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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