Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         August and July 2007 and August 2006
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                      2007                   |       2006        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                         August p  Share|     July r    Share|    August    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,070.68   100.00    4,187.99   100.00   4,273.80   100.00     (2.80)   (4.75)

 1 Electronic Products                 2,591.43    63.66    2,484.41    59.32   2,700.44    63.19      4.31    (4.04)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,945.64    47.80    1,852.18    44.23   2,043.65    47.82      5.05    (4.80)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         490.66    12.05      445.97    10.65     515.42    12.06     10.02    (4.80)
   c) Office Equipment                    28.56     0.70       24.88     0.59      23.16     0.54     14.76    23.33
   d) Consumer Electronics                38.78     0.95       47.95     1.15      38.80     0.91    (19.13)   (0.05)
   e) Telecommunication                    3.61     0.09        4.88     0.12      18.17     0.43    (25.93)  (80.11)
   f) Communication/Radar                 23.52     0.58       19.69     0.47      23.28     0.54     19.48     1.05
   g) Control and Instrumentation          3.89     0.10        2.57     0.06       3.22     0.08     51.82    20.93
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.32     0.08        3.15     0.08       0.97     0.02      5.28   242.47
   i) Automotive Electronics              53.44     1.31       83.15     1.99      33.78     0.79    (35.72)   58.23
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         218.50     5.37      240.84     5.75     244.68     5.73     (9.28)  (10.70)
 3 Petroleum Products  1/                 83.63     2.05      115.42     2.76      86.51     2.02    (27.54)   (3.33)
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               77.46     1.90       89.70     2.14      65.33     1.53    (13.65)   18.56
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               70.11     1.72       89.41     2.14      76.29     1.79    (21.59)   (8.11)
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                        66.03     1.62       62.25     1.49      45.38     1.06      6.08    45.50
 7 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       52.50     1.29       58.37     1.39      79.34     1.86    (10.06)  (33.82)
 8 Metal Components  4/                   40.87     1.00       51.12     1.22      35.65     0.83    (20.06)   14.65
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                        35.71     0.88       26.47     0.63      30.75     0.72     34.92    16.11
10 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    33.05     0.81       20.72     0.49     115.53     2.70     59.54   (71.39)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,269.29    80.31    3,238.71    77.33   3,479.91    81.42      0.94    (6.05)

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       19.72     0.48       22.96     0.55      21.74     0.51    (14.07)   (9.29)
12 Tuna  5/                               17.38     0.43       14.86     0.35      17.31     0.41     16.93     0.39
13 Fertilizers, Manufactured              15.34     0.38        2.94     0.07       7.52     0.18    422.47   103.87
14 Dessicated Coconut                     13.91     0.34       14.93     0.36      15.14     0.35     (6.77)   (8.09)
15 Sugar                                  13.39     0.33       18.61     0.44       7.57     0.18    (28.07)   76.96
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              12.38     0.30       14.48     0.35      11.31     0.26    (14.48)    9.53
17 Copper Concentrates                     9.42     0.23        8.83     0.21       8.55     0.20      6.71    10.12
18 Gold  6/                                8.13     0.20        9.45     0.23      22.42     0.52    (14.04)  (63.75)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   7.99     0.20       29.00     0.69      14.65     0.34    (72.46)  (45.49)
20 Christmas Decor                         7.30     0.18        9.00     0.21       8.43     0.20    (18.86)  (13.33)
21 Basketworks                             5.33     0.13        5.51     0.13       4.53     0.11     (3.26)   17.66
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     5.24     0.13        5.60     0.13       5.95     0.14     (6.31)  (11.88)
23 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 5.20     0.13        4.66     0.11       5.97     0.14     11.54   (12.85)
24 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  3.99     0.10        4.40     0.11       2.63     0.06     (9.49)   51.80
25 Activated Carbon                        2.99     0.07        3.35     0.08       2.64     0.06    (10.71)   13.45
26 Footwear                                2.50     0.06        4.01     0.10       1.19     0.03    (37.60)  111.04
27 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  2.43     0.06        3.89     0.09       1.34     0.03    (37.45)   81.10
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.78     0.04        4.09     0.10       2.19     0.05    (56.42)  (18.62)
29 Fine Jewelry                            1.62     0.04        2.75     0.07       1.25     0.03    (40.89)   29.87
30 Others                                645.34    15.85      765.97    18.29     631.58    14.78    (15.75)    2.18

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         2/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ includes crude and refined.
         4/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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