Table 2a  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
          January to June 2007 and 2006
          (FOB in U.S. Dollars)

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Commodity                                                                     2007    |      2006     |  Growth
                                                                           Jan-Jun p  |     Jan-Jun   |    Rate
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      Total Exports                                                  24,540,242,625    23,012,793,616       6.64

Total Agro-Based Products                                             1,011,629,882     1,032,373,555      (2.01)
   Agro-Based Products                                                  773,787,509       815,555,612      (5.12)
      Coconut Products                                                  359,555,868       397,831,365      (9.62)
         Copra                                                                    a                 a         -
         Coconut Oil                                                    260,689,071       314,580,655     (17.13)
         Desiccated Coconut                                              75,879,465        65,959,851      15.04
         Copra Meal/Cake                                                 18,451,060        13,217,680      39.59
         Others                                                           4,536,272         4,073,179      11.37
      Sugar and Products                                                 48,441,040        61,043,919     (20.65)
         Centrifugal & Refined                                           42,263,842        50,056,438     (15.57)
         Molasses                                                         4,500,502         9,275,364     (51.48)
         Others                                                           1,676,696         1,712,117      (2.07)
      Fruits and Vegetables                                             365,790,601       356,680,328       2.55
         Canned Pineapple                                                50,173,456        39,525,560      26.94
         Pineapple Juice                                                 14,633,311         7,989,275      83.16
         Pineapple Concentrates                                          20,079,955        16,743,350      19.93
         Bananas                                                        196,999,627       206,884,871      (4.78)
         Mangoes                                                         13,849,054        15,700,311     (11.79)
         Others                                                          70,055,198        69,836,961       0.31
   Other Agro-Based Products                                            237,842,373       216,817,943       9.70
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved Of Which: Shrimps & Prawns            129,428,102       117,441,548      10.21
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted                                            57,600           149,562     (61.49)
         Abaca Fibers                                                     8,637,509         6,721,658      28.50
         Tobacco Unmanufactured                                          14,819,376        11,613,287      27.61
         Natural Rubber                                                  16,961,128        23,912,444     (29.07)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted                                             a            50,830    (100.00)
         Seaweeds, Dried                                                 10,502,497        15,339,832     (31.53)
         Rice                                                               508,257               517  98,208.90
         Others                                                          56,927,904        41,588,265      36.88
Forest Products                                                          17,745,545        11,454,086      54.93
         Logs                                                                12,000             1,409     751.67
         Lumber                                                           7,509,395         6,108,040      22.94
         Plywood                                                          7,755,997         2,712,711     185.91
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks                                         2,024,981         2,290,639     (11.60)
         Others                                                             443,172           341,287      29.85
Mineral Products                                                      1,255,400,476       822,925,071      52.55
         Copper Concentrates                                             57,778,624        28,898,763      99.93
         Copper Metal                                                   597,666,422       480,602,745      24.36
         Gold                                                            37,068,718        20,611,193      79.85
         Iron Ore Agglomerates                                           84,314,791        80,365,337       4.91
         Chromium Ore                                                     5,308,342         2,921,150      81.72
         Nickel                                                                   a                 a         -
         Others                                                         473,263,579       209,525,883     125.87
Petroleum Products                                                      469,041,785       440,515,606       6.48
Manufactures                                                         21,099,536,608    19,792,831,068       6.60
         Electronic Products                                         15,453,462,684    14,531,918,546       6.34
            Components/Devices (Semiconductors)                      11,969,941,352    11,019,571,661       8.62
            Electronic Data Processing                                2,614,579,679     2,701,509,689      (3.22)
            Office Equipment                                            167,985,604       123,961,247      35.51
            Consumer Electronics                                        189,915,655       251,095,240     (24.37)
            Telecommunication                                            45,910,135       113,314,801     (59.48)
            Communication/Radar                                         146,389,508        91,071,199      60.74
            Control and Instrumentation                                  19,294,278         5,081,511     279.70
            Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                           12,738,325         4,875,482     161.27
            Automotive Electronics                                      286,708,148       221,437,716      29.48
         Other Electronics                                              524,344,180       425,809,170      23.14
         Garments                                                     1,121,194,456     1,263,958,646     (11.30)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics                                           99,922,805       115,666,152     (13.61)
         Footwear                                                        15,719,664        14,247,726      10.33
         Travel Goods and Handbags                                       31,401,202        20,133,416      55.97
         Wood Manufactures                                              383,438,848       344,194,470      11.40
         Furniture & Fixtures                                           118,603,063       144,054,978     (17.67)
         Chemicals                                                      507,819,022       371,577,413      36.67
         Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures                               99,668,769        79,102,096      26.00
         Machinery & Transport Equipment                                879,390,934       841,418,245       4.51
         Processed food and Beverages                                   328,431,984       260,389,925      26.13
         Iron & Steel                                                   126,143,816        91,367,239      38.06
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games and sporting goods                      66,608,907        65,307,535       1.99
         Basketwork, Wickerwork & Other Articles of Plaiting Materia     28,933,030        29,416,008      (1.64)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles, n.e.s.                             156,418,090       169,064,970      (7.48)
         Others                                                       1,158,035,154     1,025,204,533      12.96
Special Transactions                                                    686,888,329       912,694,230     (24.74)
Re-export                                                               311,492,279       314,095,058      (0.83)
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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 growth rate
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

Page last updated:  August 10, 2007
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