Table 1   Total Trade by Month and Year
          2005 - 2007
          (F.O.B. Value in Million US$)
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                                        Balance  |       Cumulative        |Balance
Month/Year     Total  Imports  Exports       of  |  Total                  |     of
               Trade                      Trade  |  Trade  Imports  Exports|  Trade
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January
       2005    6,796    3,501    3,294     (207)    6,796    3,501    3,294    (207)
       2006    6,949    3,677    3,272     (405)    6,949    3,677    3,272    (405)
       2007 r  7,702    3,715    3,987      272     7,702    3,715    3,987     272
February
       2005    6,211    3,211    3,000     (211)   13,007    6,713    6,294    (418)
       2006    6,805    3,358    3,447       89    13,754    7,035    6,719    (315)
       2007 p  7,407    3,690    3,717       27    15,109    7,404    7,704     300
March
       2005    7,100    3,832    3,268     (564)   20,107   10,545    9,562    (983)
       2006    8,265    4,138    4,127      (10)   22,019   11,172   10,847    (326)
April
       2005    7,358    4,113    3,246     (867)   27,465   14,657   12,808  (1,849)
       2006    8,328    4,417    3,912     (505)   30,347   15,589   14,758    (831)
May
       2005    7,103    3,798    3,305     (493)   34,568   18,455   16,113  (2,342)
       2006    8,325    4,448    3,878     (570)   38,673   20,037   18,636  (1,401)
June
       2005    7,569    4,210    3,359     (852)   42,137   22,665   19,471  (3,194)
       2006    8,584    4,534    4,050     (484)   47,257   24,571   22,686  (1,885)
July
       2005    7,336    3,833    3,503     (330)   49,473   26,498   22,974  (3,524)
       2006    8,357    4,401    3,956     (445)   55,614   28,972   26,642  (2,330)
August
       2005    7,752    4,239    3,513     (726)   57,224   30,737   26,487  (4,250)
       2006    9,148    4,884    4,265     (619)   64,762   33,856   30,907  (2,949)
September
       2005    8,012    4,337    3,675     (662)   65,236   35,075   30,162  (4,913)
       2006    8,495    4,324    4,171     (153)   73,257   38,180   35,077  (3,103)
October
       2005    7,794    4,159    3,635     (525)   73,030   39,234   33,796  (5,437)
       2006    8,875    4,677    4,198     (479)   82,132   42,857   39,275  (3,582)
November
       2005    7,606    3,975    3,631     (344)   80,636   43,209   37,428  (5,781)
       2006    8,529    4,508    4,021     (487)   90,661   47,365   43,296  (4,069)
December
       2005    8,037    4,209    3,827     (382)   88,673   47,418   41,255  (6,163)
       2006    7,857    4,168    3,689     (478)   98,518   51,533   46,985  (4,547)

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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 totals due to rounding.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

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