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

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                                                      2006                   |       2005        |    Growth Rate 
Commodity                                       Percent |            Percent |           Percent |     (Percent)
                                            May p Share |    April r   Share |      May    Share |   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,877.27  100.00   3,911.50    100.00   3,304.99   100.00      (0.88)   17.32

 1 Electronic Products                 2,289.59   59.05   2,531.22     64.71   2,083.11    63.03      (9.55)    9.91
   a) Components/Devices 
       (Semiconductors)                1,723.73   44.46   2,024.18     51.75   1,555.25    47.06     (14.84)   10.83
   b) Electronic Data Processing         424.37   10.94     377.27      9.65     402.05    12.17      12.48     5.55
   c) Office Equipment                    22.50    0.58      20.94      0.54      15.47     0.47       7.49    45.50
   d) Consumer Electronics                40.03    1.03      39.46      1.01      47.12     1.43       1.43   (15.05)
   e) Telecommunication                   24.30    0.63      17.97      0.46       6.78     0.21      35.20   258.18
   f) Communication/Radar                 16.07    0.41      15.13      0.39      28.62     0.87       6.25   (43.85)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          0.51    0.01       0.70      0.02       2.05     0.06     (27.56)  (75.06)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   0.29    0.01       0.52      0.01       0.48     0.01     (44.75)  (39.97)
   i) Automotive Electronics              37.79    0.97      35.04      0.90      25.29     0.77       7.86    49.45
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing 
    Accessories                          238.61    6.15     153.39      3.92     192.74     5.83      55.56    23.80
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, 
    Of Refined copper                    106.59    2.75     100.52      2.57      34.69     1.05       6.03   207.29
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               84.35    2.18      66.02      1.69      37.37     1.13      27.76   125.69
 5 Coconut Oil  1/                        65.07    1.68      82.45      2.11      60.24     1.82     (21.08)    8.03
 6 Other Products Manufactured from 
    Materials on consignment basis        58.98    1.52      57.43      1.47      45.28     1.37       2.71    30.26
 7 Ignition Wiring Set and Other 
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships 2/                57.68    1.49      56.96      1.46      61.21     1.85       1.26    (5.76)
 8 Petroleum Products  3/                 53.57    1.38      74.65      1.91      44.14     1.34     (28.25)   21.35
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                        42.74    1.10      34.27      0.88      30.95     0.94      24.70    38.07
10 Metal Components  4/                   24.89    0.64      23.26      0.59      38.43     1.16       7.01   (35.25)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,022.07   77.94   3,180.17     81.30   2,628.16    79.52      (4.97)   14.99

11 Gold  5/                               20.53    0.53      20.54      0.53       4.23     0.13      (0.07)  385.39
12 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  20.27    0.52      11.53      0.29      12.66     0.38      75.79    60.16
13 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       16.97    0.44      17.27      0.44      17.05     0.52      (1.69)   (0.44)
14 Processed Tropical Fruits              14.07    0.36      10.06      0.26      11.98     0.36      39.92    17.49
15 Tuna  6/                               12.00    0.31       7.28      0.19       9.61     0.29      64.85    24.76
16 Dessicated Coconut                     11.81    0.30       8.51      0.22      11.58     0.35      38.80     1.98
17 Fertilizers, Manufactured              11.17    0.29      14.55      0.37       5.65     0.17     (23.22)   97.80
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 7.97    0.21       6.44      0.16       6.85     0.21      23.68    16.34
19 Christmas Decor                         6.35    0.16       3.28      0.08       6.42     0.19      93.39    (1.00)
20 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, 
    Chilled or Frozen                      6.05    0.16       7.56      0.19       6.30     0.19     (19.96)   (4.09)
21 Copper Concentrates                     4.91    0.13       4.87      0.12       3.40     0.10       0.65    44.47
22 Basketworks                             4.72    0.12       3.78      0.10       5.41     0.16      24.91   (12.66)
23 Footwear                                3.15    0.08       1.97      0.05       2.26     0.07      60.37    39.75
24 Activated Carbon                        2.85    0.07       4.13      0.11       3.52     0.11     (30.97)  (19.00)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  2.69    0.07       2.72      0.07       2.37     0.07      (0.95)   13.59
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 2.39    0.06       1.93      0.05       3.17     0.10      23.60   (24.64)
27 Fine Jewelry                            1.78    0.05       2.02      0.05       1.96     0.06     (12.12)   (9.43)
28 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  1.66    0.04       1.33      0.03       1.86     0.06      24.90   (11.00)
29 Sugar                                   0.23    0.01      19.68      0.50      16.79     0.51     (98.84)  (98.64)
30 Others                                703.63   18.15     581.88     14.88     543.76    16.45      20.92    29.40

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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/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles
         3/ includes refined petroluem products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis
         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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