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

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                                                                  2007    |       2006     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Nov  |      Jan-Nov   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                              50,317,705,358    47,595,210,206      5.72

Capital Goods                                              14,637,856,476    15,542,351,909     (5.82)

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                   2,174,981,151     2,088,860,161      4.12
  Office & EDP Machines                                     3,033,759,517     2,938,571,470      3.24
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                     8,030,473,364     8,931,103,755    (10.08)
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                           612,009,888       628,951,990     (2.69)
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                   329,039,655       524,590,486    (37.28)
  Prof.Sci.& Cont. Inst., Photographic Eqpt. & Optical Goods  457,592,901       430,274,047      6.35

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                         22,136,718,386    20,283,428,784      9.14

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                 1,538,572,621     1,507,589,003      2.06
       Wheat                                                  354,584,005       436,999,348    (18.86)
       Corn                                                    44,271,139        47,795,560     (7.37)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                       5,753,192         4,273,027     34.64
       Crude materials, inedible                              984,104,416       874,679,140     12.51
             Pulp & waste paper                                57,823,153        60,019,118     (3.66)
             Cotton                                            20,428,999        27,436,036    (25.54)
             Syn. Fibers                                       74,794,664        67,922,054     10.12
             Metalliferous ores                               390,047,066       376,008,708      3.73
             Others                                           441,010,534       343,293,224     28.46
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                149,859,869       143,841,928      4.18
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                             20,598,145,765    18,775,839,781      9.71
       Feeding stuffs for animals                             412,198,716       367,276,622     12.23
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                         153,504,831       142,585,951      7.66
       Chemical                                             3,625,941,718     3,363,642,256      7.80
             Chemical compounds                             1,003,574,976       841,105,554     19.32
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                 546,892,303       490,682,692     11.46
             Urea                                              98,064,665       105,325,876     (6.89)
             Fertilizer excl. urea                            127,196,782       126,089,948      0.88
             Artificial resins                                898,352,980       870,498,783      3.20
             Others                                           951,860,012       929,939,403      2.36
       Manufactured goods                                   3,766,263,293     3,696,915,030      1.88
             Paper & paper products                           428,272,892       417,185,868      2.66
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles         783,612,713       816,691,569     (4.05)
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures                208,113,237       179,826,904     15.73
             Iron & steel                                   1,088,332,936     1,110,496,481     (2.00)
             Non-ferrous metals                               594,793,060       584,786,920      1.71
             Metal products                                   422,274,974       356,400,616     18.48
             Others                                           240,863,481       231,526,672      4.03
       Embroideries                                           222,541,354       243,437,866     (8.58)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               12,297,949,751    10,910,486,345     12.72
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                             119,746,102        51,495,711    132.54

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials                8,639,125,343     7,462,035,486     15.77

  Coal, Coke                                                  216,011,353       229,943,481     (6.06)
  Petroleum crude                                           5,152,298,725     4,688,667,250      9.89
  Others                                                    3,270,815,265     2,543,424,755     28.60
Consumer Goods                                              4,259,883,717     3,419,160,567     24.59
  Durable                                                   1,843,702,974     1,477,161,970     24.81
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                       974,422,455       669,303,098     45.59
       Home appliances                                        211,437,941       191,497,144     10.41
       Misc. manufactures                                     657,842,578       616,361,728      6.73
  Non-Durable                                               2,416,180,743     1,941,998,597     24.42
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                 2,275,796,076     1,789,663,501     27.16
             Dairy products                                   570,936,566       412,118,444     38.54
             Fish & fish preparation                           81,571,505        52,345,969     55.83
             Rice                                             577,869,973       465,355,813     24.18
             Fruits & vegetables                              145,827,192       134,530,057      8.40
             Others                                           899,590,840       725,313,218     24.03
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                             55,582,251        69,990,032    (20.59)
       Articles of apparel, access.                            84,802,416        82,345,064      2.98

Special Transactions                                          644,121,436       888,233,460    (27.48)

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                    241,062,740       333,886,379    (27.80)
  Others                                                      403,058,696       554,347,081    (27.29)

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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:  January 25, 2008
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