Table 1a  Philippine Exports to all Countries
          January to August 2007 and 2006
          (F.O.B. Value in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                           2007     |        2006     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Aug p   |      Jan-Aug    |   Rate
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             Total                                  32,796,094,334    31,302,879,181      4.77

 1 Electronic Products                              20,529,657,341    19,596,645,158      4.76
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           15,767,281,926    14,832,015,821      6.31
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     3,551,084,205     3,679,181,685     (3.48)
   c) Office Equipment                                 221,427,735       170,143,559     30.14
   d) Consumer Electronics                             277,593,995       327,588,084    (15.26)
   e) Telecommunication                                 54,406,314       144,251,819    (62.28)
   f) Communication/Radar                              189,603,163       137,704,268     37.69
   g) Control and Instrumentation                       25,753,633         8,721,450    195.29
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                19,206,638         6,914,458    177.78
   i) Automotive Electronics                           423,299,732       290,124,014     45.90
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories      1,580,212,596     1,786,963,833    (11.57)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                      474,833,827       481,489,879     (1.38)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              668,089,164       640,246,292      4.35
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          564,399,886       493,053,971     14.47
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     388,974,483       394,217,203     (1.33)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper  651,436,076       735,365,465    (11.41)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            669,029,323       633,093,769      5.68
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     259,171,734       270,383,572     (4.15)
10 Metal Components  4/                                315,381,014       239,752,778     31.54
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                    159,180,365       133,966,380     18.82
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                            91,936,447        88,367,302      4.04
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  104,681,308        93,893,352     11.49
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         43,445,295        45,367,088     (4.24)
15 Tuna  5/                                            116,040,169        86,779,547     33.72
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              52,939,810        50,657,735      4.50
17 Christmas Decor                                      36,170,624        39,369,947     (8.13)
18 Basketworks                                          40,571,512        35,976,397     12.77
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               121,304,774       109,136,487     11.15
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            45,289,564        71,692,223    (36.83)
21 Gold  6/                                            133,259,745       142,720,216     (6.63)
22 Footwear                                             22,233,181        17,555,973     26.64
23 Activated Carbon                                     24,238,011        26,108,451     (7.16)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              20,505,643        18,364,519     11.66
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                               24,767,156        16,792,128     47.49
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                               23,208,417        16,757,819     38.49
27 Fine Jewelry                                         15,872,249        15,018,454      5.68
28 Copper Concentrates                                  76,026,259        44,609,095     70.43
29 Sugar                                                74,263,876        77,968,657     (4.75)
30 Others                                            5,468,974,485     4,900,565,491     11.60

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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 and servo-brakes.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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