Table 2  Philippine Imports from All Countries
         July and June 2007 and July 2006
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                          2007                  |       2006        |  Growth Rates
    Commodity                                      Percent |            Percent |           Percent |    (Percent)
                                            July p   Share |     June r   Share |     July    Share | Monthly  Annual
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                      Total               5,041.53  100.00   4,704.86    100.00   4,412.45   100.00      7.16   14.26

 1 Electronic Products  1/                2,151.92   42.68   2,188.61     46.52   1,907.33    43.23     (1.68)  12.82
 2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
       Related Materials                  1,029.77   20.43     697.26     14.82     713.69    16.17     47.69   44.29
 3 Industrial Machinery and Equipment       190.13    3.77     186.09      3.96     189.60     4.30      2.17    0.28
 4 Cereals and Cereal Preparations          170.70    3.39     140.95      3.00     106.93     2.42     21.11   59.64
 5 Transport Equipment                      162.19    3.22     146.10      3.11     193.62     4.39     11.01  (16.23)
 6 Iron and Steel                           121.56    2.41     170.62      3.63     144.83     3.28    (28.76) (16.07)
 7 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up
       Articles and Related products        101.30    2.01     107.94      2.29     110.41     2.50     (6.15)  (8.25)
 8 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals           97.03    1.92      83.08      1.77      77.35     1.75     16.79   25.45
 9 Plastics in Primary  and
       Non-Primary Forms                     92.11    1.83      81.46      1.73      81.27     1.84     13.08   13.35
10 Telecommunication Equipment and
       Electrical Machinery 2/               79.23    1.57      82.61      1.76      69.87     1.58     (4.09)  13.38

              Top 10 Imports Total        4,195.92   83.23   3,884.72     82.57   3,594.88    81.47      8.01   16.72

11 Non-Ferrous Metal                         63.10    1.25      58.39      1.24      63.90     1.45      8.07   (1.25)
12 Dairy Products                            61.90    1.23      62.38      1.33      40.05     0.91     (0.75)  54.57
13 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products     54.86    1.09      48.01      1.02      46.88     1.06     14.27   17.03
14 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles       47.86    0.95      43.23      0.92      40.41     0.92     10.73   18.43
15 Paper and Paper Products                  42.71    0.85      37.27      0.79      33.96     0.77     14.61   25.78
16 Metal Products                            41.88    0.83      39.23      0.83      36.02     0.82      6.75   16.25
17 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s.   40.01    0.79      41.44      0.88      46.87     1.06     (3.47) (14.65)
18 Feeding Stuff For Animals
     (Not Including Unmilled cereals)        32.04    0.64      24.38      0.52      36.21     0.82     31.44  (11.52)
19 Professional, scientific and
      controlling instrument,photographic
      and optical goods,not elsewhere
      specified, watches and clocks          26.49    0.53      23.72      0.50      30.39     0.69     11.69  (12.84)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                 24.19    0.48      26.13      0.56      16.90     0.38     (7.44)  43.14
21 Power Generating and Specialized Mach.    22.86    0.45      24.43      0.52      23.40     0.53     (6.42)  (2.29)
22 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures         21.21    0.42      19.98      0.42      16.07     0.36      6.16   31.94
23 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials    18.07    0.36      19.05      0.40      17.17     0.39     (5.17)   5.24
24 Rubber Manufacture                        11.44    0.23      11.64      0.25      10.64     0.24     (1.69)   7.50
25 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap        11.12    0.22      17.01      0.36      31.48     0.71    (34.63) (64.68)
26 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste              10.12    0.20       9.15      0.19       9.55     0.22     10.67    6.01
27 Office and EDP Machines                    0.62    0.01       0.84      0.02       3.33     0.08    (26.27) (81.41)
28 Others                                   315.13    6.25     313.89      6.67     314.34     7.12      0.39    0.25

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

Notes:   1 Includes consigned and direct importation using the expanded coverage of electronic products
         2 Includes telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment
         p Preliminary
         r Revised


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