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

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                                                           2008     |        2007     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Jun p   |      Jan-Jun    |   Rate
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             Total                                 25,578,033,599    24,599,861,532       3.98

 1 Electronic Products                             15,137,798,496    15,470,723,488      (2.15)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)          11,174,120,096    11,970,838,869      (6.66)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    2,676,723,671     2,621,422,680       2.11
   c) Office Equipment                                168,696,006       168,283,584       0.25
   d) Consumer Electronics                            249,755,543       191,281,600      30.57
   e) Telecommunication                               114,595,860        53,877,678     112.70
   f) Communication/Radar                             144,727,365       146,389,508      (1.14)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                      20,273,059        19,181,034       5.69
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               18,000,598        12,738,325      41.31
   i) Automotive Electronics                          570,906,298       286,710,210      99.12
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories       991,605,772     1,121,099,346     (11.55)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     340,811,849       363,836,432      (6.33)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             639,973,215       469,041,785      36.44
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         467,204,244       405,556,371      15.20
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    606,353,938       260,689,071     132.60
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper 646,394,595       597,666,422       8.15
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           569,323,362       502,473,414      13.30
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    205,795,785       201,385,223       2.19
10 Metal Components  4/                               283,973,670       224,908,919      26.26
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                   117,592,111       116,875,671       0.61
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           73,174,773        66,605,698       9.86
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  86,936,803        77,777,353      11.78
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        29,837,705        32,603,238      (8.48)
15 Tuna  5/                                           154,951,411        83,886,529      84.72
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             57,255,951        43,077,239      32.91
17 Christmas Decor                                     16,916,054        19,798,545     (14.56)
18 Basketworks                                         24,628,854        29,843,567     (17.47)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               66,050,812        84,314,791     (21.66)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           29,227,527        27,015,359       8.19
21 Gold  6/                                           232,088,546       115,677,597     100.63
22 Footwear                                            17,336,123        15,719,844      10.28
23 Activated Carbon                                    15,033,237        19,104,954     (21.31)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                             12,841,092        14,626,337     (12.21)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              33,547,371        18,451,060      81.82
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              26,331,934        14,819,376      77.69
27 Fine Jewelry                                        11,616,545        11,493,062       1.07
28 Copper Concentrates                                 52,064,166        57,778,624      (9.89)
29 Sugar                                               35,791,429        42,263,842     (15.31)
30 Others                                           4,595,576,229     4,090,748,375      12.34

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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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