Table 7. Philippine Exports of Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories by Destination: January 1999 & 2000

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              COUNTRY                   2000                    1999          Year-on-Year Change
                               FOB Value       %       FOB Value       %      FOB Value          %
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               TOTAL         180,120,503     100.0   159,991,545     100.0   20,128,958         12.6

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1/  139,886,369      77.7   124,523,834      77.8   15,362,535         12.3
UK OF GREAT BRITAIN            7,389,828       4.1     4,064,477       2.5    3,325,351         81.8
JAPAN 2/                       7,135,597       4.0     6,694,481       4.2      441,116          6.6
GERMANY                        4,679,786       2.6     4,384,744       2.7      295,042          6.7
CANADA                         3,886,560       2.2     4,012,038       2.5     (125,478)        (3.1)
NETHERLANDS                    2,204,390       1.2     2,406,694       1.5     (202,304)        (8.4)
FRANCE                         1,527,340       0.8     1,362,943       0.9      164,397         12.1
BELGIUM                        1,234,471       0.7     1,002,620       0.6      231,851         23.1
U.A.E.                         1,158,943       0.6       730,724       0.5      428,219         58.6
MALAYSIA 3/                      894,415       0.5        21,322       0.0      873,093      4,094.8
SPAIN                            798,109       0.4       894,510       0.6      (96,401)       (10.8)
SINGAPORE                        766,249       0.4     1,409,141       0.9     (642,892)       (45.6)
PANAMA                           742,385       0.4       701,412       0.4       40,973          5.8
TAIWAN                           696,739       0.4       619,689       0.4       77,050         12.4
MEXICO                           677,598       0.4       547,722       0.3      129,876         23.7
AUSTRALIA                        630,377       0.3       425,556       0.3      204,821         48.1
ITALY                            583,301       0.3     1,100,772       0.7     (517,471)       (47.0)
DENMARK                          552,988       0.3       576,442       0.4      (23,454)        (4.1)
OTHERS                         4,675,058       2.6     4,512,424       2.8      162,634          3.6

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 1/ - includes Alaska and Hawaii
 2/ - includes Okinawa
 3/ - includes Sabah and Sarawak

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