Table 1  Quantity and Value of Domestic Trade by Commodity Section and by Mode of Transport:  2000
         (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               16,681,728  270,748,159  16,625,684  267,733,727     54,032  2,962,599      2,012  51,833

Food and live animals          4,467,286   92,770,464   4,439,265   92,100,154     27,090    656,600        931  13,710
Beverages and tobacco            487,983   15,137,816     487,947   15,063,561         34     74,139          2     116
Crude materials, inedible,
   except fuels                3,052,896   15,620,349   3,052,129   15,350,650        694    268,409         73   1,290
Mineral fuels, lubricants
   and related materials       2,701,139   28,163,145   2,701,136   28,162,756          3        379         *       10
Animal and vegetable oils,
   fats and waxes                233,973    3,684,232     233,972    3,684,164          1         68          -       -
Chemical and related products,
   not elsewhere specified       697,137   17,857,721     694,167   17,655,358      2,866    198,049        104   4,314
Manufactured goods classified
   chiefly by material         3,369,811   41,481,417   3,368,609   41,364,130        823    108,145        379   9,142
Machinery and transport 
   equipment                     752,418   34,376,355     745,218   33,846,044      7,095    522,519        105   7,792
Miscellaneous manufactured
   articles                      444,601   11,011,496     431,229   10,382,784     13,138    618,954        234   9,758
Commodities and transactions
   not elsewhere classified
   in the Philippine Standard
   Commodity Classification      474,483   10,645,164     472,011   10,124,126      2,287    515,337        185   5,701

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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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