table 1 and Figure 1)

The total fisheries production in the province of Davao de Oro in 2021 was recorded at 1,669.54 metric tons from 1,431.91 metric tons output in 2020, representing an annual increase of 16.60 percent. This was brought about by the increase in production from marine municipal fisheries and aquaculture. Only inland municipal registered a downtrend in production during the period. (see Table A)

Livestock and poultry inventories drop by 0.16 percent and 1.82 percent, respectively As of January 1, 2022, the total inventory of livestock in Davao de Oro was estimated at 191,006 heads. The total figure was 0.16 percent lower than the registered 191,320 heads of the same period of last year. Of the total livestock inventory, 96.84 percent were raised on backyard farms while the remaining 3.16 percent were raised in commercial farms. The inventory of livestock in backyard farms during this period stood at 184,964 heads, 1.32 percent higher than the previous year of 182,555 heads. However, livestock raised in commercial farms posted a negative growth of 31.07 percent, from 8,765 heads to 6,042 heads this year.

08 August 2022- DAVAO DE ORO. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Davao de Oro, together with the seven (7) CBMS-participating Local Government Units (LGUs) of the province conducted a Provincial Motorcade last 08 August 2022 to showcase the simultaneous kick-off of data collection in the 2022 PSA-led CBMS National Rollout which will run from 08 August to 05 October 2022.

04 August 2022 – DAVAO CITY. Provincial and Municipal officials of Davao de Oro participated in the recently conducted Regional Dissemination Forum on the Updated Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC) and Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) Revision I in Region XI. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Regional Statistical Services Office (RSSO) XI, headed by Regional Director (RD) Ruben D. Abaro Jr. together with Officer-In-Charge (OIC) Statistical Operations and Coordination Division (SOCD) XI Supervising Statistical Specialist (SSS) Ma. Leah Magracia conducted the said activity last 04 August 2022 at the Grand Regal Hotel, Davao City.

04-08 July 2022 – DAVAO CITY. In preparation for the implementation of the 2022 PSA-led Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS), the Regional Statistical Services Office (RSSO) XI spearheaded Joint 2nd and 3rd Level Training in the 2022 CBMS Data Collection last 04-08 July 2022 held at Mergrande Ocean Resort, Talomo, Davao City.

21-28 July 2022 – DAVAO DE ORO. In the conduct of the 2022 PSA-led Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Davao de Oro continued its capacity building to the CBMS-participating local government units (LGUs) of the province.

18-20 July 2022 – DAVAO CITY. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Regional Statistical Services Office (RSSO) XI, headed by Regional Director (RD) Ruben D. Abaro Jr. together with Supervising Statistical Specialist (SSS) Maria Leah C. Magracia, hosted the successful conduct of the second batch “Training/Workshop on Data to Non-Benchmark Estimation of the Provincial Product Accounts (PPA)” for the regional and provincial staff of the nine (9) regions last 18 to 20 July 2022 at the Waterfront Insular Hotel, Lanang, Davao City.

The headline inflation of prices in Davao de Oro Province increased further to 12.0 percent in July 2022 from 10.8 percent in June 2022. This is the highest recorded inflation of prices since January 2019. Inflation in July 2021 was lower at 3.6 percent. The average inflation for the first seven months of the year stood at 7.8 percent. (see Table 1 and Figure 1)

The headline inflation in Davao del Norte increased by 7.1 percent in July 2022 compared to its inflation rate in July last year, which was recorded at 4.2 percent. The current inflation figure is higher compared to the headline inflation of the Philippines as a whole, which stood at 6.4, but lower compared to the recorded inflation of the Davao Region at 8.6 (Table A).