Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

April 9, 2023 Dear Erielle Ongchan, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Feb 22, 2023 10:13:23 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Request for Data on Sachet Consumption in the Philippines. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following: 1) The total number of sachets produced and sold in the Philippines per year a) Foreign Trade: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/foreign-trade https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/foreign-trade/fts-table-id Foreign Trade Statistics (FTS) of the Philippines: https://psa.gov.ph/content/foreign-trade-statistics-fts-philippines Quarterly Domestic Trade: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/qtr-domstat https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/qtr-domstat/table Annual Domestic Trade: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/ann-domstat https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/ann-domstat/table For commodity classification, you may refer to Philippine Standard Commodity Classification (PSCC): https://psa.gov.ph/content/philippine-standard-commodity-classification-pscc Plastic - 39 b) Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries: https://psa.gov.ph/missi-index c) data on OpenSTAT portal International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/International-Merchandise-Trade-Statistics-IMTS Annual Commodity Flow: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2L__DTR__AN/?tablelist=true Quarterly Commodity Flow: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2L__DTR__QT/?tablelist=true Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2G__MNFG__MISSI__2018/?tablelist=true&rxid=bdf9d8da-96f1-4100-ae09-18cb3eaeb313 2) The type of plastic used in sachets and the environmental impact of sachet waste a) Compendium of Philippine Environment Statistics Component 3: Residuals: https://psa.gov.ph/environment/peenra/releases/165222 Table 3.1 Philippine Greenhouse Gas Emissions: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/ird/specialrelease /Table%203.1%20Philippine%20Greenhouse%20Gas%20Emissions%20.xlsx Table 3.5 Amount of Generated Hazardous Waste by Region and by Type: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/ird/specialrelease /Table%203.5%20Amount%20of%20Generated%20Hazardous%20Waste%20by%20Region%20and%20by%20Type.xlsx Table 3.7 Amount of Treated Hazardous Waste by Region, by Type, 2010 to 2019: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/ird/specialrelease/Table%203.7%20Amount%20of%20Treated%20Hazardous%20Waste%20by%20Region%2C%20by%20Type%2C%202010%20to%202019.xlsx b) 2021 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 4: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES: https://psa.gov.ph/products-and-services/publications/philippine-statistical-yearbook Table 4.18 Distribution of Pollutants by Type of Emission in the National Capital Region 1990, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2015: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T4_18.xlsx Table 4.20 Philippine Annual Consumption of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC): 2005 to 2018: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2021_T4_20.xlsx You may also refer to REND-Environmental Management Bureau-Solid Waste Management Division: https://nswmc.emb.gov.ph/ 3) The leading companies in sachet production and sales in the Philippines 4) The types of products that are sold in sachets the most For this specific data, you may refer with Department of Trade and Industry: https://www.dti.gov.ph/ We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Noel G. Perez (Information Technology Officer III) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service