Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  November 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 (%)
                                       November  Share|   Jan-Nov   Share|  November   Share|   Jan-Nov  Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total                  5,084.34 100.00  50,317.71  100.00   4,509.66  100.00  47,595.21 100.00    12.74       5.72

        Top 10 Countries Total         3,973.46  78.15  38,700.14   76.91   3,460.54   76.74  36,957.78  77.65    14.82       4.71

 1 United States Of America  1/          708.27  13.93   7,229.07   14.37     672.84   14.92   7,704.72  16.19     5.27      (6.17)
 2 Japan  2/                             664.71  13.07   5,948.63   11.82     665.24   14.75   6,605.90  13.88    (0.08)     (9.95)
 3 Singapore                             459.72   9.04   5,769.01   11.47     364.78    8.09   4,017.97   8.44    26.03      43.58
 4 Saudi Arabia                          427.70   8.41   3,347.26    6.65     219.46    4.87   2,688.21   5.65    94.89      24.52
 5 China, People's Republic of           367.30   7.22   3,684.61    7.32     294.22    6.52   3,342.07   7.02    24.84      10.25
 6 Taiwan                                350.17   6.89   3,711.07    7.38     357.55    7.93   3,841.10   8.07    (2.06)     (3.39)
 7 Korea, Republic of                    305.65   6.01   2,979.45    5.92     285.29    6.33   2,971.70   6.24     7.13       0.26
 8 Thailand                              242.64   4.77   2,040.98    4.06     198.92    4.41   1,909.88   4.01    21.98       6.86
 9 Malaysia  3/                          230.60   4.54   2,003.72    3.98     220.49    4.89   1,955.63   4.11     4.59       2.46
10 Hong Kong                             216.70   4.26   1,986.33    3.95     181.75    4.03   1,920.60   4.04    19.23       3.42
11 Others                              1,110.88  21.85  11,617.57   23.09   1,049.12   23.26  10,637.43  22.35     5.89       9.21

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

 Notes:   * Based on November 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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