Table B.1  Growth Rate of Import Trade Indices for All Commodities by Quarter: 1997 - 2006
            (1995 = 100)

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                     Import 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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1997

      1st       126.6    108.0     117.8       1.3     2.9    (1.0)    14.2      5.9     7.5
      2nd       134.6    100.0     136.0       6.3    (7.4)   15.5      7.9     (4.8)   11.5
      3rd       142.5    105.0     136.2       5.9     5.0     0.1     11.1     (0.9)   11.8
      4th       138.0    115.0     120.7      (3.2)    9.5   (11.4)    10.4      9.5     1.4
 
1998

      1st       121.1    113.0     108.0     (12.2)   (1.7)  (10.5)    (4.3)     4.6    (8.3)
      2nd       110.7    111.0     100.1      (8.6)   (1.8)   (7.3)   (17.8)    11.0   (26.4)
      3rd       112.0    106.0     106.9       1.2    (4.5)    6.8    (21.4)     1.0   (21.5)
      4th       103.3    112.0      92.6      (7.8)    5.7   (13.4)   (25.1)    (2.6)  (23.3)
 
1999

      1st       110.1    106.0     105.8       6.6    (5.4)   14.3     (9.1)    (6.2)   (2.1)
      2nd       117.6    100.0     118.9       6.8    (5.7)   12.4      6.3     (9.9)   18.7
      3rd       120.6    100.0     121.2       2.6     0.0     1.9      7.7     (5.7)   13.3
      4th       114.8    105.0     109.8      (4.8)    5.0    (9.4)    11.2     (6.3)   18.6
 
2000

      1st       118.7    102.0     116.8       3.4    (2.9)    6.3      7.8     (3.8)   10.4
      2nd       112.5     95.0     118.7      (5.3)   (6.9)    1.6     (4.4)    (5.0)   (0.2)
      3rd       125.0     96.0     130.4      11.1     1.1     9.8      3.6     (4.0)    7.6
      4th       117.0    100.0     117.5      (6.4)    4.2    (9.9)     1.9     (4.8)    7.0
 
2001

      1st       128.9     91.0     142.0      10.2    (9.0)   20.9      8.6    (10.8)   21.6
      2nd       134.2     95.0     141.0       4.1     4.4    (0.7)    19.3      0.0    18.8
      3rd       128.4     93.0     138.0      (4.3)   (2.1)   (2.1)     2.7     (3.1)    5.9
      4th       106.8     86.0     124.0     (16.8)   (7.5)  (10.1)    (8.7)   (14.0)    5.6
 
2002

      1st       112.8     96.0     117.0       5.6    11.6    (5.6)   (12.5)     5.5   (17.6)
      2nd       141.9     95.0     149.0      25.8    (1.0)   27.4      5.8      0.0     5.7
      3rd       147.3     98.0     150.0       3.8     3.2     0.7     14.7      5.4     8.7
      4th       132.0     96.0     138.0     (10.4)   (2.0)   (8.0)    23.6     11.6    11.3
 
2003

      1st       138.0    100.0     138.0       4.6     4.2     0.0     22.4      4.2    17.9
      2nd       142.4     99.0     144.0       3.1    (1.0)    4.3      0.3      4.2    (3.4)
      3rd       141.5     98.0     144.0      (0.6)   (1.0)    0.0     (3.9)     0.0    (4.0)
      4th       143.3    104.0     138.0       1.2     6.1    (4.2)     8.5      8.3     0.0
 
2004

      1st       161.5     93.0     174.0      12.8   (10.6)   26.1     17.0     (7.0)   26.1
      2nd       167.7    101.0     166.0       3.8     8.6    (4.6)    17.8      2.0    15.3
      3rd       169.8    103.0     165.0       1.2     2.0    (0.6)    20.0      5.1    14.6
      4th       164.8    107.0     154.0      (3.0)    3.9    (6.7)    15.0      2.9    11.6
 
2005

      1st       151.1    109.0     139.0      (8.3)    1.9    (9.7)    (6.5)    17.2   (20.1)
      2nd       173.4    111.0     156.0      14.7     1.8    12.2      3.4      9.9    (6.0)
      3rd       187.0    126.0     148.0       7.9    13.5    (5.1)    10.2     22.3   (10.3)
      4th       186.1    119.0     156.0      (0.5)   (5.6)    5.4     12.9     11.2     1.3
 
2006

      1st       168.4    124.0     136.0      (9.5)    4.2   (12.8)    11.5     13.8    (2.2)
      2nd       202.0    124.0     163.0      19.9     0.0    19.9     16.5     11.7     4.5

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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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