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

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                                                      2007                   |       2006        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       December p  Share| November r    Share|  December    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,478.27   100.00   3,947.50    100.00   3,690.46   100.00      13.45    21.35

 1 Electronic Products                 2,541.01    56.74   2,421.43     61.34   2,263.06    61.32       4.94    12.28
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,904.27    42.52   1,771.08     44.87   1,703.03    46.15       7.52    11.82
   b) Electronic Data Processing         459.50    10.26     461.41     11.69     455.69    12.35      (0.42)    0.83
   c) Office Equipment                    27.23     0.61      23.72      0.60      24.04     0.65      14.78    13.24
   d) Consumer Electronics                59.01     1.32     105.52      2.67      19.50     0.53     (44.08)  202.65
   e) Telecommunication                    5.49     0.12       4.33      0.11      11.71     0.32      26.80   (53.13)
   f) Communication/Radar                 21.79     0.49      20.65      0.52      23.03     0.62       5.53    (5.37)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.81     0.06       4.27      0.11       1.84     0.05     (34.14)   52.49
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   4.02     0.09       3.72      0.09       2.28     0.06       8.21    76.67
   i) Automotive Electronics              56.90     1.27      26.72      0.68      21.93     0.59     112.92   159.39
 2 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   182.28     4.07      97.58      2.47     109.13     2.96      86.80    67.03
 3 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         180.68     4.03     158.28      4.01     196.02     5.31      14.15    (7.83)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                170.68     3.81      89.94      2.28      37.74     1.02      89.76   352.27
 5 Coconut Oil  2/                       107.43     2.40      66.72      1.69      50.74     1.37      61.00   111.73
 6 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 3/               84.79     1.89      72.79      1.84      75.06     2.03      16.48    12.95
 7 Woodcrafts and Furniture               77.28     1.73      87.00      2.20      61.99     1.68     (11.17)   24.66
 8 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       46.00     1.03      46.27      1.17      67.37     1.83      (0.58)  (31.72)
 9 Gold  4/                               43.98     0.98      48.00      1.22      15.31     0.41      (8.37)  187.34
10 Metal Components  5/                   40.08     0.89      41.13      1.04      38.27     1.04      (2.54)    4.73

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,474.21    77.58   3,129.14     79.27   2,914.69    78.98      11.03    19.20

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        32.98     0.74      38.92      0.99      38.37     1.04     (15.27)  (14.07)
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       22.36     0.50      23.20      0.59      27.26     0.74      (3.61)  (17.96)
13 Tuna  6/                               22.32     0.50      24.64      0.62       9.45     0.26      (9.40)  136.24
14 Copper Concentrates                    15.32     0.34      18.75      0.47      10.43     0.28     (18.31)   46.87
15 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  14.62     0.33      10.63      0.27      11.21     0.30      37.52    30.50
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              13.57     0.30      14.12      0.36       9.10     0.25      (3.91)   49.04
17 Dessicated Coconut                     11.39     0.25      13.70      0.35      10.48     0.28     (16.91)    8.60
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 8.93     0.20       9.13      0.23       5.23     0.14      (2.17)   70.79
19 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.76     0.13       4.10      0.10       3.58     0.10      40.52    61.08
20 Basketworks                             5.51     0.12       4.99      0.13       4.44     0.12      10.42    24.11
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  5.49     0.12       2.75      0.07       2.80     0.08      99.37    96.03
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     4.88     0.11       7.80      0.20       4.59     0.12     (37.48)    6.38
23 Activated Carbon                        3.62     0.08       3.62      0.09       3.10     0.08      (0.07)   16.89
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 2.95     0.07       2.16      0.05       2.74     0.07      36.53     7.45
25 Footwear                                2.87     0.06       2.85      0.07       1.70     0.05       0.80    69.23
26 Fine Jewelry                            1.98     0.04       2.53      0.06       1.57     0.04     (21.84)   26.27
27 Christmas Decor                         1.66     0.04       2.18      0.06       2.55     0.07     (24.00)  (34.94)
28 Fertilizers, Manufactured               0.88     0.02       2.73      0.07       0.95     0.03     (67.74)   (7.15)
29 Sugar                                   0.47     0.01       0.13      0.00        -        -       264.38      -
30 Others                                826.51    18.46     629.42     15.94     626.24    16.97      31.31    31.98


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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/ includes crude and refined.
         3/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         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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