Table 3  Philippine Exports Performance by Country
         August 2008 and 2007
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                 2008                  |                2007                 | Annual Growth Rate
Country                                     Percent|            Percent|           Percent|           Percent|     (Percent)
                                  Jan-Aug p   Share|   August p   Share|   Jan-Aug   Share|    August   Share| Cumulative Current
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                  Total           34,422.80  100.00   4,387.61   100.00  32,970.11  100.00   4,121.45  100.00        4.41    6.46

         Top 10 Countries Total   28,424.36   82.57   3,659.18    83.40  27,790.42   84.29   3,468.57   84.16        2.28    5.50

 1  Japan  1/                      5,387.95   15.65     707.87    16.13   4,794.90   14.54     624.55   15.15       12.37   13.34
 2  United States Of America  2/   5,519.12   16.03     652.77    14.88   5,556.44   16.85     766.70   18.60       (0.67) (14.86)
 3  China, People's Republic of    3,978.60   11.56     503.23    11.47   3,749.25   11.37     466.22   11.31        6.12    7.94
 4  Hong  Kong                     3,444.61   10.01     472.77    10.78   3,726.99   11.30     426.66   10.35       (7.58)  10.81
 5  Netherlands                    2,588.69    7.52     320.71     7.31   2,766.45    8.39     314.73    7.64       (6.43)   1.90
 6  Singapore                      1,940.20    5.64     264.56     6.03   1,999.98    6.07     237.95    5.77       (2.99)  11.18
 7  Korea, Republic of             1,834.50    5.33     197.92     4.51   1,170.05    3.55     158.31    3.84       56.79   25.02
 8  Malaysia  3/                   1,422.93    4.13     197.21     4.49   1,652.37    5.01     222.33    5.39      (13.89) (11.30)
 9  Taiwan                         1,278.12    3.71     185.95     4.24   1,470.32    4.46     141.91    3.44      (13.07)  31.03
10  Thailand                       1,029.62    2.99     156.19     3.56     903.67    2.74     109.21    2.65       13.94   43.02
11  Others                         5,998.44   17.43     728.43    16.60   5,179.69   15.71     652.88   15.84       15.81   11.57


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Source:  Foreign Trader Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines


Notes:   *  Based on August 2008 ranking.
         1/ Includes Okinawa.
         2/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         3/ Includes Sabah and Sarawak.
         p  Preliminary


         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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