Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  December 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 (%)
                                       December  Share|   Jan-Dec   Share|  December   Share|   Jan-Dec  Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total                  5,000.58 100.00  55,316.93  100.00   4,178.47  100.00  51,773.68 100.00    19.67       6.84

        Top 10 Countries Total         3,826.04  76.51  41,575.14   75.16   3,183.93   76.20  38,537.00  74.43    20.17       7.88

 1 United States Of America  1/          686.45  13.73   7,915.48   14.31     732.24   17.52   8,436.96  16.30    (6.25)     (6.18)
 2 Japan  2/                             656.63  13.13   6,605.32   11.94     664.33   15.90   7,270.24  14.04    (1.16)     (9.15)
 3 Singapore                             495.51   9.91   6,264.51   11.32     360.75    8.63   4,378.72   8.46    37.36      43.07
 4 Taiwan                                372.46   7.45   4,083.32    7.38     303.92    7.27   4,145.02   8.01    22.55      (1.49)
 5 China, People's Republic of           345.84   6.92   4,030.44    7.29     305.29    7.31   3,647.35   7.04    13.28      10.50
 6 Korea, Republic of                    329.21   6.58   3,308.66    5.98     227.87    5.45   3,199.57   6.18    44.47       3.41
 7 Malaysia  3/                          293.21   5.86   2,297.03    4.15     146.50    3.51   2,102.13   4.06   100.14       9.27
 8 United Arab Emirates                  242.23   4.84   1,277.62    2.31      30.69    0.73     346.58   0.67   689.28     268.63
 9 Saudi Arabia                          207.13   4.14   3,554.40    6.43     246.73    5.90   2,934.94   5.67   (16.05)     21.11
10 Thailand                              197.38   3.95   2,238.36    4.05     165.61    3.96   2,075.49   4.01    19.19       7.85
11 Others                              1,174.54  23.49  13,741.79   24.84     994.54   23.80  13,236.68  25.57    18.10       3.82

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

 Notes:   * Based on December 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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