Economy

Communication:

The Philippine Postal Corporation is the major courier of mails and packages in the municipality. It operates the municipal post office, located inside the municipal building. Private money and mail forwarders also exist such as M. Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier and Palawan Pawnshops also exist in the municipality. It is usually manned by a manager, a teller/cashier, an appraiser and a security guard. The volume of transactions registered (letters, cards, etc.) in these two (2) couriers for the last three (3) years had a total of 111,770 for mails and 7,560 for packages both domestic and international.

Wireless telephone service for domestic and international calls is being provided by the PLDT company aside from the three cellular telephone companies such as Smart Communications, Globe Telecoms and Sun Cellular Company. These companies are wireless internet service providers also. A local land-lined telephone service is provided by the NTC-DOTC telephone exchange.

Transportaion:

The municipality of President Roxas is provided with sufficient roads, bridges, utilities system and other infrastructure. The town has a total road length of 54.128 km. that facilitates movement within the municipality and connects President Roxas with other areas of Panay Island.

The mode of transportation in President Roxas is by road. You can use, jeepneys, bus, tricycle, and vans to get in and out of the town.

Wholesale And Retail Trade:

Grocery stores, hardware stores, food establishments, tricycle operation and small to medium scale seafood and agricultural products trading and dealerships comprise the major tertiary sector of the local economy in the municipality. The Poblacion is the center of the town’s trade and commerce. It is where almost all types of commercial establishments is located.

The center of commercial activities in President Roxas is the Public market located at Sitio SWA in barangay Poblacion. The market has a total area of 1.5 hectares and accommodates 140 stalls. Thursdays and Sundays are the designated market days in President Roxas. The average annual revenues derived from the operation of the public market is Php 877,628.00.

Electricity:

The Capiz Electric Cooperative (CAPELCO) serves the electric power requirement of President Roxas. It is a non-profit, non-stock electric cooperative operating since 1971. At present, all twenty two (22) barangays are served by CAPELCO. However, only 80% of the total 5,787 households are served due to CAPELCO’s limited supply of electric poles, electrical cables and other materials.

Another source of power is the Capiz Sugar Central. CSC provides electricity in the entire sugar mill and other parts of the CSC compound, including the housing units of the employees and staff of the company. However, the electric power is available only during milling season.

Manufactoring:

Sugar Industry is the only major manufacturing industry in President Roxas in terms of investment. Raw sugar is manufactured by the Capiz Sugar Central (CSC), Inc. a milling company at the Poblacion along the Alngon River. The mill is presently owned by the la Filipina Uygongco Corporation. It employs 317 workers mostly residents of the municipality.

The Capiz Sugar Central is the only large-scale industrial company operating in the municipality. It is the second highest producing sugar mill in Panay Island with a milling capacity of 3,500 TPD (tons per day). Aside from sugar, there are also some light industries with minimal production and provide supplies and services based on local demands. These industries include rice mills, cement hollow blocks factory, and other cottage industries.

The estimated total investment in this sector is P794,200,000.00

Forest:

Areas with more than 18% slope are considered protected forest of President Roxas, this comprise 160.3408 hectares. Forest areas are located in upland barangays. Bigger portion of which is located at Barangay Bayuyan..

Fishing:

President Roxas is endowed with rich fishing grounds that harbor an array of marine resources. Nine of the twenty-one barangays are in coastal area and these are barangays Aranguel, Marita, Pantalan, Pinamihagan, Pondol, Quiajo, Sangkal, Madulano and Pandan. Fishermen in these barangays fish around Tinagong Dagat, which is an inlet of Pilar Bay. However, a large potion of the income from fishery can be attributed to fishponds wherein milkfish, prawn and oysters are bred and cultivated. Milkfish, prawns and oysters are commonly raised in brackish water.

The total fishpond area is 1,294.7829 hectares while rivers and creeks wherein marginal fishermen use as their fishing ground and shellfish farm has an area of 216.6058 hectares. There are two fish wharves in the municipality; one is located in Barangay Pantalan and another in Barangay Marita. The total marine produce of the municipality is traded from these two wharves. Most fishpond operators regularly transport their products to Iloilo and Metro Manila.

Livestock and Poultry:

There are fifteen (15) livestock and poultry farms registered with the Municipal Agricultural Office. These farms are distributed in the different barangays. The production is sufficient to the meat requirements of the residents of the municipality, however, the local production cannot cope with the public market demand considering that the residents of neighboring towns prefer to buy meat and other products at Pres. Roxas public market. Local meat traders therefore resort to buying livestock and poultry products from adjacent municipalities.

Agriculture:

The Municipality of President Roxas is considered an agri-base community because of the vast tract of lands devoted to sugarcane production in support of the raw materials needed by the sugar mill in the municipality, the Capiz Sugar Central (CSC), for sugar manufacturing. The town is also rich in other agricultural crops like coconut, corn, palay and root crops. Aside from agricultural products, President Roxas is also endowed with rich fishing grounds that harbor a vast array of marine resources such as fish, crabs, shrimps and other shellfish. It has nine coastal barangays that serve as the main source of fishery products in the locality and in the other parts of the province. There are business operators in the locality that engage in trading fishery products like shrimps and crabs to Metro Manila and other parts of the country.

The municipality of President Roxas has a total land area of 7,788.00 hectares, 6,794.0185 of which is devoted to agriculture broken down as follows: 5,671.4169 hectares for croplands and 1,294.7829 hectares for fishponds.

Agricultural Crops

Like most towns of Capiz and in Panay Island, President Roxas is primarily an agricultural municipality. Around 87% of the total municipal land area is devoted to agricultural production. A big portion of agricultural area which is 1,810.84 hectares is devoted to sugarcane plantation. It is due primarily to the proximity of the sugar mill hence it entails lesser transportation cost for more profit.

Coconut is the second most important crop with 1,236.14 hectares. Other important crops include rice, corn, banana, root crops, vegetables and fruits having a combined area of 986.17 hectares. Cultivation and harvesting of sugar is the main source of income of the people, especially in upland barangays, Although rice is the most important of all staple foods of the Filipinos, farmers in Pres. Roxas prefer sugarcane to cultivate than Palay because of the generally rolling terrain of the municipality which is unsuitable to rice production, limited irrigation facilities and the higher economic value of sugar compared to rice.

The shortage in supply for local rice requirement is supplemented by neighboring municipalities. Crops such as corn, banana root crops, vegetables and fruits are harvested on a small-scale basis, sometimes grown only for household consumption. However, when there are surplus production of these crops, they are also sold in the municipal public market.