Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         February and January 2006 and February 2005
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                      2006                   |       2005        |    Growth Rate 
Commodity                                       Percent |            Percent |           Percent |     (Percent)
                                       February p Share |  January r   Share | February r  Share |   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,295.50  100.00   3,266.14    100.00   3,000.16   100.00        0.90    9.84

 1 Electronic Products                 2,170.63   65.87   2,130.50     65.23   1,967.48    65.58        1.88   10.33
   a) Components/Devices 
       (Semiconductors)                1,695.34   51.44   1,589.31     48.66   1,431.59    47.72        6.67   18.42
   b) Electronic Data Processing         383.01   11.62     418.96     12.83     419.38    13.98       (8.58)  (8.67)
   c) Office Equipment                    16.11    0.49      18.70      0.57      12.78     0.43      (13.85)  26.02
   d) Consumer Electronics                41.02    1.24      40.73      1.25      43.42     1.45        0.70   (5.52)
   e) Telecommunication                   15.09    0.46      13.03      0.40       5.90     0.20       15.80  155.73
   f) Communication/Radar                  6.99    0.21       9.95      0.30      16.80     0.56      (29.80) (58.41)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          0.84    0.03       1.42      0.04       0.97     0.03      (41.23) (13.71)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   0.78    0.02       0.43      0.01       0.25     0.01       79.26  210.27
   i) Automotive Electronics              11.46    0.35      37.95      1.16      36.40     1.21      (69.80) (68.51)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing 
    Accessories                          188.71    5.73     211.78      6.48     172.69     5.76      (10.89)   9.28
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, 
    Of Refined copper                     69.98    2.12      38.36      1.17      32.11     1.07       82.41  117.92
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other 
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships 1/                60.69    1.84      58.51      1.79      64.12     2.14        3.72   (5.34)
 5 Other Products Manufactured from 
    Materials on consignment basis        58.30    1.77      37.17      1.14      40.58     1.35       56.87   43.68
 6 Petroleum Products  2/                 45.04    1.37      80.41      2.46      28.21     0.94      (43.98)  59.67
 7 Woodcrafts and Furniture               28.14    0.85      26.65      0.82      38.83     1.29        5.56  (27.55)
 8 Bananas (Fresh)                        28.02    0.85      30.46      0.93      20.87     0.70       (8.01)  34.26
 9 Metal Components  3/                   27.66    0.84      22.56      0.69      36.63     1.22       22.61  (24.48)
10 Coconut Oil  4/                        24.37    0.74      43.75      1.34      37.73     1.26      (44.31) (35.41)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,701.54   81.98   2,680.15     82.06   2,439.25    81.30        0.80   10.75

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       12.94    0.39      16.02      0.49      15.08     0.50      (19.23) (14.18)
12 Dessicated Coconut                     12.94    0.39       8.03      0.25      10.06     0.34       61.20   28.61
13 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  10.97    0.33      14.85      0.45       4.33     0.14      (26.12) 153.43
14 Processed Tropical Fruits               8.80    0.27       9.17      0.28       8.05     0.27       (4.02)   9.29
15 Tuna  5/                                8.26    0.25       6.62      0.20      10.94     0.36       24.80  (24.45)
16 Gold  6/                                5.64    0.17       6.25      0.19       2.23     0.07       (9.76) 153.34
17 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 5.64    0.17       5.97      0.18       6.28     0.21       (5.52) (10.29)
18 Copper Concentrates                     4.28    0.13       4.40      0.13        -        -         (2.87)    -
19 Basketworks                             4.27    0.13       5.09      0.16       4.76     0.16      (16.22) (10.35)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured               4.09    0.12       5.50      0.17       9.33     0.31      (25.56) (56.14)
21 Sugar                                   3.78    0.11       2.99      0.09      14.98     0.50       26.59  (74.76)
22 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 3.22    0.10       2.43      0.07       4.05     0.13       32.59  (20.47)
23 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, 
    Chilled or Frozen                      3.09    0.09       4.61      0.14       4.34     0.14      (33.07) (28.94)
24 Activated Carbon                        2.78    0.08       3.82      0.12       2.59     0.09      (27.35)   7.11
25 Fine Jewelry                            2.10    0.06       1.68      0.05       1.14     0.04       25.12   83.54
26 Footwear                                2.06    0.06       1.81      0.06       1.56     0.05       13.77   31.80
27 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  1.95    0.06       1.85      0.06       0.77     0.03        5.41  154.15
28 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  1.66    0.05       1.83      0.06       2.24     0.07       (9.02) (25.79)
29 Christmas Decor                         1.38    0.04       1.27      0.04       2.03     0.07        9.13  (31.87)
30 Others                                494.10   14.99     481.80     14.75     456.15    15.20        2.55    8.32

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

Notes:   1/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         2/ includes refined petroluem products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         3/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         4/ includes crude and refined.
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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