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

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                                                           2008     |        2007     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Apr p   |      Jan-Apr    |   Rate
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             Total                                 16,860,842,839    16,324,576,274       3.29

 1 Electronic Products                             10,032,539,990    10,435,506,909      (3.86)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           7,412,055,999     8,133,098,098      (8.87)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    1,820,839,647     1,770,587,533       2.84
   c) Office Equipment                                109,450,318       117,657,991      (6.98)
   d) Consumer Electronics                            163,064,542       121,436,944      34.28
   e) Telecommunication                                64,802,421        36,710,963      76.52
   f) Communication/Radar                              93,827,054        89,035,725       5.38
   g) Control and Instrumentation                      13,652,683        13,523,834       0.95
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               11,130,893         8,225,371      35.32
   i) Automotive Electronics                          343,716,433       145,230,450     136.67
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories       669,259,719       752,165,887     (11.02)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     244,734,860       257,927,035      (5.11)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             413,812,764       244,357,556      69.35
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         319,224,625       278,111,441      14.78
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    425,817,950       139,174,395     205.96
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper 369,099,279       402,033,994      (8.19)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           365,005,737       324,316,753      12.55
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    129,583,986       128,965,713       0.48
10 Metal Components  4/                               180,982,500       148,841,965      21.59
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                    78,090,667        71,940,795       8.55
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           46,537,778        41,929,427      10.99
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  48,320,917        49,331,559      (2.05)
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        16,393,669        20,432,821     (19.77)
15 Tuna  5/                                            87,557,713        49,221,260      77.89
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             38,728,213        29,148,024      32.87
17 Christmas Decor                                      6,794,989         8,985,987     (24.38)
18 Basketworks                                         17,746,511        20,094,256     (11.68)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               45,123,361        55,885,703     (19.26)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           20,625,072        22,653,741      (8.96)
21 Gold  6/                                           158,598,014        62,296,652     154.59
22 Footwear                                            12,191,522         9,793,794      24.48
23 Activated Carbon                                    10,452,646        12,979,735     (19.47)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              7,903,261        10,608,192     (25.50)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              22,532,209         8,957,342     151.55
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              15,175,546         8,307,691      82.67
27 Fine Jewelry                                         8,050,694         7,644,630       5.31
28 Copper Concentrates                                 42,546,144        33,425,252      27.29
29 Sugar                                               17,537,830        22,072,259     (20.54)
30 Others                                           3,009,874,673     2,667,465,506      12.84


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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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