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

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                                                 2006                |               2005               | Annual Growth Rate
Country                                   Percent            Percent |         Percent |         Percent|     (Percent)
                                  Jan-Apr p  Share | April p   Share |  Jan-Apr   share|    April  Share| Cumulative  Current
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         Total                   14,749.69  100.00  3,851.84  100.00  12,807.76  100.00  3,245.70 100.00     15.16    18.68

  Top 10 Countries Total         12,894.65   87.42  3,390.86   88.03  11,062.88   86.38  2,824.21  87.01     16.56    20.06

 1  Netherlands                   2,058.45   13.96    734.41   19.07   1,206.13    9.42    336.06  10.35     70.67   118.54
 2  Japan  1/                     2,476.17   16.79    640.58   16.63   2,569.79   20.06    602.78  18.57     (3.64)    6.27
 3  United States Of America  2/  2,612.30   17.71    612.82   15.91   2,215.86   17.30    533.27  16.43     17.89    14.92
 4  Singapore                     1,168.72    7.92    297.34    7.72     765.67    5.98    224.56   6.92     52.64    32.41
 5  China, People's Republic of   1,273.57    8.63    287.81    7.47   1,130.71    8.83    296.39   9.13     12.63    (2.90)
 6  Hongkong                      1,014.92    6.88    271.26    7.04   1,001.27    7.82    253.05   7.80      1.36     7.20
 7  Malaysia  3/                    792.70    5.37    184.17    4.78     707.34    5.52    193.73   5.97     12.07    (4.94)
 8  Germany                         516.01    3.50    122.04    3.17     416.51    3.25    117.19   3.61     23.89     4.14
 9  Korea, Republic of              446.83    3.03    120.57    3.13     413.32    3.23    106.95   3.30      8.11    12.74
10  Taiwan                          534.97    3.63    119.86    3.11     636.27    4.97    160.25   4.94    (15.92)  (25.21)
11  Others                        1,855.03   12.58    460.98   11.97   1,744.88   13.62    421.48  12.99      6.31     9.37

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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 April 2006 ranking.
         1/ Includes Okinawa.
         2/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         3/ Includes Sabah and Sarawak.
         p/ Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Page last updated:  June 9, 2006
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