Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
August and July 2008 and August 2007
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2008 | 2007 | Growth Rate
Commodity August p | July r | August | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,387,607 100.00 4,437,234 100.00 4,121,451 100.00 (1.12) 6.46
Total Agro-Based Products 209,440 4.77 261,163 5.89 201,493 4.89 (19.80) 3.94
Agro-Based Products 155,355 3.54 203,942 4.60 157,568 3.82 (23.82) (1.40)
Coconut Products 88,313 2.01 137,414 3.10 82,993 2.01 (35.73) 6.41
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 52,560 1.20 103,362 2.33 66,034 1.60 (49.15) (20.41)
Desiccated Coconut 30,149 0.69 27,737 0.63 13,763 0.33 8.70 119.07
Copra Meal/Cake 4,842 0.11 5,257 0.12 2,430 0.06 (7.89) 99.22
Others 762 0.02 1,058 0.02 766 0.02 (28.01) (0.51)
Sugar and Products 2,122 0.05 6,731 0.15 14,256 0.35 (68.47) (85.11)
Centrifugal & Refined 244 0.01 5,647 0.13 13,388 0.32 (95.67) (98.17)
Molasses 1,813 0.04 830 0.02 5 0.00 118.52 36,155.00
Others 65 0.00 254 0.01 863 0.02 (74.46) (92.47)
Fruits and Vegetables 64,920 1.48 59,798 1.35 60,320 1.46 8.57 7.63
Canned Pineapple 9,596 0.22 12,401 0.28 9,293 0.23 (22.61) 3.26
Pineapple Juice 2,689 0.06 2,082 0.05 2,993 0.07 29.16 (10.17)
Pineapple Concentrates 2,277 0.05 1,980 0.04 2,922 0.07 15.02 (22.08)
Bananas 38,849 0.89 32,772 0.74 35,707 0.87 18.54 8.80
Mangoes 1,411 0.03 1,608 0.04 1,463 0.04 (12.24) (3.57)
Others 10,098 0.23 8,955 0.20 7,942 0.19 12.76 27.15
Other Agro-Based Products 54,085 1.23 57,221 1.29 43,925 1.07 (5.48) 23.13
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 25,426 0.58 28,346 0.64 25,799 0.63 (10.30) (1.44)
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - 2 0.00 a - (100.00) -
Abaca Fibers 3,018 0.07 2,351 0.05 1,411 0.03 28.37 113.91
Tobacco Unmanufactured 6,014 0.14 8,652 0.19 3,986 0.10 (30.49) 50.86
Natural Rubber 5,534 0.13 4,178 0.09 4,689 0.11 32.47 18.02
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 1,093 0.02 731 0.02 1,493 0.04 49.59 (26.76)
Rice 23 0.00 a - a - - -
Others 12,977 0.30 12,962 0.29 6,547 0.16 0.12 98.21
Forest Products 1,872 0.04 1,980 0.04 3,250 0.08 (5.44) (42.38)
Logs a - a - a - - -
Lumber 944 0.02 1,184 0.03 2,037 0.05 (20.25) (53.65)
Plywood 908 0.02 548 0.01 974 0.02 65.64 (6.72)
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks a - 68 0.00 239 0.01 (100.00) (100.00)
Others 20 0.00 180 0.00 b 0.00 (88.96) 33,581.36
Mineral Products 249,005 5.68 254,479 5.74 154,145 3.74 (2.15) 61.54
Copper Concentrates 16,080 0.37 21,096 0.48 9,420 0.23 (23.78) 70.71
Copper Metal 135,595 3.09 106,064 2.39 70,950 1.72 27.84 91.11
Gold 8,166 0.19 16,360 0.37 5,899 0.14 (50.08) 38.42
Iron Ore Agglomerates 9,683 0.22 9,640 0.22 7,987 0.19 0.45 21.24
Chromium Ore 1,421 0.03 1,192 0.03 458 0.01 19.19 210.03
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 78,059 1.78 100,127 2.26 59,431 1.44 (22.04) 31.34
Petroleum Products 167,698 3.82 168,100 3.79 83,630 2.03 (0.24) 100.52
Manufactures 3,649,225 83.17 3,625,288 81.70 3,579,639 86.85 0.66 1.94
Electronic Products 2,530,898 57.68 2,559,547 57.68 2,603,192 63.16 (1.12) (2.78)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,906,558 43.45 1,885,105 42.48 1,946,930 47.24 1.14 (2.07)
Electronic Data
Processing 490,063 11.17 445,954 10.05 491,640 11.93 9.89 (0.32)
Office Equipment 29,994 0.68 25,638 0.58 28,681 0.70 16.99 4.58
Consumer Electronics 36,156 0.82 31,662 0.71 38,834 0.94 14.19 (6.90)
Telecommunication 20,146 0.46 29,126 0.66 12,958 0.31 (30.83) 55.47
Communication/Radar 31,318 0.71 28,174 0.63 23,517 0.57 11.16 33.17
Control and
Instrumentation 4,842 0.11 4,968 0.11 3,894 0.09 (2.53) 24.34
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 3,139 0.07 2,519 0.06 3,317 0.08 24.64 (5.36)
Automotive Electronics 8,682 0.20 106,401 2.40 53,420 1.30 (91.84) (83.75)
Other Electronics 110,935 2.53 119,596 2.70 89,635 2.17 (7.24) 23.76
Garments 172,516 3.93 170,069 3.83 218,488 5.30 1.44 (21.04)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 17,603 0.40 17,248 0.39 15,590 0.38 2.06 12.91
Footwear 3,088 0.07 2,901 0.07 2,503 0.06 6.43 23.39
Travel Goods and Handbags 8,740 0.20 10,099 0.23 8,738 0.21 (13.46) 0.02
Wood Manufactures 82,257 1.87 78,644 1.77 56,475 1.37 4.59 45.65
Furniture & Fixtures 19,109 0.44 17,235 0.39 20,951 0.51 10.88 (8.79)
Chemicals 116,487 2.65 108,400 2.44 75,082 1.82 7.46 55.15
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 20,070 0.46 16,327 0.37 14,100 0.34 22.93 42.34
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 208,812 4.76 160,168 3.61 151,083 3.67 30.37 38.21
Processed food and Beverages 94,551 2.15 92,057 2.07 60,113 1.46 2.71 57.29
Iron & Steel 23,972 0.55 26,354 0.59 17,121 0.42 (9.04) 40.02
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 15,379 0.35 15,277 0.34 15,355 0.37 0.67 0.16
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 3,707 0.08 3,437 0.08 4,679 0.11 7.85 (20.78)
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 25,687 0.59 27,923 0.63 28,577 0.69 (8.01) (10.11)
Others 195,414 4.45 200,005 4.51 197,958 4.80 (2.30) (1.29)
Special Transactions 110,367 2.52 126,224 2.84 99,294 2.41 (12.56) 11.15
Re-Export 45,110 1.03 42,280 0.95 39,921 0.97 6.69 13.00
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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: October 10, 2008
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