Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         May and April 2007 and May 2006
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                      2007                   |       2006        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                            May p  Share|    April r    Share|       May    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,122.08   100.00    4,117.32   100.00   3,885.12   100.00     0.12       6.10

 1 Electronic Products                 2,559.91    62.10    2,561.67    62.22   2,290.00    58.94    (0.07)     11.79
   a) Components/Devices
       (Semiconductors)                2,016.40    48.92    2,043.55    49.63   1,723.39    44.36    (1.33)     17.00
   b) Electronic Data Processing         402.01     9.75      392.48     9.53     425.15    10.94     2.43      (5.44)
   c) Office Equipment                    28.14     0.68       27.28     0.66      22.50     0.58     3.15      25.06
   d) Consumer Electronics                31.17     0.76       33.36     0.81      40.02     1.03    (6.59)    (22.12)
   e) Telecommunication                    4.77     0.12        3.20     0.08      24.30     0.63    48.92     (80.37)
   f) Communication/Radar                 33.43     0.81       20.75     0.50      16.07     0.41    61.08     107.99
   g) Control and Instrumentation          3.31     0.08        3.35     0.08       0.50     0.01    (1.05)    568.89
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   1.97     0.05        3.09     0.07       0.29     0.01   (36.23)    582.06
   i) Automotive Electronics              38.72     0.94       34.60     0.84      37.79     0.97    11.88       2.45
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
    Accessories                          182.32     4.42      163.16     3.96     238.61     6.14    11.74     (23.59)
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
    Of Refined copper                    133.52     3.24      101.84     2.47     106.59     2.74    31.10      25.26
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               91.47     2.22       85.91     2.09      84.10     2.16     6.47       8.76
 5 Petroleum Products  1/                 85.97     2.09       91.06     2.21      60.56     1.56    (5.58)     41.96
 6 Coconut Oil  2/                        64.51     1.57       65.61     1.59      65.31     1.68    (1.67)     (1.22)
 7 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships 3/                56.92     1.38       70.96     1.72      58.31     1.50   (19.79)     (2.38)
 8 Other Products Manufactured from
    Materials on consignment basis        53.82     1.31       54.92     1.33      58.93     1.52    (2.01)     (8.66)
 9 Metal Components  4/                   41.16     1.00       34.90     0.85      24.88     0.64    17.94      65.39
10 Gold  5/                               36.10     0.88       26.68     0.65      20.53     0.53    35.33      75.85

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,305.70    80.19    3,256.71    79.10   3,007.82    77.42     1.50       9.90

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        34.87     0.85       37.10     0.90      42.73     1.10    (6.02)    (18.40)
12 Tuna  6/                               22.97     0.56       14.15     0.34      12.00     0.31    62.30      91.53
13 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       21.82     0.53       20.62     0.50      16.97     0.44     5.80      28.56
14 Copper Concentrates                    15.18     0.37        7.32     0.18       4.91     0.13   107.43     209.30
15 Dessicated Coconut                     14.56     0.35       14.52     0.35      11.81     0.30     0.27      23.31
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              12.47     0.30       11.23     0.27      14.07     0.36    11.09     (11.36)
17 Sugar                                  10.98     0.27        5.47     0.13       0.23     0.01   100.50   4,689.90
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 7.67     0.19        7.77     0.19       7.97     0.21    (1.35)     (3.77)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   7.43     0.18       13.52     0.33      20.27     0.52   (45.01)    (63.33)
20 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
    Chilled or Frozen                      7.05     0.17        5.50     0.13       6.05     0.16    28.23      16.53
21 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.21     0.13        2.33     0.06       2.69     0.07   123.64      93.57
22 Basketworks                             5.05     0.12        5.38     0.13       4.67     0.12    (6.21)      8.06
23 Christmas Decor                         3.93     0.10        3.14     0.08       6.35     0.16    25.21     (38.08)
24 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  3.60     0.09        1.11     0.03       1.77     0.05   223.04     103.87
25 Activated Carbon                        2.63     0.06        3.72     0.09       2.85     0.07   (29.43)     (7.90)
26 Fine Jewelry                            2.16     0.05        1.79     0.04       1.78     0.05    20.68      21.35
27 Footwear                                2.11     0.05        1.09     0.03       3.15     0.08    93.05     (33.12)
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.89     0.05        2.20     0.05       2.36     0.06   (13.83)    (19.83)
29 Fertilizers, Manufactured               0.29     0.01        8.53     0.21      11.17     0.29   (96.65)    (97.44)
30 Others                                634.51    15.39      694.10    16.86     703.49    18.11    (8.58)     (9.80)

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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/ includes crude and refined.
         3/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         4/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes
         5/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates
         6/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

Page last updated:  July 10, 2007
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