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

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                                                           2008     |        2007     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Jul p   |      Jan-Jul    |   Rate
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             Total                                 30,027,947,022    28,848,654,994       4.09

 1 Electronic Products                             17,697,349,122    17,964,346,548      (1.49)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)          13,059,224,949    13,823,016,690      (5.53)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    3,122,677,644     3,069,221,926       1.74
   c) Office Equipment                                194,334,111       193,194,880       0.59
   d) Consumer Electronics                            281,401,101       239,242,845      17.62
   e) Telecommunication                               143,717,183        66,100,210     117.42
   f) Communication/Radar                             172,786,725       166,078,417       4.04
   g) Control and Instrumentation                      25,241,093        21,746,153      16.07
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               20,519,431        15,889,348      29.14
   i) Automotive Electronics                          677,446,885       369,856,079      83.16
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories     1,161,715,346     1,361,942,673     (14.70)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     384,120,765       422,207,041      (9.02)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             808,073,165       584,459,577      38.26
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         540,057,757       494,970,065       9.11
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    719,048,552       322,940,479     122.66
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper 752,458,563       663,855,647      13.35
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           665,229,541       592,170,513      12.34
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    234,619,545       227,850,793       2.97
10 Metal Components  4/                               335,112,728       277,337,882      20.83
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                   139,142,139       139,831,059      (0.49)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           88,181,462        81,085,649       8.75
13 Dessicated Coconut                                 114,572,155        92,702,831      23.59
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        34,568,801        38,200,987      (9.51)
15 Tuna  5/                                           196,501,169        98,746,342      99.00
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             66,923,108        47,739,536      40.18
17 Christmas Decor                                     23,604,625        28,797,996     (18.03)
18 Basketworks                                         28,764,476        35,353,912     (18.64)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               75,690,504       113,317,958     (33.21)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           38,035,766        29,951,116      26.99
21 Gold  6/                                           283,844,835       125,132,177     126.84
22 Footwear                                            20,237,456        19,730,616       2.57
23 Activated Carbon                                    17,699,895        22,453,229     (21.17)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                             15,057,674        18,716,275     (19.55)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              38,803,901        22,336,695      73.72
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              34,841,909        19,222,894      81.25
27 Fine Jewelry                                        14,659,000        14,240,712       2.94
28 Copper Concentrates                                 82,031,551        66,606,465      23.16
29 Sugar                                               41,438,223        60,875,898     (31.93)
30 Others                                           5,375,563,289     4,861,531,429      10.57

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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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