Table 3 Philippine Imports by Major Type of Goods
September and August 2007 and September 2006
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2007 | 2006 | Growth Rate
Commodity Group September p | August r | September | (%)
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly Annual
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Total Imports 4,742,195 100.00 4,985,620 100.00 4,355,482 100.00 (4.88) 8.88
Capital Goods 1,531,611 32.30 1,396,162 28.00 1,571,508 36.08 9.70 (2.54)
Power generating and specialized
machines 213,133 4.49 210,373 4.22 200,168 4.60 1.31 6.48
Office and electronic data
processing machines 329,512 6.95 289,498 5.81 314,839 7.23 13.82 4.66
Telecommunication equipment
and electrical machines 851,865 17.96 790,775 15.86 872,203 20.03 7.73 (2.33)
Land transport equipment excluding
passenger cars and motorized cycle 68,581 1.45 45,905 0.92 62,427 1.43 49.40 9.86
Aircraft, Ships and Boats 21,713 0.46 20,946 0.42 81,450 1.87 3.66 (73.34)
Professional scientific and control-
ling instruments, photographic
equipment and optical goods 46,808 0.99 38,666 0.78 40,421 0.93 21.05 15.80
Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods 2,088,893 44.05 2,161,175 43.35 1,970,294 45.24 (3.34) 6.02
Unprocessed Raw Materials 129,982 2.74 146,934 2.95 137,139 3.15 (11.54) (5.22)
Wheat 10,441 0.22 36,099 0.72 56,652 1.30 (71.08) (81.57)
Corn 1,607 0.03 1,708 0.03 487 0.01 (5.91) 230.24
Unmilled cereals excluding
rice and corn 310 0.01 512 0.01 308 0.01 (39.41) 0.64
Crude materials, inedible 101,326 2.14 98,361 1.97 62,307 1.43 3.01 62.62
Pulp & waste paper 4,113 0.09 5,518 0.11 5,767 0.13 (25.46) (28.68)
Cotton 982 0.02 3,070 0.06 2,638 0.06 (68.00) (62.76)
Syn. Fibers 6,184 0.13 7,704 0.15 6,109 0.14 (19.73) 1.23
Metalliferous ores 60,129 1.27 43,834 0.88 21,349 0.49 37.18 181.65
Others 29,917 0.63 38,235 0.77 26,445 0.61 (21.75) 13.13
Tobacco, unmanufactured 16,298 0.34 10,254 0.21 17,385 0.40 58.95 (6.26)
Semi-Processed Raw Materials 1,958,911 41.31 2,014,242 40.40 1,833,155 42.09 (2.75) 6.86
Feeding stuffs for animals 38,941 0.82 37,187 0.75 14,116 0.32 4.72 175.87
Animal & vegetable oils & fats 11,185 0.24 11,058 0.22 14,257 0.33 1.15 (21.55)
Chemical 366,087 7.72 357,015 7.16 314,776 7.23 2.54 16.30
Chemical compounds 104,114 2.20 115,826 2.32 85,090 1.95 (10.11) 22.36
Medicinal and pharmaceutical
chemical 54,524 1.15 41,206 0.83 45,474 1.04 32.32 19.90
Urea 8,862 0.19 5,176 0.10 15,168 0.35 71.23 (41.57)
Fertilizer excl. urea 14,524 0.31 16,205 0.33 4,933 0.11 (10.37) 194.41
Artificial resins 88,441 1.86 88,846 1.78 84,897 1.95 (0.46) 4.18
Others 95,622 2.02 89,756 1.80 79,214 1.82 6.54 20.71
Manufactured goods 309,321 6.52 322,116 6.46 338,021 7.76 (3.97) (8.49)
Paper & paper products 37,613 0.79 40,855 0.82 38,853 0.89 (7.94) (3.19)
Textile yarn, fabrics
and made-up articles 64,949 1.37 63,138 1.27 79,467 1.82 2.87 (18.27)
Non-metallic mineral manuf. 21,763 0.46 20,427 0.41 14,917 0.34 6.54 45.90
Iron & steel 66,198 1.40 78,617 1.58 91,960 2.11 (15.80) (28.01)
Non-ferrous metals 65,405 1.38 61,963 1.24 56,904 1.31 5.55 14.94
Metal products 32,572 0.69 35,141 0.70 36,456 0.84 (7.31) (10.65)
Others 20,820 0.44 21,974 0.44 19,465 0.45 (5.25) 6.96
Embroideries 15,912 0.34 16,586 0.33 25,926 0.60 (4.07) (38.63)
Materials/Accessories for the
manufacture of electrical
equipment 1,204,823 25.41 1,259,473 25.26 1,121,548 25.75 (4.34) 7.42
Iron ore, not agglomerated 12,643 0.27 10,807 0.22 4,510 0.10 16.98 180.29
Mineral fuels, lubricant and
Related materials 636,875 13.43 971,034 19.48 454,338 10.43 (34.41) 40.18
Coal, Coke 19,696 0.42 10,295 0.21 23,741 0.55 91.32 (17.04)
Petroleum crude 391,581 8.26 568,054 11.39 269,113 6.18 (31.07) 45.51
Others 225,599 4.76 392,686 7.88 161,485 3.71 (42.55) 39.70
Consumer Goods 411,612 8.68 405,187 8.13 309,745 7.11 1.59 32.89
Durable 194,386 4.10 174,231 3.49 163,745 3.76 11.57 18.71
Passenger cars & motorized cycle 113,829 2.40 99,647 2.00 79,101 1.82 14.23 43.90
Home appliances 18,986 0.40 17,025 0.34 20,314 0.47 11.52 (6.54)
Misc. manufactures 61,570 1.30 57,559 1.15 64,329 1.48 6.97 (4.29)
Non-Durable 217,226 4.58 230,957 4.63 146,000 3.35 (5.95) 48.78
Food and live animals chiefly
for food 202,847 4.28 215,927 4.33 133,754 3.07 (6.06) 51.66
Dairy products 50,260 1.06 51,495 1.03 29,617 0.68 (2.40) 69.70
Fish & fish preparation 9,097 0.19 4,358 0.09 5,606 0.13 108.72 62.26
Rice 43,517 0.92 54,406 1.09 20,660 0.47 (20.01) 110.64
Fruits & vegetables 12,073 0.25 11,971 0.24 10,761 0.25 0.85 12.19
Others 87,901 1.85 93,696 1.88 67,110 1.54 (6.18) 30.98
Beverages & tobacco mfture. 5,860 0.12 7,141 0.14 4,245 0.10 (17.94) 38.02
Articles of apparel, access. 8,519 0.18 7,889 0.16 8,000 0.18 7.99 6.48
Special Transactions 73,204 1.54 52,061 1.04 49,597 1.14 40.61 47.60
Articles temporarily imported &
exported 24,042 0.51 17,531 0.35 20,396 0.47 37.14 17.88
Others 49,162 1.04 34,530 0.69 29,201 0.67 42.37 68.36
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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.
p Preliminary
r Revised
Page last updated: November 27, 2007
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