Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  October 2006 and 2005
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                   2 0 0 6               |               2 0 0 5               |  Annual Growth
Country of Origin                              Percent|           Percent|           Percent|           Percent|    Rate (%)
                                       October   Share|   Jan-Oct   Share|   October   Share|   Jan-Oct   Share| Current Cumulative
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                 Total                4,678.61  100.00  42,858.42  100.00   4,159.12  100.00  39,233.64  100.00   12.49        9.24

        Top 10 Countries Total        3,643.93   77.89  33,303.32   77.71   3,318.07   79.78  30,643.81   78.11    9.82        8.68

 1 United States Of America  1/         773.31   16.53   6,973.48   16.27     809.89   19.47   7,473.59   19.05   (4.52)      (6.69)
 2 Japan  2/                            665.20   14.22   5,806.72   13.55     639.05   15.37   6,784.58   17.29    4.09      (14.41)
 3 Taiwan                               412.91    8.83   3,471.22    8.10     331.31    7.97   2,928.49    7.46   24.63       18.53
 4 Singapore                            356.89    7.63   3,633.92    8.48     374.69    9.01   2,922.37    7.45   (4.75)      24.35
 5 China, People's Republic of          341.03    7.29   3,057.18    7.13     279.44    6.72   2,446.57    6.24   22.04       24.96
 6 Korea, Republic of                   288.21    6.16   2,693.38    6.28     244.93    5.89   1,911.86    4.87   17.67       40.88
 7 Saudi Arabia                         251.27    5.37   2,495.33    5.82     110.84    2.66   1,793.68    4.57  126.70       39.12
 8 Thailand                             203.52    4.35   1,713.32    4.00     151.74    3.65   1,310.26    3.34   34.12       30.76
 9 Hong Kong                            194.51    4.16   1,730.14    4.04     186.82    4.49   1,603.39    4.09    4.12        7.90
10 Malaysia  3/                         157.08    3.36   1,728.62    4.03     189.37    4.55   1,469.04    3.74  (17.05)      17.67
11 Others                             1,034.67   22.11   9,555.10   22.29     841.05   20.22   8,589.83   21.89   23.02       11.24

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 Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
          Industry and Trade Statistics Department
          National Statistics Office
          Republic of the Philippines

 Notes:   * Based on October 2006 ranking.
          1 includes Alaska and Hawaii
          2 includes Okinawa
          3 includes Sabah and Sarawak
          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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