Table 3a  Philippine Imports by Major Type of Goods
          Januay to July 2006 and 2005
         (FOB in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                                  2006    |       2005     | Growth Rate    
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Jul  |      Jan-Jul   |     (%)      
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Total Imports                                             29,035,168,125    26,498,440,183      9.57

Capital Goods                                              9,315,579,499     8,570,285,649      8.70

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                  1,269,931,908     1,162,194,469      9.27
  Office & EDP Machines                                    1,737,784,288     1,875,351,959     (7.34)
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                    5,396,552,219     4,748,878,379     13.64
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars 
    motorized cycle                                          357,265,040       372,553,638     (4.10)
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                  296,220,456       164,870,533     79.67
  Prof.Sci.& Cont. Inst., Photographic Eqpt. & Optical Goods 257,825,588       246,436,671      4.62

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                        12,189,160,461    11,932,604,598      2.15

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                  898,516,631       899,399,062     (0.10)
       Wheat                                                 288,711,125       195,661,341     47.56
       Corn                                                   42,107,900        14,568,576    189.03
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                      2,726,442         2,607,331      4.57
       Crude materials, inedible                             483,859,903       579,237,202    (16.47)
             Pulp & waste paper                               41,183,001        39,843,433      3.36
             Cotton                                           17,324,473        27,364,780    (36.69)
             Syn. Fibers                                      41,589,392        51,579,052    (19.37)
             Metalliferous ores                              162,040,769       251,115,074    (35.47)
             Others                                          221,722,268       209,334,863      5.92
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                81,111,261       107,324,612    (24.42)
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                            11,290,643,830    11,033,205,536      2.33
       Feeding stuffs for animals                            243,228,177       239,638,563      1.50
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                         87,035,448        86,852,152      0.21
       Chemical                                            2,084,991,220     1,895,157,341     10.02
             Chemical compounds                              504,637,316       486,070,990      3.82
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                316,651,382       261,339,785     21.16
             Urea                                             65,414,904        59,437,943     10.06
             Fertilizer excl. urea                            76,050,385        64,386,295     18.12
             Artificial resins                               539,643,942       473,004,814     14.09
             Others                                          582,593,291       550,917,514      5.75
       Manufactured goods                                  2,315,541,377     2,220,718,200      4.27
             Paper & paper products                          258,151,572       232,408,892     11.08
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles        530,080,876       433,344,998     22.32
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures               114,009,402       106,843,375      6.71
             Iron & steel                                    712,757,848       862,738,669    (17.38)
             Non-ferrous metals                              352,729,143       256,221,610     37.67
             Metal products                                  201,840,786       186,684,441      8.12
             Others                                          145,971,750       142,476,215      2.45
       Embroideries                                          138,109,276       154,124,268    (10.39)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               6,392,103,741     6,383,278,260      0.14
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                             29,634,591        53,436,752    (44.54)

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials               4,839,205,069     3,431,103,842     41.04

  Coal, Coke                                                 126,721,090        94,548,001     34.03
  Petroleum crude                                          2,928,002,977     1,954,486,773     49.81
  Others                                                   1,784,481,002     1,382,069,068     29.12
Consumer Goods                                             2,134,264,671     2,047,801,600      4.22
  Durable                                                    843,884,244       779,425,896      8.27
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                      362,869,569       329,441,130     10.15
       Home appliances                                       111,366,700       120,892,342     (7.88)
       Misc. manufactures                                    369,647,975       329,092,424     12.32
  Non-Durable                                              1,290,380,427     1,268,375,704      1.73
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                1,200,887,822     1,198,041,118      0.24
             Dairy products                                  269,825,470       278,481,855     (3.11)
             Fish & fish preparation                          27,483,608        31,606,234    (13.04)
             Rice                                            368,365,835       367,083,825      0.35
             Fruits & vegetables                              83,034,333        57,956,254     43.27
             Others                                          452,178,576       462,912,950     (2.32)
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                            37,964,070        31,415,548     20.84
       Articles of apparel, access.                           51,528,535        38,919,038     32.40

Special Transactions                                         556,958,425       516,644,494      7.80

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                   235,627,030       292,417,562    (19.42)
  Others                                                     321,331,395       224,226,932     43.31

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Note:    Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

Page last updated:  September 26, 2006
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