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

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                                                    2007                   |        2006       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                      May p  |         April r    |          May      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,122,080   100.00   4,117,317   100.00   3,885,116  100.00      0.12        6.10

Total Agro-Based Products            211,130     5.12     200,233     4.86     193,389    4.98      5.44        9.17

   Agro-Based Products               163,519     3.97     159,398     3.87     150,647    3.88      2.59        8.54
      Coconut Products                85,080     2.06      83,137     2.02      80,355    2.07      2.34        5.88
         Copra                             a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Coconut Oil                  64,513     1.57      65,610     1.59      65,313    1.68     (1.67)      (1.22)
         Desiccated Coconut           14,560     0.35      14,521     0.35      11,808    0.30      0.27       23.31
         Copra Meal/Cake               5,210     0.13       2,329     0.06       2,691    0.07    123.64       93.57
         Others                          797     0.02         676     0.02         542    0.01     17.84       46.93
      Sugar and Products              11,861     0.29       6,946     0.17         501    0.01     70.76    2,269.31
         Centrifugal & Refined        10,977     0.27       5,475     0.13         229    0.01    100.50    4,689.90
         Molasses                        510     0.01       1,287     0.03           a      -     (60.36)         -
         Others                          374     0.01         184     0.00         271    0.01    102.69       37.75
      Fruits and Vegetables           66,578     1.62      69,315     1.68      69,791    1.80     (3.95)      (4.60)
         Canned Pineapple              7,840     0.19       8,630     0.21       6,453    0.17     (9.16)      21.49
         Pineapple Juice               2,498     0.06       2,959     0.07       1,863    0.05    (15.59)      34.12
         Pineapple Concentrates        4,067     0.10       3,334     0.08       4,113    0.11     22.00       (1.11)
         Bananas                      34,870     0.85      37,104     0.90      42,734    1.10     (6.02)     (18.40)
         Mangoes                       3,529     0.09       3,207     0.08       3,527    0.09     10.04        0.05
         Others                       13,774     0.33      14,080     0.34      11,101    0.29     (2.18)      24.07
   Other Agro-Based Products          47,611     1.16      40,835     0.99      42,742    1.10     16.59       11.39
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 28,894     0.70      21,134     0.51      23,816    0.61     36.72       21.32
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            a       -           21    0.00       -       (100.00)
         Abaca Fibers                  1,274     0.03       1,413     0.03       1,041    0.03     (9.87)      22.36
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        3,601     0.09       1,115     0.03       1,766    0.05    223.04      103.87
         Natural Rubber                2,020     0.05       4,100     0.10       5,299    0.14    (50.74)     (61.89)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -           22    0.00       -       (100.00)
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,890     0.05       1,763     0.04       3,407    0.09      7.18      (44.54)
         Rice                              1     0.00         497     0.01           a      -     (99.87)         -
         Others                        9,932     0.24      10,813     0.26       7,370    0.19     (8.15)      34.78

Forest Products                        2,064     0.05       3,441     0.08       1,086    0.03    (40.02)      90.04

         Logs                              a       -           12     0.00           a      -     (100.00)        -
         Lumber                          798     0.02       2,016     0.05         786    0.02    (60.41)       1.55
         Plywood                       1,014     0.02       1,022     0.02         120    0.00     (0.80)     743.19
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks        252     0.01         391     0.01         130    0.00    (35.59)      93.70
         Others                            a       -            a       -           50    0.00        -      (100.00)

Mineral Products                     272,814     6.62     250,747     6.09     182,053    4.69      8.80       49.85

         Copper Concentrates          15,176     0.37       7,316     0.18       4,906    0.13    107.43      209.30
         Copper Metal                133,516     3.24     101,842     2.47     106,587    2.74     31.10       25.26
         Gold                          6,922     0.17       6,025     0.15       3,321    0.09     14.88      108.45
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         7,434     0.18      13,520     0.33      20,275    0.52    (45.01)     (63.33)
         Chromium Ore                    973     0.02         949     0.02         444    0.01      2.59      119.15
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -          -         -
         Others                      108,793     2.64     121,096     2.94      46,520    1.20     (10.16)   133.86

Petroleum Products                    85,972     2.09      91,056     2.21      60,563    1.56      (5.58)    41.96

Manufactures                       3,450,072    83.70   3,477,455    84.46   3,261,907   83.96      (0.79)     5.77

         Electronic Products       2,559,913    62.10   2,561,670    62.22   2,290,002   58.94      (0.07)    11.79
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       2,016,400    48.92   2,043,547    49.63   1,723,387   44.36      (1.33)    17.00
            Electronic Data
             Processing              402,011     9.75     392,484     9.53     425,151   10.94       2.43     (5.44)
            Office Equipment          28,139     0.68      27,279     0.66      22,499    0.58       3.15     25.06
            Consumer Electronics      31,165     0.76      33,363     0.81      40,016    1.03      (6.59)   (22.12)
            Telecommunication          4,772     0.12       3,204     0.08      24,302    0.63      48.92    (80.37)
            Communication/Radar       33,428     0.81      20,752     0.50      16,072    0.41      61.08    107.99
            Control and
             Instrumentation           3,315     0.08       3,350     0.08         496    0.01      (1.05)   568.89
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          1,969     0.05       3,088     0.07         289    0.01     (36.23)   582.06
            Automotive Electronics    38,715     0.94      34,604     0.84      37,791    0.97      11.88      2.45
         Other Electronics            71,740     1.74      86,399     2.10      69,588    1.79     (16.97)     3.09
         Garments                    182,323     4.42     163,164     3.96     238,610    6.14      11.74    (23.59)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        15,817     0.38      17,597     0.43      21,190    0.55     (10.12)   (25.36)
         Footwear                      2,108     0.05       1,092     0.03       3,152    0.08      93.05    (33.12)
         Travel Goods and Handbags    10,221     0.25       9,497     0.23       5,058    0.13       7.62    102.08
         Wood Manufactures            70,167     1.70      67,398     1.64      54,476    1.40       4.11     28.80
         Furniture & Fixtures         21,337     0.52      18,501     0.45      29,702    0.76      15.33    (28.16)
         Chemicals                    61,040     1.48      97,843     2.38      64,578    1.66     (37.61)    (5.48)
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                15,660     0.38      15,388     0.37      17,741    0.46       1.76    (11.73)
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 139,645     3.39     141,937     3.45     139,925    3.60      (1.61)    (0.20)
         Processed food and Beverages 60,573     1.47      55,165     1.34      48,208    1.24       9.80     25.65
         Iron & Steel                 27,061     0.66      12,890     0.31      22,552    0.58     109.94     19.99
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          12,027     0.29      10,195     0.25      14,668    0.38      17.97    (18.01)
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    4,617     0.11       5,712     0.14       4,130    0.11     (19.17)    11.79
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     26,214     0.64      24,371     0.59      29,252    0.75       7.56    (10.39)
         Others                      169,610     4.11     188,637     4.58     209,075    5.38     (10.09)   (18.88)

Special Transactions                 100,029     2.43      94,385     2.29     186,119    4.79       5.98    (46.26)

Re-Export                             41,784     1.01      46,771     1.14      51,176    1.32     (10.66)   (18.35)

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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:  July 10, 2007
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