Table A.1a  Quarterly Growth Rate of Export Trade Indices for All Commodities: 1997 - 2006 
            (1995 = 100)

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                     Export Indices      |  Quarter-on-Quarter G R |    Year-on-Year G R
Year/Quarter    Value    Price  Quantity |   Value   Price     Qty |  Value    Price     Qty
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First Quarter

       1997     126.2    108.0     116.9      17.5     8.0     9.1     (2.0)     0.9    (3.3)
       1998     156.3    114.0     137.8      23.8     5.6    17.9     (0.7)     0.0    (0.8)
       1999     180.0    132.0     138.6      15.2    15.8     0.5      2.6      6.5    (2.6)
       2000     197.3    124.0     161.3       9.6    (6.1)   16.4     (9.2)    (5.3)   (3.0)
       2001     196.3    125.0     156.7      (0.5)    0.8    (2.8)   (16.1)     4.2   (19.6)
       2002     185.9    104.0     179.0      (5.3)  (16.8)   14.2     (1.3)    (8.0)    7.2
       2003     198.3    120.0     165.0       6.7    15.4    (7.8)    (4.4)     0.0    (4.6)
       2004     211.3    115.0     184.0       6.5    (4.2)   11.5     (4.0)    (3.4)   (0.5)
       2005     218.6    125.0     175.0       3.5     8.7    (4.9)   (11.0)    (1.6)   (9.3)
       2006     249.9    137.0     182.0      14.3     9.6     4.0     (1.8)     0.7    (2.7)

Second Quarter

       1997     142.0    112.0     127.3      26.5     2.8    23.2     12.5      3.7     8.9
       1998     162.5    118.0     138.4      14.4     5.4     8.7      4.0      3.5     0.4
       1999     182.3    132.0     138.6      12.2    11.9     0.2      1.2      0.0     0.1
       2000     206.5    124.0     167.0      13.3    (6.1)   20.4      4.7      0.0     3.5
       2001     170.2    118.0     144.0     (17.6)   (4.8)  (13.8)   (13.3)    (5.6)   (8.1)
       2002     197.2    116.0     170.0      15.9    (1.7)   18.1      6.1     11.5    (5.0)
       2003     197.5    119.0     166.0       0.1     2.6    (2.4)    (0.4)    (0.8)    0.6
       2004     219.4    117.0     187.0      11.1    (1.7)   12.7      3.8      1.7     1.6
       2005     227.1    122.0     186.0       3.5     4.3    (0.5)     3.9     (2.4)    6.3
       2006     271.5    124.0     219.0      19.6     1.6    17.7      8.6     (9.5)   20.3

Third Quarter

       1997     152.8    106.0     144.3      24.7    (2.8)   28.0      7.6     (5.4)   13.3
       1998     182.0    121.0     150.0      19.2    14.2     4.0     12.0      2.5     8.4
       1999     223.7    128.0     175.9      22.9     5.8    17.2     22.7     (3.0)   26.9
       2000     235.0    122.0     193.1       5.1    (4.7)    9.8     13.8     (1.6)   15.6
       2001     182.2    112.0     163.0     (22.5)   (8.2)  (15.6)     7.0     (5.1)   13.2
       2002     216.6     96.0     226.0      18.9   (14.3)   38.7      9.8    (17.2)   32.9
       2003     214.7    118.0     182.0      (0.9)   22.9   (19.5)     8.7     (0.8)    9.6
       2004     233.4    118.0     198.0       8.7     0.0     8.8      6.4      0.9     5.9
       2005     245.1    126.0     195.0       5.0     6.8    (1.5)     7.9      3.3     4.8

Fourth Quarter

       1997     157.4    114.0     139.0      22.2     6.5    15.0      3.0      7.5    (3.7)
       1998     175.4    124.0     142.3      11.5     8.8     2.4     (3.6)     2.5    (5.2)
       1999     217.2    131.0     166.4      23.8     5.6    16.9     (2.9)     2.3    (5.4)
       2000     234.1    120.0     194.9       7.8    (8.4)   17.2     (0.4)    (1.6)    1.0
       2001     188.4    113.0     167.0     (19.5)   (5.8)  (14.3)     3.4      0.9     2.5
       2002     207.5    120.0     173.0      10.2     6.2     3.6     (4.2)    25.0   (23.5)
       2003     220.1    119.0     185.0       6.1    (0.8)    6.9      2.5      0.8     1.6
       2004     245.7    127.0     193.0      11.6     6.7     4.3      5.3      7.6    (2.5)
       2005     254.3    136.0     187.0       3.5     7.1    (3.1)     3.8      7.9    (4.1)

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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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