Table 1  Quantity and Value of Domestic Trade by Commodity Section and by Mode of Transport:  1999
         (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                21,562,540  289,576,704  21,509,452  286,472,576     50,325  3,033,454      2,763  70,674

Food and live animals           6,558,889  104,172,197   6,532,901  103,475,324     24,620    672,955      1,368  23,918
Beverages and tobacco             463,898   12,085,958     463,855   12,081,267         42      4,666          1      25
Crude materials inedible,
   except fuels                 2,112,288   15,598,107   2,111,007   15,346,594      1,151    248,942        130   2,571
Mineral fuels, lubricants
   and related materials        5,694,816   53,217,630   5,694,806   53,217,014          4        561          6      55
Animal and vegetable oils,
   fats and waxes                 137,377    2,702,028     137,376    2,701,962          1         66          *       *
Chemical and related products,
   not elsewhere classified       766,851   16,153,785     764,405   15,879,654      2,328    269,959        118   4,172
Manufactured goods classified
   chiefly by material          4,484,889   40,655,479   4,483,345   40,541,366      1,074    101,617        470  12,496
Machinery and transport
   equipment                      505,487   24,822,153     500,175   24,398,817      5,176    414,317        136   9,019
Miscellaneous manufactured
   articles                       343,658    8,790,473     329,942    8,200,748     13,428    578,992        288  10,733
Commodities andtransactions
   not elsewhere classified
   in the Philippine Standard
   Commodity Classification       494,391   11,378,893     491,641   10,629,830      2,501    741,378        249   7,684

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

Notes:

*  Quantity less than 0.5 tons
** Value less than thousand pesos

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