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

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                                                           2006     |        2005     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Nov p   |      Jan-Nov    |   Rate
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             Total                                  43,347,756,839    37,427,500,516     15.82

 1 Electronic Products                              27,326,356,467    24,724,933,652     10.52
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           20,547,252,673    18,200,994,742     12.89
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     5,279,078,420     5,063,160,836      4.26
   c) Office Equipment                                 242,246,511       178,379,237     35.80
   d) Consumer Electronics                             433,529,022       520,510,714    (16.71)
   e) Telecommunication                                201,244,841       120,796,859     66.60
   f) Communication/Radar                              207,168,622       255,864,512    (19.03)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                       15,227,978        13,990,972      8.84
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                10,629,215         5,715,326     85.98
   i) Automotive Electronics                           389,979,185       365,520,454      6.69
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories      2,429,915,760     2,097,133,035     15.87
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                      722,439,011       529,325,332     36.48
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              818,364,215       504,349,232     62.26
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          709,222,830       655,869,388      8.13
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     527,981,197       563,916,850     (6.37)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,Of Refined Copper 1,078,233,605       343,860,891    213.57
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            764,355,089       411,921,966     85.56
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     365,774,588       322,720,289     13.34
10 Metal Components  4/                                351,013,848       376,350,327     (6.73)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                    193,976,121       181,932,951      6.62
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           119,683,873       106,474,254     12.41
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  128,343,898       115,366,454     11.25
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         72,207,036        73,398,590     (1.62)
15 Tuna  5/                                            126,245,597        92,872,018     35.94
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              66,412,072        66,074,584      0.51
17 Christmas Decor                                      54,009,958        54,439,259     (0.79)
18 Basketworks                                          48,655,448        53,706,884     (9.41)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               141,868,618        98,157,137     44.53
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            82,559,968        84,614,676     (2.43)
21 Gold  6/                                            212,100,711        44,372,902    378.00
22 Footwear                                             22,550,366        23,974,929     (5.94)
23 Activated Carbon                                     34,680,564        36,890,575     (5.99)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              24,177,703        30,657,166    (21.14)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                               26,928,030        26,167,638      2.91
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                               30,103,549        28,382,618      6.06
27 Fine Jewelry                                         21,045,229        20,635,021      1.99
28 Copper Concentrates                                  73,748,829        32,603,866    126.20
29 Sugar                                                82,679,903        65,708,717     25.83
30 Others                                            6,692,122,756     5,660,689,315     18.22

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1/ Includes refined petroleum 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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