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

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                                                                  2007    |       2006     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Jul  |      Jan-Jul   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                              30,354,581,426    29,160,004,376      4.10

Capital Goods                                               8,625,852,249     9,416,414,361     (8.40)

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                   1,303,421,388     1,304,629,329     (0.09)
  Office & EDP Machines                                     1,785,648,432     1,745,308,002      2.31
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                     4,703,548,421     5,446,445,425    (13.64)
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                           364,122,871       360,169,511      1.10
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                   195,433,511       296,513,825    (34.09)
  Prof.Sci.& Cont. Inst., Photographic Eqpt. & Optical Goods  273,677,626       263,348,269      3.92

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                         13,726,057,822    12,245,981,424     12.09

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                   950,454,371       910,563,511      4.38
       Wheat                                                  222,301,477       298,454,176    (25.52)
       Corn                                                    37,416,176        42,231,372    (11.40)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                       3,460,449         2,735,913     26.48
       Crude materials, inedible                              586,873,316       486,120,494     20.73
             Pulp & waste paper                                39,406,367        41,481,046     (5.00)
             Cotton                                            13,447,820        17,432,130    (22.86)
             Syn. Fibers                                       44,841,970        41,609,803      7.77
             Metalliferous ores                               198,881,717       162,689,406     22.25
             Others                                           290,295,442       222,908,109     30.23
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                100,402,953        81,021,556     23.92
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                             12,775,603,451    11,335,417,913     12.71
       Feeding stuffs for animals                             257,133,765       243,372,070      5.65
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                         105,351,153        87,236,700     20.76
       Chemical                                             2,236,734,693     2,102,517,806      6.38
             Chemical compounds                               605,243,306       508,888,902     18.93
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                 354,693,408       317,432,260     11.74
             Urea                                              72,371,578        66,329,420      9.11
             Fertilizer excl. urea                             69,098,540        76,069,429     (9.16)
             Artificial resins                                550,217,435       545,432,122      0.88
             Others                                           585,110,426       588,365,673     (0.55)
       Manufactured goods                                   2,453,065,959     2,367,819,206      3.60
             Paper & paper products                           273,734,235       256,821,576      6.59
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles         521,119,148       534,574,343     (2.52)
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures                122,318,024       115,300,949      6.09
             Iron & steel                                     735,752,469       739,067,166     (0.45)
             Non-ferrous metals                               362,483,823       361,593,443      0.25
             Metal products                                   281,985,470       212,660,139     32.60
             Others                                           155,672,790       147,801,590      5.33
       Embroideries                                           157,137,310       146,359,818      7.36
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.                7,484,787,411     6,344,572,974     17.97
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                              81,393,160        43,539,339     86.94

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials                5,112,798,160     4,773,542,881      7.11

  Coal, Coke                                                  147,685,332       127,289,465     16.02
  Petroleum crude                                           2,982,394,046     2,925,362,173      1.95
  Others                                                    1,982,718,782     1,720,891,243     15.21
Consumer Goods                                              2,516,140,784     2,149,969,380     17.03
  Durable                                                   1,090,231,903       850,887,021     28.13
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                       558,436,309       367,122,976     52.11
       Home appliances                                        122,264,462       109,718,978     11.43
       Misc. manufactures                                     409,531,132       374,045,067      9.49
  Non-Durable                                               1,425,908,881     1,299,082,359      9.76
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                 1,347,341,212     1,209,476,185     11.40
             Dairy products                                   353,928,180       271,403,713     30.41
             Fish & fish preparation                           37,303,689        29,385,841     26.94
             Rice                                             329,682,792       369,825,654    (10.85)
             Fruits & vegetables                               89,316,654        83,030,564      7.57
             Others                                           537,109,897       455,830,413     17.83
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                             26,421,975        37,927,195    (30.34)
       Articles of apparel, access.                            52,145,694        51,678,979      0.90

Special Transactions                                          373,732,411       574,096,330    (34.90)

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                    153,466,389       231,716,563    (33.77)
  Others                                                      220,266,022       342,379,767    (35.67)


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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:  September 25, 2007
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