Table 5   Balance of Trade by Major Trading Partners
          January 2006
          (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                                     Balance 
    Country                      Total Trade  Imports_p  Exports_r        of
                                                                       Trade
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                   Total            6,946.88   3,680.74   3,266.14   (414.61)

 1  United States Of America  1/    1,232.80     602.36     630.45     28.09
 2  Japan  2/                       1,015.61     491.57     524.04     32.47
 3  Singapore                         591.56     349.75     241.81   (107.94)
 4  China, People's Republic of       529.87     267.43     262.44     (4.99)
 5  Netherlands                       421.34      31.80     389.54    357.74
 6  Taiwan                            384.68     254.87     129.80   (125.07)
 7  Hongkong                          378.31     163.97     214.34     50.38
 8  Malaysia  3/                      339.29     150.05     189.24     39.19
 9  Korea, Republic of                303.47     191.71     111.76    (79.95)
10  Iran                              224.67     219.77       4.90   (214.86)
11  Thailand                          217.01     130.75      86.26    (44.49)
12  Germany                           212.07      70.11     141.97     71.86
13  Saudi Arabia                      189.45     187.43       2.02   (185.41)
14  Indonesia                         120.59      90.74      29.84    (60.90)

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 Source: Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1 Includes Alaska and Hawaii
         2 Includes Okinawa
         3 Includes Sabah and Sarawak
         p Preliminary
         r Revised
         Components may not add up to total due to rounding

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