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

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                                                      2006                   |       2005        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       December p  Share| November r    Share|  December    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,680.79   100.00   4,021.04    100.00   3,827.18   100.00     (8.46)    (3.83)

 1 Electronic Products                 2,262.72    61.47   2,535.12     63.05   2,573.80    67.25    (10.74)   (12.09)
   a) Components/Devices
       (Semiconductors)                1,703.05    46.27   1,872.16     46.56   2,006.31    52.42     (9.03)   (15.12)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         455.72    12.38     537.15     13.36     441.12    11.53    (15.16)     3.31
   c) Office Equipment                    24.04     0.65      24.53      0.61      16.25     0.42     (1.99)    47.91
   d) Consumer Electronics                19.09     0.52      29.04      0.72      46.22     1.21    (34.28)   (58.70)
   e) Telecommunication                   11.71     0.32      11.25      0.28      16.10     0.42      4.09    (27.27)
   f) Communication/Radar                 23.05     0.63      23.74      0.59      13.69     0.36     (2.92)    68.34
   g) Control and Instrumentation          1.85     0.05       2.09      0.05       1.59     0.04    (11.64)    16.27
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.28     0.06       1.60      0.04       0.73     0.02     42.63    211.44
   i) Automotive Electronics              21.94     0.60      33.55      0.83      31.79     0.83    (34.59)   (30.97)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
    Accessories                          195.88     5.32     200.02      4.97     212.03     5.54     (2.07)    (7.62)
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
    Of Refined copper                    109.13     2.96     157.63      3.92      17.26     0.45    (30.77)   532.14
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships 1/                75.01     2.04      66.95      1.66      61.59     1.61     12.04     21.78
 5 Other Products Manufactured from
    Materials on consignment basis        67.41     1.83      76.89      1.91      49.00     1.28    (12.32)    37.59
 6 Woodcrafts and Furniture               61.88     1.68      76.68      1.91      29.88     0.78    (19.31)   107.11
 7 Coconut Oil  2/                        50.62     1.38      49.00      1.22      93.30     2.44      3.32    (45.74)
 8 Bananas (Fresh)                        42.48     1.15      34.36      0.85      39.86     1.04     23.65      6.57
 9 Metal Components  3/                   38.18     1.04      41.99      1.04      32.78     0.86     (9.08)    16.47
10 Petroleum Products  4/                 28.00     0.76      50.66      1.26      81.40     2.13    (44.73)   (65.60)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,931.30    79.64   3,289.29     81.80   3,190.89    83.37    (10.88)    (8.14)

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       26.91     0.73      19.31      0.48      22.33     0.58     39.37     20.51
12 Gold  5/                               15.31     0.42      16.66      0.41       5.49     0.14     (8.14)   179.06
13 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  11.21     0.30      11.18      0.28      11.88     0.31      0.22     (5.65)
14 Copper Concentrates                    10.43     0.28      11.37      0.28       4.30     0.11     (8.24)   142.64
15 Dessicated Coconut                      9.74     0.26      11.93      0.30      11.77     0.31    (18.35)   (17.21)
16 Tuna  6/                                9.37     0.25       8.81      0.22       5.19     0.14      6.39     80.50
17 Processed Tropical Fruits               8.70     0.24       8.37      0.21       9.89     0.26      3.94    (12.00)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 5.16     0.14       4.79      0.12       5.96     0.16      7.83    (13.35)
19 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
    Chilled or Frozen                      4.59     0.12       9.69      0.24       6.97     0.18    (52.66)   (34.19)
20 Basketworks                             4.42     0.12       4.40      0.11       4.54     0.12      0.38     (2.62)
21 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  3.54     0.10       2.52      0.06       1.89     0.05     40.60     86.90
22 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  2.73     0.07       4.47      0.11       1.67     0.04    (38.90)    63.77
23 Christmas Decor                         2.56     0.07       3.30      0.08       1.94     0.05    (22.58)    31.98
24 Activated Carbon                        2.51     0.07       2.57      0.06       2.29     0.06     (2.40)     9.50
25 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 2.46     0.07       1.89      0.05       2.34     0.06     30.32      5.45
26 Footwear                                1.70     0.05       1.20      0.03       1.70     0.04     41.55     (0.18)
27 Fine Jewelry                            1.57     0.04       2.30      0.06       1.62     0.04    (31.81)    (3.31)
28 Fertilizers, Manufactured               0.95     0.03       4.49      0.11       7.66     0.20    (78.90)   (87.63)
29 Sugar                                     -         -         -         -        0.07     0.00       -     (100.00)
30 Others                                625.64    17.00     602.49     14.98     526.81    13.77      3.84     18.76

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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 crude and refined.
         3/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes
         4/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         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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