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

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                                                           2008     |        2007     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Aug p   |      Jan-Aug    |   Rate
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             Total                                 34,422,799,731     32,970,105,828       4.41

 1 Electronic Products                             20,228,263,076     20,567,538,249      (1.65)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)          14,965,782,801     15,769,946,863      (5.10)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    3,612,740,915      3,560,861,761       1.46
   c) Office Equipment                                224,328,015        221,875,385       1.11
   d) Consumer Electronics                            317,590,179        278,077,054      14.21
   e) Telecommunication                               163,900,615         79,058,556     107.32
   f) Communication/Radar                             204,169,471        189,595,510       7.69
   g) Control and Instrumentation                      30,083,207         25,640,389      17.33
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               23,658,923         19,206,638      23.18
   i) Automotive Electronics                          686,008,950        423,276,093      62.07
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories     1,334,140,872      1,580,430,470     (15.58)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     438,355,617        474,708,066      (7.66)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             975,771,327        668,089,164      46.05
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         607,707,329        565,125,426       7.53
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    774,448,817        388,974,483      99.10
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper 888,053,983        734,805,510      20.86
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           766,997,985        669,627,182      14.54
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    277,423,239        263,557,330       5.26
10 Metal Components  4/                               392,746,863        317,177,865      23.83
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                   161,459,655        159,555,633       1.19
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                          101,646,777         93,468,381       8.75
13 Dessicated Coconut                                 144,822,832        106,465,344      36.03
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        40,837,549         43,445,295      (6.00)
15 Tuna  5/                                           235,591,045        116,097,094     102.93
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             76,829,546         52,936,734      45.13
17 Christmas Decor                                     30,267,248         36,099,924     (16.16)
18 Basketworks                                         33,358,437         40,684,802     (18.01)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               85,373,399        121,304,774     (29.62)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           47,494,717         45,289,564       4.87
21 Gold  6/                                           314,080,856        133,259,745     135.69
22 Footwear                                            23,325,406         22,233,181       4.91
23 Activated Carbon                                    19,792,214         25,442,806     (22.21)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                             16,892,917         20,490,499     (17.56)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              43,645,751         24,767,156      76.22
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              40,855,816         23,209,324      76.03
27 Fine Jewelry                                        16,084,577         15,864,957       1.38
28 Copper Concentrates                                 98,111,670         76,026,259      29.05
29 Sugar                                               41,682,591         74,263,876     (43.87)
30 Others                                           6,166,737,620      5,509,166,735      11.94

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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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