Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
May and April 2008 and May 2007
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2008 | 2007 | Growth Rate
Commodity May p | April r | May | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,224,168 100.00 4,324,720 100.00 4,127,864 100.00 (2.33) 2.33
Total Agro-Based Products 218,634 5.18 297,178 6.87 211,129 5.11 (26.43) 3.55
Agro-Based Products 167,387 3.96 242,735 5.61 163,525 3.96 (31.04) 2.36
Coconut Products 85,479 2.02 168,850 3.90 85,080 2.06 (49.38) 0.47
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 63,554 1.50 147,979 3.42 64,513 1.56 (57.05) (1.49)
Desiccated Coconut 15,882 0.38 14,925 0.35 14,560 0.35 6.41 9.08
Copra Meal/Cake 5,189 0.12 4,986 0.12 5,210 0.13 4.09 (0.39)
Others 854 0.02 960 0.02 797 0.02 (11.08) 7.14
Sugar and Products 13,539 0.32 5,085 0.12 11,861 0.29 166.26 14.15
Centrifugal & Refined 12,606 0.30 4,199 0.10 10,977 0.27 200.24 14.85
Molasses 696 0.02 648 0.01 510 0.01 7.41 36.44
Others 237 0.01 238 0.01 374 0.01 (0.53) (36.60)
Fruits and Vegetables 68,369 1.62 68,800 1.59 66,584 1.61 (0.63) 2.68
Canned Pineapple 8,528 0.20 7,680 0.18 7,858 0.19 11.04 8.53
Pineapple Juice 2,691 0.06 2,381 0.06 2,503 0.06 13.03 7.52
Pineapple Concentrates 1,390 0.03 1,860 0.04 4,067 0.10 (25.30) (65.83)
Bananas 41,441 0.98 41,404 0.96 34,870 0.84 0.09 18.84
Mangoes 2,899 0.07 3,391 0.08 3,515 0.09 (14.51) (17.51)
Others 11,420 0.27 12,083 0.28 13,772 0.33 (5.49) (17.07)
Other Agro-Based Products 51,247 1.21 54,443 1.26 47,604 1.15 (5.87) 7.65
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 28,450 0.67 25,762 0.60 28,898 0.70 10.44 (1.55)
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - a - a - - -
Abaca Fibers 1,464 0.03 1,411 0.03 1,274 0.03 3.69 14.89
Tobacco Unmanufactured 5,583 0.13 3,987 0.09 3,601 0.09 40.01 55.04
Natural Rubber 3,471 0.08 5,720 0.13 2,020 0.05 (39.31) 71.89
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 2,456 0.06 4,144 0.10 1,891 0.05 (40.74) 29.88
Rice 8 0.00 668 0.02 1 0.00 (98.78) 1,180.13
Others 9,815 0.23 12,750 0.29 9,920 0.24 (23.02) (1.06)
Forest Products 4,684 0.11 1,877 0.04 2,064 0.05 149.54 126.99
Logs a - a - a - - -
Lumber 1,043 0.02 1,167 0.03 798 0.02 (10.62) 30.70
Plywood 3,413 0.08 504 0.01 1,014 0.02 577.34 236.58
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 205 0.00 192 0.00 252 0.01 6.57 (18.52)
Others 24 0.00 14 0.00 a - 71.37 -
Mineral Products 272,577 6.45 236,887 5.48 272,945 6.61 15.07 (0.14)
Copper Concentrates 9,322 0.22 17,996 0.42 15,176 0.37 (48.20) (38.57)
Copper Metal 155,137 3.67 99,407 2.30 133,516 3.23 56.06 16.19
Gold 7,639 0.18 15,341 0.35 6,922 0.17 (50.20) 10.37
Iron Ore Agglomerates 10,496 0.25 13,291 0.31 7,434 0.18 (21.03) 41.18
Chromium Ore 417 0.01 1,541 0.04 973 0.02 (72.94) (57.15)
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 89,566 2.12 89,311 2.07 108,925 2.64 0.29 (17.77)
Petroleum Products 88,885 2.10 94,093 2.18 85,972 2.08 (5.53) 3.39
Manufactures 3,507,263 83.03 3,560,723 82.33 3,455,490 83.71 (1.50) 1.50
Electronic Products 2,473,828 58.56 2,518,811 58.24 2,561,421 62.05 (1.79) (3.42)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,872,685 44.33 1,880,895 43.49 2,016,359 48.85 (0.44) (7.13)
Electronic Data
Processing 417,826 9.89 457,889 10.59 403,317 9.77 (8.75) 3.60
Office Equipment 28,820 0.68 27,379 0.63 28,164 0.68 5.26 2.33
Consumer Electronics 42,295 1.00 47,023 1.09 31,417 0.76 (10.05) 34.62
Telecommunication 23,645 0.56 12,069 0.28 4,739 0.11 95.91 398.93
Communication/Radar 26,632 0.63 23,013 0.53 33,428 0.81 15.73 (20.33)
Control and
Instrumentation 3,212 0.08 3,018 0.07 3,315 0.08 6.42 (3.09)
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 3,844 0.09 2,873 0.07 1,969 0.05 33.81 95.22
Automotive Electronics 54,869 1.30 64,652 1.49 38,713 0.94 (15.13) 41.73
Other Electronics 107,300 2.54 116,567 2.70 72,277 1.75 (7.95) 48.46
Garments 150,179 3.56 153,441 3.55 182,432 4.42 (2.13) (17.68)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 15,988 0.38 20,303 0.47 15,835 0.38 (21.26) 0.96
Footwear 1,817 0.04 2,651 0.06 2,108 0.05 (31.46) (13.81)
Travel Goods and Handbags 6,943 0.16 6,434 0.15 10,221 0.25 7.91 (32.07)
Wood Manufactures 72,902 1.73 71,254 1.65 70,154 1.70 2.31 3.92
Furniture & Fixtures 21,372 0.51 20,776 0.48 21,350 0.52 2.87 0.10
Chemicals 77,076 1.82 95,483 2.21 61,002 1.48 (19.28) 26.35
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 18,368 0.43 21,629 0.50 16,192 0.39 (15.08) 13.44
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 189,247 4.48 168,261 3.89 139,066 3.37 12.47 36.08
Processed food and Beverages 90,740 2.15 76,427 1.77 61,714 1.50 18.73 47.03
Iron & Steel 17,834 0.42 25,763 0.60 27,015 0.65 (30.78) (33.99)
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 11,287 0.27 12,589 0.29 11,977 0.29 (10.35) (5.76)
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 2,759 0.07 4,580 0.11 4,555 0.11 (39.76) (39.42)
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 28,887 0.68 30,982 0.72 26,263 0.64 (6.76) 9.99
Others 220,738 5.23 214,772 4.97 171,908 4.16 2.78 28.40
Special Transactions 132,124 3.13 133,961 3.10 100,264 2.43 (1.37) 31.78
Re-Export 56,892 1.35 51,231 1.18 42,027 1.02 11.05 35.37
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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
r - Revised
p - Preliminary
Components may not add up to totals due to rounding
Page last updated: July 10, 2008
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