Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         October and September 2007 and October 2006
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

=======================================================================================================================
                                                    2007                   |        2006       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                October p    |     September r    |     October       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      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

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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
Related press release | Foreign trade statistics index