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

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                                                      2006                   |       2005        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       November p  Share|  October r    Share|  November    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,021.72   100.00   4,197.78    100.00   3,631.01   100.00    (4.19)    10.76

 1 Electronic Products                 2,534.42    63.02   2,627.33     62.59   2,469.64    68.02    (3.54)     2.62
   a) Components/Devices
       (Semiconductors)                1,871.68    46.54   1,950.19     46.46   1,856.47    51.13    (4.03)     0.82
   b) Electronic Data Processing         536.99    13.35     517.39     12.33     471.47    12.98     3.79     13.90
   c) Office Equipment                    24.52     0.61      24.53      0.58      15.35     0.42    (0.03)    59.77
   d) Consumer Electronics                29.10     0.72      43.65      1.04      53.17     1.46   (33.33)   (45.27)
   e) Telecommunication                   11.16     0.28      25.08      0.60      13.63     0.38   (55.50)   (18.09)
   f) Communication/Radar                 23.74     0.59      25.84      0.62      24.54     0.68    (8.12)    (3.26)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.09     0.05       2.07      0.05       1.21     0.03     1.29     72.79
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   1.60     0.04       1.14      0.03       0.48     0.01    40.54    234.68
   i) Automotive Electronics              33.54     0.83      37.45      0.89      33.33     0.92   (10.43)     0.63
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
    Accessories                          200.02     4.97     231.33      5.51     166.00     4.57   (13.54)    20.49
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
    Of Refined copper                    157.63     3.92     130.30      3.10      30.38     0.84    20.97    418.93
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               77.20     1.92      87.35      2.08      28.58     0.79   (11.62)   170.15
 5 Other Products Manufactured from
    Materials on consignment basis        76.95     1.91      78.82      1.88      52.55     1.45    (2.38)    46.42
 6 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships 1/                66.96     1.67      78.36      1.87      51.49     1.42   (14.55)    30.04
 7 Petroleum Products  2/                 50.66     1.26      59.96      1.43      52.52     1.45   (15.51)    (3.54)
 8 Coconut Oil  3/                        49.00     1.22      47.26      1.13      56.75     1.56     3.67    (13.67)
 9 Metal Components  4/                   41.82     1.04      40.56      0.97      31.90     0.88     3.11     31.10
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        34.34     0.85      31.78      0.76      43.19     1.19     8.06    (20.48)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,289.00    81.78   3,413.05     81.31   2,983.00    82.15    (3.63)    10.26

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       19.27     0.48      17.65      0.42      16.05     0.44     9.22     20.12
12 Gold  5/                               16.66     0.41      18.55      0.44       5.43     0.15   (10.17)   206.99
13 Dessicated Coconut                     11.94     0.30      10.52      0.25       9.09     0.25    13.47     31.29
14 Copper Concentrates                    11.37     0.28       8.21      0.20       3.46     0.10    38.39    228.25
15 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  11.18     0.28       7.90      0.19       6.38     0.18    41.51     75.31
16 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
    Chilled or Frozen                      9.69     0.24       9.54      0.23       9.43     0.26     1.56      2.75
17 Tuna  6/                                8.81     0.22      13.27      0.32       7.37     0.20   (33.62)    19.48
18 Processed Tropical Fruits               8.36     0.21      11.08      0.26       8.44     0.23   (24.60)    (0.97)
19 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 4.79     0.12       5.94      0.14       4.53     0.12   (19.40)     5.80
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured               4.49     0.11       4.75      0.11      10.90     0.30    (5.49)   (58.83)
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  4.47     0.11       4.55      0.11       0.74     0.02    (1.87)   501.90
22 Basketworks                             4.37     0.11       4.00      0.10       4.28     0.12     9.40      2.19
23 Christmas Decor                         3.30     0.08       4.74      0.11       2.53     0.07   (30.35)    30.71
24 Activated Carbon                        2.57     0.06       3.13      0.07       4.08     0.11   (17.87)   (36.99)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  2.52     0.06       3.81      0.09       2.72     0.07   (33.86)    (7.47)
26 Fine Jewelry                            2.30     0.06       1.76      0.04       2.18     0.06    30.83      5.60
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.89     0.05       1.94      0.05       2.80     0.08    (2.44)   (32.27)
28 Footwear                                1.20     0.03       1.59      0.04       0.71     0.02   (24.30)    70.26
29 Sugar                                      -        -       0.00      0.00       0.07     0.00  (100.00)  (100.00)
30 Others                                603.53    15.01     651.79     15.53     546.83    15.06    (7.40)    10.37

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         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/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates
         6/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers
         p  preliminary
         r  revised
         *  BASED ON 1999 PSCC


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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