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

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                                                                  2006    |       2005     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Nov  |      Jan-Nov   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                              47,365,030,504    43,208,805,349      9.62

Capital Goods                                              15,481,550,327    14,456,653,334      7.09

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                   2,044,274,481     1,980,706,290      3.21
  Office & EDP Machines                                     2,969,530,029     3,041,029,459     (2.35)
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                     8,907,564,795     8,116,489,421      9.75
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                           635,058,298       576,560,908     10.15
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                   499,266,869       336,056,237     48.57
  Prof.Sci.& Cont. Inst., Photographic Eqpt. & Optical Goods  425,855,855       405,811,019      4.94

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                         20,084,716,933    18,877,469,166      6.40

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                 1,513,165,599     1,337,536,375     13.13
       Wheat                                                  428,941,515       283,111,096     51.51
       Corn                                                    47,875,732        19,498,776    145.53
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                       4,322,239         3,657,118     18.19
       Crude materials, inedible                              885,625,999       865,862,323      2.28
             Pulp & waste paper                                60,458,631        59,794,959      1.11
             Cotton                                            27,709,182        34,853,920    (20.50)
             Syn. Fibers                                       68,911,282        78,300,421    (11.99)
             Metalliferous ores                               381,751,411       374,704,118      1.88
             Others                                           346,795,493       318,208,905      8.98
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                146,400,114       165,407,062    (11.49)
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                             18,571,551,334    17,539,932,791      5.88
       Feeding stuffs for animals                             371,667,711       401,068,601     (7.33)
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                         141,157,235       135,162,709      4.44
       Chemical                                             3,373,848,291     3,038,732,990     11.03
             Chemical compounds                               849,306,066       757,716,933     12.09
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                 495,621,688       426,962,974     16.08
             Urea                                             102,908,725        87,906,051     17.07
             Fertilizer excl. urea                            127,276,940        99,264,270     28.22
             Artificial resins                                869,292,496       788,441,209     10.25
             Others                                           929,442,376       878,441,553      5.81
       Manufactured goods                                   3,621,890,169     3,514,796,660      3.05
             Paper & paper products                           424,921,272       368,924,780     15.18
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles         817,145,933       723,868,883     12.89
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures                179,600,311       170,266,087      5.48
             Iron & steel                                   1,064,331,766     1,300,061,815    (18.13)
             Non-ferrous metals                               566,481,584       419,119,860     35.16
             Metal products                                   341,329,719       303,359,749     12.52
             Others                                           228,079,584       229,195,486     (0.49)
       Embroideries                                           226,396,536       236,360,764     (4.22)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               10,798,632,875    10,137,226,928      6.52
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                              37,958,517        76,584,139    (50.44)

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials                7,562,709,165     5,805,787,844     30.26

  Coal, Coke                                                  232,829,452       162,124,554     43.61
  Petroleum crude                                           4,757,317,738     3,461,035,756     37.45
  Others                                                    2,572,561,975     2,182,627,534     17.87
Consumer Goods                                              3,435,548,448     3,180,142,928      8.03
  Durable                                                   1,489,736,525     1,298,121,237     14.76
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                       676,113,759       556,029,691     21.60
       Home appliances                                        194,853,237       199,349,192     (2.26)
       Misc. manufactures                                     618,769,529       542,742,354     14.01
  Non-Durable                                               1,945,811,923     1,882,021,691      3.39
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                 1,791,896,791     1,755,518,520      2.07
             Dairy products                                   406,638,913       390,564,611      4.12
             Fish & fish preparation                           50,944,226        55,555,973     (8.30)
             Rice                                             467,073,379       488,343,089     (4.36)
             Fruits & vegetables                              136,260,106        98,614,380     38.17
             Others                                           730,980,167       722,440,467      1.18
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                             71,301,951        53,750,650     32.65
       Articles of apparel, access.                            82,613,181        72,752,521     13.55

Special Transactions                                          800,505,631       888,752,077     (9.93)

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                    330,426,029       458,987,687    (28.01)
  Others                                                      470,079,602       429,764,390      9.38

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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:  January 25, 2007
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