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

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                                                    2007                   |        2006       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                               November p    |       October r    |    November       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                3,951,109   100.00   4,648,364   100.00   4,031,033  100.00    (15.00)      (1.98)

Total Agro-Based Products            206,901     5.24     242,511     5.22     163,835    4.06    (14.68)      26.29

   Agro-Based Products               158,397     4.01     185,446     3.99     123,837    3.07    (14.59)      27.91
      Coconut Products                85,896     2.17     126,963     2.73      64,396    1.60    (32.35)      33.39
         Copra                             a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Coconut Oil                  66,720     1.69     107,924     2.32      49,028    1.22    (38.18)      36.08
         Desiccated Coconut           14,236     0.36      12,526     0.27      11,935    0.30     13.65       19.28
         Copra Meal/Cake               4,101     0.10       5,678     0.12       2,517    0.06    (27.77)      62.92
         Others                          840     0.02         836     0.02         915    0.02      0.50       (8.18)
      Sugar and Products                 656     0.02         271     0.01         184    0.00    142.44      255.57
         Centrifugal & Refined           129     0.00           a       -            a      -         -           -
         Molasses                        330     0.01           a       -            a      -         -           -
         Others                          197     0.00         271     0.01         184    0.00    (27.19)       6.78
      Fruits and Vegetables           71,844     1.82      58,212     1.25      59,257    1.47     23.42       21.24
         Canned Pineapple             13,548     0.34      10,623     0.23      10,580    0.26     27.53       28.05
         Pineapple Juice               2,924     0.07       2,607     0.06       2,116    0.05     12.17       38.14
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,142     0.05       3,548     0.08       2,936    0.07    (39.63)     (27.05)
         Bananas                      38,624     0.98      29,541     0.64      34,355    0.85     30.75       12.43
         Mangoes                       1,405     0.04       1,982     0.04         998    0.02    (29.12)      40.80
         Others                       13,202     0.33       9,911     0.21       8,271    0.21     33.20       59.60
   Other Agro-Based Products          48,504     1.23      57,065     1.23      39,998    0.99    (15.00)      21.27
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 29,091     0.74      31,562     0.68      23,937    0.59     (7.83)      21.53
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            a       -           12    0.00       -       (100.00)
         Abaca Fibers                  1,000     0.03       1,320     0.03       1,372    0.03    (24.25)     (27.11)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        2,753     0.07       6,501     0.14       4,467    0.11    (57.66)     (38.37)
         Natural Rubber                4,183     0.11       3,726     0.08       2,803    0.07     12.25       49.20
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,543     0.04       2,024     0.04       1,558    0.04    (23.78)      (0.96)
         Rice                              b     0.00           1     0.00           b    0.00    (89.27)      29.17
         Others                        9,935     0.25      11,930     0.26       5,849    0.15    (16.72)      69.84

Forest Products                        1,473     0.04       1,823     0.04       3,061    0.08    (19.23)     (51.89)

         Logs                              a       -            a       -           15    0.00       -       (100.00)
         Lumber                        1,006     0.03         900     0.02         815    0.02     11.80       23.47
         Plywood                         311     0.01         626     0.01       2,079    0.05    (50.36)     (85.06)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks         89     0.00         286     0.01         152    0.00    (69.03)     (41.88)
         Others                           67     0.00          12     0.00           a      -      483.36         -

Mineral Products                     210,113     5.32     270,427     5.82     253,096    6.28    (22.30)     (16.98)

         Copper Concentrates          18,749     0.47       8,591     0.18      11,365    0.28    118.24       64.97
         Copper Metal                 97,582     2.47     152,471     3.28     157,632    3.91    (36.00)     (38.10)
         Gold                         12,491     0.32       6,070     0.13       5,028    0.12    105.78      148.42
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        10,634     0.27      10,309     0.22      11,181    0.28      3.14       (4.89)
         Chromium Ore                    445     0.01         444     0.01         275    0.01      0.28       61.95
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Others                       70,212     1.78      92,542     1.99      67,615    1.68    (24.13)       3.84

Petroleum Products                    89,837     2.27     103,233     2.22      58,935    1.46    (12.98)      52.43

Manufactures                       3,330,808    84.30   3,901,905    83.94   3,436,514   85.25    (14.64)      (3.08)

         Electronic Products       2,421,996    61.30   2,873,681    61.82   2,535,119   62.89    (15.72)      (4.46)
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,771,020    44.82   2,142,823    46.10   1,872,163   46.44    (17.35)      (5.40)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              461,456    11.68     507,842    10.93     537,155   13.33     (9.13)     (14.09)
            Office Equipment          23,722     0.60      33,156     0.71      24,530    0.61    (28.45)      (3.29)
            Consumer Electronics     105,854     2.68      93,954     2.02      29,041    0.72     12.67      264.49
            Telecommunication          4,329     0.11       5,520     0.12      11,252    0.28    (21.57)     (61.52)
            Communication/Radar       20,935     0.53      22,317     0.48      23,739    0.59     (6.19)     (11.81)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           4,272     0.11       3,607     0.08       2,094    0.05     18.45      104.06
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          3,717     0.09       2,468     0.05       1,596    0.04     50.60      132.88
            Automotive Electronics    26,691     0.68      61,993     1.33      33,549    0.83    (56.95)     (20.44)
         Other Electronics            93,632     2.37     106,614     2.29      83,671    2.08    (12.18)      11.90
         Garments                    158,757     4.02     187,893     4.04     200,024    4.96    (15.51)     (20.63)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        13,410     0.34      19,594     0.42      14,507    0.36    (31.56)      (7.56)
         Footwear                      2,850     0.07       1,257     0.03       1,414    0.04    126.73      101.53
         Travel Goods and Handbags    14,319     0.36      18,826     0.40         886    0.02    (23.94)   1,515.73
         Wood Manufactures            68,438     1.73      70,459     1.52      58,377    1.45     (2.87)      17.23
         Furniture & Fixtures         18,638     0.47      20,276     0.44      18,614    0.46     (8.08)       0.13
         Chemicals                    69,575     1.76      81,146     1.75      47,490    1.18    (14.26)      46.50
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                18,216     0.46      22,494     0.48      17,479    0.43    (19.02)       4.22
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 167,595     4.24     163,227     3.51     140,398    3.48      2.68       19.37
         Processed food and Beverages 65,580     1.66      71,984     1.55      50,019    1.24     (8.90)      31.11
         Iron & Steel                 12,482     0.32      23,693     0.51      34,384    0.85    (47.32)     (63.70)
         Baby Carr., Toys,
         Games and sporting goods     11,816     0.30      14,545     0.31      12,874    0.32    (18.76)      (8.22)
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    4,335     0.11       4,350     0.09       4,004    0.10     (0.33)       8.27
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     26,225     0.66      35,869     0.77      24,243    0.60    (26.89)       8.17
         Others                      162,942     4.12     185,996     4.00     193,010    4.79    (12.39)     (15.58)

Special Transactions                 111,977     2.83     128,465     2.76     115,592    2.87    (12.83)      (3.13)

Re-Export                             49,778     1.26      63,466     1.37      49,438    1.23    (21.57)       0.69

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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
         b  - Less than 1,000
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

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