Table 1.  Total Trade by Month and Year: 2004-2006 
          (F.O.B. Value in Million US Dollars)

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                                      Balance  |       Cumulative         Balance
Month/Year   Total  Imports  Exports       of  |  Total                        of
             Trade                      Trade  |  Trade  Imports  Exports   Trade
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     2004   83,720   44,039   39,681   -4,359
     2005   88,673   47,418   41,255   -6,163
     2006   99,184   51,774   47,410   -4,364
January
     2004    6,331    3,481    2,849     -632     6,331    3,481    2,849    -632
     2005    6,796    3,501    3,294     -207     6,796    3,501    3,294    -207
     2006    7,240    3,707    3,533     -174     7,240    3,707    3,533    -174
February
     2004    6,318    3,314    3,005     -309    12,649    6,795    5,854    -941
     2005    6,211    3,211    3,000     -211    13,007    6,713    6,294    -418
     2006    6,864    3,415    3,448       33    14,103    7,122    6,981    -141
March
     2004    7,284    3,922    3,362     -560    19,933   10,717    9,216  -1,501
     2005    7,100    3,832    3,268     -564    20,107   10,545    9,562    -983
     2006    8,400    4,227    4,174      -53    22,504   11,349   11,155    -194
April
     2004    6,747    3,765    2,982     -782    26,680   14,482   12,198  -2,283
     2005    7,358    4,113    3,246     -867    27,465   14,657   12,808  -1,849
     2006    8,335    4,417    3,918     -499    30,838   15,766   15,073    -693
May
     2004    6,852    3,584    3,268     -316    33,532   18,066   15,466  -2,600
     2005    7,103    3,798    3,305     -493    34,568   18,455   16,113  -2,342
     2006    8,333    4,448    3,885     -563    39,171   20,214   18,958  -1,256
June
     2004    7,096    3,778    3,318     -460    40,628   21,844   18,784  -3,060
     2005    7,569    4,210    3,359     -852    42,137   22,665   19,471  -3,194
     2006    8,589    4,534    4,055     -479    47,760   24,748   23,013  -1,735
July
     2004    6,870    3,761    3,109     -652    47,497   25,605   21,893  -3,712
     2005    7,336    3,833    3,503     -330    49,473   26,498   22,974  -3,524
     2006    8,429    4,412    4,016     -396    56,189   29,160   27,029  -2,131
August
     2004    7,118    3,688    3,430     -258    54,615   29,292   25,323  -3,969
     2005    7,752    4,239    3,513     -726    57,224   30,737   26,487  -4,250
     2006    9,157    4,884    4,274     -610    65,347   34,044   31,303  -2,741
September
     2004    7,458    3,817    3,641     -175    62,073   33,109   28,964  -4,145
     2005    8,012    4,337    3,675     -662    65,236   35,075   30,162  -4,913
     2006    8,534    4,355    4,178     -177    73,880   38,399   35,481  -2,918
October
     2004    7,761    4,008    3,753     -254    69,835   37,117   32,718  -4,399
     2005    7,794    4,159    3,635     -525    73,030   39,234   33,796  -5,437
     2006    8,894    4,686    4,207     -479    82,774   43,086   39,689  -3,397
November
     2004    7,343    3,658    3,685       28    77,178   40,775   36,403  -4,372
     2005    7,606    3,975    3,631     -344    80,636   43,209   37,428  -5,781
     2006    8,541    4,510    4,031     -479    91,315   47,595   43,720  -3,876
December
     2004    6,542    3,265    3,277       13    83,720   44,039   39,681  -4,359
     2005    8,037    4,209    3,827     -382    88,673   47,418   41,255  -6,163
     2006    7,869    4,178    3,690     -488    99,184   51,774   47,410  -4,364

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Note:    Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Page last updated:  September 7, 2007
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