Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  November 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 (%)
                                      November   Share|   Jan-Nov   Share|  November   Share|   Jan-Nov   Share| Current Cumulative
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                  Total               4,508.09  100.00  47,365.03  100.00   3,975.17  100.00  43,208.81  100.00    13.41      9.62

         Top 10 Countries Total       3,444.37   76.40  35,159.79   74.23   3,033.43   76.31  32,274.05   74.69    13.55      8.94

  1  United States Of America  1/       681.63   15.12   7,654.16   16.16     791.25   19.90   8,264.84   19.13   (13.85)    (7.39)
  2  Japan  2/                          607.95   13.49   6,413.30   13.54     609.57   15.33   7,394.15   17.11    (0.27)   (13.27)
  3  Taiwan                             366.71    8.13   3,837.39    8.10     340.77    8.57   3,269.26    7.57     7.61     17.38
  4  Singapore                          363.36    8.06   3,996.99    8.44     367.97    9.26   3,290.34    7.61    (1.25)    21.48
  5  China, People's Republic of        302.68    6.71   3,359.62    7.09     262.12    6.59   2,708.70    6.27    15.47     24.03
  6  Korea, Republic of                 290.24    6.44   2,983.14    6.30     175.21    4.41   2,087.08    4.83    65.65     42.93
  7  Saudi Arabia                       228.72    5.07   2,724.09    5.75     175.22    4.41   1,968.89    4.56    30.53     38.36
  8  Malaysia  3/                       226.29    5.02   1,954.64    4.13     162.28    4.08   1,631.32    3.78    39.44     19.82
  9  Thailand                           195.62    4.34   1,912.34    4.04     138.33    3.48   1,448.59    3.35    41.41     32.01
 10  United Arab Emirates               181.18    4.02     324.11    0.68      10.69    0.27     210.89    0.49 1,595.39     53.69
 11  Others                           1,063.72   23.60  12,205.24   25.77     941.74   23.69  10,934.76   25.31    12.95     11.62

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

 Notes:   * Based on November 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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