Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  October 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 (%)
                                        October  Share|   Jan-Oct   Share|   October   Share|   Jan-Oct  Share| Current Cumulative
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                   Total               5,137.50 100.00  45,220.97  100.00   4,686.41  100.00  43,085.55  100.00    9.63       4.96

          Top 10 Countries Total       4,017.24  78.19  34,726.50   76.79   3,658.02   78.06  33,497.24   77.75    9.82       3.67

  1  Japan  1/                           687.57  13.38   5,283.47   11.68     676.95   14.44   5,940.67   13.79    1.57     (11.06)
  2  United States Of America  2/        678.80  13.21   6,520.41   14.42     787.94   16.81   7,031.88   16.32  (13.85)     (7.27)
  3  Singapore                           574.46  11.18   5,309.49   11.74     356.70    7.61   3,653.19    8.48   61.05      45.34
  4  Taiwan                              429.28   8.36   3,361.01    7.43     413.80    8.83   3,483.55    8.09    3.74      (3.52)
  5  China, People's Republic of         396.48   7.72   3,317.40    7.34     337.92    7.21   3,047.85    7.07   17.33       8.84
  6  Saudi Arabia                        353.68   6.88   2,919.62    6.46     243.47    5.20   2,468.75    5.73   45.27      18.26
  7  Korea, Republic of                  288.51   5.62   2,673.88    5.91     287.02    6.12   2,686.41    6.24    0.52      (0.47)
  8  Thailand                            226.55   4.41   1,798.37    3.98     204.60    4.37   1,710.96    3.97   10.73       5.11
  9  Hong Kong                           205.59   4.00   1,769.67    3.91     192.86    4.12   1,738.85    4.04    6.60       1.77
 10  Malaysia  3/                        176.32   3.43   1,773.18    3.92     156.76    3.34   1,735.14    4.03   12.48       2.19
 11  Others                            1,120.26  21.81  10,494.47   23.21   1,028.39   21.94   9,588.31   22.25    8.93       9.45


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

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

          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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