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
Page last updated: June 14, 2007
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