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The Philippines’ domestic trade reached 15.13 million tons, amounting to P1.066 trillion in the second quarter of 2025
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Volume-wise, 52.1% of the total were traded by water transport, 47.9% by road transport, and 0.03% by air
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In terms of value, commodities traded through road transport dominated with a 62.1% share, followed by water with 37.8%, and air with 0.1%
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CALABARZON posted the highest outflow in terms of volume and value
The Philippines’ domestic trade reached 15.13 million tons amounting to P1.066 trillion in the second quarter of 2025, according to preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Volume-wise, 52.1% of the total were traded by water transport, 47.9% by road transport, and 0.03% by air.
PSA noted that the preliminary report on domestic trade for the second quarter of 2025 is not comparable with that of the same quarter last year because previous reports did not include movement through road transport. PSA started including road transport only in this year’s report.
Thus, the 6.67 million tons recorded in the second quarter of 2024 is not comparable to this year’s same period figure.
During the second quarter this year, the volume of commodities traded by water was recorded at 7.88 million tons, an 18.2% increase from the 6.66 million tons in the same quarter of the previous year.
Commodities traded by air was registered at 5,162.7 tons, 32.6% down from the 7,661.74 tons recorded volume in the same quarter of the previous year.
Commodities traded by road reached 7.25 million tons during the period.
In terms of value, commodities traded through road transport dominated with a 62.1% share, followed by water with 37.8%, and air with 0.1%.
The value of commodities traded by water reached P403.58 billion in the second quarter, up 45.9% compared with the P276.56 billion in the same period last year.
Commodities traded by air was valued at P0.59 billion, a decrease of 36.1% from P0.93 billion in the second quarter of 2024.
Commodities traded by road, meanwhile, was recorded at P662.40 billion.
Among the regions, the Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon (CALABARZON) registered the highest outflow volume with 2.49 million tons or 16.4% of the total. It was followed by Central Luzon with 2.34 million tons (15.5%) and Northern Mindanao with 2.14 million tons (14.2%).
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), on the other hand, recorded the lowest outflow volume of 4,377.08 tons (0.03%) during the period.
CALABARZON also recorded the highest outflow value during the period with P220.43 billion or 20.7% of the total. The National Capital Region (NCR) followed with P209.53 billion (19.6%) and Western Visayas with P159.75 billion (15%) worth of traded commodities. CAR also registered the lowest outflow value, which amounted to P0.39 billion (0.04%) during the period.
In terms of inflow volume, NCR had the highest share of 2.94 million tons or 19.4% of the total, followed Central Visayas with 2.78 million tons (18.4%) and CALABARZON with 1.46 million tons (9.6%). The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), on the other hand, recorded the lowest inflow volume of 0.06 million tons (0.4%) during the period.
Central Visayas, meanwhile, posted the highest inflow value at P257.08 billion or 24.1% share to the total. NCR came second with P215.76 billion (20.2%) and CALABARZON in third with P87.61 billion (8.2%). BARMM again recorded the lowest inflow value, which amounted to P5.18 billion (0.5%) during the second quarter 2025.
In terms of trade balance, Central Luzon, Northern Mindanao, and CALABARZON were the top regions with the most favorable trade balances in terms of volume. In contrast, Central Visayas, NCR, and the Zamboanga Peninsula were the top regions with the most unfavorable trade balances.
CALABARZON, meanwhile, was the top region in terms of trade balance by value, followed by Western Visayas, and Northen Mindanao. The top three regions with unfavorable trade balances, on another note, were Central Visayas, Davao Region, and Zamboanga Peninsula.
