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

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                                                                  2006    |       2005     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Oct  |      Jan-Oct   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                              42,858,417,522    39,233,639,962      9.24

Capital Goods                                              14,035,650,647    13,045,773,316      7.59

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                   1,871,599,058     1,801,737,680      3.88
  Office & EDP Machines                                     2,672,433,067     2,743,895,079     (2.60)
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                     8,103,851,148     7,280,703,222     11.31
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                           557,525,543       533,252,995      4.55
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                   444,195,973       319,169,123     39.17
  Prof.Sci.& Cont. Inst., Photographic Eqpt. & Optical Goods  386,045,858       367,015,217      5.19

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                         18,165,530,931    17,214,843,221      5.52

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                 1,354,818,517     1,237,671,330      9.47
       Wheat                                                  404,043,379       262,268,428     54.06
       Corn                                                    46,258,287        19,127,119    141.85
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                       3,917,979         3,386,403     15.70
       Crude materials, inedible                              766,775,061       802,361,289     (4.44)
             Pulp & waste paper                                57,029,438        55,209,325      3.30
             Cotton                                            24,281,547        33,604,170    (27.74)
             Syn. Fibers                                       63,584,187        71,377,334    (10.92)
             Metalliferous ores                               308,520,527       346,020,028    (10.84)
             Others                                           313,359,362       296,150,432      5.81
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                133,823,811       150,528,091    (11.10)
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                             16,810,712,414    15,977,171,891      5.22
       Feeding stuffs for animals                             332,593,132       360,169,132     (7.66)
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                         128,466,396       121,880,605      5.40
       Chemical                                             3,077,913,715     2,771,067,674     11.07
             Chemical compounds                               779,430,418       698,488,780     11.59
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                 449,129,527       381,088,725     17.85
             Urea                                              91,976,013        85,518,207      7.55
             Fertilizer excl. urea                            113,107,017        88,562,300     27.71
             Artificial resins                                793,657,395       717,104,910     10.68
             Others                                           850,613,345       800,304,752      6.29
       Manufactured goods                                   3,337,758,144     3,207,406,405      4.06
             Paper & paper products                           387,322,779       337,525,804     14.75
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles         752,704,446       656,224,408     14.70
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures                162,346,688       155,244,618      4.57
             Iron & steel                                     994,343,937     1,203,399,111    (17.37)
             Non-ferrous metals                               519,971,649       373,630,048     39.17
             Metal products                                   315,000,890       274,327,489     14.83
             Others                                           206,067,755       207,054,927     (0.48)
       Embroideries                                           210,973,236       222,320,594     (5.10)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.                9,687,371,679     9,223,251,696      5.03
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                              35,636,112        71,075,785    (49.86)

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials                6,779,014,359     5,244,047,467     29.27

  Coal, Coke                                                  199,720,051       150,478,221     32.72
  Petroleum crude                                           4,249,252,326     3,104,319,091     36.88
  Others                                                    2,330,041,982     1,989,250,155     17.13
Consumer Goods                                              3,125,958,368     2,917,023,208      7.16
  Durable                                                   1,318,727,345     1,159,526,068     13.73
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                       591,809,278       490,456,431     20.67
       Home appliances                                        172,042,353       176,957,893     (2.78)
       Misc. manufactures                                     554,875,714       492,111,744     12.75
  Non-Durable                                               1,807,231,023     1,757,497,140      2.83
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                 1,670,432,039     1,644,682,930      1.57
             Dairy products                                   375,356,404       359,933,878      4.28
             Fish & fish preparation                           43,203,209        51,926,937    (16.80)
             Rice                                             466,932,736       487,919,037     (4.30)
             Fruits & vegetables                              119,502,986        85,294,085     40.11
             Others                                           665,436,704       659,608,993      0.88
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                             61,085,252        47,921,123     27.47
       Articles of apparel, access.                            75,713,732        64,893,087     16.67

Special Transactions                                          752,263,217       811,952,750     (7.35)

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                    305,692,890       419,205,408    (27.08)
  Others                                                      446,570,327       392,747,342     13.70

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         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:  December 28, 2006
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