Table 1a  Philippine Exports to all Countries
          January to March 2007 and 2006
          (F.O.B. Value in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                           2007     |        2006     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Mar p   |      Jan-Mar    |   Rate
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             Total                                  12,270,036,524    10,846,722,474     13.12

 1 Electronic Products                               7,955,298,088     6,994,818,986     13.73
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)            6,177,959,191     5,452,208,707     13.31
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     1,372,029,295     1,144,067,409     19.93
   c) Office Equipment                                  90,139,800        53,997,410     66.93
   d) Consumer Electronics                              87,708,074       140,248,785    (37.46)
   e) Telecommunication                                 33,492,501        44,889,596    (25.39)
   f) Communication/Radar                               68,021,323        34,622,591     96.47
   g) Control and Instrumentation                       10,172,996        13,063,937    (22.13)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                 5,137,751         3,995,353     28.59
   i) Automotive Electronics                           110,637,157       107,725,198      2.70
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories        589,036,659       619,796,318     (4.96)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                      202,895,755       166,833,115     21.62
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              153,299,123       221,317,816    (30.73)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          207,127,432       182,893,793     13.25
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                      72,626,771       126,823,423    (42.73)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper  300,192,321       153,008,158     96.19
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            238,963,540       161,558,325     47.91
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                      90,669,802        92,576,554     (2.06)
10 Metal Components  4/                                111,417,903       116,599,977     (4.44)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                     51,281,692        51,328,144     (0.09)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                            30,533,453        23,629,749     29.22
13 Dessicated Coconut                                   34,644,573        33,332,677      3.94
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         14,887,172        14,384,566      3.49
15 Tuna  5/                                             35,066,368        22,361,041     56.82
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              21,329,992        16,813,247     26.86
17 Christmas Decor                                       5,869,257         5,706,014      2.86
18 Basketworks                                          14,704,185        14,281,537      2.96
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                                42,366,135        39,416,930      7.48
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            14,118,357        21,282,824    (33.66)
21 Gold  6/                                             35,619,206        19,168,588     85.82
22 Footwear                                              8,700,910         7,210,074     20.68
23 Activated Carbon                                      9,086,395        10,448,845    (13.04)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                               8,415,465         7,834,010      7.42
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                                6,627,882         5,470,632     21.15
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                                7,193,009         5,353,244     34.37
27 Fine Jewelry                                          5,956,960         6,351,723     (6.22)
28 Copper Concentrates                                  26,109,044        12,664,383    106.16
29 Sugar                                                16,597,692        19,962,903    (16.86)
30 Others                                            1,959,401,383     1,673,494,878     17.08

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

Notes:   1/ Includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         2/ Consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ Includes crude and refined.
         4/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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