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

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                                                    2007                   |        2006       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                     June p  |           May r    |         June      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,119,509   100.00   4,121,636   100.00   4,055,141  100.00     (0.05)       1.59

Total Agro-Based Products            182,412     4.43     211,080     5.12     156,944    3.87    (13.58)      16.23

   Agro-Based Products               146,344     3.55     163,525     3.97     117,418    2.90    (10.51)      24.63
      Coconut Products                73,946     1.80      85,080     2.06      46,056    1.14    (13.09)      60.56
         Copra                             a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Coconut Oil                  57,001     1.38      64,513     1.57      30,294    0.75    (11.64)      88.16
         Desiccated Coconut           12,087     0.29      14,560     0.35      12,312    0.30    (16.99)      (1.83)
         Copra Meal/Cake               4,284     0.10       5,210     0.13       2,606    0.06    (17.77)      64.39
         Others                          573     0.01         797     0.02         844    0.02    (28.06)     (32.05)
      Sugar and Products               9,539     0.23      11,861     0.29      10,342    0.26    (19.58)      (7.77)
         Centrifugal & Refined         9,215     0.22      10,977     0.27      10,187    0.25    (16.05)      (9.54)
         Molasses                          a       -          510     0.01           a      -    (100.00)        -
         Others                          324     0.01         374     0.01         155    0.00    (13.43)     108.72
      Fruits and Vegetables           62,860     1.53      66,584     1.62      61,020    1.50     (5.59)       3.01
         Canned Pineapple             11,813     0.29       7,858     0.19       7,340    0.18     50.34       60.94
         Pineapple Juice               2,422     0.06       2,503     0.06       1,567    0.04     (3.25)      54.54
         Pineapple Concentrates        3,291     0.08       4,067     0.10       2,748    0.07    (19.10)      19.75
         Bananas                      34,180     0.83      34,870     0.85      37,302    0.92     (1.98)      (8.37)
         Mangoes                       2,256     0.05       3,515     0.09       2,404    0.06    (35.81)      (6.14)
         Others                        8,898     0.22      13,772     0.33       9,659    0.24    (35.39)      (7.88)
   Other Agro-Based Products          36,068     0.88      47,555     1.15      39,525    0.97    (24.16)      (8.75)
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 20,193     0.49      28,849     0.70      21,268    0.52    (30.00)      (5.05)
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted         55     0.00           a       -           52    0.00       -          4.76
         Abaca Fibers                    899     0.02       1,274     0.03       1,424    0.04    (29.41)     (36.84)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        2,911     0.07       3,601     0.09       2,614    0.06    (19.16)      11.35
         Natural Rubber                1,611     0.04       2,020     0.05       4,735    0.12    (20.23)     (65.98)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -           20    0.00       -       (100.00)
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,970     0.05       1,891     0.05       2,768    0.07      4.18      (28.82)
         Rice                              b     0.00           1     0.00           a      -     (64.32)          -
         Others                        8,429     0.20       9,920     0.24       6,645    0.16    (15.03)      26.85

Forest Products                        1,912     0.05       2,064     0.05       3,496    0.09     (7.35)     (45.31)

         Logs                              a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Lumber                          523     0.01         798     0.02       1,967    0.05    (34.48)     (73.41)
         Plywood                         573     0.01       1,014     0.02         306    0.01    (43.52)      86.86
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks        710     0.02         252     0.01       1,107    0.03    182.27      (35.88)
         Others                          106     0.00           a       -          115    0.00       -         (7.93)

Mineral Products                     206,347     5.01     272,945     6.62     188,439    4.65    (24.40)       9.50

         Copper Concentrates           9,178     0.22      15,176     0.37       6,453    0.16    (39.53)      42.21
         Copper Metal                 62,117     1.51     133,516     3.24     120,729    2.98    (53.48)     (48.55)
         Gold                          6,408     0.16       6,922     0.17       4,221    0.10     (7.42)      51.81
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        20,995     0.51       7,434     0.18       9,140    0.23    182.40      129.70
         Chromium Ore                  1,184     0.03         973     0.02         919    0.02     21.69       28.80
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Others                      106,466     2.58     108,925     2.64      46,976    1.16     (2.26)     126.64

Petroleum Products                   138,712     3.37      85,972     2.09      84,007    2.07     61.34       65.12

Manufactures                       3,473,127    84.31   3,449,483    83.69   3,408,146   84.05      0.69        1.91

         Electronic Products       2,464,279    59.82   2,559,936    62.11   2,506,636   61.81     (3.74)      (1.69)
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,820,339    44.19   2,016,359    48.92   1,758,263   43.36     (9.72)       3.53
            Electronic Data
             Processing              448,016    10.88     402,051     9.75     618,536   15.25     11.43      (27.57)
            Office Equipment          22,429     0.54      28,139     0.68      20,597    0.51    (20.29)       8.89
            Consumer Electronics      37,345     0.91      31,224     0.76      33,207    0.82     19.60       12.46
            Telecommunication          4,460     0.11       4,739     0.11      19,080    0.47     (5.89)     (76.63)
            Communication/Radar       23,926     0.58      33,428     0.81      15,324    0.38    (28.42)      56.14
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,456     0.06       3,315     0.08         906    0.02    (25.91)     170.97
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          2,544     0.06       1,969     0.05       1,617    0.04     29.20       57.30
            Automotive Electronics   102,765     2.49      38,713     0.94      39,104    0.96    165.45      162.80
         Other Electronics            88,874     2.16      71,754     1.74      66,761    1.65     23.86       33.12
         Garments                    186,597     4.53     182,432     4.43     231,711    5.71      2.28      (19.47)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        15,736     0.38      15,835     0.38      19,074    0.47     (0.63)     (17.50)
         Footwear                      3,818     0.09       2,108     0.05       2,503    0.06     81.10       52.54
         Travel Goods and Handbags     8,020     0.19      10,221     0.25       2,617    0.06    (21.53)     206.48
         Wood Manufactures            65,473     1.59      70,154     1.70      49,111    1.21     (6.67)      33.32
         Furniture & Fixtures         20,774     0.50      21,350     0.52      22,831    0.56     (2.70)      (9.01)
         Chemicals                   106,824     2.59      60,908     1.48      63,600    1.57     75.39       67.96
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                14,401     0.35      15,630     0.38      11,102    0.27     (7.86)      29.72
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 173,378     4.21     138,577     3.36     145,440    3.59     25.11       19.21
         Processed food and Beverages 58,368     1.42      60,858     1.48      47,743    1.18     (4.09)      22.26
         Iron & Steel                 20,044     0.49      27,015     0.66      26,900    0.66    (25.80)     (25.49)
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          14,137     0.34      11,977     0.29      14,021    0.35     18.04        0.83
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    3,775     0.09       4,555     0.11       4,094    0.10    (17.12)      (7.78)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     26,516     0.64      26,263     0.64      26,196    0.65      0.96        1.22
         Others                      202,113     4.91     169,910     4.12     167,806    4.14     18.95       20.44

Special Transactions                 116,999     2.84     100,092     2.43     214,110    5.28     16.89      (45.36)

Re-Export                             38,843     0.94      41,862     1.02      50,166    1.24     (7.21)     (22.57)

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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

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