Table 3   Philippine Exports Performance by Country
          January 2006 and 2005
          (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                               2006   |             2005  | Annual Growth Rate
Country                                     Percent   |          Percentt |     (Percent)
                                    January p Share   |  January r  share |
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                      Total        3,261.23  100.00     3,284.87   100.00        (0.72)

          Top Ten Countries Total  2,828.92   86.74     2,810.60    85.56         0.65

  1   United States Of America  1/   629.67   19.31       627.23    19.09         0.39
  2   Japan  2/                      523.91   16.06       686.32    20.89       (23.66)
  3   Netherlands                    383.55   11.76       313.27     9.54        22.43
  4   China, People's Republic of    262.44    8.05       279.63     8.51        (6.15)
  5   Singapore                      241.80    7.41       166.87     5.08        44.90
  6   Hongkong                       214.31    6.57       227.50     6.93        (5.80)
  7   Malaysia  3/                   189.20    5.80       147.15     4.48        28.57
  8   Germany                        141.98    4.35       102.10     3.11        39.06
  9   Taiwan                         130.30    4.00       164.15     5.00       (20.62)
 10   Korea, Republic of             111.76    3.43        96.39     2.93        15.95
 11   Others                         432.31   13.26       474.26    14.44        (8.85)

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines


Notes:   *  Based on January 2006 ranking.
         1/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         2/ Includes Okinawa.
         3/ Includes Sabah and Sarawak.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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