Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  December 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 (%)
                                      December   Share|   Jan-Dec   Share|  December   Share|   Jan-Dec   Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total                 4,156.65  100.00  51,521.68  100.00   4,209.38  100.00  47,418.18  100.00   (1.25)       8.65

        Top 10 Countries Total        3,285.63   79.05  40,021.25   77.68   3,348.56   79.55  37,183.65   78.42   (1.88)       7.63

 1 United States Of America  1/         742.01   17.85   8,394.45   16.29     831.41   19.75   9,096.26   19.18  (10.75)      (7.72)
 2 Japan  2/                            589.26   14.18   7,001.98   13.59     676.93   16.08   8,071.08   17.02  (12.95)     (13.25)
 3 Singapore                            359.47    8.65   4,355.98    8.45     437.09   10.38   3,727.43    7.86  (17.76)      16.86
 4 China, People's Republic of          312.81    7.53   3,672.19    7.13     263.90    6.27   2,972.59    6.27   18.54       23.53
 5 Taiwan                               308.42    7.42   4,145.07    8.05     279.71    6.64   3,548.97    7.48   10.26       16.80
 6 Saudi Arabia                         256.55    6.17   2,980.69    5.79     213.06    5.06   2,181.95    4.60   20.41       36.61
 7 Korea, Republic of                   235.33    5.66   3,218.03    6.25     207.35    4.93   2,294.42    4.84   13.50       40.25
 8 Thailand                             170.86    4.11   2,088.51    4.05     134.14    3.19   1,582.73    3.34   27.37       31.96
 9 Hong Kong                            165.98    3.99   2,065.04    4.01     157.05    3.73   1,928.98    4.07    5.68        7.05
10 Malaysia  3/                         144.95    3.49   2,099.31    4.07     147.91    3.51   1,779.23    3.75   (2.00)      17.99
11 Others                               871.03   20.95  11,500.43   22.32     860.82   20.45  10,234.53   21.58    1.19       12.37

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

 Notes:   * Based on December 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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