Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
April and March 2008 and April 2007
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2008 | 2007 | Growth Rate
Commodity April p | March r | April | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,325,138 100.00 4,193,134 100.00 4,124,049 100.00 3.15 4.88
Total Agro-Based Products 296,452 6.85 196,528 4.69 200,233 4.86 50.84 48.05
Agro-Based Products 242,729 5.61 155,694 3.71 159,398 3.87 55.90 52.28
Coconut Products 168,841 3.90 99,285 2.37 83,137 2.02 70.06 103.09
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 147,969 3.42 81,698 1.95 65,610 1.59 81.12 125.53
Desiccated Coconut 14,925 0.35 10,302 0.25 14,521 0.35 44.87 2.78
Copra Meal/Cake 4,986 0.12 6,442 0.15 2,329 0.06 (22.61) 114.03
Others 960 0.02 842 0.02 676 0.02 13.97 41.98
Sugar and Products 5,086 0.12 858 0.02 6,946 0.17 492.68 (26.78)
Centrifugal & Refined 4,199 0.10 641 0.02 5,475 0.13 554.72 (23.30)
Molasses 648 0.01 a - 1,287 0.03 - (49.64)
Others 239 0.01 217 0.01 184 0.00 10.30 29.65
Fruits and Vegetables 68,802 1.59 55,551 1.32 69,315 1.68 23.86 (0.74)
Canned Pineapple 7,680 0.18 10,397 0.25 8,630 0.21 (26.13) (11.01)
Pineapple Juice 2,381 0.06 2,670 0.06 2,959 0.07 (10.83) (19.55)
Pineapple Concentrates 1,860 0.04 2,192 0.05 3,334 0.08 (15.11) (44.20)
Bananas 41,404 0.96 27,804 0.66 37,104 0.90 48.91 11.59
Mangoes 3,379 0.08 1,822 0.04 3,207 0.08 85.40 5.35
Others 12,098 0.28 10,666 0.25 14,080 0.34 13.43 (14.08)
Other Agro-Based Products 53,723 1.24 40,834 0.97 40,835 0.99 31.57 31.56
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 25,544 0.59 20,409 0.49 21,134 0.51 25.16 20.87
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - a - a - - -
Abaca Fibers 1,411 0.03 1,120 0.03 1,413 0.03 26.08 (0.14)
Tobacco Unmanufactured 3,987 0.09 2,346 0.06 1,115 0.03 69.96 257.72
Natural Rubber 5,720 0.13 3,660 0.09 4,100 0.10 56.29 39.52
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 4,144 0.10 2,798 0.07 1,763 0.04 48.11 135.07
Rice 668 0.02 b 0.00 497 0.01 161,696.61 34.56
Others 12,248 0.28 10,501 0.25 10,813 0.26 16.64 13.26
Forest Products 1,877 0.04 1,819 0.04 3,441 0.08 3.18 (45.44)
Logs a - a - 12 0.00 - (100.00)
Lumber 1,167 0.03 998 0.02 2,016 0.05 17.01 (42.10)
Plywood 504 0.01 538 0.01 1,022 0.02 (6.39) (50.71)
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 192 0.00 203 0.00 391 0.01 (5.38) (50.75)
Others 14 0.00 80 0.00 a - (82.88) -
Mineral Products 236,887 5.48 196,110 4.68 250,747 6.08 20.79 (5.53)
Copper Concentrates 17,996 0.42 9,261 0.22 7,316 0.18 94.32 145.98
Copper Metal 99,407 2.30 94,978 2.27 101,842 2.47 4.66 (2.39)
Gold 15,341 0.35 6,714 0.16 6,025 0.15 128.49 154.61
Iron Ore Agglomerates 13,291 0.31 13,877 0.33 13,520 0.33 (4.22) (1.69)
Chromium Ore 1,541 0.04 1,816 0.04 949 0.02 (15.14) 62.44
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 89,311 2.06 69,465 1.66 121,096 2.94 28.57 (26.25)
Petroleum Products 94,093 2.18 89,568 2.14 91,056 2.21 5.05 3.34
Manufactures 3,561,848 82.35 3,581,381 85.41 3,484,060 84.48 (0.55) 2.23
Electronic Products 2,518,884 58.24 2,448,148 58.38 2,563,178 62.15 2.89 (1.73)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,880,917 43.49 1,847,334 44.06 2,043,547 49.55 1.82 (7.96)
Electronic Data
Processing 457,907 10.59 440,145 10.50 393,857 9.55 4.04 16.26
Office Equipment 27,379 0.63 26,740 0.64 27,395 0.66 2.39 (0.06)
Consumer Electronics 47,060 1.09 38,016 0.91 33,382 0.81 23.79 40.97
Telecommunication 12,069 0.28 19,828 0.47 3,204 0.08 (39.13) 276.68
Communication/Radar 23,021 0.53 26,844 0.64 20,752 0.50 (14.24) 10.93
Control and
Instrumentation 3,018 0.07 3,059 0.07 3,350 0.08 (1.34) (9.90)
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 2,873 0.07 3,360 0.08 3,088 0.07 (14.51) (6.96)
Automotive Electronics 64,640 1.49 42,821 1.02 34,604 0.84 50.95 86.80
Other Electronics 116,430 2.69 131,213 3.13 86,869 2.11 (11.27) 34.03
Garments 153,582 3.55 166,881 3.98 163,164 3.96 (7.97) (5.87)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 20,296 0.47 15,966 0.38 17,597 0.43 27.12 15.33
Footwear 2,651 0.06 3,045 0.07 1,092 0.03 (12.96) 142.74
Travel Goods and Handbags 6,434 0.15 11,298 0.27 9,497 0.23 (43.05) (32.25)
Wood Manufactures 71,900 1.66 85,743 2.04 67,398 1.63 (16.14) 6.68
Furniture & Fixtures 20,785 0.48 22,046 0.53 18,501 0.45 (5.72) 12.35
Chemicals 95,200 2.20 128,056 3.05 99,116 2.40 (25.66) (3.95)
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 21,714 0.50 17,601 0.42 15,746 0.38 23.37 37.90
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 168,264 3.89 169,985 4.05 142,202 3.45 (1.01) 18.33
Processed food and Beverages 76,378 1.77 74,363 1.77 55,441 1.34 2.71 37.76
Iron & Steel 25,763 0.60 16,322 0.39 12,890 0.31 57.85 99.86
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 12,586 0.29 9,322 0.22 10,195 0.25 35.01 23.46
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 4,555 0.11 5,037 0.12 5,712 0.14 (9.56) (20.24)
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 31,097 0.72 30,468 0.73 24,371 0.59 2.07 27.60
Others 215,329 4.98 245,889 5.86 191,092 4.63 (12.43) 12.68
Special Transactions 133,980 3.10 127,727 3.05 94,512 2.29 4.90 41.76
Re-Export 51,194 1.18 59,155 1.41 46,771 1.13 (13.46) 9.46
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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: June 10, 2008
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