Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  September 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 (%)
                                      September  Share|   Jan-Sep   Share| September   Share|   Jan-Sep  Share| Current Cumulative
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                 Total                 4,742.19 100.00  40,081.95  100.00   4,355.48  100.00  38,399.14 100.00     8.88       4.38

        Top 10 Countries Total         3,736.40  78.79  30,707.68   76.61   3,400.56   78.08  29,839.22  77.71     9.88       2.91

 1 United States Of America  1/          660.11  13.92   5,841.61   14.57     680.83   15.63   6,243.94  16.26    (3.04)     (6.44)
 2 Singapore                             592.85  12.50   4,735.05   11.81     348.70    8.01   3,296.49   8.58    70.02      43.64
 3 Japan  2/                             580.60  12.24   4,595.88   11.47     724.40   16.63   5,263.72  13.71   (19.85)    (12.69)
 4 Taiwan                                386.23   8.14   2,931.74    7.31     362.10    8.31   3,069.75   7.99     6.66      (4.50)
 5 China, People's Republic of           325.11   6.86   2,920.84    7.29     299.45    6.88   2,709.93   7.06     8.57       7.78
 6 Korea, Republic of                    288.06   6.07   2,385.38    5.95     290.55    6.67   2,399.39   6.25    (0.86)     (0.58)
 7 Saudi Arabia                          252.24   5.32   2,565.94    6.40     119.85    2.75   2,225.28   5.80   110.46      15.31
 8 Malaysia  3/                          229.93   4.85   1,595.31    3.98     155.30    3.57   1,578.38   4.11    48.06       1.07
 9 Thailand                              215.44   4.54   1,571.83    3.92     221.24    5.08   1,506.37   3.92    (2.62)      4.35
10 Hong Kong                             205.83   4.34   1,564.08    3.90     198.14    4.55   1,545.99   4.03     3.88       1.17
11 Others                              1,005.79  21.21   9,374.27   23.39     954.92   21.92   8,559.92  22.29     5.33       9.51

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

 Notes:   * Based on September 2007 ranking.
          1 includes Alaska and Hawaii
          2 includes Okinawa
          3 includes Sabah and Sarawak

          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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