Table 8. Philippine Exports of Petroleum Products 1/ by Destination:  May 1999 & 2000

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              COUNTRY                   2000                     1999            Year-on-Year Change
                              FOB Value       %        FOB Value       %         FOB Value        %
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               TOTAL         33,212,178     100.0     11,622,530     100.0      21,589,648       185.8

CHINA, PEOPLE'S REP. OF      14,673,945      44.2        292,600       2.5      14,381,345     4,915.0
SINGAPORE                     7,536,301      22.7         17,774       0.2       7,518,527    42,300.7
THAILAND                      4,365,403      13.1        280,513       2.4       4,084,890     1,456.2
MALAYSIA 2/                   2,303,807       6.9          5,386       *         2,298,421    42,674.0
GERMANY                         900,817       2.7        467,746       4.0         433,071        92.6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 3/     676,272       2.0        789,983       6.8        (113,711)      (14.4)
JAPAN 4/                        629,366       1.9      2,922,322      25.1      (2,292,956)      (78.5)
KOREA                           555,142       1.7      3,098,883      26.7      (2,543,741)      (82.1)
AUSTRALIA                       444,447       1.3        308,077       2.7         136,370        44.3
SAUDI ARABIA                    397,537       1.2        124,431       1.1         273,106       219.5
PAKISTAN                        123,245       0.4        103,190       0.9          20,055        19.4
EGYPT                            92,520       0.3         67,457       0.6          25,063        37.2
FRANCE                           81,810       0.2          3,515       *            78,295     2,227.5
OTHERS                          431,566       1.3      3,140,653      27.0      (2,709,087)      (86.3)

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 1/ - includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis
 2/ - includes Sabah and Sarawak
 3/ - includes Alaska and Hawaii
 4/ - includes Okinawa
  *  - value less than .01 pecent
Source:  Trade Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines