Table 3   Philippine Exports Performance by Country
          January 2008 and 2007
          (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                               2008   |             2007  | Annual Growth Rate
Country                                       Percent |          Percentt |     (Percent)
                                    January p   Share | January r   Share |
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                   Total             4,241.25  100.00   3,986.94   100.00         6.38

          Top Ten Countries Total    3,674.85   86.65   3,397.16    85.21         8.17

  1  United States Of America  1/      688.83   16.24     695.56    17.45        (0.97)
  2  Japan  2/                         630.74   14.87     606.87    15.22         3.93
  3  Hong Kong                         552.01   13.02     457.26    11.47        20.72
  4  China, People's Republic of       505.16   11.91     496.55    12.45         1.73
  5  Netherlands                       370.01    8.72     284.81     7.14        29.91
  6  Singapore                         258.80    6.10     267.63     6.71        (3.30)
  7  Germany                           224.30    5.29     160.19     4.02        40.02
  8  Malaysia  3/                      188.36    4.44     195.13     4.89        (3.47)
  9  Korea, Republic of                132.15    3.12     114.45     2.87        15.46
 10  Thailand                          124.49    2.94     118.71     2.98         4.87
 11  Others                            566.40   13.35     589.78    14.79        (3.96)

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


Notes:   *  Based on January 2008 ranking.
         1/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         2/ Includes Okinawa.
         3/ Includes Sabah and Sarawak.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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