Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
August and July 2007 and August 2006
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2007 | 2006 | Growth Rate
Commodity August p | July r | August | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,070,685 100.00 4,187,989 100.00 4,273,803 100.00 (2.80) (4.75)
Total Agro-Based Products 201,708 4.96 197,733 4.72 172,013 4.02 2.01 17.26
Agro-Based Products 157,745 3.88 158,367 3.78 129,715 3.04 (0.39) 21.61
Coconut Products 83,145 2.04 81,874 1.95 62,610 1.46 1.55 32.80
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 66,034 1.62 62,251 1.49 45,385 1.06 6.08 45.50
Desiccated Coconut 13,915 0.34 14,925 0.36 15,139 0.35 (6.77) (8.09)
Copra Meal/Cake 2,430 0.06 3,886 0.09 1,342 0.03 (37.45) 81.10
Others 766 0.02 811 0.02 744 0.02 (5.64) 2.87
Sugar and Products 14,256 0.35 19,911 0.48 8,873 0.21 (28.40) 60.66
Centrifugal & Refined 13,388 0.33 18,612 0.44 7,566 0.18 (28.07) 76.96
Molasses 5 0.00 600 0.01 646 0.02 (99.17) (99.23)
Others 863 0.02 699 0.02 661 0.02 23.48 30.50
Fruits and Vegetables 60,345 1.48 56,583 1.35 58,231 1.36 6.65 3.63
Canned Pineapple 9,293 0.23 13,485 0.32 12,726 0.30 (31.08) (26.98)
Pineapple Juice 2,993 0.07 2,736 0.07 2,541 0.06 9.38 17.80
Pineapple Concentrates 2,922 0.07 2,315 0.06 2,338 0.05 26.26 24.99
Bananas 35,707 0.88 26,466 0.63 30,753 0.72 34.92 16.11
Mangoes 1,488 0.04 2,070 0.05 1,436 0.03 (28.13) 3.63
Others 7,942 0.20 9,511 0.23 8,438 0.20 (16.50) (5.88)
Other Agro-Based Products 43,963 1.08 39,365 0.94 42,298 0.99 11.68 3.93
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 25,799 0.63 23,869 0.57 24,617 0.58 8.08 4.80
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - a - a - - -
Abaca Fibers 1,411 0.03 690 0.02 1,183 0.03 104.60 19.25
Tobacco Unmanufactured 3,986 0.10 4,404 0.11 2,626 0.06 (9.49) 51.80
Natural Rubber 4,695 0.12 2,562 0.06 4,937 0.12 83.24 (4.89)
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 1,493 0.04 1,169 0.03 1,615 0.04 27.71 (7.61)
Rice a - b 0.00 a - (100.00) -
Others 6,580 0.16 6,672 0.16 7,320 0.17 (1.38) (10.11)
Forest Products 3,250 0.08 6,041 0.14 2,759 0.06 (46.20) 17.79
Logs a - a - 3 0.00 - (100.00)
Lumber 2,037 0.05 1,665 0.04 1,217 0.03 22.31 67.35
Plywood 974 0.02 4,019 0.10 758 0.02 (75.77) 28.52
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 239 0.01 246 0.01 757 0.02 (3.02) (68.41)
Others b 0.00 110 0.00 25 0.00 (99.95) (99.76)
Mineral Products 114,592 2.82 144,516 3.45 199,807 4.68 (20.71) (42.65)
Copper Concentrates 9,420 0.23 8,828 0.21 8,554 0.20 6.71 10.12
Copper Metal 33,052 0.81 20,717 0.49 115,529 2.70 59.54 (71.39)
Gold 5,899 0.14 6,129 0.15 4,830 0.11 (3.74) 22.13
Iron Ore Agglomerates 7,987 0.20 29,003 0.69 14,653 0.34 (72.46) (45.49)
Chromium Ore 458 0.01 310 0.01 279 0.01 47.90 64.28
Nickel a - a - 8 0.00 - (100.00)
Others 57,775 1.42 79,529 1.90 55,954 1.31 (27.35) 3.26
Petroleum Products 83,630 2.05 115,418 2.76 86,512 2.02 (27.54) (3.33)
Manufactures 3,564,819 87.57 3,604,302 86.06 3,684,822 86.22 (1.10) (3.26)
Electronic Products 2,591,433 63.66 2,484,414 59.32 2,700,441 63.19 4.31 (4.04)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,945,645 47.80 1,852,178 44.23 2,043,654 47.82 5.05 (4.80)
Electronic Data
Processing 490,656 12.05 445,967 10.65 515,418 12.06 10.02 (4.80)
Office Equipment 28,558 0.70 24,884 0.59 23,155 0.54 14.76 23.33
Consumer Electronics 38,780 0.95 47,954 1.15 38,800 0.91 (19.13) (0.05)
Telecommunication 3,614 0.09 4,880 0.12 18,169 0.43 (25.93) (80.11)
Communication/Radar 23,525 0.58 19,689 0.47 23,279 0.54 19.48 1.05
Control and
Instrumentation 3,894 0.10 2,565 0.06 3,220 0.08 51.82 20.93
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 3,317 0.08 3,151 0.08 969 0.02 5.28 242.47
Automotive Electronics 53,444 1.31 83,146 1.99 33,777 0.79 (35.72) 58.23
Other Electronics 88,466 2.17 110,272 2.63 90,319 2.11 (19.77) (2.05)
Garments 218,502 5.37 240,843 5.75 244,682 5.73 (9.28) (10.70)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 15,591 0.38 17,816 0.43 17,707 0.41 (12.49) (11.95)
Footwear 2,503 0.06 4,011 0.10 1,186 0.03 (37.60) 111.04
Travel Goods and Handbags 8,738 0.21 13,357 0.32 1,540 0.04 (34.58) 467.27
Wood Manufactures 56,477 1.39 68,232 1.63 38,367 0.90 (17.23) 47.20
Furniture & Fixtures 20,949 0.51 21,471 0.51 26,967 0.63 (2.43) (22.31)
Chemicals 74,110 1.82 93,420 2.23 66,646 1.56 (20.67) 11.20
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 13,424 0.33 19,216 0.46 17,988 0.42 (30.14) (25.37)
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 154,709 3.80 175,684 4.19 142,562 3.34 (11.94) 8.52
Processed food and Beverages 58,915 1.45 71,388 1.70 54,272 1.27 (17.47) 8.56
Iron & Steel 17,121 0.42 22,225 0.53 25,587 0.60 (22.96) (33.09)
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 15,355 0.38 17,470 0.42 16,696 0.39 (12.10) (8.03)
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 4,679 0.11 4,847 0.12 4,001 0.09 (3.47) 16.94
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 28,357 0.70 32,068 0.77 25,052 0.59 (11.57) 13.19
Others 195,491 4.80 207,567 4.96 210,810 4.93 (5.82) (7.27)
Special Transactions 102,686 2.52 119,981 2.86 127,889 2.99 (14.41) (19.71)
Re-Export 43,548 1.07 56,053 1.34 47,876 1.12 (22.31) (9.04)
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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: October 10, 2007
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