In January 2025, Eastern Visayas posted a balance of trade in goods (BoT-G) worth USD 25.80 million, indicating a trade surplus in contrast to the USD 57.51 million trade deficit in January 2024.

The total value of exports in January 2025 was USD 228.58 million, up by 45.5 percent from the USD 157.11 million exports in January 2024. Meanwhile, the total value of imports was USD 202.77 million, posting a 5.6 percent decline from the USD 214.83 million total value of imports in January 2024. 

Total external trade in January 2025 was USD 431.35 million indicating a 16.0 percent increase compared with the USD 371.94 million total trade in January 2024.

By commodity group, exports of copper and articles thereof worth USD 176.44 million comprised the bulk or 77.2 percent of the region’s total export in January 2025. Australia, the major export market in January 2025 with USD 120.58 million worth of exports comprised more than half (52.8%) of the total value of exports in January 2025.

The total volume of goods imported into the region in January 2025 was 177.34 million kilograms, posting an increase of 20.8 percent from the 146.85 million kilograms of goods imported in January 2024. Ores, slag, and ash commodity group with a value of USD 175.24 million comprised the bulk (86.4%) of the total value of imports in January 2025. Canada supplied more than one-third (36.8%) or USD 74.69 million of the region’s total value of imports.  

SGD. WILMA A. PERANTE 
Regional Director