Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
July and June 2007 and July 2006
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2007 | 2006 | Growth Rate
Commodity July p | June r | July | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,196,026 100.00 4,116,687 100.00 4,016,283 100.00 1.93 4.48
Total Agro-Based Products 205,185 4.89 182,247 4.43 169,463 4.22 12.59 21.08
Agro-Based Products 165,817 3.95 146,306 3.55 129,287 3.22 13.34 28.25
Coconut Products 89,194 2.13 73,908 1.80 50,545 1.26 20.68 76.46
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 69,571 1.66 57,001 1.38 34,252 0.85 22.05 103.12
Desiccated Coconut 14,925 0.36 12,049 0.29 12,794 0.32 23.88 16.66
Copra Meal/Cake 3,886 0.09 4,284 0.10 2,232 0.06 (9.30) 74.06
Others 811 0.02 573 0.01 1,267 0.03 41.53 (35.97)
Sugar and Products 19,911 0.47 9,539 0.23 21,031 0.52 108.74 (5.32)
Centrifugal & Refined 18,612 0.44 9,215 0.22 20,347 0.51 101.98 (8.52)
Molasses 600 0.01 a - 578 0.01 - 3.90
Others 699 0.02 324 0.01 106 0.00 115.87 556.19
Fruits and Vegetables 56,712 1.35 62,860 1.53 57,711 1.44 (9.78) (1.73)
Canned Pineapple 13,485 0.32 11,813 0.29 9,495 0.24 14.15 42.01
Pineapple Juice 2,736 0.07 2,422 0.06 1,891 0.05 12.99 44.69
Pineapple Concentrates 2,315 0.06 3,291 0.08 2,538 0.06 (29.66) (8.81)
Bananas 26,466 0.63 34,180 0.83 32,746 0.82 (22.57) (19.18)
Mangoes 2,070 0.05 2,256 0.05 2,043 0.05 (8.23) 1.36
Others 9,641 0.23 8,898 0.22 8,998 0.22 8.35 7.15
Other Agro-Based Products 39,368 0.94 35,941 0.87 40,176 1.00 9.53 (2.01)
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 23,869 0.57 20,092 0.49 23,915 0.60 18.80 (0.19)
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - 55 0.00 10 0.00 (100.00) (100.00)
Abaca Fibers 692 0.02 899 0.02 1,161 0.03 (23.03) (40.37)
Tobacco Unmanufactured 4,404 0.10 2,911 0.07 2,519 0.06 51.28 74.81
Natural Rubber 2,562 0.06 1,611 0.04 3,441 0.09 59.05 (25.54)
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 1,169 0.03 1,970 0.05 2,117 0.05 (40.68) (44.80)
Rice b 0.00 b 0.00 b 0.00 7.02 46.11
Others 6,672 0.16 8,403 0.20 7,013 0.17 (20.60) (4.86)
Forest Products 6,041 0.14 1,912 0.05 2,113 0.05 215.89 185.93
Logs a - a - a - - -
Lumber 1,665 0.04 523 0.01 924 0.02 218.44 80.24
Plywood 4,019 0.10 573 0.01 859 0.02 601.79 367.87
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 246 0.01 710 0.02 139 0.00 (65.30) 77.42
Others 110 0.00 106 0.00 191 0.00 3.25 (42.38)
Mineral Products 144,509 3.44 203,468 4.94 244,002 6.08 (28.98) (40.78)
Copper Concentrates 8,828 0.21 9,178 0.22 7,156 0.18 (3.81) 23.36
Copper Metal 20,717 0.49 62,117 1.51 139,233 3.47 (66.65) (85.12)
Gold 6,129 0.15 6,408 0.16 3,716 0.09 (4.35) 64.94
Iron Ore Agglomerates 29,003 0.69 20,995 0.51 14,118 0.35 38.14 105.43
Chromium Ore 310 0.01 1,184 0.03 285 0.01 (73.83) 8.58
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 79,522 1.90 103,587 2.52 79,493 1.98 (23.23) 0.04
Petroleum Products 112,516 2.68 138,712 3.37 113,218 2.82 (18.89) (0.62)
Manufactures 3,607,210 85.97 3,473,459 84.38 3,346,503 83.32 3.85 7.79
Electronic Products 2,484,147 59.20 2,464,626 59.87 2,364,285 58.87 0.79 5.07
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,852,163 44.14 1,819,857 44.21 1,768,790 44.04 1.78 4.71
Electronic Data
Processing 445,967 10.63 447,897 10.88 462,254 11.51 (0.43) (3.52)
Office Equipment 24,884 0.59 22,429 0.54 23,027 0.57 10.95 8.07
Consumer Electronics 47,707 1.14 38,289 0.93 37,693 0.94 24.60 26.57
Telecommunication 4,880 0.12 4,462 0.11 12,768 0.32 9.36 (61.78)
Communication/Radar 19,689 0.47 23,926 0.58 23,354 0.58 (17.71) (15.69)
Control and
Instrumentation 2,565 0.06 2,456 0.06 420 0.01 4.45 511.36
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 3,151 0.08 2,544 0.06 1,070 0.03 23.86 194.40
Automotive Electronics 83,141 1.98 102,767 2.50 34,909 0.87 (19.10) 138.16
Other Electronics 110,304 2.63 88,127 2.14 79,970 1.99 25.16 37.93
Garments 240,972 5.74 186,269 4.52 278,323 6.93 29.37 (13.42)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 17,804 0.42 15,780 0.38 16,167 0.40 12.83 10.13
Footwear 4,011 0.10 3,818 0.09 2,122 0.05 5.05 88.97
Travel Goods and Handbags 13,357 0.32 8,025 0.19 2,869 0.07 66.43 365.61
Wood Manufactures 68,232 1.63 65,256 1.59 54,753 1.36 4.56 24.62
Furniture & Fixtures 21,471 0.51 20,880 0.51 24,903 0.62 2.83 (13.78)
Chemicals 96,186 2.29 106,848 2.60 58,627 1.46 (9.98) 64.06
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 19,188 0.46 14,269 0.35 13,666 0.34 34.47 40.40
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 177,280 4.22 175,315 4.26 141,018 3.51 1.12 25.71
Processed food and Beverages 70,483 1.68 58,528 1.42 52,991 1.32 20.43 33.01
Iron & Steel 22,222 0.53 20,044 0.49 23,703 0.59 10.87 (6.25)
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 17,470 0.42 14,211 0.35 17,123 0.43 22.93 2.03
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 4,847 0.12 3,765 0.09 4,418 0.11 28.75 9.71
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 32,033 0.76 26,491 0.64 28,076 0.70 20.92 14.09
Others 207,205 4.94 201,207 4.89 183,488 4.57 2.98 12.93
Special Transactions 120,565 2.87 116,889 2.84 140,983 3.51 3.15 (14.48)
Re-Export 57,038 1.36 38,843 0.94 66,723 1.66 46.84 (14.51)
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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
b - less than one thousand
- - No % share / No growth rate
r - Revised
p - Preliminary
Components may not add up to totals due to rounding
Page last updated: September 11, 2007
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