Table 1a  Philippine Exports to all Countries
          January to February 2008 and 2007
          (F.O.B. Value in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                           2008     |        2007     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Feb p   |      Jan-Feb    |   Rate
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             Total                                  8,348,777,724    7,713,193,982         8.24

 1 Electronic Products                              5,064,744,438    4,914,704,166         3.05
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           3,683,931,270    3,720,722,614        (0.99)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                      922,242,041      941,382,844        (2.03)
   c) Office Equipment                                 55,189,987       58,615,728        (5.84)
   d) Consumer Electronics                             77,798,776       49,336,065        57.69
   e) Telecommunication                                32,916,584       22,929,661        43.55
   f) Communication/Radar                              44,017,738       42,182,627         4.35
   g) Control and Instrumentation                       7,575,048        6,063,800        24.92
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                4,897,981        2,946,118        66.25
   i) Automotive Electronics                          236,175,013       70,524,709       234.88
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories       348,875,604      404,792,366       (13.81)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     117,916,099      125,175,002        (5.80)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             230,192,987      101,043,881       127.81
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         160,258,623      134,060,863        19.54
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    196,150,111       46,894,368       318.28
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper 174,714,376      221,954,132       (21.28)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           168,755,841      141,667,809        19.12
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                     60,402,889       60,506,818        (0.17)
10 Metal Components  4/                                90,430,298       68,255,800        32.49
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                    40,821,291       33,534,472        21.73
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           21,637,087       17,751,297        21.89
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  22,651,998       21,709,812         4.34
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen         7,515,354        9,100,339       (17.42)
15 Tuna  5/                                            33,192,196       22,586,595        46.96
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             18,975,378       11,120,759        70.63
17 Christmas Decor                                      2,657,834        3,387,619       (21.54)
18 Basketworks                                          8,879,358        9,496,223        (6.50)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               17,955,601       30,618,754       (41.36)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           12,560,647       10,383,957        20.96
21 Gold  6/                                            79,507,041       15,480,426       413.60
22 Footwear                                             6,495,381        6,562,951        (1.03)
23 Activated Carbon                                     7,252,940        5,269,458        37.64
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              4,165,753        6,009,587       (30.68)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              11,104,504        3,681,864       201.60
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                               8,841,947        4,180,649       111.50
27 Fine Jewelry                                         3,918,210        3,455,456        13.39
28 Copper Concentrates                                 15,288,913       19,054,563       (19.76)
29 Sugar                                               12,697,764        8,346,734        52.13
30 Others                                           1,400,217,261    1,252,407,262        11.80

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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