Table 1a  Philippine Exports to all Countries
          January to February 2006 and 2005
          (F.O.B. Value in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                           2006     |        2005     |  growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Feb p   |     Jan-Feb r   |   rate
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             Total                                  6,561,631,833     6,294,488,246       4.24

 1 Electronic Products                              4,301,128,698     4,145,659,357       3.75
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           3,284,651,811     3,020,375,346       8.75
   b) Electronic Data Processing                      801,970,796       875,858,842      (8.44)
   c) Office Equipment                                 34,808,690        29,081,436      19.69
   d) Consumer Electronics                             81,751,300        88,196,738      (7.31)
   e) Telecommunication                                28,129,689        27,818,163       1.12
   f) Communication/Radar                              16,937,102        35,641,473     (52.48)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                       2,256,695         2,670,079     (15.48)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                1,212,103           586,450     106.68
   i) Automotive Electronics                           49,410,512        65,430,830     (24.48)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories       400,489,656       391,197,437       2.38
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials 
    Imported on consignment basis                      95,467,051        81,295,869      17.43
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             125,452,138        48,074,192     160.96
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets 
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         119,205,400       130,085,984      (8.36)
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     68,120,176        73,980,144      (7.92)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper 108,341,850        63,039,129      71.86
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            54,787,537        83,086,298     (34.06)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     58,477,049        46,512,994      25.72
10 Metal Components  4/                                50,224,346        68,395,178     (26.57)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                    28,967,045        31,883,367      (9.15)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           17,970,692        17,384,986       3.37
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  20,970,521        19,136,549       9.58
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         7,699,611         9,794,933     (21.39)
15 Tuna  5/                                            14,881,055        21,545,676     (30.93)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             11,605,409        14,156,815     (18.02)
17 Christmas Decor                                      2,653,720         4,651,143     (42.94)
18 Basketworks                                          9,360,049        11,255,021     (16.84)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               25,815,411        10,169,760     153.84
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            9,585,574        12,825,579     (25.26)
21 Gold  6/                                            11,895,912         6,754,069      76.13
22 Footwear                                             3,866,521         4,838,043     (20.08)
23 Activated Carbon                                     6,601,551         6,005,923       9.92
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              5,644,621         7,112,703     (20.64)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                               3,495,003         3,649,387      (4.23)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                               3,802,471         1,279,679     197.14
27 Fine Jewelry                                         3,778,439         2,470,005      52.97
28 Copper Concentrates                                  8,679,174         2,872,373     202.16
29 Sugar                                                6,766,353        18,485,719     (63.40)
30 Others                                             975,898,800       956,889,934       1.99

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

Notes:   1/ Includes refined petroluem products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         2/ Consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ Includes crude and refined.
         4/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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