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

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                                                           2007     |        2006     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Sep p   |      Jan-Sep    |   Rate
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             Total                                  37,203,433,156    35,481,284,088      4.85

 1 Electronic Products                              23,186,932,791    22,257,541,036      4.18
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           17,804,247,765    16,792,526,703      6.02
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     4,019,526,506     4,234,837,411     (5.08)
   c) Office Equipment                                 251,036,542       194,970,018     28.76
   d) Consumer Electronics                             325,217,892       366,628,946    (11.30)
   e) Telecommunication                                 58,623,450       165,508,858    (64.58)
   f) Communication/Radar                              211,447,379       161,303,849     31.09
   g) Control and Instrumentation                       28,316,423        10,645,607    165.99
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                23,122,488         8,090,565    185.80
   i) Automotive Electronics                           465,394,346       323,029,079     44.07
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories      1,773,224,664     2,018,981,053    (12.17)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                      532,525,129       567,007,648     (6.08)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              744,794,677       752,402,056     (1.01)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          650,316,564       567,174,335     14.66
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     451,722,433       431,743,062      4.63
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper  816,121,126       834,115,000     (2.16)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            757,946,248       699,849,093      8.30
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     294,843,735       300,935,068     (2.02)
10 Metal Components  4/                                356,924,304       279,264,804     27.81
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                    179,755,632       157,182,160     14.36
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           107,055,011       100,344,778      6.69
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  120,044,327       105,604,833     13.67
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         50,069,192        53,000,641     (5.53)
15 Tuna  5/                                            135,240,991       104,161,451     29.84
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              62,338,323        55,668,637     11.98
17 Christmas Decor                                      42,564,698        46,040,735     (7.55)
18 Basketworks                                          45,284,788        39,947,525     13.36
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               136,254,826       122,786,880     10.97
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            47,112,914        73,320,214    (35.74)
21 Gold  6/                                            148,003,097       176,885,546    (16.33)
22 Footwear                                             23,602,552        19,756,532     19.47
23 Activated Carbon                                     27,676,135        29,109,482     (4.92)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              22,272,822        20,305,944      9.69
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                               27,854,085        20,467,474     36.09
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                               28,237,002        21,164,788     33.42
27 Fine Jewelry                                         18,652,910        17,055,207      9.37
28 Copper Concentrates                                  94,421,635        54,171,613     74.30
29 Sugar                                                76,893,834        82,679,280     (7.00)
30 Others                                            6,244,746,711     5,472,617,213     14.11

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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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