Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         November and October 2007 and November 2006
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                      2007                   |       2006        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       November p  Share|  October r    Share|  November    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,951.11   100.00   4,648.36    100.00   4,031.03   100.00    (15.00)   (1.98)

 1 Electronic Products                 2,422.00    61.30   2,873.68     61.82   2,535.12    62.89    (15.72)   (4.46)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,771.02    44.82   2,142.82     46.10   1,872.16    46.44    (17.35)   (5.40)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         461.46    11.68     507.84     10.93     537.15    13.33     (9.13)  (14.09)
   c) Office Equipment                    23.72     0.60      33.16      0.71      24.53     0.61    (28.45)   (3.29)
   d) Consumer Electronics               105.85     2.68      93.95      2.02      29.04     0.72     12.67   264.49
   e) Telecommunication                    4.33     0.11       5.52      0.12      11.25     0.28    (21.57)  (61.52)
   f) Communication/Radar                 20.93     0.53      22.32      0.48      23.74     0.59     (6.19)  (11.81)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          4.27     0.11       3.61      0.08       2.09     0.05     18.45   104.06
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.72     0.09       2.47      0.05       1.60     0.04     50.60   132.88
   i) Automotive Electronics              26.69     0.68      61.99      1.33      33.55     0.83    (56.95)  (20.44)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         158.76     4.02     187.89      4.04     200.02     4.96    (15.51)  (20.63)
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    97.58     2.47     152.47      3.28     157.63     3.91    (36.00)  (38.10)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                 89.84     2.27     103.23      2.22      58.93     1.46    (12.98)   52.43
 5 Woodcrafts and Furniture               87.13     2.21      90.76      1.95      76.98     1.91     (4.00)   13.19
 6 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               72.83     1.84      82.75      1.78      66.95     1.66    (11.99)    8.79
 7 Coconut Oil  3/                        66.72     1.69     107.92      2.32      49.03     1.22    (38.18)   36.08
 8 Gold  4/                               48.00     1.21      26.95      0.58      16.66     0.41     78.11   188.05
 9 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       46.28     1.17      57.05      1.23      76.91     1.91    (18.89)  (39.83)
10 Metal Components  5/                   41.48     1.05      42.93      0.92      41.99     1.04     (3.37)   (1.21)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,130.61    79.23   3,725.64     80.15   3,280.23    81.37    (15.97)   (4.56)

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        38.62     0.98      29.54      0.64      34.36     0.85     30.75    12.43
12 Tuna  6/                               24.67     0.62      22.10      0.48       8.81     0.22     11.66   180.03
13 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       23.20     0.59      20.96      0.45      19.32     0.48     10.70    20.08
14 Copper Concentrates                    18.75     0.47       8.59      0.18      11.37     0.28    118.24    64.97
15 Dessicated Coconut                     14.24     0.36      12.53      0.27      11.93     0.30     13.65    19.28
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              14.13     0.36      13.80      0.30       8.46     0.21      2.40    66.90
17 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  10.63     0.27      10.31      0.22      11.18     0.28      3.14    (4.89)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 9.13     0.23      11.25      0.24       4.79     0.12    (18.84)   90.56
19 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     7.81     0.20       8.21      0.18       9.69     0.24     (4.81)  (19.34)
20 Basketworks                             5.00     0.13       4.89      0.11       4.40     0.11      2.21    13.54
21 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  4.10     0.10       5.68      0.12       2.52     0.06    (27.77)   62.92
22 Activated Carbon                        3.62     0.09       3.87      0.08       2.57     0.06     (6.37)   41.05
23 Footwear                                2.85     0.07       1.26      0.03       1.41     0.04    126.73   101.53
24 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  2.75     0.07       6.50      0.14       4.47     0.11    (57.66)  (38.37)
25 Fertilizers, Manufactured               2.73     0.07       2.92      0.06       4.49     0.11     (6.61)  (39.27)
26 Fine Jewelry                            2.55     0.06       3.12      0.07       2.30     0.06    (18.15)   11.21
27 Christmas Decor                         2.19     0.06       4.54      0.10       3.30     0.08    (51.75)  (33.71)
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 2.18     0.06       2.32      0.05       1.89     0.05     (5.68)   15.51
29 Sugar                                   0.13     0.00        -         -          -        -         -        -
30 Others                                631.20    15.98     750.36     16.14     603.55    14.97    (15.88)    4.58

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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/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates
         5/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes
         6/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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