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

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                                                    2007                   |        2006       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                               December p    |      November r    |    December       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,478,270   100.00   3,947,501   100.00   3,690,465  100.00     13.45        21.35

Total Agro-Based Products            232,866     5.20     206,525     5.23     172,152    4.66     12.75        35.27

   Agro-Based Products               189,526     4.23     157,861     4.00     137,418    3.72     20.06        37.92
      Coconut Products               125,340     2.80      85,367     2.16      65,449    1.77     46.82        91.51
         Copra                             a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Coconut Oil                 107,426     2.40      66,722     1.69      50,738    1.37     61.00       111.73
         Desiccated Coconut           11,386     0.25      13,704     0.35      10,485    0.28    (16.91)        8.60
         Copra Meal/Cake               5,763     0.13       4,101     0.10       3,577    0.10     40.52        61.08
         Others                          765     0.02         839     0.02         648    0.02     (8.87)       17.99
      Sugar and Products                 825     0.02         656     0.02         788    0.02     25.84         4.72
         Centrifugal & Refined           470     0.01         129     0.00           a      -     264.38          -
         Molasses                          a       -          330     0.01         600    0.02   (100.00)     (100.00)
         Others                          355     0.01         197     0.00         188    0.01     80.46        88.84
      Fruits and Vegetables           63,360     1.41      71,838     1.82      71,181    1.93    (11.80)      (10.99)
         Canned Pineapple             13,469     0.30      13,548     0.34      14,031    0.38     (0.58)       (4.00)
         Pineapple Juice               2,581     0.06       2,924     0.07       2,835    0.08    (11.72)       (8.98)
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,735     0.06       2,142     0.05       5,379    0.15     27.69       (49.15)
         Bananas                      32,976     0.74      38,918     0.99      38,374    1.04    (15.27)      (14.07)
         Mangoes                       1,107     0.02       1,407     0.04       1,256    0.03    (21.28)      (11.85)
         Others                       10,492     0.23      12,899     0.33       9,306    0.25    (18.66)       12.75
   Other Agro-Based Products          43,340     0.97      48,664     1.23      34,734    0.94    (10.94)       24.78
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 22,747     0.51      29,251     0.74      20,711    0.56    (22.24)        9.83
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Abaca Fibers                    515     0.01       1,000     0.03         689    0.02    (48.49)      (25.28)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        5,488     0.12       2,753     0.07       2,800    0.08     99.37        96.03
         Natural Rubber                2,691     0.06       4,183     0.11       2,756    0.07    (35.66)       (2.34)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted     a       -             a       -            a      -         -            -
         Seaweeds, Dried               2,153     0.05       1,542     0.04         965    0.03     39.59       123.01
         Rice                              a       -            b     0.00           5    0.00   (100.00)     (100.00)
         Others                        9,746     0.22       9,935     0.25       6,808    0.18     (1.90)       43.14

Forest Products                        1,307     0.03       1,473     0.04       3,772    0.10    (11.24)      (65.34)

         Logs                              a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Lumber                          786     0.02       1,006     0.03       1,888    0.05    (21.84)      (58.34)
         Plywood                         233     0.01         311     0.01       1,806    0.05    (25.03)      (87.10)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks        255     0.01         156     0.00          78    0.00     63.83       226.14
         Others                           32     0.00           a       -            a      -         -            -

Mineral Products                     289,404     6.46     211,228     5.35     176,776    4.79     37.01        63.71

         Copper Concentrates          15,316     0.34      18,749     0.47      10,428    0.28    (18.31)       46.87
         Copper Metal                182,283     4.07      97,582     2.47     109,129    2.96     86.80        67.03
         Gold                         13,875     0.31      12,491     0.32       5,331    0.14     11.07       160.25
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        14,623     0.33      10,634     0.27      11,205    0.30     37.52        30.50
         Chromium Ore                    456     0.01         445     0.01         543    0.01      2.36       (16.12)
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Others                       62,853     1.40      71,326     1.81      40,139    1.09    (11.88)       56.59

Petroleum Products                   170,678     3.81      89,945     2.28      37,738    1.02     89.76       352.27

Manufactures                       3,557,321    79.44   3,326,522    84.27   3,159,071   85.60      6.94        12.61

         Electronic Products       2,541,007    56.74   2,421,428    61.34   2,263,057   61.32      4.94        12.28
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,904,268    42.52   1,771,085    44.87   1,703,030   46.15      7.52        11.82
            Electronic Data
             Processing              459,497    10.26     461,412    11.69     455,694   12.35     (0.42)        0.83
            Office Equipment          27,228     0.61      23,722     0.60      24,045    0.65     14.78        13.24
            Consumer Electronics      59,005     1.32     105,520     2.67      19,496    0.53    (44.08)      202.65
            Telecommunication          5,490     0.12       4,329     0.11      11,712    0.32     26.80       (53.13)
            Communication/Radar       21,789     0.49      20,648     0.52      23,025    0.62      5.53        (5.37)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,813     0.06       4,272     0.11       1,845    0.05    (34.14)       52.49
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          4,022     0.09       3,717     0.09       2,277    0.06      8.21        76.67
            Automotive Electronics    56,895     1.27      26,722     0.68      21,934    0.59    112.92       159.39
         Other Electronics           118,142     2.64      93,606     2.37      91,116    2.47     26.21        29.66
         Garments                    180,681     4.03     158,281     4.01     196,023    5.31     14.15        (7.83)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        17,407     0.39      13,392     0.34      22,405    0.61     29.98       (22.31)
         Footwear                      2,872     0.06       2,850     0.07       1,697    0.05      0.80        69.23
         Travel Goods and Handbags     4,871     0.11      14,314     0.36       2,786    0.08    (65.97)       74.81
         Wood Manufactures            56,355     1.26      68,263     1.73      42,896    1.16    (17.44)       31.38
         Furniture & Fixtures         20,929     0.47      18,680     0.47      19,100    0.52     12.04         9.58
         Chemicals                    99,992     2.23      72,368     1.83      73,539    1.99     38.17        35.97
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                27,636     0.62      18,068     0.46      18,675    0.51     52.96        47.98
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 165,332     3.69     160,970     4.08     156,671    4.25      2.71         5.53
         Processed food and Beverages 69,554     1.55      66,465     1.68      55,514    1.50      4.65        25.29
         Iron & Steel                 34,275     0.77      12,487     0.32       8,028    0.22    174.49       326.93
         Baby Carr., Toys,
         Games and sporting goods     12,151     0.27      11,807     0.30      11,318    0.31      2.92         7.36
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    5,157     0.12       4,327     0.11       4,021    0.11     19.19        28.26
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     28,922     0.65      26,249     0.66      23,890    0.65     10.18        21.06
         Others                      172,038     3.84     162,969     4.13     168,334    4.56      5.56         2.20

Special Transactions                 226,693     5.06     111,809     2.83     140,955    3.82    102.75        60.83

Re-Export                            149,655     3.34      49,794     1.26      88,544    2.40    200.55        69.02

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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

Page last updated:  February 12, 2008
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