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

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                                   Second Quarter 2006 |         First Quarter 2006 |       Second Quarter 2005 |  Quarter-on-Quarter GR |       Year-on-Year GR
Commodity Description          Value   Price  Quantity |   Value   Price   Quantity |   Value   Price  Quantity | Value   Price Quantity | Value  Price Quantity
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All Commodity                 201.96   124.00   163.00    168.40  124.00     136.00    173.36  111.00    156.00    19.9     0.0     19.9    16.5   11.7      4.5

Food and live animals         167.14    84.00   198.24    161.68   79.00     205.23    175.46   85.00    206.56     3.4     6.3     (3.4)   (4.7)  (1.2)    (4.0)
Beverages and tobacco         121.80    66.00   184.59     97.29   64.00     152.13    152.70   69.00    222.31    25.2     3.1     21.3   (20.2)  (4.3)   (17.0)
Crude materials, inedible,
  except fuels                 69.00    83.00    83.64     80.59   84.00      95.92     84.57   84.00    101.20   (14.4)   (1.2)   (12.8)  (18.4)  (1.2)   (17.4)
Mineral fuels, lubricants
  and related materials       363.43   302.00   120.56    295.90  286.00     103.52    277.84  220.00    126.35    22.8     5.6     16.5    30.8   37.3     (4.6)
Animal and vegetable oils,
  fats, and waxes             396.50    52.00   758.14    397.56   54.00     743.77    426.23   52.00    827.70    (0.3)   (3.7)     1.9    (7.0)   0.0     (8.4)
Chemicals and related
  products, not elsewhere
  specified                   156.87    83.00   191.02    137.54   82.00     170.17    136.50   78.00    175.97    14.1     1.2     12.3    14.9    6.4      8.6
Manufactured goods
  classified chiefly by
  materials                   122.78    76.00   161.73     94.07   76.00     124.32    115.09   83.00    139.85    30.5     0.0     30.1     6.7   (8.4)    15.6
Machinery and transport
  equipment                   194.04   106.00   184.69    173.01  134.00     130.26    178.20  115.00    155.93    12.2   (20.9)    41.8     8.9   (7.8)    18.4
Miscellaneous manufactured
  articles                    131.45    73.00   181.28    119.27   71.00     172.55    118.89   71.00    172.97    10.2     2.8      5.1    10.6    2.8      4.8
Commodities and transactions
  not elsewhere classified
  in the pscc                 266.90   204.00   131.12    195.16  154.00     126.47    198.68  125.00    158.38    36.8    32.5      3.7    34.3   63.2    (17.2)

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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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