Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group *
August and July 2006 and August 2005
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2006 | 2005 | Growth Rate
Commodity August p | July r | August | Percent
FOB Value % share | FOB Value % share | FOB Value % share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,260,723 100.00 3,956,078 100.00 3,512,641 100.00 7.70 21.30
Total Agro-Based Products 172,847 4.06 170,685 4.31 165,062 4.70 1.27 4.72
Agro-Based Products 129,113 3.03 129,367 3.27 125,123 3.56 (0.20) 3.19
Coconut Products 62,590 1.47 50,545 1.28 74,523 2.12 23.83 (16.01)
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 45,370 1.06 34,252 0.87 60,879 1.73 32.46 (25.47)
Desiccated Coconut 15,134 0.36 12,794 0.32 10,471 0.30 18.28 44.53
Copra Meal/Cake 1,342 0.03 2,232 0.06 2,587 0.07 (39.88) (48.12)
Others 744 0.02 1,267 0.03 586 0.02 (41.26) 27.00
Sugar and Products 8,432 0.20 21,105 0.53 1,056 0.03 (60.04) 698.54
Centrifugal & Refined 7,566 0.18 20,347 0.51 3 0.00 (62.82) b
Molasses 646 0.02 578 0.01 980 0.03 11.93 (34.04)
Others 220 0.01 181 0.00 73 0.00 22.03 202.21
Fruits and Vegetables 58,091 1.36 57,717 1.46 49,545 1.41 0.65 17.25
Canned Pineapple 12,726 0.30 9,502 0.24 9,971 0.28 33.94 27.64
Pineapple Juice 2,527 0.06 1,846 0.05 1,566 0.04 36.93 61.34
Pineapple Concentrates 2,338 0.05 2,583 0.07 3,139 0.09 (9.49) (25.52)
Bananas 30,656 0.72 32,746 0.83 25,332 0.72 (6.38) 21.02
Mangoes 1,436 0.03 2,043 0.05 1,995 0.06 (29.70) (28.01)
Others 8,407 0.20 8,998 0.23 7,542 0.21 (6.56) 11.48
Other Agro-Based Products 43,733 1.03 41,318 1.04 39,938 1.14 5.85 9.50
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 24,618 0.58 23,915 0.60 22,775 0.65 2.94 8.09
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - 10 0.00 a - - -
Abaca Fibers 1,183 0.03 1,161 0.03 1,094 0.03 1.93 8.18
Tobacco Unmanufactured 2,609 0.06 2,519 0.06 3,472 0.10 3.58 (24.85)
Natural Rubber 4,937 0.12 3,441 0.09 3,174 0.09 43.46 55.53
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - 12 0.00 - -
Seaweeds, Dried 1,615 0.04 2,135 0.05 1,967 0.06 (24.33) (17.86)
Rice a - 0 0.00 15 0.00 - -
Others 8,771 0.21 8,137 0.21 7,430 0.21 7.79 18.04
Forest Products 2,759 0.06 2,113 0.05 3,625 0.10 30.59 (23.90)
Logs 3 0.00 a - a - - -
Lumber 1,217 0.03 924 0.02 954 0.03 31.75 27.62
Plywood 758 0.02 859 0.02 725 0.02 (11.78) 4.48
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 757 0.02 139 0.00 1,649 0.05 444.71 (54.13)
Others 25 0.00 191 0.00 297 0.01 (87.06) (91.67)
Mineral Products 199,807 4.69 200,184 5.06 71,428 2.03 (0.19) 179.73
Copper Concentrates 8,554 0.20 7,156 0.18 3,364 0.10 19.53 154.26
Copper Metal 115,529 2.71 95,415 2.41 28,995 0.83 21.08 298.44
Gold 4,830 0.11 3,716 0.09 2,006 0.06 30.00 140.73
Iron Ore Agglomerates 14,653 0.34 14,118 0.36 11,964 0.34 3.78 22.47
Chromium Ore 279 0.01 285 0.01 335 0.01 (2.25) (16.68)
Nickel 8 0.00 a - a - - -
Others 55,954 1.31 79,493 2.01 24,763 0.70 (29.61) 125.96
Petroleum Products 78,036 1.83 105,053 2.66 34,597 0.98 (25.72) 125.56
Manufactures 3,726,826 87.47 3,391,169 85.72 3,181,655 90.58 9.90 17.13
Electronic Products 2,694,211 63.23 2,362,551 59.72 2,349,421 66.88 14.04 14.68
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 2,038,515 47.84 1,767,244 44.67 1,728,213 49.20 15.35 17.96
Electronic Data
Processing 514,729 12.08 461,856 11.67 481,899 13.72 11.45 6.81
Office Equipment 23,168 0.54 23,232 0.59 21,168 0.60 (0.28) 9.44
Consumer Electronics 38,862 0.91 37,700 0.95 45,159 1.29 3.08 (13.94)
Telecommunication 18,142 0.43 12,765 0.32 14,426 0.41 42.12 25.76
Communication/Radar 22,942 0.54 23,354 0.59 28,143 0.80 (1.76) (18.48)
Control and
Instrumentation 3,113 0.07 420 0.01 1,444 0.04 641.93 115.58
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 963 0.02 1,070 0.03 342 0.01 (10.00) 181.97
Automotive Electronics 33,777 0.79 34,909 0.88 28,627 0.81 (3.24) 17.99
Other Electronics 134,952 3.17 129,163 3.26 102,996 2.93 4.48 31.03
Garments 244,735 5.74 276,133 6.98 241,325 6.87 (11.37) 1.41
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 17,706 0.42 16,153 0.41 22,550 0.64 9.62 (21.48)
Footwear 1,300 0.03 2,119 0.05 2,270 0.06 (38.66) (42.75)
Travel Goods and Handbags 1,530 0.04 2,870 0.07 1,395 0.04 (46.69) 9.65
Wood Manufactures 38,324 0.90 54,753 1.38 15,366 0.44 (30.01) 149.41
Furniture & Fixtures 26,954 0.63 24,918 0.63 26,245 0.75 8.17 2.70
Chemicals 66,948 1.57 58,632 1.48 39,381 1.12 14.18 70.00
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 17,911 0.42 13,662 0.35 16,461 0.47 31.10 8.81
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 141,815 3.33 141,319 3.57 130,203 3.71 0.35 8.92
Processed food and Beverages 55,550 1.30 53,014 1.34 44,509 1.27 4.78 24.81
Iron & Steel 25,587 0.60 23,703 0.60 8,898 0.25 7.95 187.57
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 16,688 0.39 17,120 0.43 14,596 0.42 (2.52) 14.34
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 3,997 0.09 4,402 0.11 4,289 0.12 (9.21) (6.81)
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 24,260 0.57 27,917 0.71 26,208 0.75 (13.10) (7.43)
Others 214,359 5.03 182,739 4.62 135,542 3.86 17.30 58.15
Special Transactions 80,447 1.89 86,874 2.20 56,274 1.60 (7.40) 42.96
Re-Export 47,874 1.12 66,731 1.69 32,164 0.92 (28.26) 48.84
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Source: Economic Indices and Indicators Division
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: a - No export data
- - No % share / No growth rate
r - Revised
p - Preliminary
* - BASED ON 1999 PSCC
b - growth rate more than a thousand
Components may not add up to totals due to rounding
Page last updated: October 13, 2006
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