Table 3  Philippine Exports Performance by Country
         September 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-Sep p   Share|September p   Share|   Jan-Sep   Share| September   Share| Cumulative Current
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                  Total           38,868.31   100.00   4,440.16  100.00  37,359.48  100.00   4,389.38  100.00       4.04     1.16

       Top 10 Countries Total     32,893.72    84.63   3,772.33   84.96  32,065.52   85.83   3,750.04   85.43       2.58     0.59

 1 United States Of America  1/    6,326.65    16.28     806.99   18.17   6,297.79   16.86     741.35   16.89       0.46     8.85
 2 Japan 2/                        6,028.58    15.51     640.63   14.43   5,420.37   14.51     625.47   14.25      11.22     2.43
 3 China, People's Republic of     4,469.42    11.50     490.81   11.05   4,214.15   11.28     464.91   10.59       6.06     5.57
 4 Hong Kong                       3,882.80     9.99     438.19    9.87   4,325.54   11.58     598.55   13.64     (10.24)  (26.79)
 5 Netherlands                     2,931.33     7.54     342.63    7.72   3,101.76    8.30     335.31    7.64      (5.49)    2.18
 6 Singapore                       2,199.29     5.66     259.03    5.83   2,248.25    6.02     248.27    5.66      (2.18)    4.33
 7 Korea, Republic of              2,088.20     5.37     253.69    5.71   1,340.36    3.59     170.31    3.88      55.79    48.96
 8 Taiwan                          1,466.92     3.77     188.79    4.25   1,623.19    4.34     152.87    3.48      (9.63)   23.50
 9 Germany                         1,901.07     4.89     175.99    3.96   1,605.10    4.30     176.37    4.02      18.44    (0.22)
10 Malaysia  3/                    1,599.47     4.12     175.57    3.95   1,888.99    5.06     236.63    5.39     (15.33)  (25.80)
11 Others                          5,974.59    15.37     667.83   15.04   5,293.97   14.17     639.34   14.57      12.86     4.46

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


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


         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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