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

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                                                           2006     |        2005     |  growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Apr p   |      Jan-Apr    |   rate
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             Total                                  14,749,688,583     12,807,756,592    15.16

 1 Electronic Products                               9,623,043,774      8,413,769,082    14.37
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)            7,454,411,652      6,183,440,962    20.55
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     1,645,958,475      1,735,277,080    (5.15)
   c) Office Equipment                                  79,084,770         56,497,862    39.98
   d) Consumer Electronics                             171,158,772        188,839,705    (9.36)
   e) Telecommunication                                 69,406,598         41,918,772    65.57
   f) Communication/Radar                               55,647,204         72,307,757   (23.04)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                        4,077,243          5,317,099   (23.32)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                 2,793,326          1,432,492    95.00
   i) Automotive Electronics                           140,505,734        128,737,353     9.14
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories        775,021,547        669,749,301    15.72
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials 
    Imported on consignment basis                      183,643,746        169,935,705     8.07
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              290,388,136        124,042,807   134.10
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets 
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          239,873,264        235,103,517     2.03
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     218,973,188        200,289,867     9.33
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper  253,287,277        138,958,904    82.27
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            227,325,351        161,953,143    40.36
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     126,848,200        104,949,732    20.87
10 Metal Components  4/                                101,168,157        135,550,324   (25.36)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                     61,325,800         63,217,434    (2.99)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                            38,085,564         36,365,512     4.73
13 Dessicated Coconut                                   41,839,677         40,122,216     4.28
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         21,741,364         21,200,257     2.55
15 Tuna  5/                                             29,268,916         33,717,734   (13.19)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              23,655,450         25,142,202    (5.91)
17 Christmas Decor                                       7,812,527         10,491,492   (25.53)
18 Basketworks                                          17,258,364         20,518,743   (15.89)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                                50,950,249         26,122,721    95.04
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            32,112,810         27,979,829    14.77
21 Gold  6/                                             38,786,744         16,406,304   136.41
22 Footwear                                              8,803,991         10,069,236   (12.57)
23 Activated Carbon                                     14,667,376         12,429,098    18.01
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                               9,600,567         11,561,195   (16.96)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                                7,920,362          9,266,827   (14.53)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                                7,153,350         11,394,714   (37.22)
27 Fine Jewelry                                          8,316,160          6,837,365    21.63
28 Copper Concentrates                                  17,538,949          9,340,731    87.77
29 Sugar                                                39,640,577         38,463,096     3.06
30 Others                                            2,233,637,146      2,022,807,504    10.42

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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

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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