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
Page last updated: April 11, 2007
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