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

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                                                      2006                   |       2005        |    Growth Rate 
Commodity                                       Percent |            Percent |           Percent |     (Percent)
                                          April p Share |    March r   Share |    April r  Share |   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,851.84  100.00   4,127.24    100.00   3,245.70   100.00      (6.67)   18.68

 1 Electronic Products                 2,510.79   65.18   2,719.14     65.88   2,097.47    64.62      (7.66)   19.71
   a) Components/Devices 
       (Semiconductors)                2,005.48   52.07   2,099.52     50.87   1,548.03    47.69      (4.48)   29.55
   b) Electronic Data Processing         376.37    9.77     454.12     11.00     428.01    13.19     (17.12)  (12.06)
   c) Office Equipment                    20.94    0.54      22.46      0.54      12.76     0.39      (6.80)   64.09
   d) Consumer Electronics                38.62    1.00      46.21      1.12      47.43     1.46     (16.43)  (18.58)
   e) Telecommunication                   17.97    0.47      21.86      0.53       6.41     0.20     (17.77)  180.58
   f) Communication/Radar                 15.13    0.39      18.00      0.44      17.32     0.53     (15.98)  (12.64)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          0.70    0.02       0.62      0.02       1.50     0.05      13.44   (53.18)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   0.54    0.01       0.78      0.02       0.43     0.01     (30.57)   26.60
   i) Automotive Electronics              35.04    0.91      55.56      1.35      35.59     1.10     (36.94)   (1.55)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing 
    Accessories                          153.44    3.98     194.29      4.71     128.68     3.96     (21.03)   19.24
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, 
    Of Refined copper                    100.52    2.61      44.42      1.08      40.00     1.23     126.29   151.32
 4 Coconut Oil  1/                        82.45    2.14      68.40      1.66      92.55     2.85      20.54   (10.91)
 5 Petroleum Products  2/                 74.65    1.94      90.28      2.19      41.65     1.28     (17.31)   79.24
 6 Woodcrafts and Furniture               65.98    1.71      45.96      1.11      36.65     1.13      43.56    80.03
 7 Ignition Wiring Set and Other 
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships 3/                57.01    1.48      63.51      1.54      50.88     1.57     (10.23)   12.05
 8 Bananas (Fresh)                        34.27    0.89      34.10      0.83      30.25     0.93       0.51    13.30
 9 Metal Components  4/                   23.08    0.60      27.05      0.66      35.14     1.08     (14.70)  (34.33)
10 Gold  5/                               20.54    0.53       6.35      0.15       4.65     0.14     223.71   342.03

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,122.74   81.07   3,293.50     79.80   2,557.90    78.81      (5.18)   22.08

11 Sugar                                  19.68    0.51      13.20      0.32      11.97     0.37      49.11    64.37
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       17.20    0.45      15.12      0.37      14.64     0.45      13.77    17.55
13 Other Products Manufactured from 
    Materials on consignment basis        17.10    0.44      70.00      1.70      46.09     1.42     (75.57)  (62.89)
14 Fertilizers, Manufactured              14.55    0.38       7.97      0.19       8.13     0.25      82.54    79.05
15 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  11.53    0.30      13.60      0.33      11.91     0.37     (15.21)   (3.18)
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              10.04    0.26      10.08      0.24       9.78     0.30      (0.38)    2.61
17 Dessicated Coconut                      8.51    0.22      12.36      0.30      11.19     0.34     (31.19)  (24.00)
18 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, 
    Chilled or Frozen                      7.56    0.20       6.40      0.16       5.59     0.17      18.04    35.14
19 Tuna  6/                                7.28    0.19       7.11      0.17       5.28     0.16       2.35    37.94
20 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 6.18    0.16       5.87      0.14       5.88     0.18       5.14     5.11
21 Copper Concentrates                     4.87    0.13       3.99      0.10       3.33     0.10      22.32    46.59
22 Activated Carbon                        4.13    0.11       3.93      0.10       3.09     0.10       5.12    33.64
23 Basketworks                             3.79    0.10       4.11      0.10       4.56     0.14      (7.71)  (16.82)
24 Christmas Decor                         3.28    0.09       1.88      0.05       3.52     0.11      75.09    (6.69)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  2.72    0.07       1.75      0.04       4.22     0.13      55.44   (35.54)
26 Footwear                                2.14    0.06       2.80      0.07       2.60     0.08     (23.52)  (17.86)
27 Fine Jewelry                            2.02    0.05       2.52      0.06       1.88     0.06     (19.64)    7.73
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.93    0.05       2.02      0.05       1.42     0.04      (4.32)   36.32
29 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  1.33    0.03       2.02      0.05       2.47     0.08     (34.44)  (46.20)
30 Others                                583.25   15.14     647.01     15.68     530.26    16.34      (9.86)    9.99

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

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

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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