Table 1  Quantity and Value of Domestic Trade by Commodity Section and by Mode of Transport:  1998
         (Quantity in tons, Value in thousand pesos)

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Commodity Section                        Total        |           Water        |          Air        |       Rail
   and Mode of Transport        Quantity        Value |  Quantity        Value | Quantity      Value | Quantity   Value
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All Commodities               22,138,575  302,504,832  22,089,043  297,244,944     46,336  5,181,014      3,196  78,874

Food and live animals          5,466,281  100,972,261   5,440,974  100,140,180     23,547    802,561      1,760  29,520
Beverages and tobacco            930,690   11,217,067     930,656   11,214,299         30      2,718          4      50
Crude materials, inedible,
   except fuels                1,638,440   21,498,889   1,637,303   21,286,697        995    209,652        142   2,540
Mineral fuels, lubricants     
   and related materials       6,353,961   50,121,041   6,353,956   50,120,338          4        614          1      89
Animal and vegetable oils,    
   fats and waxes                174,782    4,738,800     174,781    4,738,755          1         43         *        2
Chemical and related products,                                                                              
   not elsewhere specified       727,506   16,464,687     725,432   16,189,174      1,934    269,531        140   5,982
Manufactured goods classified                                                                               
   chiefly by material         5,112,937   43,331,019   5,111,622   43,235,335        826     83,407        489  12,277
Machinery and transport
   equipment                     592,369   27,430,295     587,792   27,072,850      4,427    345,957        150  11,488
Miscellaneous manufactured
   articles                      345,765    7,392,815     334,292    7,010,682     11,173    372,473        300   9,660
Commodities and transactions
   not elsewhere classified
   in the Philippine Standard
   Commodity Classification      795,843   19,337,956     792,235   16,236,634      3,399  3,094,058        209   7,264

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Source:  Business and Services Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:

Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
*  Quantity less than 0.5 tons
** Value less than thousand pesos

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