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

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                                                           2007     |        2006     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Apr p   |      Jan-Apr    |   Rate
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             Total                                  16,296,142,770    15,072,535,713      8.12

 1 Electronic Products                              10,425,936,685     9,735,280,765      7.09
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)            8,130,096,715     7,537,921,433      7.86
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     1,764,487,162     1,657,823,151      6.43
   c) Office Equipment                                 117,418,442        80,864,288     45.20
   d) Consumer Electronics                             121,208,023       177,872,652    (31.86)
   e) Telecommunication                                 36,710,963        69,932,517    (47.51)
   f) Communication/Radar                               89,035,725        59,675,115     49.20
   g) Control and Instrumentation                       13,523,834         3,679,644    267.53
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                 8,225,371         2,969,564    176.99
   i) Automotive Electronics                           145,230,450       144,542,401      0.48
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories        752,163,405       793,637,558     (5.23)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                      257,927,035       224,830,662     14.72
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              244,357,556       295,945,526    (17.43)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          278,111,441       241,113,161     15.34
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     139,174,395       218,973,188    (36.44)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper  402,033,994       253,287,277     58.73
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            324,248,541       332,117,761     (2.37)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     127,950,084       126,848,336      0.87
10 Metal Components  4/                                147,538,718       112,035,006     31.69
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                     71,939,332        61,392,258     17.18
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                            41,715,899        38,034,550      9.68
13 Dessicated Coconut                                   49,231,857        41,839,677     17.67
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         20,432,821        21,741,364     (6.02)
15 Tuna  5/                                             49,221,260        29,268,916     68.17
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              29,148,024        23,923,621     21.84
17 Christmas Decor                                       8,985,987         7,934,450     13.25
18 Basketworks                                          20,094,256        17,019,440     18.07
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                                55,885,703        50,950,249      9.69
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            22,653,741        32,112,810    (29.46)
21 Gold  6/                                             62,296,652        38,786,744     60.61
22 Footwear                                              9,793,794         8,592,791     13.98
23 Activated Carbon                                     12,833,611        14,667,376    (12.50)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              10,608,192         9,587,349     10.65
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                                8,957,342         7,920,362     13.09
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                                8,307,691         7,232,848     14.86
27 Fine Jewelry                                          7,644,630         8,378,556     (8.76)
28 Copper Concentrates                                  33,425,252        17,538,949     90.58
29 Sugar                                                22,072,259        39,640,507    (44.32)
30 Others                                            2,651,452,613     2,261,903,656     17.22

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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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