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
       2006         285.9    115.0     249.0      16.6    (8.7)   27.7      5.3     (7.3)   13.7

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)
       2006         273.5    113.0     242.0       7.5   (16.9)   29.4     (4.3)    (1.7)   (2.8)

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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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