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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