Table 1a  Total Growth Rate by Month and Year
          2006-2007
          (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
       2006     6.5      5.9      7.2      15.8       6.5      5.9      7.2      15.8
       2007     6.4      0.2     12.9     256.1       6.4      0.2     12.9     256.1
February
       2006    10.5      6.4     14.9     115.7       8.4      6.1     10.9      66.2
       2007     7.9      8.0      7.8     (16.9)      7.1      4.0     10.4     312.1
March
       2006    18.3     10.3     27.7      90.6      11.9      7.6     16.7      80.2
       2007     7.7      8.0      7.3     (67.8)      7.3      5.5      9.2     208.5
April
       2006    13.3      7.4     20.7      42.5      12.3      7.6     17.7      62.5
       2007     1.5     (1.7)     5.1      55.0       5.8      3.5      8.1      98.0
May
       2006    17.3     17.1     17.6     (14.1)     13.3      9.5     17.7      46.4
       2007     1.0     (3.4)     6.1      69.1       4.7      2.0      7.7      85.1
June
       2006    13.5      7.7     20.7      43.8      13.3      9.2     18.2      45.7
       2007     2.7      3.8      1.5     (22.8)      4.4      2.3      6.6      55.3
July
       2006    14.9     15.1     14.7     (20.1)     13.6     10.0     17.6      39.5
       2007     9.5     14.2      4.3    (115.3)      5.1      4.1      6.3      23.6
August
       2006    18.1     15.2     21.7      16.0      14.2     10.8     18.2      35.5
       2007    (0.7)     2.1     (4.0)    (44.6)      4.3      3.8      4.9       8.4
September
       2006     6.5      0.4     13.7      73.3      13.3      9.5     17.6      40.6
       2007     6.8      8.9      4.6    (109.6)      4.6      4.4      4.8       1.2
October
       2006    14.1     12.7     15.8       8.7      13.3      9.8     17.4      37.5
       2007 r  10.2      9.9     10.5      (4.7)      5.2      5.0      5.4       0.4
November
       2006    12.3     13.4     11.0     (39.1)     13.2     10.2     16.8      33.0
       2007 p   5.8     12.7     (2.1)   (137.5)      5.3      5.7      4.8     (16.6)
December
       2006    (2.1)    (0.7)    (3.6)    (27.7)     11.9      9.2     14.9      29.2

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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.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

Page last updated:  January 25, 2008
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