Table 2a  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
          January to March 2008 and 2007
          (FOB in U.S. Dollars)

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Commodity                                                                     2008    |      2007     |  Growth
                                                                           Jan-Mar p  |     Jan-Mar   |    Rate
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      Total Exports                                                   12,523,515,823    12,200,527,454      2.65

Total Agro-Based Products                                                639,570,028       419,466,777     52.47
   Agro-Based Products                                                   514,157,741       305,639,916     68.22
      Coconut Products                                                   330,661,535       117,492,393    181.43
         Copra                                                                     a                 a        -
         Coconut Oil                                                     277,566,094        73,564,306    277.31
         Desiccated Coconut                                               33,897,249        34,810,366     (2.62)
         Copra Meal/Cake                                                  17,521,465         6,627,882    164.36
         Others                                                            1,676,727         2,489,839    (32.66)
      Sugar and Products                                                  14,765,287        20,095,962    (26.53)
         Centrifugal & Refined                                            13,339,074        16,597,692    (19.63)
         Molasses                                                            666,800         2,703,600    (75.34)
         Others                                                              759,413           794,670     (4.44)
      Fruits and Vegetables                                              168,730,919       168,051,561      0.40
         Canned Pineapple                                                 31,073,369        21,871,955     42.07
         Pineapple Juice                                                   9,101,727         6,748,938     34.86
         Pineapple Concentrates                                            7,998,163         9,387,927    (14.80)
         Bananas                                                          87,066,449        91,861,661     (5.22)
         Mangoes                                                           4,284,426         4,871,251    (12.05)
         Others                                                           29,206,785        33,309,829    (12.32)
   Other Agro-Based Products                                             125,412,287       113,826,861     10.18
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved Of Which: Shrimps & Prawns              60,147,075        59,252,098      1.51
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted                                             31,248             3,040    927.89
         Abaca Fibers                                                      3,821,886         5,078,662    (24.75)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured                                           11,188,108         7,193,009     55.54
         Natural Rubber                                                   12,904,316         9,645,324     33.79
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted                                              a                 a        -
         Seaweeds, Dried                                                   9,132,676         4,878,354     87.21
         Rice                                                                  1,309            10,787    (87.87)
         Others                                                           28,185,669        27,765,587      1.51
Forest Products                                                            8,022,086        10,396,085    (22.84)
         Logs                                                                      a                 a        -
         Lumber                                                            3,318,753         4,239,167    (21.71)
         Plywood                                                           3,673,828         5,147,312    (28.63)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks                                            889,846           672,706     32.28
         Others                                                              139,659           336,900    (58.55)
Mineral Products                                                         562,684,832       525,360,910      7.10
         Copper Concentrates                                              24,549,849        26,109,044     (5.97)
         Copper Metal                                                    269,691,941       300,192,321    (10.16)
         Gold                                                             20,685,806        17,714,009     16.78
         Iron Ore Agglomerates                                            31,832,337        42,366,135    (24.86)
         Chromium Ore                                                      2,589,579         2,202,269     17.59
         Nickel                                                                    a                 a        -
         Others                                                          213,335,320       136,777,132     55.97
Petroleum Products                                                       316,383,993       153,301,906    106.38
Manufactures                                                          10,581,368,204    10,716,421,482     (1.26)
         Electronic Products                                           7,509,972,425     7,872,328,629     (4.60)
            Components/Devices (Semiconductors)                        5,527,565,875     6,089,550,917     (9.23)
            Electronic Data Processing                                 1,362,852,626     1,376,730,349     (1.01)
            Office Equipment                                              82,143,815        90,263,160     (9.00)
            Consumer Electronics                                         116,041,479        88,055,152     31.78
            Telecommunication                                             52,733,144        33,506,864     57.38
            Communication/Radar                                           70,687,186        68,283,610      3.52
            Control and Instrumentation                                   10,634,431        10,174,075      4.52
            Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                             8,243,099         5,137,751     60.44
            Automotive Electronics                                       279,070,770       110,626,751    152.26
         Other Electronics                                               350,793,904       279,240,614     25.62
         Garments                                                        515,568,776       589,002,254    (12.47)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics                                            49,095,750        50,754,309     (3.27)
         Footwear                                                          9,540,831         8,701,815      9.64
         Travel Goods and Handbags                                        22,278,404         3,662,673    508.26
         Wood Manufactures                                               210,708,456       180,481,705     16.75
         Furniture & Fixtures                                             62,052,749        57,978,159      7.03
         Chemicals                                                       294,799,145       242,488,726     21.57
         Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures                                50,435,729        54,966,225     (8.24)
         Machinery & Transport Equipment                                 490,304,265       427,439,280     14.71
         Processed food and Beverages                                    183,253,303       154,256,775     18.80
         Iron & Steel                                                     55,495,814        66,194,680    (16.16)
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games and sporting goods                       29,264,208        30,300,263     (3.42)
         Basketwork, Wickerwork & Other Articles of Plaiting Materials    13,357,987        14,892,031    (10.30)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles, n.e.s.                               83,140,208        79,268,185      4.88
         Others                                                          651,306,250       604,465,159      7.75
Special Transactions                                                     415,486,680       375,580,294     10.63
Re-export                                                                186,466,669       184,017,053      1.33
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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 growth rate
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

Page last updated:  May 9, 2008
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