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

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                                                    2007                   |        2006       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                    April p  |         March r    |        April      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,114,362   100.00   4,477,538   100.00   3,917,885  100.00     (8.11)       5.01

Total Agro-Based Products            200,235     4.87     156,304     3.49     217,412    5.55     28.11       (7.90)

   Agro-Based Products               159,400     3.87     112,436     2.51     181,305    4.63     41.77      (12.08)
      Coconut Products                83,137     2.02      43,261     0.97      94,358    2.41     92.18      (11.89)
         Copra                             a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Coconut Oil                  65,610     1.59      26,670     0.60      82,452    2.10    146.01      (20.43)
         Desiccated Coconut           14,521     0.35      13,001     0.29       8,507    0.22     11.69       70.70
         Copra Meal/Cake               2,329     0.06       2,946     0.07       2,717    0.07    (20.93)     (14.27)
         Others                          676     0.02         644     0.01         681    0.02      5.01       (0.75)
      Sugar and Products               6,946     0.17      10,130     0.23      23,580    0.60    (31.43)     (70.54)
         Centrifugal & Refined         5,475     0.13       8,251     0.18      19,677    0.50    (33.65)     (72.18)
         Molasses                      1,287     0.03       1,624     0.04       3,346    0.09    (20.76)     (61.54)
         Others                          184     0.00         255     0.01         557    0.01    (27.70)     (66.89)
      Fruits and Vegetables           69,317     1.68      59,046     1.32      63,367    1.62     17.40        9.39
         Canned Pineapple              8,630     0.21       7,751     0.17       6,521    0.17     11.34       32.35
         Pineapple Juice               2,959     0.07       1,880     0.04       1,307    0.03     57.43      126.41
         Pineapple Concentrates        3,334     0.08       2,482     0.06       3,086    0.08     34.33        8.02
         Bananas                      37,104     0.90      30,339     0.68      34,272    0.87     22.30        8.26
         Mangoes                       3,207     0.08       1,972     0.04       4,179    0.11     62.65      (23.26)
         Others                       14,082     0.34      14,621     0.33      14,002    0.36     (3.69)       0.57
   Other Agro-Based Products          40,835     0.99      43,868     0.98      36,107    0.92     (6.91)      13.10
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 21,134     0.51      21,225     0.47      20,113    0.51     (0.43)       5.08
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            1     0.00          38    0.00   (100.00)    (100.00)
         Abaca Fibers                  1,413     0.03       1,379     0.03         805    0.02      2.50       75.52
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        1,115     0.03       3,012     0.07       1,327    0.03    (63.00)     (15.99)
         Natural Rubber                4,100     0.10       2,784     0.06       3,811    0.10     47.28        7.57
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -        -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,763     0.04       2,222     0.05       2,740    0.07    (20.66)     (35.66)
         Rice                            497     0.01          10     0.00           -      -   5,127.40          -
         Others                       10,813     0.26      13,235     0.30       7,273    0.19    (18.30)      48.68

Forest Products                        3,441     0.08       2,991     0.07       1,308    0.03     15.04      163.05

         Logs                             12     0.00           a       -            1    0.00       -        751.67
         Lumber                        2,016     0.05         901     0.02         743    0.02    123.74      171.50
         Plywood                       1,022     0.02       1,853     0.04         215    0.01    (44.85)     374.97
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks        391     0.01         236     0.01         287    0.01     65.28       36.04
         Others                            a       -            a       -           62    0.00       -       (100.00)

Mineral Products                     250,747     6.09     164,501     3.67     166,401    4.25     52.43       50.69

         Copper Concentrates           7,316     0.18       7,054     0.16       4,875    0.12      3.71       50.09
         Copper Metal                101,842     2.48      78,238     1.75     100,523    2.57     30.17        1.31
         Gold                          6,025     0.15       6,369     0.14       3,381    0.09     (5.40)      78.19
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        13,520     0.33      11,747     0.26      11,533    0.29     15.09       17.22
         Chromium Ore                    949     0.02       1,647     0.04          62    0.00    (42.42)   1,434.25
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Others                      121,096     2.94      59,444     1.33      46,027    1.17    103.71      163.10

Petroleum Products                    91,056     2.21      52,258     1.17      74,655    1.91     74.24       21.97

Manufactures                       3,474,504    84.45   3,950,467    88.23   3,306,417   84.39    (12.05)       5.08

         Electronic Products       2,558,358    62.18   2,955,013    66.00   2,530,809   64.60    (13.42)       1.09
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       2,040,400    49.59   2,368,828    52.90   2,023,777   51.65    (13.86)       0.82
            Electronic Data
             Processing              392,458     9.54     432,851     9.67     377,268    9.63     (9.33)       4.03
            Office Equipment          27,279     0.66      31,561     0.70      20,937    0.53    (13.57)      30.29
            Consumer Electronics      33,224     0.81      38,690     0.86      39,463    1.01    (14.13)     (15.81)
            Telecommunication          3,204     0.08      10,577     0.24      17,975    0.46    (69.71)     (82.17)
            Communication/Radar       20,752     0.50      26,101     0.58      15,127    0.39    (20.49)      37.19
            Control and
             Instrumentation           3,350     0.08       4,110     0.09         705    0.02    (18.50)     375.16
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          3,088     0.08       2,192     0.05         523    0.01     40.88      490.89
            Automotive Electronics    34,604     0.84      40,102     0.90      35,036    0.89    (13.71)      (1.23)
         Other Electronics            86,662     2.11      94,135     2.10      65,938    1.68     (7.94)      31.43
         Garments                    163,161     3.97     184,210     4.11     153,570    3.92    (11.43)       6.25
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        17,597     0.43      15,674     0.35      18,578    0.47     12.27       (5.28)
         Footwear                      1,092     0.03       2,139     0.05       1,965    0.05    (48.95)     (44.44)
         Travel Goods and Handbags     9,497     0.23       1,216     0.03       3,026    0.08    681.20      213.86
         Wood Manufactures            67,398     1.64      76,551     1.71      48,605    1.24    (11.96)      38.66
         Furniture & Fixtures         18,501     0.45      20,120     0.45      23,634    0.60     (8.05)     (21.72)
         Chemicals                    97,790     2.38      89,861     2.01      70,045    1.79      8.82       39.61
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                15,388     0.37      18,553     0.41      10,103    0.26    (17.06)      52.32
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 141,937     3.45     157,977     3.53     124,674    3.18    (10.15)      13.85
         Processed food and Beverages 55,125     1.34      58,665     1.31      38,312    0.98     (6.03)      43.89
         Iron & Steel                 12,890     0.31      26,750     0.60       7,667    0.20    (51.81)      68.12
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          10,195     0.25      11,201     0.25       9,731    0.25     (8.98)       4.77
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    5,712     0.14       5,687     0.13       4,756    0.12      0.43       20.08
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     24,371     0.59      25,792     0.58      25,446    0.65     (5.51)      (4.22)
         Others                      188,829     4.59     206,924     4.62     169,558    4.33     (8.74)      11.37

Special Transactions                  94,379     2.29     151,018     3.37     151,692    3.87    (37.50)     (37.78)

Re-Export                             46,771     1.14      74,060     1.65      48,310    1.23    (36.85)      (3.19)

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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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