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

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                                                    2007                   |        2006       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                 February p  |       January r    |     February      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                3,689,082   100.00   3,986,935   100.00   3,447,135  100.00     (7.47)       7.02

Total Agro-Based Products            141,050     3.82     120,174     3.01     119,906    3.48     17.37       17.63

   Agro-Based Products               104,891     2.84      86,807     2.18      89,562    2.60     20.83       17.12
      Coconut Products                42,156     1.14      31,594     0.79      29,234    0.85     33.43       44.20
         Copra                             a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Coconut Oil                  28,616     0.78      18,275     0.46      13,837    0.40     56.59      106.82
         Desiccated Coconut           10,651     0.29      10,680     0.27      12,942    0.38     (0.27)     (17.70)
         Copra Meal/Cake               1,497     0.04       2,185     0.05       1,892    0.05    (31.51)     (20.92)
         Others                        1,392     0.04         454     0.01         564    0.02    206.45      146.95
      Sugar and Products               9,063     0.25         903     0.02       7,588    0.22    903.31       19.43
         Centrifugal & Refined         8,347     0.23           a       -        3,780    0.11       -        120.80
         Molasses                        510     0.01         570     0.01       1,009    0.03    (10.60)     (49.51)
         Others                          206     0.01         333     0.01       2,799    0.08    (38.10)     (92.63)
      Fruits and Vegetables           53,672     1.45      54,310     1.36      52,739    1.53     (1.17)       1.77
         Canned Pineapple              5,851     0.16       8,269     0.21       9,287    0.27    (29.24)     (36.99)
         Pineapple Juice               2,262     0.06       2,607     0.07       2,384    0.07    (13.22)      (5.12)
         Pineapple Concentrates        3,335     0.09       3,571     0.09         106    0.00     (6.60)   3,044.97
         Bananas                      32,028     0.87      28,476     0.71      28,019    0.81     12.47       14.31
         Mangoes                       1,444     0.04       1,456     0.04       1,459    0.04     (0.84)      (1.05)
         Others                        8,751     0.24       9,931     0.25      11,484    0.33    (11.88)     (23.80)
   Other Agro-Based Products          36,159     0.98      33,367     0.84      30,344    0.88      8.37       19.17
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 19,238     0.52      18,794     0.47      15,317    0.44      2.37       25.60
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          3     0.00          a       -             a      -         -           -
         Abaca Fibers                  1,635     0.04       2,037     0.05       1,337    0.04    (19.73)      22.27
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        1,836     0.05       2,344     0.06       2,215    0.06    (21.67)     (17.08)
         Natural Rubber                3,205     0.09       3,242     0.08       3,053    0.09     (1.17)       4.96
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,641     0.04       1,015     0.03       1,339    0.04     61.67       22.53
         Rice                              1     0.00           0     0.00           a      -     890.68         -
         Others                        8,600     0.23       5,934     0.15       7,082    0.21     44.92       21.43

Forest Products                        3,862     0.10       3,476     0.09       1,077    0.03     11.13      258.78

         Logs                              a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Lumber                        1,729     0.05       1,542     0.04         271    0.01     12.12      538.47
         Plywood                       1,821     0.05       1,473     0.04         789    0.02     23.57      130.70
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks        290     0.01         146     0.00          17    0.00     98.38    1,645.90
         Others                           23     0.00         314     0.01           a      -     (92.74)        -

Mineral Products                     172,143     4.67     188,687     4.73     111,994    3.25     (8.77)      53.71

         Copper Concentrates           8,530     0.23      10,525     0.26       4,276    0.12    (18.96)      99.46
         Copper Metal                 97,942     2.65     124,012     3.11      70,222    2.04    (21.02)      39.47
         Gold                          5,991     0.16       5,354     0.13       2,990    0.09     11.90      100.40
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        11,517     0.31      19,102     0.48      10,969    0.32    (39.71)       5.00
         Chromium Ore                    405     0.01         146     0.00       1,022    0.03    176.92      (60.40)
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Others                       47,759     1.29      29,548     0.74      22,515    0.65     61.63      112.12

Petroleum Products                    33,612     0.91      67,431     1.69      45,047    1.31    (50.15)     (25.38)

Manufactures                       3,236,033    87.72   3,483,027    87.36   2,950,943   85.61     (7.09)       9.66

         Electronic Products       2,343,610    63.53   2,568,349    64.42   2,087,486   60.56     (8.75)      12.27
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,787,517    48.45   1,933,455    48.49   1,707,000   49.52     (7.55)       4.72
            Electronic Data
             Processing              426,770    11.57     512,101    12.84     258,017    7.48    (16.66)      65.40
            Office Equipment          30,130     0.82      28,110     0.71      22,820    0.66      7.18       32.03
            Consumer Electronics      27,558     0.75      21,662     0.54      50,998    1.48     27.21      (45.96)
            Telecommunication         10,363     0.28      12,557     0.31      14,941    0.43    (17.47)     (30.64)
            Communication/Radar       23,031     0.62      19,152     0.48      10,256    0.30     20.26      124.55
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,782     0.08       3,286     0.08      10,304    0.30    (15.33)     (73.00)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          1,824     0.05       1,123     0.03         816    0.02     62.45      123.42
            Automotive Electronics    33,636     0.91      36,903     0.93      12,334    0.36     (8.85)     172.70
         Other Electronics            90,768     2.46      92,591     2.32      73,832    2.14     (1.97)      22.94
         Garments                    201,433     5.46     203,529     5.10     214,003    6.21     (1.03)      (5.87)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        17,572     0.48      17,581     0.44      14,810    0.43     (0.05)      18.65
         Footwear                      2,896     0.08       3,666     0.09       2,642    0.08    (20.99)       9.64
         Travel Goods and Handbags     1,178     0.03       1,285     0.03       2,865    0.08     (8.33)     (58.88)
         Wood Manufactures            47,031     1.27      56,839     1.43      66,831    1.94    (17.26)     (29.63)
         Furniture & Fixtures         19,182     0.52      18,657     0.47      21,801    0.63      2.82      (12.01)
         Chemicals                    49,137     1.33      72,013     1.81      53,428    1.55    (31.77)      (8.03)
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                19,378     0.53      16,274     0.41      13,593    0.39     19.07       42.56
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 147,352     3.99     124,470     3.12     114,795    3.33     18.38       28.36
         Processed food and Beverages 48,795     1.32      43,854     1.10      41,032    1.19     11.27       18.92
         Iron & Steel                  7,700     0.21      31,733     0.80      12,959    0.38    (75.73)     (40.58)
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods           9,066     0.25      10,049     0.25       9,373    0.27     (9.78)      (3.27)
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    4,630     0.13       4,575     0.11       4,774    0.14      1.20       (3.01)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     26,368     0.71      27,176     0.68      29,816    0.86     (2.97)     (11.57)
         Others                      199,937     5.42     190,385     4.78     186,902    5.42      5.02        6.97

Special Transactions                 102,382     2.78     124,141     3.11     218,168    6.33    (17.53)     (53.07)

Re-Export                             35,753     0.97      73,726     1.85      79,219    2.30    (51.50)     (54.87)

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

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