Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  July 2007 and 2006
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                   2 0 0 7               |               2 0 0 6              |  Annual Growth
Country of Origin                             Percent |          Percent |         Percent  |          Percent|    Rate (%)
                                          July   Share|   Jan-Jul   Share|      July   Share|   Jan-Jul  Share| Current Cumulative
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               Total                  5,041.53  100.00  30,354.58  100.00   4,412.45  100.00  29,160.00 100.00    14.26       4.10

       Top 10 Countries Total         3,896.61   77.29  23,108.94   76.13   3,307.36   74.96  22,654.50  77.69    17.82       2.01

 1 United States Of America  1/         631.03   12.52   4,490.65   14.79     700.09   15.87   4,816.99  16.52    (9.87)     (6.77)
 2 Japan  2/                            567.56   11.26   3,422.95   11.28     582.89   13.21   3,942.21  13.52    (2.63)    (13.17)
 3 Saudi Arabia                         561.98   11.15   1,917.15    6.32     133.94    3.04   1,668.10   5.72   319.56      14.93
 4 Singapore                            530.80   10.53   3,552.71   11.70     417.12    9.45   2,572.44   8.82    27.25      38.11
 5 China, People's Republic of          383.93    7.62   2,311.56    7.62     325.58    7.38   2,107.19   7.23    17.92       9.70
 6 Taiwan                               354.93    7.04   2,117.73    6.98     321.14    7.28   2,293.58   7.87    10.52      (7.67)
 7 Korea, Republic of                   299.15    5.93   1,774.16    5.84     278.38    6.31   1,781.41   6.11     7.46      (0.41)
 8 Hong Kong                            190.31    3.77   1,167.59    3.85     189.76    4.30   1,173.94   4.03     0.29      (0.54)
 9 Thailand                             189.87    3.77   1,180.98    3.89     160.54    3.64   1,070.68   3.67    18.27      10.30
10 Malaysia  3/                         187.04    3.71   1,173.45    3.87     197.90    4.49   1,227.96   4.21    (5.49)     (4.44)
11 Others                             1,144.92   22.71   7,245.64   23.87   1,105.10   25.04   6,505.51  22.31     3.60      11.38

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

 Notes:   * Based on July 2007 ranking.
          1 includes Alaska and Hawaii
          2 includes Okinawa
          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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