In year 2019, a 40kg bag of Pozzolan cement costs 261.

00 php [1] with an annual production of

34.5 million tons of cement annually or an estimate of 862 million bags from the local cement

manufacturers. It was reported that an employment in the industry will have an additional of 400,000

Filipinos by 2030 which indicates the increasing production of cement in the Philippines. [2]

Based on the 2015 Annual Survey of the Philippines Business and Industry , an income per ratio

for the industries in mining and quarrying is at 1.37 in year 2015 with a value output of 149.2 billion php

and 115.8 billion estimate for the inclusion of compensate . 6.1 % from this stated value output is from

the support activities for quarrying which covers the cement industry.

References:

[1] Philcon Prices (2019) List of Construction Material Prices in the Philippines 2018. Retrieved February
15,2020 from https://philconprices.com/category/list-of-construction-material-prices-in-the-philippines-
2018/

[2] Inquirer.net(January 2019) . Cement Supply Enough for build, build,build. Retrieved February
15,2020 from https://business.inquirer.net/263715/cement-supply-will-remain-sufficient-for-build-
build-build-programs