Table 7. Philippine Exports of Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories by Destination: January 2000 & 2001

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         COUNTRY                       2001        |            2000        | Year-on-Year Change
                              FOB Value      %     |   FOB Value       %    |   FOB Value      %
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          TOTAL             210,920,816    100.00    180,148,435     100.00    30,772,381     17.08

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1/ 162,580,850     77.08    139,986,716      77.71    22,594,134     16.14
UK OF GREAT BRITAIN           8,444,048      4.00      7,410,763       4.11     1,033,285     13.94
JAPAN 2/                      6,879,346      3.26      7,287,649       4.05      (408,303)    (5.60)
GERMANY                       5,246,257      2.49      4,713,463       2.62       532,794     11.30
CANADA                        5,223,808      2.48      3,886,560       2.16     1,337,248     34.41
NETHERLANDS                   4,791,272      2.27      2,204,798       1.22     2,586,474    117.31
BELGIUM                       1,722,040      0.82      1,234,471       0.69       487,569     39.50
FRANCE                        1,672,853      0.79      1,527,340       0.85       145,513      9.53
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES          1,607,948      0.76      1,158,943       0.64       449,005     38.74
HONGKONG                      1,229,681      0.58        470,465       0.26       759,216    161.38
SPAIN                           998,579      0.47        819,098       0.45       179,481     21.91
SAUDI ARABIA                    939,022      0.45        360,106       0.20       578,916    160.76
ITALY                           914,290      0.43        581,437       0.32       332,853     57.25
AUSTRALIA                       721,451      0.34        630,377       0.35        91,074     14.45
MALAYSIA 3/                     706,190      0.33        894,415       0.50      (188,225)   (21.04)
OTHERS                        7,243,181      3.43      6,981,834       3.88       261,347      3.74

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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
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