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

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                                                      2006                   |       2005        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                        October p  Share|September r    Share|   October    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,197.09   100.00   4,170.57    100.00   3,634.53   100.00       0.64    15.48

 1 Electronic Products                 2,639.08    62.88   2,660.90     63.80   2,401.56    66.08      (0.82)    9.89
   a) Components/Devices
       (Semiconductors)                1,962.06    46.75   1,960.51     47.01   1,768.75    48.67       0.08    10.93
   b) Electronic Data Processing         517.39    12.33     555.66     13.32     485.00    13.34      (6.89)    6.68
   c) Office Equipment                    24.53     0.58      24.83      0.60      19.84     0.55      (1.20)   23.64
   d) Consumer Electronics                43.67     1.04      39.05      0.94      48.77     1.34      11.84   (10.47)
   e) Telecommunication                   24.95     0.59      21.26      0.51      20.80     0.57      17.36    19.94
   f) Communication/Radar                 25.84     0.62      23.60      0.57      21.86     0.60       9.48    18.18
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.07     0.05       1.92      0.05       0.15     0.00       7.42        a
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   1.14     0.03       1.18      0.03       0.24     0.01      (3.43)  376.36
   i) Automotive Electronics              37.45     0.89      32.91      0.79      36.15     0.99      13.80     3.59
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
    Accessories                          231.39     5.51     232.02      5.56     207.81     5.72      (0.27)   11.35
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
    Of Refined copper                    130.30     3.10      98.75      2.37      30.86     0.85      31.95   322.19
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               87.32     2.08      66.76      1.60      33.86     0.93      30.80   157.90
 5 Other Products Manufactured from
    Materials on consignment basis        78.63     1.87      85.52      2.05      58.02     1.60      (8.05)   35.53
 6 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships 1/                78.36     1.87      74.12      1.78      64.88     1.79       5.73    20.79
 7 Petroleum Products  2/                 59.96     1.43     104.19      2.50      80.57     2.22     (42.45)  (25.58)
 8 Coconut Oil  3/                        47.26     1.13      37.53      0.90      47.40     1.30      25.94    (0.30)
 9 Metal Components  4/                   40.35     0.96      39.51      0.95      41.76     1.15       2.13    (3.37)
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        31.78     0.76      30.68      0.74      31.91     0.88       3.58    (0.39)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,424.45    81.59   3,429.97     82.24   2,998.62    82.50      (0.16)   14.20

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       17.62     0.42      23.22      0.56      17.87     0.49     (24.09)   (1.38)
12 Tuna  5/                               13.27     0.32      17.38      0.42       8.52     0.23     (23.64)   55.80
13 Dessicated Coconut                     10.52     0.25      11.71      0.28      10.25     0.28     (10.15)    2.64
14 Processed Tropical Fruits              10.51     0.25      11.98      0.29       9.82     0.27     (12.21)    7.10
15 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
    Chilled or Frozen                      9.47     0.23       7.63      0.18       9.09     0.25      24.06     4.24
16 Copper Concentrates                     8.21     0.20       9.56      0.23       3.24     0.09     (14.12)  153.35
17 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   7.90     0.19      13.65      0.33      12.11     0.33     (42.12)  (34.78)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 5.94     0.14       5.01      0.12       5.86     0.16      18.57     1.38
19 Gold  6/                                5.92     0.14      34.17      0.82       4.85     0.13     (82.66)   22.10
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured               4.75     0.11       1.63      0.04      13.23     0.36     191.78   (64.10)
21 Christmas Decor                         4.74     0.11       6.67      0.16       4.68     0.13     (28.94)    1.25
22 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  4.55     0.11       4.41      0.11       1.55     0.04       3.29   193.32
23 Basketworks                             4.00     0.10       3.97      0.10       5.01     0.14       0.71   (20.12)
24 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  3.81     0.09       3.68      0.09       1.76     0.05       3.55   115.87
25 Activated Carbon                        3.13     0.07       3.00      0.07       2.88     0.08       4.17     8.46
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.94     0.05       1.94      0.05       2.66     0.07       0.05   (26.92)
27 Fine Jewelry                            1.76     0.04       2.04      0.05       2.27     0.06     (13.81)  (22.56)
28 Footwear                                1.59     0.04       2.20      0.05       1.82     0.05     (27.80)  (12.76)
29 Sugar                                   0.00     0.00       4.71      0.11       0.07     0.00     (99.99)  (99.24)
30 Others                                653.00    15.56     572.05     13.72     518.36    14.26      14.15    25.98

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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 petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         3/ includes crude and refined.
         4/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates
         p  preliminary
         r  revised
         *  BASED ON 1999 PSCC
         a  growth rate more than a thousand

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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