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

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                                                           2006     |        2005     |  growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Jun p   |      Jan-Jun    |   rate
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             Total                                  22,736,830,220    19,471,324,551    16.77

 1 Electronic Products                              14,252,474,317    12,671,765,059     12.47
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           10,952,005,592     9,348,431,062     17.15
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     2,505,261,093     2,565,769,635     (2.36)
   c) Office Equipment                                 122,186,189        88,665,339     37.81
   d) Consumer Electronics                             245,275,681       275,461,555    (10.96)
   e) Telecommunication                                112,804,358        54,729,986    106.11
   f) Communication/Radar                               87,354,353       124,237,654    (29.69)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                        5,503,299         8,397,742    (34.47)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                 4,682,233         3,359,282     39.38
   i) Automotive Electronics                           217,401,519       202,712,804      7.25
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories      1,245,705,723     1,050,250,784     18.61
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials 
    Imported on consignment basis                      337,147,334       283,500,434     18.92
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              420,465,568       218,299,953     92.61
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets 
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          351,956,568       348,342,130      1.04
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     314,564,050       304,782,269      3.21
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper  480,602,745       212,135,473    126.55
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            388,029,524       235,202,559     64.98
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     205,516,314       166,707,170     23.28
10 Metal Components  4/                                153,106,007       209,309,054    (26.85)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                     94,156,530        95,130,963     (1.02)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                            65,461,073        59,133,487     10.70
13 Dessicated Coconut                                   66,235,304        62,514,286      5.95
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         33,172,155        33,287,041     (0.35)
15 Tuna  5/                                             55,257,218        51,295,866      7.72
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              38,797,475        38,201,261      1.56
17 Christmas Decor                                      21,214,797        23,496,917     (9.71)
18 Basketworks                                          26,731,146        30,813,760    (13.25)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                                80,365,337        48,860,460     64.48
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            53,138,102        41,188,297     29.01
21 Gold  6/                                             77,329,407        23,419,502    230.19
22 Footwear                                             14,253,580        15,202,314     (6.24)
23 Activated Carbon                                     20,185,641        18,844,164      7.12
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              13,717,617        17,886,727    (23.31)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                               13,355,128        16,004,294    (16.55)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                               11,533,789        16,238,510    (28.97)
27 Fine Jewelry                                         11,930,473        10,428,582     14.40
28 Copper Concentrates                                  28,898,763        15,692,808     84.15
29 Sugar                                                50,056,508        60,134,143    (16.76)
30 Others                                            3,811,472,027     3,093,256,284     23.22

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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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