Table 3  Philippine Exports Performance by Country
         April 2008 and 2007
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                 2008                  |                2007                 | Annual Growth Rate
Country                                     Percent|            Percent|           Percent|           Percent|     (Percent)
                                  Jan-Apr p   Share|    April p   Share|   Jan-Apr   Share|     April   Share| Cumulative Current
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                  Total           16,860.84  100.00    4,325.14  100.00   16,324.58  100.00   4,124.05  100.00      3.29     4.88

         Top 10 Countries Total   14,373.04   85.25    3,665.45   84.75   14,073.66   86.21   3,557.18   86.25      2.13     3.04

 1 United States Of America  1/    2,780.70   16.49      691.34   15.98    2,660.66   16.30     635.83   15.42      4.51     8.73
 2 Japan  2/                       2,654.84   15.75      664.50   15.36    2,352.66   14.41     580.88   14.09     12.84    14.39
 3 China, People's Republic of     1,981.36   11.75      520.64   12.04    1,853.32   11.35     417.35   10.12      6.91    24.75
 4 Hong Kong                       1,710.27   10.14      388.28    8.98    2,018.57   12.37     507.88   12.32    (15.27)  (23.55)
 5 Korea, Republic of                894.00    5.30      365.63    8.45      560.09    3.43     144.40    3.50     59.62   153.21
 6 Netherlands                     1,285.56    7.62      323.26    7.47    1,467.60    8.99     531.82   12.90    (12.40)  (39.22)
 7 Singapore                         897.83    5.32      205.39    4.75      964.17    5.91     222.21    5.39     (6.88)   (7.57)
 8 Germany                           860.10    5.10      197.56    4.57      664.86    4.07     148.87    3.61     29.37    32.70
 9 Malaysia  3/                      712.36    4.22      171.38    3.96      759.76    4.65     181.00    4.39     (6.24)   (5.32)
10 Taiwan                            596.02    3.53      137.48    3.18      771.95    4.73     186.94    4.53    (22.79)  (26.46)
11 Others                          2,487.80   14.75      659.69   15.25    2,250.92   13.79     566.87   13.75     10.52    16.37

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Source:  Foreign Trader Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines


Notes:   *  Based on April 2008 ranking.
         1/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         2/ Includes Okinawa.
         3/ Includes Sabah and Sarawak.
         p  Preliminary


         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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