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

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                                                           2006     |        2005     |  growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Aug p   |      Jan-Aug    |   rate
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             Total                                  30,953,754,368    26,487,035,763    16.86

 1 Electronic Products                              19,497,241,273    17,354,428,284     12.35
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           14,760,212,141    12,689,465,265     16.32
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     3,667,397,936     3,640,860,944      0.73
   c) Office Equipment                                 168,585,499       126,865,536     32.89
   d) Consumer Electronics                             321,837,872       370,759,551    (13.19)
   e) Telecommunication                                143,711,464        75,730,052     89.77
   f) Communication/Radar                              133,656,818       175,353,142    (23.78)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                        9,035,800        11,714,249    (22.86)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                 6,715,926         4,364,747     53.87
   i) Automotive Electronics                           286,087,817       259,314,798     10.32
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories      1,766,601,829     1,521,063,747     16.14
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials 
    Imported on consignment basis                      481,172,448       371,303,680     29.59
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              603,554,883       297,236,541    103.06
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets 
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          489,709,120       479,045,702      2.23
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     394,185,653       412,935,743     (4.54)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper  691,547,465       266,338,185    159.65
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            532,996,583       313,425,975     70.06
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     268,963,859       219,820,562     22.36
10 Metal Components  4/                                228,955,648       272,836,418    (16.08)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                    133,839,422       130,886,330      2.26
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                            88,287,631        79,951,507     10.43
13 Dessicated Coconut                                   94,163,141        83,906,204     12.22
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         45,344,573        47,941,900     (5.42)
15 Tuna  5/                                             86,778,947        72,562,157     19.59
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              50,670,580        49,611,311      2.14
17 Christmas Decor                                      39,301,334        40,765,025     (3.59)
18 Basketworks                                          36,279,634        40,318,045    (10.02)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               109,136,487        68,090,257     60.28
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            71,692,223        53,766,159     33.34
21 Gold  6/                                            142,720,216        29,648,133    381.38
22 Footwear                                             17,566,502        19,342,766     (9.18)
23 Activated Carbon                                     26,268,769        26,736,488     (1.75)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              18,340,558        23,137,857    (20.73)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                               16,929,576        20,327,296    (16.72)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                               16,661,891        23,190,066    (28.15)
27 Fine Jewelry                                         14,956,058        14,172,598      5.53
28 Copper Concentrates                                  44,609,095        22,391,716     99.22
29 Sugar                                                77,968,727        65,491,301     19.05
30 Others                                            4,867,310,243     4,066,363,810     19.70

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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
         *  BASED ON 1999 PSCC

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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