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

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                                                           2007     |        2006     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-May p   |      Jan-May    |   Rate
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             Total                                  20,421,178,326    18,957,652,150      7.72

 1 Electronic Products                              12,989,160,968    12,025,282,750      8.02
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           10,149,643,617     9,261,308,474      9.59
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     2,166,524,048     2,082,973,774      4.01
   c) Office Equipment                                 145,556,950       103,363,753     40.82
   d) Consumer Electronics                             152,512,118       217,888,178    (30.00)
   e) Telecommunication                                 41,482,518        94,234,544    (55.98)
   f) Communication/Radar                              122,463,282        75,747,194     61.67
   g) Control and Instrumentation                       16,838,398         4,175,179    303.30
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                10,194,342         3,258,244    212.88
   i) Automotive Electronics                           183,945,695       182,333,410      0.88
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories        934,488,733     1,032,247,219     (9.47)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                      311,747,319       283,756,340      9.86
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              330,329,867       356,508,401     (7.34)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          335,031,217       299,422,848     11.89
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     203,687,630       284,286,504    (28.35)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper  535,549,634       359,873,940     48.82
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            415,714,223       416,212,788     (0.12)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     162,819,856       169,582,470     (3.99)
10 Metal Components  4/                                188,720,841       136,918,836     37.83
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                     93,759,261        78,365,010     19.64
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                            54,186,952        52,105,987      3.99
13 Dessicated Coconut                                   63,792,321        53,647,694     18.91
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         27,479,373        27,788,275     (1.11)
15 Tuna  5/                                             72,195,266        41,264,163     74.96
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              36,817,718        31,893,623     15.44
17 Christmas Decor                                      12,919,509        14,286,718     (9.57)
18 Basketworks                                          25,144,433        21,692,932     15.91
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                                63,320,053        71,225,093    (11.10)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            22,939,253        43,287,105    (47.01)
21 Gold  6/                                             98,399,868        59,317,109     65.89
22 Footwear                                             11,901,872        11,744,911      1.34
23 Activated Carbon                                     15,461,787        17,520,984    (11.75)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              12,500,775        11,948,080      4.63
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                               14,166,970        10,611,682     33.50
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                               11,908,523         8,999,063     32.33
27 Fine Jewelry                                          9,800,721        10,155,344     (3.49)
28 Copper Concentrates                                  48,601,115        22,445,402    116.53
29 Sugar                                                33,048,942        39,869,670    (17.11)
30 Others                                            3,285,583,326     2,965,391,209     10.80

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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/ 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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