Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
October and September 2007 and October 2006
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2007 | 2006 | Growth Rate
Commodity October p | September r | October | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,647,614 100.00 4,372,538 100.00 4,207,335 100.00 6.29 10.46
Total Agro-Based Products 243,429 5.24 200,293 4.58 161,264 3.83 21.54 50.95
Agro-Based Products 186,333 4.01 151,476 3.46 119,223 2.83 23.01 56.29
Coconut Products 127,766 2.75 82,487 1.89 62,238 1.48 54.89 105.29
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 107,916 2.32 62,766 1.44 47,259 1.12 71.93 128.35
Desiccated Coconut 13,142 0.28 15,293 0.35 10,523 0.25 (14.06) 24.89
Copra Meal/Cake 5,862 0.13 3,087 0.07 3,806 0.09 89.90 54.02
Others 846 0.02 1,341 0.03 650 0.02 (36.94) 30.16
Sugar and Products 271 0.01 3,447 0.08 207 0.00 (92.15) 30.79
Centrifugal & Refined a - 2,630 0.06 1 0.00 (100.00) (100.00)
Molasses a - a - a - - -
Others 271 0.01 817 0.02 206 0.00 (66.89) 31.14
Fruits and Vegetables 58,296 1.25 65,542 1.50 56,778 1.35 (11.06) 2.67
Canned Pineapple 10,623 0.23 11,822 0.27 8,514 0.20 (10.14) 24.78
Pineapple Juice 2,607 0.06 2,751 0.06 1,965 0.05 (5.26) 32.67
Pineapple Concentrates 3,548 0.08 1,550 0.04 3,397 0.08 128.95 4.46
Bananas 29,603 0.64 35,672 0.82 31,780 0.76 (17.01) (6.85)
Mangoes 1,982 0.04 1,406 0.03 1,380 0.03 40.93 43.61
Others 9,933 0.21 12,340 0.28 9,743 0.23 (19.51) 1.95
Other Agro-Based Products 57,096 1.23 48,817 1.12 42,042 1.00 16.96 35.81
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 31,592 0.68 26,112 0.60 24,774 0.59 20.99 27.52
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - a - a - - -
Abaca Fibers 1,320 0.03 999 0.02 888 0.02 32.23 48.76
Tobacco Unmanufactured 6,504 0.14 5,028 0.11 4,552 0.11 29.37 42.90
Natural Rubber 3,726 0.08 3,977 0.09 3,002 0.07 (6.30) 24.13
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 2,023 0.04 2,527 0.06 1,621 0.04 (19.92) 24.80
Rice 1 0.00 24 0.00 0 0.00 (96.39) 695.41
Others 11,929 0.26 10,152 0.23 7,205 0.17 17.50 65.57
Forest Products 1,823 0.04 2,198 0.05 2,177 0.05 (17.04) (16.24)
Logs a - a - a - - -
Lumber 900 0.02 934 0.02 1,088 0.03 (3.61) (17.31)
Plywood 626 0.01 892 0.02 762 0.02 (29.83) (17.84)
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 286 0.01 350 0.01 311 0.01 (18.23) (7.88)
Others 12 0.00 22 0.00 16 0.00 (48.55) (28.70)
Mineral Products 270,427 5.82 227,740 5.21 214,875 5.11 18.74 25.85
Copper Concentrates 8,591 0.18 18,395 0.42 8,212 0.20 (53.30) 4.61
Copper Metal 152,471 3.28 126,788 2.90 130,304 3.10 20.26 17.01
Gold 6,070 0.13 11,450 0.26 5,303 0.13 (46.99) 14.46
Iron Ore Agglomerates 10,309 0.22 14,950 0.34 7,901 0.19 (31.04) 30.48
Chromium Ore 444 0.01 326 0.01 317 0.01 36.32 39.90
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 92,542 1.99 55,831 1.28 62,836 1.49 65.75 47.27
Petroleum Products 99,080 2.13 76,697 1.75 69,217 1.65 29.18 43.14
Manufactures 3,904,810 84.02 3,750,161 85.77 3,633,932 86.37 4.12 7.45
Electronic Products 2,873,465 61.83 2,656,210 60.75 2,627,330 62.45 8.18 9.37
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 2,142,655 46.10 2,035,918 46.56 1,950,191 46.35 5.24 9.87
Electronic Data
Processing 509,421 10.96 468,444 10.71 517,392 12.30 8.75 (1.54)
Office Equipment 33,156 0.71 29,517 0.68 24,529 0.58 12.33 35.17
Consumer Electronics 92,351 1.99 47,553 1.09 43,648 1.04 94.21 111.58
Telecommunication 5,520 0.12 4,309 0.10 25,084 0.60 28.12 (77.99)
Communication/Radar 22,317 0.48 21,852 0.50 25,836 0.61 2.13 (13.62)
Control and
Instrumentation 3,688 0.08 2,563 0.06 2,067 0.05 43.92 78.46
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 2,468 0.05 3,916 0.09 1,136 0.03 (36.97) 117.33
Automotive Electronics 61,889 1.33 42,138 0.96 37,447 0.89 46.87 65.27
Other Electronics 106,784 2.30 109,548 2.51 89,588 2.13 (2.52) 19.20
Garments 187,927 4.04 192,666 4.41 231,329 5.50 (2.46) (18.76)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 19,646 0.42 20,103 0.46 17,700 0.42 (2.27) 10.99
Footwear 1,257 0.03 1,369 0.03 1,589 0.04 (8.22) (20.90)
Travel Goods and Handbags 18,826 0.41 12,288 0.28 1,139 0.03 53.21 1,552.87
Wood Manufactures 71,195 1.53 68,454 1.57 66,093 1.57 4.00 7.72
Furniture & Fixtures 20,212 0.43 20,147 0.46 21,253 0.51 0.32 (4.90)
Chemicals 81,091 1.74 79,259 1.81 81,198 1.93 2.31 (0.13)
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 22,513 0.48 16,985 0.39 21,174 0.50 32.55 6.33
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 167,520 3.60 160,057 3.66 148,918 3.54 4.66 12.49
Processed food and Beverages 70,294 1.51 66,929 1.53 53,499 1.27 5.03 31.39
Iron & Steel 23,537 0.51 28,010 0.64 33,812 0.80 (15.97) (30.39)
Baby Carr., Toys,
Games and sporting goods 14,592 0.31 14,183 0.32 13,944 0.33 2.89 4.65
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 4,361 0.09 4,083 0.09 3,579 0.09 6.79 21.86
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 35,853 0.77 33,898 0.78 26,068 0.62 5.77 37.54
Others 185,736 4.00 265,972 6.08 195,719 4.65 (30.17) (5.10)
Special Transactions 128,045 2.76 115,449 2.64 125,870 2.99 10.91 1.73
Re-Export 63,466 1.37 55,713 1.20 48,542 1.04 13.92 30.74
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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
- - No % share / No growth rate
r - Revised
p - Preliminary
Components may not add up to totals due to rounding
Page last updated: December 11, 2007
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