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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