TABLE 1  Total Trade by Month and Year: 2005-2007
         (F.O.B. Value in Million US Dollars)

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                                                  |                             Cumulative
              Total                       Balance |----------------------------------------
Month/Year    Trade   Imports   Exports        of |   Total                        Balance
                                            Trade |   Trade   Imports   Exports   of Trade
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     2005    88,673    47,418    41,255    -6,163
     2006    99,184    51,774    47,410    -4,364
     2007   105,979    55,514    50,466    -5,048

January
     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
     2007     7,896     3,904     3,992        88     7,896     3,904     3,992         88

February
     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
     2007     7,411     3,690     3,721        31    15,307     7,594     7,713        119

March
     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
     2007     9,054     4,567     4,487       -79    24,361    12,161    12,201         40

April
     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
     2007     8,467     4,343     4,124      -219    32,828    16,504    16,325       -179

May
     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
     2007     8,424     4,296     4,128      -168    41,252    20,800    20,452       -347

June
     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
     2007     8,854     4,707     4,147      -559    50,106    25,506    24,600       -906

July
     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
     2007     9,290     5,042     4,249      -793    59,397    30,548    28,849     -1,699

August
     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
     2007     9,108     4,987     4,121      -865    68,505    35,534    32,970     -2,564

September
     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
     2007     9,133     4,744     4,389      -354    77,638    40,278    37,359     -2,919

October
     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
     2007     9,810     5,151     4,660      -491    87,448    45,429    42,019     -3,410

November
     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
     2007     9,049     5,084     3,965    -1,119    96,497    50,513    45,984     -4,529

December
     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
     2007     9,483     5,001     4,482      -519   105,979    55,514    50,466     -5,048

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

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

Page last updated:  June 12, 2008
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