Table C  Imports and Exports Weights by Commodity Section: First Quarter 2006

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                                    Weights     |                 Po Qn
Description                    Import    Export |        Import           Export
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All Commodity                  100.00    100.00   8,979,138,656    7,974,818,956

Food and live animals           10.56      5.45     948,390,833      434,977,086
Beverages and tobacco            0.67      0.70      60,564,647       55,440,768
Crude materials, inedible,
  except fuels                   2.91      2.07     261,056,264      165,374,650
Mineral fuels, lubricants
  and related materials          7.09      0.98     636,876,986       78,121,729
Animal and vegetable
  oils, fats, and waxes          0.78      2.19      70,276,142      174,627,276
Chemicals and related
  products, not else where
  classified                    11.21      2.25   1,006,999,979      179,666,764
Manufactured goods
  classified chiefly
  by materials                  12.31      6.73   1,104,918,638      537,041,799
Machinery and trans-
  port equipment                31.63     47.55   2,839,854,707    3,791,967,247
Miscellaneous manufactured
  articles                       4.25      8.79     381,218,043      701,176,404
Commodities and
  transactions not else-
  where classified in
  the PSCC                      18.59     23.28   1,668,982,417    1,856,425,233
Electronic products             32.21     54.99   2,892,606,445    4,385,339,356

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

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