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

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PSCC     PSCC                              Fourth Quarter 2006   |     Third Quarter 2006  |   Fourth Quarter 2005   |  Quarter-on-Quarter G R |     Year-on-Year G R
Code  Description                       Value    Price  Quantity |   Value   Price     Qty |  Value    Price     Qty |  Value    Price     Qty |  Value    Price     Qty
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   All Commodities                     273.49   113.00    242.00    285.86  115.00  249.00   254.32   136.00  187.00     (4.3)    (1.7)   (2.8)     7.5    (16.9)   29.4

0  Food and live animals               133.45    99.00    137.68    144.48  102.00  151.74   127.40    90.00  141.97     (7.6)    (2.9)   (9.3)     4.7     10.0    (3.0)
1  Beverages and tobacco               459.42    80.00    574.46    515.20   87.00  592.04   363.51    83.00  438.99    (10.8)    (8.0)   (3.0)    26.4     (3.6)   30.9
2  Crude materials, inedible,
     except fuels                      180.49    88.00    208.60    168.85   85.00  199.64   105.38    87.00  124.48      6.9      3.5     4.5     71.3      1.1    67.6
3  Mineral fuels, lubricants
     and related materials             248.01   277.00     89.59    483.54  329.00  147.08   386.62   275.00  140.41    (48.7)   (15.8)  (39.1)   (35.9)     0.7   (36.2)
4  Animal and vegetable oils,
     fats, and waxes                    74.02    93.00     79.21     60.56   88.00   69.10    98.86    83.00  119.22     22.2      5.7    14.6    (25.1)    12.0   (33.6)
5  Chemicals and related products,
     not elsewhere specified           236.06    94.00    251.95    212.82   94.00  226.21   190.92    90.00  213.47     10.9      0.0    11.4     23.6      4.4    18.0
6  Manufactured goods classified
     chiefly by materials              338.62   102.00    331.52    305.92   99.00  308.87   126.88    83.00  153.53     10.7      3.0     7.3    166.9     22.9   115.9
7  Machinery and transport equipment   495.89    99.00    502.25    520.22   98.00  544.05   495.51   149.00  332.92     (4.7)     1.0    (7.7)     0.1    (33.6)   50.9
8  Miscellaneous manufactured articles 127.27   101.00    126.07    147.26  103.00  143.69   111.69    98.00  114.13    (13.6)    (1.9)  (12.3)    13.9      3.1    10.5
9  Commodities and transactions not
     elsewhere classified in the pscc  246.07   147.00    167.37    254.80  154.00  165.72   238.53   153.00  155.97     (3.4)    (4.5)    1.0      3.2     (3.9)    7.3

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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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