Table 3a  Philippine Imports by Major Type of Goods
          January to June 2007 and 2006
         (FOB in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                                  2007    |       2006     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Jun  |      Jan-Jun   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                              25,313,568,049    24,747,553,722      2.29

Capital Goods                                               7,207,479,910     7,935,733,409     (9.18)

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                   1,088,831,481     1,091,853,882     (0.28)
  Office & EDP Machines                                     1,489,816,542     1,472,383,612      1.18
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                     3,900,692,838     4,633,620,630    (15.82)
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                           299,701,250       304,236,289     (1.49)
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                   192,014,754       213,469,110    (10.05)
  Prof.Sci.& Cont. Inst., Photographic Eqpt. & Optical Goods  236,423,045       220,169,886      7.38

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                         11,671,353,662    10,462,789,139     11.55

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                   822,450,112       778,599,457      5.63
       Wheat                                                  195,320,695       268,251,277    (27.19)
       Corn                                                     8,930,587        40,711,828    (78.06)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                       3,015,088         2,467,221     22.21
       Crude materials, inedible                              524,312,779       409,929,777     27.90
             Pulp & waste paper                                33,660,330        36,129,892     (6.84)
             Cotton                                            11,246,584        15,150,679    (25.77)
             Syn. Fibers                                       37,344,488        34,761,703      7.43
             Metalliferous ores                               187,763,830       131,208,925     43.10
             Others                                           254,297,547       192,678,578     31.98
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                 90,870,963        57,239,354     58.76
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                             10,848,903,550     9,684,189,682     12.03
       Feeding stuffs for animals                             225,087,147       207,158,561      8.65
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                          93,221,327        76,472,623     21.90
       Chemical                                             1,883,698,942     1,786,024,712      5.47
             Chemical compounds                               508,173,698       431,541,666     17.76
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                 299,829,212       270,556,220     10.82
             Urea                                              57,310,813        55,742,992      2.81
             Fertilizer excl. urea                             59,970,902        69,757,700    (14.03)
             Artificial resins                                458,504,626       464,166,036     (1.22)
             Others                                           499,909,691       494,260,098      1.14
       Manufactured goods                                   2,062,266,834     1,969,295,111      4.72
             Paper & paper products                           231,245,916       223,552,491      3.44
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles         442,905,125       452,174,965     (2.05)
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures                101,079,878        99,228,597      1.87
             Iron & steel                                     614,195,590       594,238,497      3.36
             Non-ferrous metals                               299,372,670       297,491,824      0.63
             Metal products                                   240,095,601       176,636,170     35.93
             Others                                           133,372,054       125,972,567      5.87
       Embroideries                                           133,624,623       118,350,423     12.91
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.                6,388,271,405     5,483,348,913     16.50
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                              62,733,272        43,539,339     44.08

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials                4,083,017,541     4,059,855,345      0.57

  Coal, Coke                                                  134,171,544       114,386,412     17.30
  Petroleum crude                                           2,260,364,328     2,466,028,554     (8.34)
  Others                                                    1,688,481,669     1,479,440,379     14.13
Consumer Goods                                              2,042,421,304     1,811,040,211     12.78
  Durable                                                     905,370,521       720,055,325     25.74
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                       462,829,078       312,234,352     48.23
       Home appliances                                        103,619,369        92,926,212     11.51
       Misc. manufactures                                     338,922,074       314,894,761      7.63
  Non-Durable                                               1,137,050,783     1,090,984,886      4.22
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                 1,072,185,372     1,016,321,689      5.50
             Dairy products                                   292,022,711       231,353,819     26.22
             Fish & fish preparation                           34,058,295        27,536,952     23.68
             Rice                                             221,334,424       303,737,602    (27.13)
             Fruits & vegetables                               76,353,124        70,932,307      7.64
             Others                                           448,416,818       382,761,009     17.15
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                             22,319,211        30,448,931    (26.70)
       Articles of apparel, access.                            42,546,200        44,214,266     (3.77)

Special Transactions                                          309,295,632       478,135,618    (35.31)

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                    133,436,956       199,658,553    (33.17)
  Others                                                      175,858,676       278,477,065    (36.85)

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Note:    Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

Page last updated:  August 24, 2007
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