Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
February and January 2008 and February 2007
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2008 | 2007 | Growth Rate
Commodity February p | January r | February | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,118,219 100.00 4,230,559 100.00 3,721,345 100.00 (2.66) 10.66
Total Agro-Based Products 204,959 4.98 239,273 5.66 141,426 3.80 (14.34) 44.92
Agro-Based Products 159,888 3.88 199,123 4.71 105,277 2.83 (19.70) 51.87
Coconut Products 85,586 2.08 145,165 3.43 42,538 1.14 (41.04) 101.20
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 65,988 1.60 130,162 3.08 28,619 0.77 (49.30) 130.57
Desiccated Coconut 12,234 0.30 10,418 0.25 11,030 0.30 17.44 10.92
Copra Meal/Cake 6,935 0.17 4,170 0.10 1,497 0.04 66.30 363.36
Others 429 0.01 416 0.01 1,392 0.04 3.26 (69.17)
Sugar and Products 13,208 0.32 700 0.02 9,063 0.24 1,788.01 45.74
Centrifugal & Refined 12,299 0.30 399 0.01 8,347 0.22 2,981.18 47.35
Molasses 655 0.02 12 0.00 510 0.01 5,221.14 28.43
Others 254 0.01 288 0.01 206 0.01 (11.66) 23.37
Fruits and Vegetables 61,094 1.48 53,259 1.26 53,676 1.44 14.71 13.82
Canned Pineapple 11,350 0.28 9,326 0.22 5,851 0.16 21.70 93.97
Pineapple Juice 3,843 0.09 2,588 0.06 2,262 0.06 48.49 69.89
Pineapple Concentrates 3,154 0.08 2,653 0.06 3,335 0.09 18.91 (5.43)
Bananas 32,650 0.79 27,753 0.66 32,030 0.86 17.64 1.93
Mangoes 1,293 0.03 1,169 0.03 1,444 0.04 10.69 (10.40)
Others 8,803 0.21 9,770 0.23 8,753 0.24 (9.89) 0.57
Other Agro-Based Products 45,071 1.09 40,150 0.95 36,150 0.97 12.26 24.68
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 20,783 0.50 18,983 0.45 19,233 0.52 9.49 8.06
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted 31 0.00 a - 3 0.00 - 1,130.24
Abaca Fibers 1,130 0.03 1,573 0.04 1,635 0.04 (28.17) (30.91)
Tobacco Unmanufactured 6,057 0.15 2,785 0.07 1,836 0.05 117.49 229.85
Natural Rubber 5,889 0.14 3,541 0.08 3,205 0.09 66.30 83.77
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 2,158 0.05 4,171 0.10 1,641 0.04 (48.26) 31.51
Rice 1 0.00 a - 1 0.00 - (23.35)
Others 9,022 0.22 9,098 0.22 8,596 0.23 (0.83) 4.96
Forest Products 3,173 0.08 3,094 0.07 3,862 0.10 2.55 (17.86)
Logs a - a - a - - -
Lumber 1,875 0.05 510 0.01 1,729 0.05 267.69 8.43
Plywood 1,057 0.03 2,078 0.05 1,821 0.05 (49.12) (41.92)
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 240 0.01 446 0.01 290 0.01 (46.10) (17.13)
Others a - 59 0.00 23 0.00 (100.00) (100.00)
Mineral Products 181,719 4.41 184,859 4.37 172,173 4.63 (1.70) 5.54
Copper Concentrates 7,240 0.18 8,049 0.19 8,530 0.23 (10.05) (15.12)
Copper Metal 85,434 2.07 89,280 2.11 97,942 2.63 (4.31) (12.77)
Gold 7,313 0.18 6,659 0.16 5,991 0.16 9.81 22.06
Iron Ore Agglomerates 11,894 0.29 6,062 0.14 11,517 0.31 96.22 3.27
Chromium Ore 318 0.01 456 0.01 409 0.01 (30.18) (22.16)
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 69,520 1.69 74,354 1.76 47,785 1.28 (6.50) 45.48
Petroleum Products 123,775 3.01 106,418 2.52 33,612 0.90 16.31 268.24
Manufactures 3,490,101 84.75 3,521,258 83.23 3,270,001 87.87 (0.88) 6.73
Electronic Products 2,455,935 59.64 2,608,810 61.67 2,345,617 63.03 (5.86) 4.70
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,733,410 42.09 1,950,521 46.11 1,787,268 48.03 (11.13) (3.01)
Electronic Data
Processing 461,077 11.20 461,165 10.90 428,605 11.52 (0.02) 7.58
Office Equipment 25,898 0.63 29,292 0.69 30,471 0.82 (11.59) (15.01)
Consumer Electronics 38,511 0.94 39,288 0.93 27,646 0.74 (1.98) 39.30
Telecommunication 27,469 0.67 5,447 0.13 10,373 0.28 404.29 164.83
Communication/Radar 23,736 0.58 20,282 0.48 23,031 0.62 17.03 3.06
Control and
Instrumentation 3,928 0.10 3,647 0.09 2,778 0.07 7.73 41.43
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 2,951 0.07 1,947 0.05 1,824 0.05 51.58 61.83
Automotive Electronics 138,953 3.37 97,222 2.30 33,622 0.90 42.92 313.28
Other Electronics 120,110 2.92 99,569 2.35 91,117 2.45 20.63 31.82
Garments 177,398 4.31 171,477 4.05 201,263 5.41 3.45 (11.86)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 17,707 0.43 15,422 0.36 17,499 0.47 14.82 1.19
Footwear 3,967 0.10 2,528 0.06 2,897 0.08 56.90 36.92
Travel Goods and Handbags 7,840 0.19 3,143 0.07 1,162 0.03 149.46 574.93
Wood Manufactures 72,366 1.76 56,282 1.33 47,023 1.26 28.58 53.89
Furniture & Fixtures 22,924 0.56 17,170 0.41 19,202 0.52 33.51 19.39
Chemicals 81,111 1.97 85,385 2.02 80,371 2.16 (5.00) 0.92
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 17,515 0.43 15,555 0.37 19,630 0.53 12.60 (10.78)
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 169,768 4.12 154,553 3.65 143,227 3.85 9.84 18.53
Processed food and Beverages 59,189 1.44 50,436 1.19 51,523 1.38 17.35 14.88
Iron & Steel 24,554 0.60 14,604 0.35 7,711 0.21 68.13 218.44
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 10,033 0.24 9,914 0.23 9,050 0.24 1.20 10.86
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 4,567 0.11 3,775 0.09 4,630 0.12 20.99 (1.35)
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 30,112 0.73 22,221 0.53 26,301 0.71 35.51 14.49
Others 215,004 5.22 190,415 4.50 201,779 5.42 12.91 6.55
Special Transactions 114,492 2.78 175,657 4.15 100,269 2.69 (34.82) 14.18
Re-Export 51,970 1.26 75,538 1.79 36,107 0.97 (31.20) 43.93
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: a - No export data
- - No % share / No growth rate
r - Revised
p - Preliminary
Components may not add up to totals due to rounding
Page last updated: April 10, 2008
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