Cost of Doing Business – Administrator | Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan

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1	*as of January 2024

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1	Power Supply Sources:
2	GNPower Mariveles Energy Center Ltd. Co. (Coal Power Plant)	8.63%
3	Wholesale Electricity Spot Market	66.11%
4	CSBI (Solar Power Plant)	17.38%
6	SSUPC (Embedded Solar Plant)	7.87%
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8	Conventional Sources	73.98%
9	Renewable Sources	26.02%

FAB REGISTERED ENTERPRISE - OPERATIONAL

YEAR	OPERATIONAL ENTERPRISES	wdt_ID
2017	95	1
2018	97	2
2019	91	3
2020	98	4
2021	90	5
2022	95	6
December 2023	97	8

wdt_ID	NATIONALITY	NO. OF LOCATORS
1	Filipino	62
2	Korean	13
3	British	6
37	American	2
38	Chinese	3
39	Japanese	2
40	Taiwanese	2
41	Sri Lankan	1
42	German	1
43	Bahrainese	1
44	French	1
45	Polish	1
46	Pakistani	1
47	Indonesian	1

wdt_ID	NATIONALITY	NO. OF LOCATORS
1	Filipino	62
2	Korean	13
3	British	6
37	American	2
38	Chinese	3
39	Japanese	2
40	Taiwanese	2
41	Sri Lankan	1
42	German	1
43	Bahrainese	1
44	French	1
45	Polish	1
46	Pakistani	1
47	Indonesian	1

TYPE OF INDUSTRY	wdt_ID	INDUSTRY	NO. OF FREs
Manufacturing	1	Other Manufacturing	17
Manufacturing	2	Leather and Related Products (Manufacturing)	7
Manufacturing	3	Textile (Manufacturing)	4
Manufacturing	4	Rubber and Elastic Products (Manufacturing)	3
Manufacturing	5	Chemicals and Chemical Products (Manufacturing)	2
Manufacturing	6	Other Transportation Equipment (Manufacturing)	1
Manufacturing	7	Wearing Apparel (Manufacturing)	3
Manufacturing	8	Computer, Electronic and Optical Products (Manufacturing)	1
Manufacturing	9	Electrical Equipment (Manufacturing)	1
Manufacturing	10	Fabricated Metal Products (Manufacturing)	1
Manufacturing	11	Food Products (Manufacturing)	1
Manufacturing	12	Other Non-Metallic Minerals Product (Manufacturing)	1
Manufacturing	13	Paper and Paper Products (Manufacturing)	1
Manufacturing	14	Refined Petroleum Products (Manufacturing)	1
Manufacturing	15	Wood and Product of Wood and Cork (Manufacturing)	1
Estate Development	16	Real Estate Activities (Estate Development)	12
Power Generation and Utilities	17	Transportation and Storage (Power Generation and Utilities)	6
Power Generation and Utilities	18	Electricity (Power Generation and Utilities)	3
Power Generation and Utilities	19	Waste Management and Remediation Activities (Power Generation and Utilities)	0
Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles	20	Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles	8
Others	21	Administrative and Support Service Activities (Others)	5
Others	22	Arts, Entertainments and Recreation/ Tourism (Others)	2
Others	23	Human Health and Social Work Activities (Others)	1
Information and Communication	24	Information and Communication	9
Accommodation and Food Service	25	Accommodation and Food Service	6
Construction	26	Construction	0

EMPLOYMENT

wdt_ID	Employer	TOTAL
4	Mitsumi Phils., Inc.	2,915
5	FCF Manufacturing Corporation	2,116
6	DLX Bags Philippines Inc.	2,396
7	East-Cam Tech. Corp.	1,327
8	FPF Corporation	1,496
9	Petron Corporation	2,510
10	Perpetual Prime Mfg. Inc.	1,890
11	Central One Bataan Ph, Inc.	1,484
12	Dong-In Sunbirds Corporation	1,378
13	Mountaineering Instruments Corp.	1,428

Total Number of FAB Workers

wdt_ID	Year	No. of FAB Workers
1	2016	35,055
2	2017	37,819
3	2018	39,266
4	2019	43,990
5	2020	34,004
6	2021	37,379
7	2022	39,764
8	2023	40,895
9	January 2024	38,767

As of March 2023, a total of 38,640 workers were generated,
wherein 51% are female while 49% are male.
In addition, 52% of the total number of workers generated
came from industrial enterprises, while 31% from service
providers, and 17% from various industries.
69% or 26,703 of the workers are regular employees of their
respective enterprises.

Employment by Source

wdt_ID	Source	Percentage
1	Mariveles	76.30
2	Other Towns in Bataan	16.64
3	Outside Bataan	5.96

INVESTMENT

Committed Investment

wdt_ID	Year	New	Expansion	Total
1	2010	5,000,000.00		5,000,000.00
2	2011	479,581,380.00		479,581,380.00
3	2012	12,793,141,570.00		12,793,141,570.00
4	2013	2,199,560,644.00		2,199,560,644.00
5	2014	85,205,039,066.00		85,205,039,066.00
6	2015	6,228,399,979.30		6,228,399,979.30
7	2016	5,832,625,532.93		5,832,625,532.93
8	2017	2,063,235,787.00		2,063,235,787.00
9	2018	7,004,680,363.18		7,004,680,363.18
10	2019	28,189,768,539.66	751,780,000.00	28,941,548,539.66
11	2020	14,097,043,326.79	121,000,000.00	14,218,043,326.79
12	2021	774,259,838.00	2,031,647,093.00	2,805,906,930.94
14	2022	5,103,722,000.00	6,977,923,000.00	12,081,645,000.00
15	2023	92,198,000.00	10,646,947,705.52	10,739,145,705.52

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IMPORT - EXPORT

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1	2023 IMPORT – EXPORT

wdt_ID	Year	Month	Export – No. of Transactions	Export – Value (USD)	Import – No. of Transactions	Import – Value (USD)
1	2023	January	1,151	70,567,174.25	1,085	32,179,601.20
2	2023	February	1,067	81,535,302.22	904	25,085,467.80
3	2023	March	1,305	64,518,562.69	1,243	37,069,281.62
			Total = 3,523	Total = 216,621,039.16	Total = 3,232	Total = 94,334,350.62

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1	2023 CONTAINERIZED IMPORT-EXPORT

wdt_ID	Year	Month	Export	Import
1	2023	January	1,087	697
2	2023	February	1,057	540
3	2023	March	1,130	761
			Total = 3,274	Total = 1,998

PORT OPERATION

VESSEL CALLS

wdt_ID	YEAR	DOMESTIC	FOREIGN
1	2018	86	29
2	2019	47	23
4	2020	298	75
5	2021	492	117
6	2022	387	173
7	March 2023	82	51

2023 VESSEL CALLS

wdt_ID	Year	Month	Voyage - Domestic	Voyage - Foreign	Domestic Percentage	Foreign Percentage	Total
1	2023	January	27	16	62.79	37.21	43
2	2023	February	27	11	71.05	28.95	38
3	2023	March	28	24	53.85	46.15	52
			Total = 82	Total = 51			Total = 133

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1	MARCH 2023 VESSEL CALLS

Vessel Calls Pie Chart

Type of Call	wdt_ID	No. of Call
Domestic	1	61
Foreign	2	39

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1	MARCH 2023 TRANSACTION

wdt_ID	Transaction	No. of Transaction	Percentage
1	Domestic - Loading of Cargo	24	46.00
2	Domestic - Discharging of Cargo	2	4.00
3	Domestic - Discharging of Cargo/Loading of Cargo	1	2.00
4	Domestic - Desembarkation of Cadets	1	2.00
5	Foreign - Discharging of Cargo	23	44.00
6	Foreign - Geotechnical Survey	1	2.00
		Total = 52

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1	MARCH 2023 VOLUME MIX (in metric ton)

wdt_ID	Domestic Cargo Type	Total	Foreign Cargo Type	Foreign Total
1	Cement in Bags	40,610	Coal	405,660
2	Cane Molasses in Bulk	1,492	Cement in Bulk	119,802
3			Fly Ash in Bags	43,736
4			Rice in Bags	37,982
5			Yellow Corn in Bulk	6,600
6			Steel Pipes and Accessories	3,780
		Total = 42,102		Total = 617,560

DEMOGRAPHY

*Source: 2020 Census of Population – Bataan Statistical Table

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1	The FAB is situated at the southern tip of Bataan Peninsula at the South central portion of Mariveles Municipality. As stated in the FAB Master Plan, its effective jurisdiction covers 1,686.90 has., occupying portions of five (5) Barangays: Alasasin, BASECO Country (Nassco), Malaya, Maligaya and Sisiman.*
2	Based on the 2020 Census of Population (POPCEN 2020), the growth rate of Bataan for the year 2010 – 2020 is 2.18 with 853,373 total number of population. The municipality of Mariveles ranked the highest number of population in Bataan with 149,879 total number of population.*

wdt_ID	Barangay	Population
1	Alasasin	18,868
2	Baseco Country (Nassco)	4,781
3	Malaya	4,939
4	Maligaya	4,442
5	Sisiman	7,267
		Total = 40,297

OCCUPANCY RATE

Note: latest available data reflects the occupancy rate for FAB Main Zone.

Occupancy Rate

wdt_ID	Area	Percentage
1	Leased Area	83.42
2	Vacant Area	16.58
3
4

LEASE RATES

wdt_ID	Land	Rate (per sqm.)
1	Industrial	26.54
2	Commercial	48.38
4	Residential	35.45

wdt_ID	Building	Rate (per sqm.)
1	EXISTING STANDARD FACTORY BUILDING (SFB)
2	Less than one (1) floor	103.69
3	One (1) Floor	97.91
4	Two (2) Floors	92.18
5	Whole SFB	86.41
6	NEW STANDARD FACTORY BUILDING (SFB)
9	Less than half a floor	270.13
10	Half Floor	241.70
11	Entire Floor	213.26
13	Standard Factory Building SFB 8	138.26
14	AFAB ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
15	Lower Ground Floor	172.81
16	Third Floor	138.26
17	Fourth and Fifth Floor	426.51
18	COMMERCIAL
19	COM-1-01 (Post Office)	138.26
20	COM-1-03 RCBC	138.26
22	COM-1-05 New Cafeteria	201.57
23	COM-0-05 FAB Public market	222.79

UTILITIES RATES

wdt_ID	WATER	RATE (per cu.m.)
1	Industrial – Regular	Jan 2019
2	First 25 cubic meters	PHP 355.58
3	26-1,000 cubic meters	PHP 17.60
4	Over 1,000 cubic meters	PHP 17.57
5	Industrial – Bulk Water Agreement	Jan 2020
6	First 25 cubic meters	PHP 355.58
7	26-1,000 cubic meters	PHP 17.60
8	Over 1,000 cubic meters	PHP 17.57
9	Commercial	01 June 2018
10	First 25 cubic meters	PHP 839.91
11	26-1,000 cubic meters	PHP 33.55
12	Over 1,000 cubic meters	PHP 40.16
13	Residential	01 May 2018
14	First 15 cubic meters	PHP 114.71
15	16-20 cubic meters	PHP 192.94
16	21-25 cubic meters	PHP 288.78
17	26-30 cubic meters	PHP 419.22
18	Next 20 cubic meters	PHP 17.20
19	Next 20 cubic meters	PHP 21.39
20	Next 30 cubic meters	PHP 26.53
21	Over 100 cubic meters	PHP 33.14

wdt_ID	POWER*	RATE
1	Industrial	PHP 7.5404 / kilowatt hour
2	Generation	PHP 5.8545
3	Transmission	PHP 0.8453
4	Distribution(Average)	PHP 0.5484
5	Universal Charge	PHP 0.2922
6	FIT-ALL(Renewable)	–
7
8	Commercial	PHP 8.8364 / kilowatt hour
9	Generation	PHP 7.0493
10	Transmission	PHP 0.8453
11	Distribution(Average)	PHP 0.6496
12	Universal Charge	PHP 0.2922
13	FIT-ALL(Renewable)	–
14
15	Residential	PHP 9.2091 / kilowatt hour
16	Generation	PHP 7.0493
17	Transmission	PHP 0.8453
18	Distribution(Average)	PHP 1.0223
19	Universal Charge	PHP 0.2922
20	FIT-ALL(Renewable)	–

wdt_ID		RATE
1	Cost of Hauling from AFAB Transfer Station to disposal at Sanitary Landfill	PHP 810.81
2	Cost of Hauling from Locator to AFAB transfer station	PHP 77.90
3	AFAB Garbage Disposal Fee	PHP 888.71
4
6	Sewerage Fee	PHP 4.80 / 80% of water consumption (in cu.m.)

ADMINISTRATIVE FEES OF FAB DEVELOPERS

wdt_ID	APPLICATION FEE
1	PHP 12,000.00

wdt_ID	REGISTRATION FEE	COST
1	25 hectares and below	12,000.00
2	> 25 ha. to 50 ha.	24,000.00
3	More than 50 hectares	36,000.00

wdt_ID	ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION FEE (AAF)
1	5 hectares and below	500,000.00
2	> 5 ha. to 10 ha.	1,000,000.00
3	More than 10 hectares	2,000,000.00

wdt_ID	For FEA: From FEAC date and during the Construction Phase
1	Inspection Fee	250,000.00

wdt_ID	For Private Land inside the Main Zone: From CoR / BL date up to Construction Phase
1	Inspection Fee	250,000.00

wdt_ID	Operation Phase
1	{[(Total Area x AFAB Published Industrial Rate* at the time of SCO) x 10% AFAB Sublease Share] + inspection fee} or 1M whichever is lower] AND Security Fee}

*Industrial rate at the time of SCO shall have an escalation rate of 5% every 5 years
(Note: AAF shall increase every 5 years or until the maximum AAF – PhP 1,000,000.00 Pesos)

COST OF LABOR

DAILY MINIMUM WAGE	wdt_ID
Non-Agriculture Establishment with 10 or more workers Php 500.00 / day Establishment with Less than 10 workers Php 493.00 / day	3
Agriculture Plantation Php 470.00 / day Non-Plantation Php 454.00 / day	4
Retail / Service Establishment with 10 or more workersPhp 489.00 / day Establishment with Less than 10 workers Php 475.00 / day	5
*Wage Order No. RBIII-24, effective October 16, 2023	6

wdt_ID	SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM
1	Monthly Salary Credit: PHP 180.00 - PHP 1,350.00 4,000.00 to PHP 30,000.00
2	Employer Share PHP 390.00 - PHP 2,880.00
3	Employee Share PHP 180.00 - PHP 1,350.00
4	*based on SSS Circular No. 2022-033, effective January 2023

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1	Employer Share	200.00
2	Employee Share	200.00

STATUTORY BENEFITS FOR WORKERS – PhilHealth*

wdt_ID	YEAR	MONTHLY BASIC SALARY	PREMIUM RATE	MONTHLY PREMIUM
2	2024	Php 10,000.00 Php 10,000.01 to Php 79,999.99 Php 80,000.00	5.00	Php 500.00 Php 500.00 to Php 5,000.00 Php 5,000.00
3	2025	Php 10,000.00 Php 10,000.01 to Php 89,999.99 Php 90,000.00	5.00	Php 500.00 Php 500.00 to Php 5,000.00 Php 5,000.00

*based on PhilHealth Advisory No. 2022-0010
Note: PhilHealth contribution adjustment from three percent (3%) to four percent (4%) is effective retroactively on 01 January 2022.
In January 2, 2023 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered Philhealth to suspend the increase of premium rate and income ceiling for 2023.
(https://mpm.ph/philhealth-contribution-table-2021-2022-2023-2024-2025/#2023)