Table 2   Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
          January 2007 and December and January 2006
          (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                 2007 |                   2006                 |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                   January p |     December r     |    January r      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % share | FOB Value  % share | FOB Value % share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,167,057   100.00   3,689,470   100.00   3,272,349  100.00     12.94        27.34

Total Agro-Based Products            120,683     2.90     172,152     4.67     147,186    4.50    (29.90)      (18.01)

   Agro-Based Products                87,827     2.11     137,418     3.72     115,595    3.53    (36.09)      (24.02)
      Coconut Products                33,322     0.80      65,449     1.77      54,324    1.66    (49.09)      (38.66)
         Copra                             a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Coconut Oil                  20,225     0.49      50,738     1.38      43,752    1.34    (60.14)      (53.77)
         Desiccated Coconut           10,474     0.25      10,485     0.28       8,029    0.25     (0.11)       30.45
         Copra Meal/Cake               2,185     0.05       3,577     0.10       1,830    0.06    (38.91)       19.41
         Others                          438     0.01         648     0.02         713    0.02    (32.44)      (38.58)
      Sugar and Products                 902     0.02         788     0.02       7,693    0.24     14.39       (88.28)
         Centrifugal & Refined             a       -            a       -        2,986    0.09       -            -
         Molasses                        570     0.01         600     0.02       4,449    0.14     (5.00)      (87.19)
         Others                          332     0.01         188     0.01         258    0.01     76.19        28.72
      Fruits and Vegetables           53,604     1.29      71,181     1.93      53,578    1.64    (24.69)        0.05
         Canned Pineapple              8,269     0.20      14,031     0.38       7,650    0.23    (41.06)        8.10
         Pineapple Juice               2,606     0.06       2,835     0.08         914    0.03     (8.08)      185.10
         Pineapple Concentrates        3,571     0.09       5,379     0.15       2,705    0.08    (33.61)       31.99
         Bananas                      27,821     0.67      38,374     1.04      30,458    0.93    (27.50)       (8.66)
         Mangoes                       1,456     0.03       1,256     0.03       1,180    0.04     15.89        23.36
         Others                        9,880     0.24       9,306     0.25      10,670    0.33      6.17        (7.41)
   Other Agro-Based Products          32,856     0.79      34,734     0.94      31,591    0.97     (5.41)        4.01
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 18,723     0.45      20,711     0.56      16,726    0.51     (9.60)       11.94
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Abaca Fibers                  2,015     0.05         689     0.02         697    0.02    192.24       189.17
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        2,344     0.06       2,800     0.08       1,931    0.06    (16.26)       21.43
         Natural Rubber                2,811     0.07       2,756     0.07       2,986    0.09      2.01        (5.85)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            9    0.00        -            -
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,015     0.02         965     0.03       2,276    0.07      5.14       (55.41)
         Rice                              0     0.00           5     0.00           a      -     (97.41)         -
         Others                        5,947     0.14       6,808     0.18       6,965    0.21    (12.65)      (14.62)

Forest Products                        3,427     0.08       3,772     0.10       1,034    0.03     (9.15)      231.42

         Logs                              a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Lumber                        1,531     0.04       1,888     0.05         225    0.01    (18.90)      581.93
         Plywood                       1,435     0.03       1,806     0.05         457    0.01    (20.51)      213.87
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks        146     0.00          78     0.00         352    0.01     86.70       (58.47)
         Others                          314     0.01           a       -            a      -         -            -

Mineral Products                     188,588     4.53     176,776     4.79      83,760    2.56      6.68       125.15

         Copper Concentrates          10,525     0.25      10,428     0.28       4,403    0.13      0.93       139.06
         Copper Metal                124,012     2.98     109,129     2.96      38,363    1.17     13.64       223.26
         Gold                          5,354     0.13       5,331     0.14       3,115    0.10      0.42        71.87
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        19,102     0.46      11,205     0.30      14,846    0.45     70.47        28.66
         Chromium Ore                    146     0.00         543     0.01          63    0.00    (73.10)      131.72
         Nickel                            a        -           a        -           a      -         -            -
         Others                       29,450     0.71      40,139     1.09      22,969    0.70    (26.63)       28.21

Petroleum Products                    67,431     1.62      37,738     1.02      85,965    2.63     78.68       (21.56)

Manufactures                       3,354,110    80.49   3,157,811    85.59   2,857,938   87.34      6.22        17.36

         Electronic Products       2,438,081    58.51   2,263,107    61.34   2,129,892   65.09      7.73        14.47
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,909,027    45.81   1,701,848    46.13   1,590,847   48.61     12.17        20.00
            Electronic Data
             Processing              406,761     9.76     456,855    12.38     416,972   12.74    (10.96)       (2.45)
            Office Equipment          28,034     0.67      24,072     0.65      19,530    0.60     16.46        43.55
            Consumer Electronics      21,398     0.51      19,539     0.53      40,910    1.25      9.51       (47.70)
            Telecommunication         12,448     0.30      11,712     0.32      12,822    0.39      6.29        (2.91)
            Communication/Radar       19,305     0.46      23,025     0.62       9,241    0.28    (16.16)      108.89
            Control and
             Instrumentation           3,069     0.07       1,845     0.05         934    0.03     66.32       228.54
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          1,123     0.03       2,277     0.06         490    0.01    (50.69)      129.32
            Automotive Electronics    36,918     0.89      21,934     0.59      38,146    1.17     68.31        (3.22)
         Other Electronics            92,757     2.23      90,951     2.47      66,875    2.04      1.99        38.70
         Garments                    203,459     4.88     196,021     5.31     211,798    6.47      3.79        (3.94)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        17,359     0.42      22,405     0.61      20,087    0.61    (22.52)      (13.58)
         Footwear                      3,665     0.09       1,697     0.05       1,803    0.06    115.95       103.31
         Travel Goods and Handbags     1,278     0.03       2,786     0.08       1,182    0.04    (54.15)        8.12
         Wood Manufactures            56,779     1.36      42,896     1.16       6,044    0.18     32.37       839.47
         Furniture & Fixtures         18,620     0.45      19,100     0.52      20,540    0.63     (2.51)       (9.35)
         Chemicals                    71,831     1.72      73,376     1.99      50,031    1.53     (2.11)       43.57
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                16,282     0.39      18,428     0.50      10,998    0.34    (11.65)       48.05
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 126,103     3.03     156,452     4.24     130,645    3.99    (19.40)       (3.48)
         Processed food and Beverages 41,804     1.00      55,497     1.50      38,280    1.17    (24.67)        9.21
         Iron & Steel                 31,605     0.76       8,028     0.22       5,297    0.16    293.68       496.69
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          10,034     0.24      11,318     0.31       7,235    0.22    (11.34)       38.69
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    4,578     0.11       4,021     0.11       5,012    0.15     13.86        (8.66)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     27,166     0.65      23,604     0.64      26,384    0.81     15.09         2.97
         Others                      192,709     4.62     168,124     4.56     125,837    3.85     14.62        53.14

Special Transactions                 432,818    10.39     141,221     3.83      96,466    2.95    206.48       348.67

Re-Export                             85,340     2.05      86,328     2.34      57,813    1.77     (1.14)       47.61

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

Notes:   a  - No export data
         -  - No growth rate / No % share
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

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