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

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                                                            Weights     |                  Po Qn
Description                                            Import    Export |         Import           Export
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All Commodity                                          100.00    100.00   10,780,995,253    9,544,606,841

 0  Food and Live Animals                                8.49      5.18      915,621,682      494,304,313
 1  Beverages and Tobacco                                0.69      0.59       74,082,041       56,468,175
 2  Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels              2.11      2.23      227,463,781      213,079,751
 3  Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials      6.88      0.78      741,335,538       74,258,769
 4  Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats, and Waxes           0.67      2.37       72,554,335      225,993,369
 5  Chemicals and Related Products, NES                 10.61      2.08    1,143,374,777      198,644,530
 6  Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Materials  13.36      9.07    1,440,440,374      865,949,587
 7  Machinery and Transport Equipment                   37.37     48.42    4,028,810,895    4,621,431,580
 8  Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles                  3.79      8.67      409,007,833      827,693,352
 9  Commodities and Transactions NEC in the PSCC        16.03     20.61    1,728,303,997    1,966,783,415
10  Electronic Products                                 36.92     49.59    3,979,989,816    4,733,278,772

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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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