Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
September and August 2007 and September 2006
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2007 | 2006 | Growth Rate
Commodity September p | August r | September | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,373,957 100.00 4,104,066 100.00 4,178,405 100.00 6.58 4.68
Total Agro-Based Products 201,030 4.60 201,493 4.91 160,570 3.84 (0.23) 25.20
Agro-Based Products 152,224 3.48 157,568 3.84 118,536 2.84 (3.39) 28.42
Coconut Products 82,690 1.89 82,993 2.02 53,671 1.28 (0.37) 54.07
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 62,748 1.43 66,034 1.61 37,526 0.90 (4.98) 67.21
Desiccated Coconut 15,515 0.35 13,763 0.34 11,711 0.28 12.74 32.48
Copra Meal/Cake 3,087 0.07 2,430 0.06 3,675 0.09 27.01 (16.01)
Others 1,339 0.03 766 0.02 758 0.02 74.94 76.68
Sugar and Products 3,447 0.08 14,256 0.35 5,617 0.13 (75.82) (38.63)
Centrifugal & Refined 2,630 0.06 13,388 0.33 4,711 0.11 (80.36) (44.17)
Molasses a - 5 0.00 720 0.02 (100.00) (100.00)
Others 817 0.02 863 0.02 187 0.00 (5.28) 337.77
Fruits and Vegetables 66,088 1.51 60,320 1.47 59,248 1.42 9.56 11.54
Canned Pineapple 11,828 0.27 9,293 0.23 12,675 0.30 27.28 (6.68)
Pineapple Juice 2,751 0.06 2,993 0.07 3,062 0.07 (8.07) (10.15)
Pineapple Concentrates 1,550 0.04 2,922 0.07 3,587 0.09 (46.97) (56.80)
Bananas 35,672 0.82 35,707 0.87 30,551 0.73 (0.10) 16.76
Mangoes 1,423 0.03 1,463 0.04 1,282 0.03 (2.77) 10.97
Others 12,864 0.29 7,942 0.19 8,089 0.19 61.98 59.02
Other Agro-Based Products 48,805 1.12 43,925 1.07 42,034 1.01 11.11 16.11
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 26,113 0.60 25,799 0.63 22,967 0.55 1.22 13.69
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - a - a - - -
Abaca Fibers 999 0.02 1,411 0.03 860 0.02 (29.23) 16.15
Tobacco Unmanufactured 5,028 0.11 3,986 0.10 4,407 0.11 26.12 14.08
Natural Rubber 3,977 0.09 4,689 0.11 5,693 0.14 (15.19) (30.14)
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - 11 0.00 - (100.00)
Seaweeds, Dried 2,527 0.06 1,493 0.04 1,661 0.04 69.28 52.09
Rice 24 0.00 a - 9 0.00 - 181.26
Others 10,139 0.23 6,547 0.16 6,427 0.15 54.86 57.77
Forest Products 2,198 0.05 3,250 0.08 2,189 0.05 (32.37) 0.39
Logs a - a - a - - -
Lumber 934 0.02 2,037 0.05 1,262 0.03 (54.16) (26.00)
Plywood 892 0.02 974 0.02 644 0.02 (8.43) 38.51
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 350 0.01 239 0.01 181 0.00 46.40 92.98
Others 22 0.00 b 0.00 102 0.00 37,942.37 (78.09)
Mineral Products 227,733 5.21 152,490 3.72 191,987 4.59 49.34 18.62
Copper Concentrates 18,395 0.42 9,420 0.23 9,563 0.23 95.28 92.37
Copper Metal 126,788 2.90 70,950 1.73 98,750 2.36 78.70 28.39
Gold 11,450 0.26 5,899 0.14 5,553 0.13 94.09 106.20
Iron Ore Agglomerates 14,950 0.34 7,987 0.19 13,650 0.33 87.18 9.52
Chromium Ore 326 0.01 458 0.01 112 0.00 (28.96) 190.05
Nickel a - a - 8 0.00 - (100.00)
Others 55,824 1.28 57,775 1.41 64,352 1.54 (3.38) (13.25)
Petroleum Products 76,706 1.75 83,630 2.04 112,156 2.68 (8.28) (31.61)
Manufactures 3,751,006 85.76 3,563,919 86.84 3,612,086 86.45 5.25 3.85
Electronic Products 2,656,223 60.73 2,592,485 63.17 2,660,896 63.68 2.46 (0.18)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 2,035,918 46.55 1,946,692 47.43 1,960,511 46.92 4.58 3.85
Electronic Data
Processing 468,444 10.71 490,655 11.96 555,656 13.30 (4.53) (15.70)
Office Equipment 29,517 0.67 28,650 0.70 24,826 0.59 3.02 18.89
Consumer Electronics 47,586 1.09 38,818 0.95 39,041 0.93 22.59 21.89
Telecommunication 4,309 0.10 3,522 0.09 21,257 0.51 22.35 (79.73)
Communication/Radar 21,852 0.50 23,517 0.57 23,600 0.56 (7.08) (7.41)
Control and
Instrumentation 2,563 0.06 3,894 0.09 1,924 0.05 (34.19) 33.19
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 3,916 0.09 3,317 0.08 1,176 0.03 18.04 232.95
Automotive Electronics 42,118 0.96 53,420 1.30 32,905 0.79 (21.16) 28.00
Other Electronics 109,272 2.50 88,952 2.17 83,280 1.99 22.84 31.21
Garments 193,026 4.41 218,488 5.32 232,017 5.55 (11.65) (16.81)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 20,113 0.46 15,590 0.38 15,497 0.37 29.02 29.78
Footwear 1,369 0.03 2,503 0.06 2,201 0.05 (45.28) (37.77)
Travel Goods and Handbags 12,288 0.28 8,738 0.21 1,051 0.03 40.62 1,069.12
Wood Manufactures 68,747 1.57 56,475 1.38 45,872 1.10 21.73 49.87
Furniture & Fixtures 20,119 0.46 20,951 0.51 20,953 0.50 (3.97) (3.98)
Chemicals 79,319 1.81 74,099 1.81 57,030 1.36 7.04 39.08
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 17,017 0.39 13,450 0.33 14,627 0.35 26.52 16.34
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 161,329 3.69 150,831 3.68 143,769 3.44 6.96 12.21
Processed food and Beverages 66,940 1.53 60,113 1.46 56,406 1.35 11.36 18.68
Iron & Steel 28,000 0.64 17,121 0.42 24,958 0.60 63.54 12.19
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 14,153 0.32 15,355 0.37 14,300 0.34 (7.83) (1.03)
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 4,105 0.09 4,679 0.11 3,133 0.07 (12.28) 31.00
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 33,594 0.77 28,577 0.70 24,546 0.59 17.56 36.86
Others 265,392 6.07 195,512 4.76 211,549 5.06 35.74 25.45
Special Transactions 115,286 2.64 99,285 2.42 99,417 2.38 16.12 15.96
Re-Export 55,704 1.27 43,548 1.06 39,851 0.95 27.91 39.78
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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: November 9, 2007
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