Table 1. Quantity and Value of Domestic Trade by Commodity Section and by Mode of Transport:
         4th Quarter 2003, 3rd Quarter 2003, and 4th Quarter 2002
         (Quantity in tons, Value in thousand pesos)

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Commodity Section                   Fourth Quarter 2003 |   Third Quarter 2003  |   Fourth Quarter 2002
   and Mode of Transport           Quantity       Value |  Quantity       Value |   Quantity       Value 
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All Commodities                   6,931,695  70,153,875   7,165,571  77,572,164    5,050,495  98,345,060

Food and live animals             2,062,703  20,237,145   1,409,078  21,644,165    1,750,872  33,656,686
Beverages and tobacco             1,062,389   3,358,927      90,188   3,526,346      188,660   5,833,070
Crude materials, inedible,
   except fuels                   1,207,707   5,545,993     295,593   4,799,845      537,746   5,405,020
Mineral fuels, lubricants
   and related materials          1,432,163  14,509,721   3,934,049  16,315,081      933,797   9,652,992
Animal and vegetable oils,
   fats and waxes                    24,590     258,499      42,708     773,031       60,657   1,243,366
Chemical and related products,
   not elsewhere specified           72,635   2,378,801      97,337   3,244,295      185,644   5,200,616
Manufactured goods classified
   chiefly by material              470,046   6,836,090     971,641   9,359,111      841,523  12,160,682
Machinery and transport 
   equipment                        187,539  12,561,240     172,385  12,807,638      253,236  16,492,023
Miscellaneous manufactured
   articles                          67,287   1,785,854      81,609   2,924,648      149,148   5,156,552
Commodities and transactions
   not elsewhere classified   
   in the Philippine Standard
   Commodity Classification         344,638   2,681,603      70,984   2,178,004      149,211   3,544,056

Water                             6,921,711  69,749,011   7,154,685  77,102,941    5,039,142  97,855,869

Food and live animals             2,057,568  20,063,798   1,402,924  21,467,243    1,744,129  33,496,452
Beverages and tobacco             1,062,369   3,357,589      90,180   3,525,776      188,645   5,832,335
Crude materials, inedible,
   except fuels                   1,207,482   5,539,918     295,482   4,795,885      537,552   5,397,711
Mineral fuels, lubricants
   and related materials          1,432,162  14,509,654   3,934,047  16,314,992      933,797   9,652,970
Animal and vegetable oils,
   fats and waxes                    24,589     258,456      42,708     773,030       60,655   1,243,161
Chemical and related products,
   not elsewhere specified           72,400   2,367,815      97,013   3,231,968      185,363   5,186,569
Manufactured goods classified
   chiefly by material              469,794   6,822,938     971,419   9,343,880      841,148  12,140,967
Machinery and transport 
   equipment                        186,409  12,498,728     171,366  12,737,296      251,992  16,407,882
Miscellaneous manufactured
   articles                          65,129   1,699,350      79,859   2,817,931      147,048   5,021,468
Commodities and transactions
   not elsewhere classified   
   in the Philippine Standard
   Commodity Classification         343,811   2,630,764      69,687   2,094,941      148,813   3,476,356

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Table 1.  (concluded)

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Commodity Section                   Fourth Quarter 2003 |   Third Quarter 2003  |   Fourth Quarter 2002
   and Mode of Transport           Quantity       Value |  Quantity       Value |   Quantity       Value 
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Air                                   9,452     388,861      10,583     458,603       10,801     472,311

Food and live animals                 4,923     169,482       6,111     175,937        6,528     156,222
Beverages and Tobacco                    18       1,298           7         554           15         724
Crude materials, inedible,
   except fuels                         185       5,048          94       3,479          153       6,461
Mineral fuels, lubricants
   and related materials                  1          66           1          87            *          22
Animal and vegetable oils,
   fats and waxes                         *          27           -           -            2         205
Chemical and related products,
   not elsewhere specified              205      10,166         282      11,431          242      13,315
Manufactured goods classified
   chiefly by material                  187      11,023         148      12,769          304      17,389
Machinery and transport
   equipment                          1,102      59,597         997      68,733        1,211      81,215
Miscellaneous manufactured
   articles                           2,070      83,645       1,683     104,319        2,005     131,112
Commodities and transactions
   not elsewhere classified   
   in the Philippine Standard
   Commodity Classification             761      48,508       1,261      81,295          341      65,647

Rail                                    532      16,003         303      10,620          552      16,880

Food and live animals                   212       3,865          43         985          215       4,012
Beverages and tobacco                     2          40           1          16            *          11
Crude materials, inedible,
   except fuels                          40       1,027          17         481           41         848
Mineral fuels, lubricants
   and related materials                  *           1           1           2            -           -
Animal and vegetable oils,
   fats and waxes                         1          16           *           1            -           -
Chemical and Related Products,
   not elsewhere specified               30         820          42         896           39         732
Manufactured goods classified
   chiefly by material                   65       2,129          74       2,462           71       2,326
Machinery and transport
   equipment                             28       2,915          22       1,609           33       2,926
Miscellaneous manufactured
   articles                              88       2,859          67       2,398           95       3,972
Commodities and transactions
   not elsewhere classified
   in the Philippine Standard
   Commodity Classification              66       2,331          36       1,768           57       2,053

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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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