TABLE 7  Total and Average Cash Remittance of Overseas Filipino Workers by Mode of Remittance:  2006 and 2007

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Number of OFWs,                                       |           |  Agency/ | Friends/ |     Door |
Total and Average                               Total |     Banks |    Local |      Co- |       to | Others
Cash Remittance and Sex                               |           |   Office |  workers |     Door |
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2007
Philippines

 Total cash remittance (In million pesos)      81,902      62,930      2,701        403     11,473    4,396
 Average cash remittance (In thousand pesos)       59          63         71         17         50       43

2007
Philippines

 Total cash remittance (In million pesos)      75,861      60,149      1,786        614     10,051    3,261
 Average cash remittance (In thousand pesos)       61          66         67         21         47       50

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Notes:   Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
         The estimates cover overseas Filipinos whose departure occurred within the last five years and who are
            working or had worked abroad during the past six months (April to September) of the survey period.
            
Source:  National Statistics Office, 2006 and 2007 Survey on Overseas Filipinos

Page last updated:  July 30, 2008
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