TABLE 2  Value of Top 10* Principal Exports to All Countries: 2006 and 2007
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                         Percent               Percent    Growth
Commodity Description                             2007     Share        2006     Share   Rate (%)
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Total                                        50,465.72     100.0   47,410.12     100.0       6.4

Total of top ten exports                     39,998.63      79.3   38,367.00      80.9       4.3

Electronic products 1                        31,085.27      61.6   29,683.05      62.6       4.7
Articles of apparel
  and clothing accessories 1                  2,299.88       4.6    2,646.36       5.6     (13.1)
Cathodes and sections of cathodes,
  of refined copper                           1,293.93       2.6    1,231.18       2.6       5.1
Petroleum products 2                          1,108.68       2.2      918.29       1.9      20.7
Woodcrafts and furniture                      1,011.71       2.0      926.17       2.0       9.2
Ignition wiring set and other wiring sets
  used in vehicles, aircrafts
  and ships 1                                   891.58       1.8      787.55       1.7      13.2
Coconut oil 3                                   733.81       1.5      578.77       1.2      26.8
Other products manufactured from materials
  imported on consignment basis 4               687.60       1.4      790.11       1.7     (13.0)
Metal components                                485.32       1.0      400.08       0.8      21.3
Bananas (fresh)                                 400.85       0.8      405.44       0.9      (1.1)
Others                                       10,467.09      20.7    9,043.12      19.1      15.7

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Notes:
  * Based on January-December 2007 ranking
  1 Includes on consignment and not on consignment
  2 Includes refined petroleum products, manufactured from crude petroleum oil
  3 Includes crude and refined
  4 Includes diamonds, precious and synthetic gem stones, machinery and equipments; prefabricated
    steel structures manufactured on consignment basis
  Growth rates were computed from actual values. Components may not add up to total 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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