TABLE 1.  Quantity and Value of Domestic Trade by Commodity Section and by Mode of Transport:
          1st Quarter 2004, 4th Quarter 2004, and 1st Quarter 2005
          (QUANTITY in tons, VALUE in thousand pesos. Details may not add up to total due to rounding.)

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Commodity Section                                 First Quarter 2004  |  Fourth Quarter 2004 |  First Quarter 2005
   and Mode of Transport                         Quantity       Value | Quantity       Value | Quantity       Value
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          All Commodities                       5,309,734  79,076,240  4,526,176  77,725,052  4,347,931  82,123,729

   0    Food and Live Animals                   1,975,559  21,985,327  1,035,281  23,515,567  1,361,303  25,356,079
   1    Beverages and Tobacco                     341,605   5,560,237     80,469   2,515,193     58,802   2,814,284
   2    Crude Materials, Inedible,
            Except Fuels                          366,787   4,370,024    315,757   4,877,915    306,557   4,685,084
   3    Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
            Related Materials                   1,343,571  14,695,432  1,572,946  16,905,880  1,278,594  14,220,932
   4    Animal and Vegetable Oils,
            Fats and Waxes                         63,748   1,275,614     34,247     406,552     59,007     792,752
   5    Chemical and Related Products, n. e. s    137,973   3,296,383     97,571   2,059,817    293,642   4,037,811
   6    Manufactured Goods Classified
            Chiefly by Material                   684,718   9,625,716    518,364   6,668,140    637,272   9,186,079
   7    Machinery and Transport Equipment         203,647  12,497,403    175,990  13,290,014    179,259  12,582,268
   8    Miscellaneous Manufactured
            Articles                               86,780   2,815,879     78,533   4,814,841     83,312   5,602,513
   9    Commodities and Transactions not
            Classified Elsewhere in the PSCC      105,345   2,954,226    617,019   2,671,130     90,184   2,845,928

          W a t e r                             5,301,680  78,753,514  4,514,577  77,010,842  4,339,543  81,679,068

   0    Food and Live Animals                   1,971,469  21,862,692  1,028,672  23,337,601  1,357,293  25,246,224
   1    Beverages and Tobacco                     341,597   5,559,333     80,460   2,514,629     58,793   2,813,610
   2    Crude Materials, Inedible,
            Except Fuels                          366,694   4,365,216    315,434   4,870,430    306,425   4,680,827
   3    Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
            Related Materials                   1,343,571  14,695,399  1,572,945  16,905,818  1,278,592  14,220,820
   4    Animal and Vegetable Oils,
            Fats and Waxes                         63,748   1,275,607     34,246     406,539     59,007     792,734
   5    Chemical and Related Products, n. e. s    137,753   3,287,157     97,279   2,048,909    293,332   4,024,911
   6    Manufactured Goods Classified
            Chiefly by Material                   684,455   9,611,441    518,037   6,623,220    637,035   9,168,047
   7    Machinery and Transport Equipment         202,505  12,434,057    174,454  13,200,308    178,107  12,498,313
   8    Miscellaneous Manufactured
            Articles                               84,848   2,737,828     76,555   4,733,163     81,300   5,458,435
   9    Commodities and Transactions not
            Classified Elsewhere in the PSCC      105,039   2,924,784    616,497   2,370,223     89,659   2,775,148

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Table 1.  (concluded)

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Commodity Section                                 First Quarter 2004  |  Fourth Quarter 2004 |  First Quarter 2005
   and Mode of Transport                         Quantity       Value | Quantity       Value | Quantity       Value
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          A i r                                     7,555     308,724     11,355     706,565     8,388      444,661

   0    Food and Live Animals                       3,868     119,295      6,514     175,980     4,010      109,855
   1    Beverages and Tobacco                           7         888          9         559         9          674
   2    Crude Materials, Inedible,
            Except Fuels                               70       4,114        307       7,128       132        4,257
   3    Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
            Related Materials                          *           33          1          58         2          112
   4    Animal and Vegetable Oils,
            Fats and Waxes                             *            7          1          13        *            18
   5    Chemical and Related Products, n. e. s        190       8,484        282      10,610       310       12,900
   6    Manufactured Goods Classified
            Chiefly by Material                       184      12,318        295      44,076       237       18,032
   7    Machinery and Transport Equipment           1,111      60,738      1,517      87,992     1,152       83,955
   8    Miscellaneous Manufactured
            Articles                                1,870      75,065      1,936      80,275     2,012      144,078
   9    Commodities and Transactions not
            Classified Elsewhere in the PSCC          255      27,783        494     299,874       525       70,780

          R a i l                                     499      14,002        244       7,645      0**          0**

   0    Food and Live Animals                         222       3,340         95       1,986         0            0
   1    Beverages and Tobacco                           1          16         *            5         0            0
   2    Crude Materials, Inedible,
            Except Fuels                               23         694         16         357         0            0
   3    Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
            Related Materials                           0           0         *            4         0            0
   4    Animal and Vegetable Oils,
            Fats and Waxes                              0           0          0           0         0            0
   5    Chemical and Related Products, n. e. s         30         742         10         298         0            0
   6    Manufactured Goods Classified
            Chiefly by Material                        79       1,957         32         844         0            0
   7    Machinery and Transport Equipment              31       2,608         19       1,714         0            0
   8    Miscellaneous Manufactured
            Articles                                   62       2,986         42       1,403         0            0
   9    Commodities and Transactions not
            Classified Elsewhere in the PSCC           51       1,659         28       1,033         0            0

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

Notes:   *  - Quantity less than 0.5 tons
	 ** - No Rail Transaction in First Quarter 2005

Page last updated:  August 16, 2005
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