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    7,240    3,707    3,533     (174)    7,240    3,707    3,533    (174)
       2007    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    6,864    3,415    3,448       33    14,103    7,122    6,981    (141)
       2007    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    8,400    4,227    4,174      (53)   22,504   11,349   11,155    (194)
       2007 r  9,044    4,566    4,478      (89)   24,153   11,971   12,182     211
April
       2005    7,358    4,113    3,246     (867)   27,465   14,657   12,808  (1,849)
       2006    8,335    4,417    3,918     (499)   30,838   15,766   15,073    (693)
       2007 p  8,453    4,336    4,117     (219)   32,606   16,307   16,299      (8)
May
       2005    7,103    3,798    3,305     (493)   34,568   18,455   16,113  (2,342)
       2006    8,333    4,448    3,885     (563)   39,171   20,214   18,958  (1,256)
June
       2005    7,569    4,210    3,359     (852)   42,137   22,665   19,471  (3,194)
       2006    8,589    4,534    4,055     (479)   47,760   24,748   23,013  (1,735)
July
       2005    7,336    3,833    3,503     (330)   49,473   26,498   22,974  (3,524)
       2006    8,429    4,412    4,016     (396)   56,189   29,160   27,029  (2,131)
August
       2005    7,752    4,239    3,513     (726)   57,224   30,737   26,487  (4,250)
       2006    9,157    4,884    4,274     (610)   65,347   34,044   31,303  (2,741)
September
       2005    8,012    4,337    3,675     (662)   65,236   35,075   30,162  (4,913)
       2006    8,534    4,355    4,178     (177)   73,880   38,399   35,481  (2,918)
October
       2005    7,794    4,159    3,635     (525)   73,030   39,234   33,796  (5,437)
       2006    8,894    4,686    4,207     (479)   82,774   43,086   39,689  (3,397)
November
       2005    7,606    3,975    3,631     (344)   80,636   43,209   37,428  (5,781)
       2006    8,541    4,510    4,031     (479)   91,315   47,595   43,720  (3,876)
December
       2005    8,037    4,209    3,827     (382)   88,673   47,418   41,255  (6,163)
       2006    7,869    4,178    3,690     (488)   99,184   51,774   47,410  (4,364)

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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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