Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
March and February 2007 and March 2006
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2007 | 2006 | Growth Rate
Commodity March p | February r | March | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,565,793 100.00 3,717,308 100.00 4,127,239 100.00 22.83 10.63
Total Agro-Based Products 155,117 3.40 141,426 3.80 198,481 4.81 9.68 (21.85)
Agro-Based Products 111,225 2.44 105,277 2.83 162,482 3.94 5.65 (31.55)
Coconut Products 42,257 0.93 42,538 1.14 84,076 2.04 (0.66) (49.74)
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 25,732 0.56 28,619 0.77 69,234 1.68 (10.09) (62.83)
Desiccated Coconut 12,935 0.28 11,030 0.30 12,362 0.30 17.27 4.63
Copra Meal/Cake 2,946 0.06 1,497 0.04 1,748 0.04 96.85 68.52
Others 644 0.01 1,392 0.04 732 0.02 (53.73) (11.98)
Sugar and Products 10,130 0.22 9,063 0.24 13,905 0.34 11.78 (27.15)
Centrifugal & Refined 8,251 0.18 8,347 0.22 13,197 0.32 (1.15) (37.48)
Molasses 1,624 0.04 510 0.01 471 0.01 218.68 244.80
Others 255 0.01 206 0.01 237 0.01 23.67 7.47
Fruits and Vegetables 58,838 1.29 53,676 1.44 64,501 1.56 9.62 (8.78)
Canned Pineapple 7,751 0.17 5,851 0.16 5,722 0.14 32.47 35.45
Pineapple Juice 1,880 0.04 2,262 0.06 4,333 0.10 (16.90) (56.62)
Pineapple Concentrates 2,482 0.05 3,335 0.09 3,359 0.08 (25.58) (26.11)
Bananas 30,163 0.66 32,030 0.86 34,099 0.83 (5.83) (11.54)
Mangoes 1,976 0.04 1,444 0.04 2,951 0.07 36.87 (33.05)
Others 14,586 0.32 8,753 0.24 14,036 0.34 66.63 3.92
Other Agro-Based Products 43,892 0.96 36,150 0.97 35,998 0.87 21.42 21.93
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 21,082 0.46 19,233 0.52 20,517 0.50 9.61 2.75
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted 1 0.00 3 0.00 39 0.00 (80.31) (98.72)
Abaca Fibers 1,379 0.03 1,635 0.04 1,418 0.03 (15.66) (2.72)
Tobacco Unmanufactured 3,012 0.07 1,836 0.05 1,208 0.03 64.05 149.37
Natural Rubber 2,994 0.07 3,205 0.09 3,810 0.09 (6.57) (21.41)
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 2,173 0.05 1,641 0.04 1,795 0.04 32.42 21.05
Rice 10 0.00 1 0.00 b 0.00 712.66 -
Others 13,241 0.29 8,596 0.23 7,212 0.17 54.04 83.60
Forest Products 3,381 0.07 3,862 0.10 2,515 0.06 (12.45) 34.43
Logs a - a - a - - -
Lumber 1,292 0.03 1,729 0.05 2,027 0.05 (25.29) (36.28)
Plywood 1,853 0.04 1,821 0.05 300 0.01 1.81 518.14
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 236 0.01 290 0.01 185 0.00 (18.55) 27.50
Others a - 23 0.00 3 0.00 (100.00) (100.00)
Mineral Products 164,501 3.60 172,173 4.63 92,870 2.25 (4.46) 77.13
Copper Concentrates 7,054 0.15 8,530 0.23 3,985 0.10 (17.29) 77.02
Copper Metal 78,238 1.71 97,942 2.63 44,423 1.08 (20.12) 76.12
Gold 6,369 0.14 5,991 0.16 3,584 0.09 6.31 77.73
Iron Ore Agglomerates 11,747 0.26 11,517 0.31 13,602 0.33 2.00 (13.63)
Chromium Ore 1,647 0.04 409 0.01 411 0.01 303.16 301.09
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 59,444 1.30 47,785 1.29 26,866 0.65 24.40 121.26
Petroleum Products 52,255 1.14 33,612 0.90 90,305 2.19 55.46 (42.13)
Manufactures 4,039,252 88.47 3,265,978 87.86 3,629,847 87.95 23.68 11.28
Electronic Products 3,042,732 66.64 2,344,217 63.06 2,777,441 67.30 29.80 9.55
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 2,457,091 53.82 1,787,413 48.08 2,154,362 52.20 37.47 14.05
Electronic Data
Processing 432,851 9.48 427,077 11.49 469,079 11.37 1.35 (7.72)
Office Equipment 31,561 0.69 30,469 0.82 11,648 0.28 3.58 170.96
Consumer Electronics 38,414 0.84 27,631 0.74 48,341 1.17 39.02 (20.53)
Telecommunication 10,563 0.23 10,373 0.28 17,127 0.41 1.83 (38.33)
Communication/Radar 25,839 0.57 23,031 0.62 15,125 0.37 12.19 70.84
Control and
Instrumentation 4,109 0.09 2,778 0.07 1,825 0.04 47.93 125.10
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 2,192 0.05 1,824 0.05 2,690 0.07 20.18 (18.52)
Automotive Electronics 40,112 0.88 33,622 0.90 57,245 1.39 19.30 (29.93)
Other Electronics 94,532 2.07 90,591 2.44 75,600 1.83 4.35 25.04
Garments 184,244 4.04 201,263 5.41 193,995 4.70 (8.46) (5.03)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 15,712 0.34 17,499 0.47 16,029 0.39 (10.21) (1.98)
Footwear 2,138 0.05 2,897 0.08 2,766 0.07 (26.21) (22.70)
Travel Goods and Handbags 1,216 0.03 1,162 0.03 4,623 0.11 4.67 (73.70)
Wood Manufactures 77,196 1.69 47,023 1.26 22,012 0.53 64.17 250.70
Furniture & Fixtures 20,099 0.44 19,202 0.52 24,353 0.59 4.67 (17.47)
Chemicals 89,780 1.97 80,371 2.16 67,583 1.64 11.71 32.84
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 18,610 0.41 19,422 0.52 16,023 0.39 (4.18) 16.14
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 159,707 3.50 143,052 3.85 146,913 3.56 11.64 8.71
Processed food and Beverages 57,542 1.26 51,523 1.39 41,039 0.99 11.68 40.21
Iron & Steel 26,433 0.58 7,711 0.21 14,113 0.34 242.80 87.29
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 11,213 0.25 9,050 0.24 10,338 0.25 23.90 8.46
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 5,712 0.13 4,630 0.12 4,920 0.12 23.38 16.09
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 25,853 0.57 26,301 0.71 33,743 0.82 (1.70) (23.38)
Others 206,532 4.52 200,066 5.38 178,356 4.32 3.23 15.80
Special Transactions 151,287 3.31 100,255 2.70 113,221 2.74 50.90 33.62
Re-Export 74,060 1.62 35,753 0.96 55,551 1.35 107.14 33.32
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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: May 10, 2007
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