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

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PSCC Code/                            Fourth Quarter 2006   |    Third Quarter 2006    |   Fourth Quarter 2005    |  Quarter-on-Quarter G R |   Year-on-Year G R
Description                        Value    Price  Quantity |   Value   Price      Qty |  Value    Price      Qty |  Value    Price     Qty | Value   Price    Qty
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   All Commodities                201.60   125.00    161.00    205.77  131.00    157.00  186.06   119.00   156.00     (2.0)    (4.6)    2.5     8.4     5.0    3.2
   
0  Food and live animals          130.07    81.00    161.32    156.86   87.00    182.29  118.87    78.00   152.43    (17.1)    (6.9)  (11.5)    9.4     3.8    5.8
1  Beverages and tobacco          173.48    73.00    238.59    194.27   80.00    247.66  149.58    68.00   221.34    (10.7)    (8.8)   (3.7)   16.0     7.4    7.8
2  Crude materials, inedible,
     except fuels                  99.56    86.00    116.92     98.93   90.00    109.73   87.58    82.00   107.50      0.6     (4.4)    6.6    13.7     4.9    8.8
3  Mineral fuels, lubricants
     and related materials        301.35   311.00     96.98    338.76  317.00    106.87  231.69   235.00    98.57    (11.0)    (1.9)   (9.3)   30.1    32.3   (1.6)
4  Animal and vegetable oils,
     fats, and waxes              440.15    54.00    817.09    373.25   51.00    735.75  347.61    55.00   632.83     17.9      5.9    11.1    26.6    (1.8)  29.1
5  Chemicals and related
     products, not elsewhere
     specified                    143.11    85.00    168.12    161.27   83.00    196.50  137.09    81.00   171.97    (11.3)     2.4   (14.4)    4.4     4.9   (2.2)
6  Manufactured goods classi-
     fied chiefly by materials    105.38    77.00    136.68    122.62   83.00    149.08  105.00    81.00   130.76    (14.1)    (7.2)   (8.3)    0.4    (4.9)   4.5
7  Machinery and transport
     equipment                    210.81   104.00    202.69    214.83  119.00    180.47  204.89   100.00   205.83     (1.9)   (12.6)   12.3     2.9     4.0   (1.5)
8  Miscellaneous manufactured
     articles                     144.93    68.00    214.71    148.19   74.00    203.35  130.96    68.00   195.61     (2.2)    (8.1)    5.6    10.7     0.0    9.8
9  Commodities and transactions
     not elsewhere classified
     in the PSCC                  286.68   221.00    129.95    253.61  210.00    120.64  264.08   226.00   116.88     13.0      5.2     7.7     8.6    (2.2)  11.2

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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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