Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         June and May 2008 and June 2007
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                    2008                   |        2007       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                     June p  |           May r    |         June      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,493,484   100.00   4,224,124   100.00   4,147,421  100.00      6.38        8.34

Total Agro-Based Products            265,597     5.91     218,674     5.18     189,749    4.58     21.46       39.97

   Agro-Based Products               212,062     4.72     167,387     3.96     151,977    3.66     26.69       39.54
      Coconut Products               145,968     3.25      85,479     2.02      75,750    1.83     70.76       92.70
         Copra                             a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Coconut Oil                 116,973     2.60      63,554     1.50      57,001    1.37     84.05      105.21
         Desiccated Coconut           22,734     0.51      15,882     0.38      13,885    0.33     43.14       63.73
         Copra Meal/Cake               5,826     0.13       5,189     0.12       4,284    0.10     12.26       35.99
         Others                          436     0.01         854     0.02         579    0.01    (48.96)     (24.77)
      Sugar and Products               7,077     0.16      13,539     0.32       9,539    0.23    (47.73)     (25.81)
         Centrifugal & Refined         5,647     0.13      12,606     0.30       9,215    0.22    (55.20)     (38.71)
         Molasses                      1,011     0.02         696     0.02           a      -      45.26         -
         Others                          418     0.01         237     0.01         324    0.01     76.49       29.26
      Fruits and Vegetables           59,017     1.31      68,369     1.62      66,688    1.61    (13.68)     (11.50)
         Canned Pineapple              9,986     0.22       8,528     0.20      11,822    0.29     17.09      (15.53)
         Pineapple Juice               2,581     0.06       2,691     0.06       2,422    0.06     (4.10)       6.57
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,015     0.04       1,390     0.03       3,300    0.08     45.02      (38.93)
         Bananas                      34,771     0.77      41,441     0.98      37,550    0.91    (16.09)      (7.40)
         Mangoes                       1,757     0.04       2,899     0.07       2,256    0.05    (39.40)     (22.12)
         Others                        7,907     0.18      11,420     0.27       9,339    0.23    (30.76)     (15.33)
   Other Agro-Based Products          53,535     1.19      51,287     1.21      37,772    0.91      4.38       41.73
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 28,393     0.63      28,451     0.67      20,176    0.49     (0.20)      40.73
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          6     0.00          a       -            55    0.00       -        (89.61)
         Abaca Fibers                  1,799     0.04       1,464     0.03         934    0.02     22.90       92.57
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        5,534     0.12       5,622     0.13       2,911    0.07     (1.56)      90.13
         Natural Rubber                3,344     0.07       3,471     0.08       3,309    0.08     (3.67)       1.04
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               2,502     0.06       2,456     0.06       1,970    0.05      1.87       27.00
         Rice                              b     0.00           8     0.00           b    0.00    (97.87)     (23.68)
         Others                       11,957     0.27       9,815     0.23       8,417    0.20     21.83       42.05

Forest Products                        4,850     0.11       4,684     0.11       2,188    0.05      3.54      121.72

         Logs                              a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Lumber                        1,280     0.03       1,043     0.02         682    0.02     22.73       87.62
         Plywood                       3,250     0.07       3,413     0.08         689    0.02     (4.75)     372.08
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks        173     0.00         205     0.00         710    0.02    (15.43)     (75.59)
         Others                          146     0.00          24     0.00         106    0.00    520.15       37.20

Mineral Products                     207,443     4.62     272,577     6.45     208,434    5.03    (23.90)      (0.48)

         Copper Concentrates             196     0.00       9,322     0.22       9,178    0.22    (97.89)     (97.86)
         Copper Metal                122,159     2.72     155,137     3.67      62,117    1.50    (21.26)      96.66
         Gold                          7,808     0.17       7,639     0.18       6,408    0.15      2.21       21.85
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        10,432     0.23      10,496     0.25      20,995    0.51     (0.61)     (50.31)
         Chromium Ore                  1,287     0.03         417     0.01       1,184    0.03    208.63        8.69
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Others                       65,562     1.46      89,566     2.12     108,553    2.62    (26.80)     (39.60)

Petroleum Products                   137,275     3.05      88,885     2.10     138,712    3.34     54.44       (1.04)

Manufactures                       3,754,999    83.57   3,507,351    83.03   3,491,403   84.18      7.06        7.55

         Electronic Products       2,631,514    58.56   2,473,817    58.56   2,473,796   59.65      6.37        6.38
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,889,401    42.05   1,872,685    44.33   1,821,382   43.92      0.89        3.73
            Electronic Data
             Processing              439,275     9.78     416,626     9.86     447,519   10.79      5.44       (1.84)
            Office Equipment          30,426     0.68      28,820     0.68      22,461    0.54      5.57       35.46
            Consumer Electronics      43,484     0.97      43,243     1.02      38,427    0.93      0.56       13.16
            Telecommunication         25,907     0.58      23,886     0.57      12,427    0.30      8.46      108.47
            Communication/Radar       24,277     0.54      26,632     0.63      23,926    0.58     (8.84)       1.46
            Control and
             Instrumentation           3,408     0.08       3,212     0.08       2,343    0.06      6.11       45.49
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          3,026     0.07       3,844     0.09       2,544    0.06    (21.28)      18.94
            Automotive Electronics   172,310     3.83      54,869     1.30     102,767    2.48    214.04       67.67
         Other Electronics           126,416     2.81     107,436     2.54      89,163    2.15     17.67       41.78
         Garments                    172,326     3.84     150,161     3.55     186,502    4.50     14.76       (7.60)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        19,350     0.43      15,988     0.38      15,782    0.38     21.03       22.61
         Footwear                      3,328     0.07       1,817     0.04       3,818    0.09     83.15      (12.84)
         Travel Goods and Handbags     7,194     0.16       6,943     0.16       8,025    0.19      3.62      (10.36)
         Wood Manufactures            91,567     2.04      72,883     1.73      65,750    1.59     25.64       39.27
         Furniture & Fixtures         19,165     0.43      21,372     0.51      20,917    0.50    (10.33)      (8.37)
         Chemicals                    95,887     2.13      77,086     1.82     110,618    2.67     24.39      (13.32)
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                16,247     0.36      18,387     0.44      14,760    0.36    (11.64)      10.08
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 169,540     3.77     189,217     4.48     173,999    4.20    (10.40)      (2.56)
         Processed food and Beverages 79,049     1.76      90,740     2.15      59,720    1.44    (12.88)      32.37
         Iron & Steel                 51,072     1.14      17,834     0.42      20,044    0.48    186.38      154.80
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          13,838     0.31      11,287     0.27      14,140    0.34     22.60       (2.14)
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    2,783     0.06       2,759     0.07       3,885    0.09      0.86      (28.36)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     32,609     0.73      28,863     0.68      26,618    0.64     12.98       22.51
         Others                      223,113     4.97     220,763     5.23     203,868    4.92      1.06        9.44

Special Transactions                 123,320     2.74     131,953     3.12     116,935    2.82     (6.54)       5.46

Re-Export                             51,967     1.16      56,748     1.34      38,843    0.94     (8.42)      33.79

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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:  August 8, 2008
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