Table 1   Philippine Exports to All Countries
          January 2008 and December and January 2007
          (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                   2008 |                  2007                  |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                       Percent |            Percent |           Percent |     (Percent)
                                       January p  Share |  December r  Share | January r  Share  |   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                 4,241.25   100.00    4,472.44   100.00  3,986.94   100.00        (5.17)    6.38

 1 Electronic Products                2,609.09    61.52    2,539.97    56.79  2,568.35    64.42         2.72     1.59
   a) Components/Devices
       (Semiconductors)               1,950.29    45.98    1,904.35    42.58  1,933.45    48.49         2.41     0.87
   b) Electronic Data Processing        461.41    10.88      459.61    10.28    512.10    12.84         0.39    (9.90)
   c) Office Equipment                   29.28     0.69       27.24     0.61     28.11     0.71         7.48     4.15
   d) Consumer Electronics               39.47     0.93       58.36     1.30     21.66     0.54       (32.36)   82.21
   e) Telecommunication                   5.55     0.13        5.48     0.12     12.56     0.31         1.35   (55.80)
   f) Communication/Radar                20.28     0.48       21.63     0.48     19.15     0.48        (6.25)    5.87
   g) Control and Instrumentation         3.82     0.09        2.71     0.06      3.29     0.08        41.04    16.32
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation  1.94     0.05        4.02     0.09      1.12     0.03       (51.66)   73.20
   i) Automotive Electronics             97.04     2.29       56.58     1.27     36.90     0.93        71.52   162.97
 2 Articles of Apparel
 and Clothing Accessories               171.65     4.05      180.61     4.04    203.53     5.10        (4.96)  (15.66)
 3 Coconut Oil  1/                      131.33     3.10      107.43     2.40     18.27     0.46        22.25   618.65
 4 Petroleum Products  2/               106.41     2.51      170.72     3.82     67.43     1.69       (37.67)   57.81
 5 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
    Of Refined copper                    89.28     2.11      182.28     4.08    124.01     3.11       (51.02)  (28.01)
 6 Woodcrafts and Furniture              76.51     1.80       75.67     1.69     75.44     1.89         1.11     1.41
 7 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships  3/              70.43     1.66       84.94     1.90     62.03     1.56       (17.08)   13.53
 8 Metal Components  4/                  44.28     1.04       40.86     0.91     34.15     0.86         8.37    29.65
 9 Gold  5/                              42.28     1.00       43.98     0.98      7.67     0.19        (3.88)  451.37
10 Other Products Manufactured from
    Materials on consignment basis       41.78     0.99       45.97     1.03     62.08     1.56        (9.12)  (32.71)

 Top ten exports                      3,383.03    79.76    3,472.43    77.64  3,222.98    80.84        (2.57)    4.97

11 Bananas (Fresh)                       27.75     0.65       32.98     0.74     28.48     0.71       (15.84)   (2.54)
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products      18.76     0.44       22.36     0.50     18.12     0.45       (16.12)    3.51
13 Tuna  6/                              13.28     0.31       22.32     0.50     11.24     0.28       (40.53)   18.07
14 Dessicated Coconut                    10.54     0.25       11.37     0.25     10.68     0.27        (7.37)   (1.35)
15 Seaweeds and Carageenan               10.49     0.25        8.94     0.20      4.45     0.11        17.37   135.91
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              9.51     0.22       13.52     0.30      9.46     0.24       (29.68)    0.48
17 Fertilizers, Manufactured              8.45     0.20        0.88     0.02      2.92     0.07       861.17   189.38
18 Copper Concentrates                    8.05     0.19       15.32     0.34     10.52     0.26       (47.45)  (23.52)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  6.06     0.14       14.62     0.33     19.10     0.48       (58.55)  (68.27)
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                 5.14     0.12        5.53     0.12      2.19     0.05        (6.91)  135.37
21 Basketworks                            4.17     0.10        5.53     0.12      4.76     0.12       (24.50)  (12.37)
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
    Chilled or Frozen                     3.43     0.08        4.88     0.11      4.25     0.11       (29.76)  (19.32)
23 Activated Carbon                       3.35     0.08        3.62     0.08      2.70     0.07        (7.44)   24.40
24 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 2.78     0.07        5.49     0.12      2.34     0.06       (49.25)   18.79
25 Footwear                               2.53     0.06        2.87     0.06      3.67     0.09       (11.98)  (31.03)
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                2.05     0.05        2.94     0.07      2.77     0.07       (30.26)  (25.88)
27 Fine Jewelry                           1.42     0.03        1.98     0.04      1.78     0.04       (28.44)  (20.59)
28 Christmas Decor                        1.34     0.03        1.64     0.04      2.02     0.05       (18.05)  (33.55)
29 Sugar                                  0.40     0.01        0.47     0.01       -        -         (15.07)     -
30 Others                               718.72    16.95      822.75    18.40    622.51    15.61       (12.64)   15.46

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1/ Includes crude and refined.
         2/ Includes refined petroluem products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         3/ Consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         4/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         5/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         6/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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