Table 1   Philippine Exports to All Countries
          January 2007 and December and January 2006
          (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                   2007 |                  2006                  |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                       Percent |            Percent |           Percent |     (Percent)
                                       January p  Share |  December r  Share | January r  Share  |   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                 4,167.06   100.00    3,689.47   100.00  3,272.35    100.00      12.94     27.34

 1 Electronic Products                2,438.08    58.51    2,263.11    61.34  2,129.89     65.09       7.73     14.47
   a) Components/Devices
       (Semiconductors)               1,909.03    45.81    1,701.85    46.13  1,590.85     48.61      12.17     20.00
   b) Electronic Data Processing        406.76     9.76      456.86    12.38    416.97     12.74     (10.96)    (2.45)
   c) Office Equipment                   28.03     0.67       24.07     0.65     19.53      0.60      16.46     43.55
   d) Consumer Electronics               21.40     0.51       19.54     0.53     40.91      1.25       9.51    (47.70)
   e) Telecommunication                  12.45     0.30       11.71     0.32     12.82      0.39       6.29     (2.91)
   f) Communication/Radar                19.30     0.46       23.03     0.62      9.24      0.28     (16.16)   108.89
   g) Control and Instrumentation         3.07     0.07        1.84     0.05      0.93      0.03      66.32    228.54
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation  1.12     0.03        2.28     0.06      0.49      0.01     (50.69)   129.32
   i) Automotive Electronics             36.92     0.89       21.93     0.59     38.15      1.17      68.31     (3.22)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
    Accessories                         203.46     4.88      196.02     5.31    211.80      6.47       3.79     (3.94)
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
    Of Refined copper                   124.01     2.98      109.13     2.96     38.36      1.17      13.64    223.26
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture              75.40     1.81       61.99     1.68     26.59      0.81      21.63    183.62
 5 Petroleum Products  1/                67.43     1.62       37.74     1.02     85.97      2.63      78.68    (21.56)
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
    Materials on consignment basis       62.05     1.49       67.37     1.83     37.21      1.14      (7.89)    66.77
 7 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships  2/              62.03     1.49       75.06     2.03     58.54      1.79     (17.37)     5.96
 8 Metal Components  3/                  34.24     0.82       38.17     1.03     32.78      1.00     (10.29)     4.44
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                       27.82     0.67       38.37     1.04     30.46      0.93     (27.50)    (8.66)
10 Coconut Oil  4/                       20.22     0.49       50.74     1.38     43.75      1.34     (60.14)   (53.77)

 Top ten exports                      3,114.75    74.75    2,937.70    79.62  2,695.34     82.37       6.03     15.56

11 Iron Ore Agglomerates                 19.10     0.46       11.21     0.30     14.85      0.45      70.47     28.66
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products      18.08     0.43       27.26     0.74     16.03      0.49     (33.69)    12.76
13 Tuna  5/                              11.24     0.27        9.45     0.26      6.62      0.20      19.00     69.86
14 Copper Concentrates                   10.52     0.25       10.43     0.28      4.40      0.13       0.93    139.06
15 Dessicated Coconut                    10.47     0.25       10.48     0.28      8.03      0.25      (0.11)    30.45
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              9.10     0.22        9.09     0.25      9.10      0.28       0.15     (0.03)
17 Gold  6/                               7.67     0.18       15.31     0.41      6.25      0.19     (49.91)    22.61
18 Basketworks                            4.78     0.11        4.44     0.12      4.94      0.15       7.60     (3.21)
19 Seaweeds and Carageenan                4.44     0.11        5.23     0.14      5.97      0.18     (15.06)   (25.60)
20 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
    Chilled or Frozen                     4.25     0.10        4.59     0.12      4.61      0.14      (7.40)    (7.92)
21 Footwear                               3.67     0.09        1.70     0.05      1.80      0.06     115.95    103.31
22 Fertilizers, Manufactured              2.92     0.07        0.95     0.03      5.50      0.17     208.40    (46.84)
23 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                2.76     0.07        2.74     0.07      2.42      0.07       0.48     13.93
24 Activated Carbon                       2.63     0.06        3.10     0.08      3.82      0.12     (15.15)   (31.23)
25 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 2.34     0.06        2.80     0.08      1.93      0.06     (16.26)    21.43
26 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                 2.19     0.05        3.58     0.10      1.83      0.06     (38.91)    19.41
27 Christmas Decor                        2.02     0.05        2.55     0.07      1.28      0.04     (20.49)    58.51
28 Fine Jewelry                           1.78     0.04        1.57     0.04      1.73      0.05      13.79      2.72
29 Sugar                                     -        -          -         -      2.99      0.09        -     (100.00)
30 Others                               932.35    22.37      625.32    16.95    472.91     14.45      49.10     97.15

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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 refined petroluem products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         2/ Consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         4/ Includes crude and refined.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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