ANTIQUE PROVINCIAL PROFILE

LGU	CATEGORY	SCORE	POPULATION	POPULATION WEIGHT (50%)	REVENUE	REVENUE WEIGHT	TOTAL PERCENTAGE	PROVINCIAL SCORE
Anini-Y	Fourth Class Municipality	35.8283	21,201	0.018	91,014,760.90	0.045	0.063	2.2607
Barbaza	Fourth Class Municipality	36.7891	22,704	0.020	7,940,870.97	0.004	0.023	0.8630
Belison	Fifth Class Municipality	40.8513	13,539	0.012	59,203,722.00	0.029	0.041	1.6679
Bugasong	Third Class Municipality	36.0567	33,642	0.029	22,923,493.88	0.011	0.040	1.4516
Caluya	First Class Municipality	6.4937	35,496	0.031	NDA	0.000	0.031	0.1984
Culasi	Third Class Municipality	41.7846	41,228	0.035	4,310,176.06	0.002	0.038	1.5718
Hamtic	Third Class Municipality	31.1657	48,592	0.042	13,672,841.85	0.007	0.049	1.5137
Laua-An	Fourth Class Municipality	37.7037	26,072	0.022	7,757,701.39	0.004	0.026	0.9904
Libertad (AE)	Fifth Class Municipality	16,429	0.014	0.022	2,634,767.95	0.001	0.015	0.5555
Pandan (AE)	Fourth Class Municipality	37.8593	34,333	0.030	17,231,125.67	0.008	0.038	1.4405
Patnongon	Third Class Municipality	40.4854	37,176	0.032	9,881,228.21	0.005	0.037	1.4928
San Jose (AE)	First Class Municipality	41.9760	62,534	0.054	517,014,447.10	0.255	0.309	12.9535
San Remigio (AE)	Third Class Municipality	36.6959	31,935	0.027	7,899,385.57	0.004	0.031	1.1517
Sebaste	Fourth Class Municipality	32.1891	17,907	0.015	101,417,937.80	0.050	0.065	2.1048
Sibalom	Second Class Municipality	36.0889	60,306	0.052	24,297,540.90	0.012	0.064	2.3057
Tibiao	Fourth Class Municipality	30.1109	26,748	0.023	NDA	0.000	0.023	0.6934
Tobias Fornier	Fourth Class Municipality	37.0647	33,046	0.028	123,152,224.30	0.061	0.089	3.3036
Valderrama	Fourth Class Municipality	31.9999	17,906	0.015	4,368,278.21	0.002	0.018	0.5622
TOTALS			580, 794		1,014,720,502.76		1.00	37.0812

Economy

Agriculture

The major crops that are produced in Antique. Aside from Palay and Corn, other crops listed below (coconut, sugarcane, banana, banana saba, and sweet potato) are the top 5 other crops that are being produced in the province based on the volume of production.

Based on (PSA 2018), Palay has the largest volume of production in the province. It also shows that among all the major crops produced, sugarcane has the highest yield in Antique.

the major livestock and poultry that are produced in Antique for the backyard and commercial purposes based on PSA data as of July 1, 2019. Swine has 74,140 heads and is considered the greatest number of production among all the livestock. On the other hand, chicken, which is classified into broiler, layer, and native/improved, has the greatest total number of poultry heads yielding with 974,745 heads compared to duck which has only 171,960 heads both for the backyard and commercial purposes.

Fishery

Antique has a coastline of 244.19 km. and fifteen coastal municipalities.

Based on the National Stock Assessment Program (NSAP) data for 2019, the Auxis rochei (Tulingan) is the top harvested fishery commodity across the municipalities in terms of volume. Other fishery commodities include Thunnus albacares (Yellow fin), Katsuwonus pelamis (Gulyasan), Mene maculate (Moon fish), among others.

Livestock and poultry
Livestock and poultry raising in the province is through backyard or commercial system of production. Data from Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) revealed that from 1,441,660 head of livestock and poultry in 1997, the number rose to 1,547,944 in 1998, an additional 106,284 heads, indicating a 7.37% growth. The main reason behind this growth is the increase in poultry production of almost 7.88 percent.

Forestry
Forest products include bamboo, rattan, buri, bariw, nito, log, charcoal, abaca, herbal vines and plants, wild flowers and others. These forest resources are of undetermined quantity, and are used as raw materials in the construction industry, furniture and handicraft.

A large percentage of forestland is classified as protected (59.29 percent or 70,338.52 hectares). A little more than 50 percent of the total forestland is vegetated. The municipalities of Culasi, San Remigio and Valderrama registered the highest vegetative cover with an area of 13,005 hectares (32,140 acres), 8,637.50 hectares (21,343.7 acres) and 6,35 hectares[clarification needed] respectively. The remaining 40.71 percent or 48,296.48 hectares (119,343.2 acres) are classified as production forests.

Trade, commerce, and industry
Major products shipped out of the province are palay, rice, copra, muscovado sugar,[legumes, fruits and vegetables, livestock, fish and fish preparations, and seaweeds. Manufacture items like native gifts, toys, and housewares are sold in major cities of the country and abroad. Principal mined products exported include coal, marble, silica, copper and gemstones.

The main goods entering the province are construction materials, dry goods, groceries, canned and bottled products, fertilizers and others.

The capital town of San Jose de Buenavista is the center of business in the area.

SOURCES:

https://cmci.dti.gov.ph/prov-profile.php?prov=Antique

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