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

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                                                                   Balance
    Country                      Total Trade   Imports   Exports        of
                                                                     Trade
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                 Total              8,479.11  4,324.10  4,155.01    (169.10)

 1  United States Of America  1/    1,482.52    658.03    824.49     166.47
 2  Japan  2/                       1,344.54    698.29    646.25     (52.05)
 3  China, People's Republic of       724.93    304.12    420.81     116.69
 4  Singapore                         613.52    348.54    264.98     (83.56)
 5  Hong Kong                         557.21    199.65    357.56     157.91
 6  Taiwan                            552.78    358.35    194.43    (163.92)
 7  Netherlands                       424.68     24.95    399.73     374.78
 8  Korea, Republic of                412.63    288.98    123.65    (165.33)
 9  Malaysia  3/                      360.52    149.94    210.58      60.64
10  Thailand                          346.44    216.86    129.58     (87.28)
11  Germany                           300.61    143.31    157.30      14.00
12  Iran                              163.61    159.42      4.19    (155.23)
13  Saudi Arabia                      131.25    126.05      5.21    (120.84)
14  Indonesia                         113.45     88.21     25.24     (62.96)

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 Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         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
         Components may not add up to total due to rounding

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