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
Page last updated: March 9, 2007
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