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

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                                                      2008                   |       2007        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                          March p  Share| February r    Share|     March    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,180.94   100.00   4,112.01    100.00   4,487.33   100.00      1.68    (6.83)

 1 Electronic Products                 2,444.46    58.47   2,456.70     59.74   2,957.62    65.91     (0.50)  (17.35)
   a) Components/Devices
       (Semiconductors)                1,843.76    44.10   1,733.28     42.15   2,368.83    52.79      6.37   (22.17)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         440.06    10.53     461.62     11.23     435.35     9.70     (4.67)    1.08
   c) Office Equipment                    26.81     0.64      26.04      0.63      31.65     0.71      2.96   (15.28)
   d) Consumer Electronics                38.05     0.91      38.70      0.94      38.72     0.86     (1.68)   (1.72)
   e) Telecommunication                   19.83     0.47      27.46      0.67      10.58     0.24    (27.79)   87.46
   f) Communication/Radar                 26.73     0.64      23.68      0.58      26.10     0.58     12.86     2.39
   g) Control and Instrumentation          3.06     0.07       3.93      0.10       4.11     0.09    (22.12)  (25.57)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.35     0.08       2.95      0.07       2.19     0.05     13.35    52.63
   i) Automotive Electronics              42.82     1.02     139.03      3.38      40.10     0.89    (69.20)    6.77
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
    Accessories                          166.77     3.99     177.32      4.31     184.21     4.11     (5.95)   (9.47)
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture              108.23     2.59      91.08      2.22      96.74     2.16     18.83    11.88
 4 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
    Of Refined copper                     94.98     2.27      85.43      2.08      78.24     1.74     11.17    21.40
 5 Petroleum Products  1/                 86.23     2.06     123.73      3.01      52.26     1.16    (30.31)   65.01
 6 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships 2/                86.09     2.06      89.87      2.19      73.09     1.63     (4.21)   17.79
 7 Coconut Oil  3/                        81.42     1.95      65.99      1.60      26.67     0.59     23.38   205.27
 8 Other Products Manufactured from
    Materials on consignment basis        67.27     1.61      76.12      1.85      77.83     1.73    (11.63)  (13.57)
 9 Metal Components  4/                   46.62     1.12      47.49      1.16      45.55     1.02     (1.83)    2.36
10 Gold  5/                               36.22     0.87      37.23      0.91      20.14     0.45     (2.72)   79.85

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,218.29    76.98   3,250.98     79.06   3,612.34    80.50     (1.01)  (10.91)

11 Tuna  6/                               27.42     0.66      19.92      0.48      12.48     0.28     37.68   119.73
12 Bananas (Fresh)                        26.69     0.64      32.62      0.79      31.35     0.70    (18.19)  (14.88)
13 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       18.90     0.45      22.06      0.54      17.78     0.40    (14.33)    6.28
14 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  13.88     0.33      11.89      0.29      11.75     0.26     16.67    18.13
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              11.17     0.27      12.15      0.30      12.95     0.29     (8.06)  (13.74)
16 Dessicated Coconut                     10.80     0.26      12.68      0.31      13.10     0.29    (14.76)  (17.53)
17 Copper Concentrates                     9.26     0.22       7.24      0.18       7.05     0.16     27.92    31.28
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 8.46     0.20       8.47      0.21      10.25     0.23     (0.20)  (17.52)
19 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  6.42     0.15       6.93      0.17       2.95     0.07     (7.46)  117.82
20 Basketworks                             4.63     0.11       4.69      0.11       5.21     0.12     (1.26)  (11.21)
21 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
    Chilled or Frozen                      3.41     0.08       4.08      0.10       5.84     0.13    (16.34)  (41.57)
22 Fertilizers, Manufactured               3.26     0.08       4.11      0.10       3.74     0.08    (20.51)  (12.82)
23 Footwear                                3.05     0.07       3.97      0.10       2.14     0.05    (23.23)   42.39
24 Fine Jewelry                            2.40     0.06       2.51      0.06       2.40     0.05     (4.57)   (0.27)
25 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  2.35     0.06       6.06      0.15       3.01     0.07    (61.27)  (22.12)
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.52     0.04       2.21      0.05       2.40     0.05    (31.18)  (36.56)
27 Christmas Decor                         1.45     0.03       1.32      0.03       2.46     0.05      9.81   (41.07)
28 Activated Carbon                        0.64     0.02       3.90      0.09       3.99     0.09    (83.53)  (83.88)
29 Sugar                                   0.64     0.02      12.30      0.30       8.25     0.18    (94.79)  (92.23)
30 Others                                806.31    19.29     681.93     16.58     715.88    15.95     18.24    12.63


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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 & 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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