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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