Table A.2  Comparative Export Trade Indices by Commodity Section: First and Second Quarter 2006 and Second Quarter 2005
           (1995 = 100)

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PSCC                                   Second Quarter 2006 |    First Quarter 2006  |   Second Quarter 2005  |  Quarter-on-Quarter GR |       Year-on-Year GR
Code  Commodity Description         Value   Price Quantity | Value   Price Quantity | Value   Price Quantity | Value   Price Quantity | Value  Price Quantity
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     All Commodity                 271.45  124.00   219.00  249.85  137.00   182.00  227.05  122.00   186.00     8.6    (9.5)    20.3    19.6    1.6     17.7

0    Food and live animals         137.16   93.00   143.92  118.14   91.00   130.19  127.56   88.00   145.34    16.1     2.2     10.5     7.5    5.7     (1.0)
1    Beverages and tobacco         391.24   72.00   405.44  360.17   68.00   531.83  463.40   85.00   553.33     8.6     5.9    (23.8)  (15.6) (15.3)   (26.7)
2    Crude materials, inedible,
       except fuels                144.63   90.00   181.18  109.28   88.00   126.39  107.89   89.00   126.15    32.3     2.3     43.3    34.1    1.1     43.6
3    Mineral fuels, lubricants
       and related materials       364.40  322.00   123.31  384.15  323.00   118.96  238.94  261.00    91.44    (5.1)   (0.3)     3.7    52.5   23.4     34.9
4    Animal and vegetable oils,
       fats, and waxes              89.15   83.00    52.42   67.56   82.00    82.66   97.24   99.00    97.91    32.0     1.2    (36.6)   (8.3) (16.2)   (46.5)
5    Chemicals and related
       products, not elsewhere
       classified                  229.67   73.00    87.15  199.42   95.00   211.62  154.72   90.00   172.58    15.2   (23.2)   (58.8)   48.4  (18.9)   (49.5)
6    Manufactured goods classi-
       fied chiefly by materials   280.38   90.00   386.71  181.49   94.00   192.70  142.49   86.00   166.87    54.5    (4.3)   100.7    96.8    4.7    131.7
7    Machinery and transport
       equipment                   515.63  108.00   440.57  492.37  126.00   392.02  406.30  107.00   382.30     4.7   (14.3)    12.4    26.9    0.9     15.2
8    Miscellaneous manufactured
       articles                    140.49   97.00   145.99  120.69   97.00   125.48  107.30   97.00   110.71    16.4     0.0     16.3    30.9    0.0     31.9
9    Commodities and transactions
       not elsewhere classified
       in the pscc                 231.37  212.00   116.03  222.15  205.00   108.36  225.23  172.00   130.97     4.2     3.4      7.1     2.7   23.3    (11.4)

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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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