Table 7.  Philippine Trade with EU and ASEAN: 2006
          (F.O.B.  Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                          Total Trade          Exports to        Imports from  Balance of Trade
Country                                Value  Percent     Value   Percent     Value   Percent     Favorable  +
                                                Share               Share               Share   Unfavorable (-)
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European Union (EU)                13,164.79    100.0  8,721.69     100.0  4,443.10     100.0          4,278.59

    Netherlands                     5,178.66     39.3  4,769.20      54.7    409.47       9.2          4,359.73
    Germany                         3,149.36     23.9  1,781.29      20.4  1,368.07      30.8            413.22
    Belgium                           998.26      7.6    734.01       8.4    264.25       5.9            469.76
    Ireland                           981.27      7.5     96.70       1.1    884.57      19.9           (787.86)
    United Kingdom of
       Great Britain                  850.12      6.5    484.10       5.6    366.02       8.2            118.08
    France                            551.48      4.2    215.28       2.5    336.20       7.6           (120.92)
    Italy                             362.97      2.8    198.45       2.3    164.53       3.7             33.92
    Spain                             199.97      1.5     87.33       1.0    112.64       2.5            (25.30)
    Finland                           171.06      1.3     46.36       0.5    124.70       2.8            (78.34)
    Sweden                            150.07      1.1     27.07       0.3    123.01       2.8            (95.94)
    Hungary                           114.04      0.9    102.71       1.2     11.34       0.3             91.37
    Austria                           111.68      0.8     53.49       0.6     58.19       1.3             (4.70)
    Czech Republic
    (Czechoslovakia)                  105.84      0.8     20.55       0.2     85.29       1.9            (64.75)
    Denmark                            79.11      0.6     23.18       0.3     55.93       1.3            (32.75)
    Slovak Republic (Slovakia)         58.00      0.4      3.55         a     54.45       1.2            (50.90)
    Portugal                           27.32      0.2     15.10       0.2     12.22       0.3              2.87
    Malta                              23.76      0.2     23.08       0.3      0.68         a             22.40
    Greece                             19.96      0.2     14.09       0.2      5.87       0.1              8.23
    Poland                             15.40      0.1     13.43       0.2      1.97         a             11.45
    Slovenia                            5.03        a      3.12         a      1.91         a              1.21
    Estonia                             4.00        a      3.77         a      0.24         a              3.53
    Luxembourg                          3.44        a      2.47         a      0.97         a              1.50
    Cyprus                              1.86        a      1.35         a      0.51         a              0.84
    Lithuania                           1.55        a      1.48         a      0.06         a              1.42
    Latvia (Latvian Soviet
       Socialist Rep.)                  0.56        a      0.55         a      0.01         a              0.54

Association of Southeast Asian     18,410.55    100.0  8,192.20     100.0 10,218.34     100.0         (2,026.14)
    Nations (ASEAN)

    Singapore                       7,883.72     42.8  3,505.01      42.8  4,378.72      42.9           (873.71)
    Malaysia  1/                    4,723.57     25.7  2,621.44      32.0  2,102.13      20.6            519.31
    Thailand                        3,400.21     18.5  1,324.72      16.2  2,075.49      20.3           (750.76)
    Indonesia                       1,350.60      7.3    364.02       4.4    986.58       9.7           (622.56)
    Vietnam                         1,026.94      5.6    354.16       4.3    672.78       6.6           (318.62)
    Brunei Darussalam                   6.36        a      6.29       0.1      0.08         a              6.21
    Myanmar, Union of (Burma)           9.16        a      7.59       0.1      1.56         a              6.03
    Cambodia (Democratic Kampuchea)     9.53      0.1      8.52       0.1      1.01         a              7.51
    Lao People's Democratic Rep. (Laos  0.45        a      0.45         a        -          -              0.45

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

Notes:   a  less than 0.1 percent
         -  no value
         1/ includes Sabah and Sarawak
         Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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