Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
March and February 2008 and March 2007
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2008 | 2007 | Growth Rate
Commodity March p | February r | March | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,180,945 100.00 4,112,012 100.00 4,487,333 100.00 1.68 (6.83)
Total Agro-Based Products 194,888 4.66 205,409 5.00 157,866 3.52 (5.12) 23.45
Agro-Based Products 154,732 3.70 160,302 3.90 113,556 2.53 (3.47) 36.26
Coconut Products 99,469 2.38 86,027 2.09 43,361 0.97 15.63 129.40
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 81,416 1.95 65,988 1.60 26,670 0.59 23.38 205.27
Desiccated Coconut 10,804 0.26 12,675 0.31 13,101 0.29 (14.76) (17.53)
Copra Meal/Cake 6,417 0.15 6,935 0.17 2,946 0.07 (7.46) 117.82
Others 832 0.02 429 0.01 644 0.01 93.93 29.21
Sugar and Products 858 0.02 13,208 0.32 10,130 0.23 (93.50) (91.53)
Centrifugal & Refined 641 0.02 12,299 0.30 8,251 0.18 (94.79) (92.23)
Molasses a - 655 0.02 1,624 0.04 (100.00) (100.00)
Others 217 0.01 254 0.01 255 0.01 (14.81) (15.01)
Fruits and Vegetables 54,405 1.30 61,067 1.49 60,066 1.34 (10.91) (9.42)
Canned Pineapple 10,397 0.25 11,350 0.28 7,751 0.17 (8.40) 34.13
Pineapple Juice 2,670 0.06 3,843 0.09 1,880 0.04 (30.53) 42.03
Pineapple Concentrates 2,192 0.05 3,154 0.08 2,482 0.06 (30.52) (11.70)
Bananas 26,690 0.64 32,623 0.79 31,355 0.70 (18.19) (14.88)
Mangoes 1,822 0.04 1,293 0.03 1,972 0.04 40.90 (7.58)
Others 10,634 0.25 8,803 0.21 14,626 0.33 20.80 (27.29)
Other Agro-Based Products 40,155 0.96 45,107 1.10 44,310 0.99 (10.98) (9.38)
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 20,353 0.49 20,811 0.51 21,225 0.47 (2.20) (4.11)
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - 31 0.00 1 0.00 (100.00) (100.00)
Abaca Fibers 1,120 0.03 1,130 0.03 1,407 0.03 (0.90) (20.42)
Tobacco Unmanufactured 2,346 0.06 6,057 0.15 3,012 0.07 (61.27) (22.12)
Natural Rubber 3,474 0.08 5,889 0.14 3,198 0.07 (41.01) 8.62
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 2,803 0.07 2,158 0.05 2,222 0.05 29.89 26.15
Rice b 0.00 1 0.00 10 0.00 (53.91) (95.65)
Others 10,058 0.24 9,030 0.22 13,235 0.29 11.39 (24.00)
Forest Products 1,756 0.04 3,173 0.08 3,058 0.07 (44.65) (42.58)
Logs a - a - a - - -
Lumber 934 0.02 1,875 0.05 968 0.02 (50.17) (3.53)
Plywood 538 0.01 1,057 0.03 1,853 0.04 (49.10) (70.96)
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 203 0.00 240 0.01 236 0.01 (15.46) (13.98)
Others 80 0.00 a - a - - -
Mineral Products 196,105 4.69 181,721 4.42 164,501 3.67 7.92 19.21
Copper Concentrates 9,261 0.22 7,240 0.18 7,054 0.16 27.92 31.28
Copper Metal 94,978 2.27 85,434 2.08 78,238 1.74 11.17 21.40
Gold 6,714 0.16 7,313 0.18 6,369 0.14 (8.19) 5.41
Iron Ore Agglomerates 13,877 0.33 11,894 0.29 11,747 0.26 16.67 18.13
Chromium Ore 1,816 0.04 318 0.01 1,647 0.04 470.87 10.22
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 69,460 1.66 69,522 1.69 59,444 1.32 (0.09) 16.85
Petroleum Products 86,233 2.06 123,733 3.01 52,258 1.16 (30.31) 65.01
Manufactures 3,574,777 85.50 3,485,333 84.76 3,958,578 88.22 2.57 (9.70)
Electronic Products 2,444,464 58.47 2,456,699 59.74 2,957,624 65.91 (0.50) (17.35)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,843,761 44.10 1,733,283 42.15 2,368,828 52.79 6.37 (22.17)
Electronic Data
Processing 440,065 10.53 461,624 11.23 435,348 9.70 (4.67) 1.08
Office Equipment 26,812 0.64 26,040 0.63 31,647 0.71 2.96 (15.28)
Consumer Electronics 38,052 0.91 38,701 0.94 38,719 0.86 (1.68) (1.72)
Telecommunication 19,828 0.47 27,458 0.67 10,577 0.24 (27.79) 87.46
Communication/Radar 26,725 0.64 23,680 0.58 26,101 0.58 12.86 2.39
Control and
Instrumentation 3,059 0.07 3,928 0.10 4,110 0.09 (22.12) (25.57)
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 3,345 0.08 2,951 0.07 2,192 0.05 13.35 52.63
Automotive Electronics 42,816 1.02 139,033 3.38 40,102 0.89 (69.20) 6.77
Other Electronics 131,149 3.14 120,076 2.92 94,797 2.11 9.22 38.35
Garments 166,772 3.99 177,320 4.31 184,210 4.11 (5.95) (9.47)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 15,949 0.38 17,725 0.43 15,674 0.35 (10.02) 1.76
Footwear 3,045 0.07 3,967 0.10 2,139 0.05 (23.23) 42.39
Travel Goods and Handbags 11,296 0.27 7,840 0.19 1,216 0.03 44.08 829.14
Wood Manufactures 86,312 2.06 68,115 1.66 76,619 1.71 26.72 12.65
Furniture & Fixtures 21,917 0.52 22,965 0.56 20,120 0.45 (4.57) 8.93
Chemicals 127,267 3.04 82,148 2.00 90,084 2.01 54.92 41.28
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 17,363 0.42 17,518 0.43 18,964 0.42 (0.88) (8.44)
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 170,354 4.07 165,397 4.02 159,008 3.54 3.00 7.14
Processed food and Beverages 72,365 1.73 60,452 1.47 58,880 1.31 19.71 22.90
Iron & Steel 16,338 0.39 24,554 0.60 26,750 0.60 (33.46) (38.93)
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 9,318 0.22 10,032 0.24 11,201 0.25 (7.11) (16.81)
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 5,064 0.12 4,519 0.11 5,687 0.13 12.04 (10.96)
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 30,416 0.73 30,504 0.74 25,792 0.57 (0.29) 17.93
Others 245,389 5.87 215,503 5.24 209,814 4.68 13.87 16.96
Special Transactions 127,186 3.04 112,643 2.74 151,073 3.37 12.91 (15.81)
Re-Export 58,959 1.41 51,970 1.26 74,184 1.65 13.45 (20.52)
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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
b - Less than 1,000
r - Revised
p - Preliminary
Components may not add up to totals due to rounding
Page last updated: May 9, 2008
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