Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         October and September 2008 and October 2007
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                      2008                   |       2007        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                        October p  Share|September r    Share|   October    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,967.62   100.00    4,438.65   100.00   4,659.53   100.00    (10.61)   (14.85)

 1 Electronic Products                 2,335.60    58.87    2,591.74    58.39   2,879.13    61.79     (9.88)   (18.88)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,710.39    43.11    1,899.45    42.79   2,142.82    45.99     (9.95)   (20.18)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         462.26    11.65      509.60    11.48     507.88    10.90     (9.29)    (8.98)
   c) Office Equipment                    24.95     0.63       30.69     0.69      33.16     0.71    (18.73)   (24.77)
   d) Consumer Electronics                42.50     1.07       43.90     0.99      93.95     2.02     (3.18)   (54.76)
   e) Telecommunication                   24.92     0.63       45.89     1.03      10.93     0.23    (45.70)   127.96
   f) Communication/Radar                 27.12     0.68       27.31     0.62      22.32     0.48     (0.70)    21.51
   g) Control and Instrumentation          4.78     0.12        9.74     0.22       3.61     0.08    (50.90)    32.59
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.10     0.05        1.99     0.04       2.47     0.05      5.47    (14.86)
   i) Automotive Electronics              36.58     0.92       23.18     0.52      61.99     1.33     57.82    (41.00)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         140.43     3.54      181.21     4.08     187.89     4.03    (22.51)   (25.26)
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   111.62     2.81      178.05     4.01     152.47     3.27    (37.31)   (26.79)
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               90.52     2.28      101.45     2.29      90.76     1.95    (10.77)    (0.26)
 5 Coconut Oil  1/                        86.63     2.18       53.88     1.21     107.92     2.32     60.77    (19.73)
 6 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               67.37     1.70       73.12     1.65      82.75     1.78     (7.85)   (18.58)
 7 Petroleum Products  3/                 64.92     1.64      155.39     3.50     103.23     2.22    (58.22)   (37.11)
 8 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       63.32     1.60       50.11     1.13      57.05     1.22     26.37     10.99
 9 Metal Components  4/                   52.62     1.33       48.17     1.09      42.95     0.92      9.23     22.50
10 Tuna  5/                               37.19     0.94       40.95     0.92      22.10     0.47     (9.19)    68.30

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,050.21    76.88    3,474.08    78.27   3,726.27    79.97    (12.20)   (18.14)

11 Gold  6/                               36.93     0.93       33.33     0.75      26.95     0.58     10.82     37.04
12 Dessicated Coconut                     24.69     0.62       25.33     0.57      12.53     0.27     (2.56)    97.09
13 Bananas (Fresh)                        22.59     0.57       28.57     0.64      29.54     0.63    (20.91)   (23.52)
14 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       21.90     0.55       23.18     0.52      20.96     0.45     (5.53)     4.50
15 Seaweeds and Carageenan                11.64     0.29       10.19     0.23      11.25     0.24     14.17      3.50
16 Copper Concentrates                    11.07     0.28       10.44     0.24       8.59     0.18      5.98     28.84
17 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 10.50     0.26        5.03     0.11       6.50     0.14    108.84     61.43
18 Processed Tropical Fruits               9.97     0.25       11.74     0.26      13.80     0.30    (15.05)   (27.71)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   8.53     0.22       10.49     0.24      10.31     0.22    (18.67)   (17.25)
20 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     7.06     0.18        7.73     0.17       8.21     0.18     (8.64)   (14.00)
21 Sugar                                   6.02     0.15        8.42     0.19        -        -      (28.56)      -
22 Fine Jewelry                            4.32     0.11        2.56     0.06       3.12     0.07     68.74     38.51
23 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  3.55     0.09        6.20     0.14       5.68     0.12    (42.70)   (37.41)
24 Basketworks                             3.00     0.08        4.00     0.09       4.89     0.10    (24.97)   (38.64)
25 Fertilizers, Manufactured               2.63     0.07        1.66     0.04       2.92     0.06     58.83     (9.93)
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 2.30     0.06        1.80     0.04       2.32     0.05     27.88     (0.44)
27 Christmas Decor                         2.27     0.06        4.63     0.10       4.54     0.10    (50.90)   (49.91)
28 Activated Carbon                        1.93     0.05        1.70     0.04       3.87     0.08     14.03    (50.07)
29 Footwear                                1.79     0.05        1.68     0.04       1.26     0.03      6.74     42.51
30 Others                                724.70    18.27      765.89    17.26     756.05    16.23     (5.38)    (4.15)

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

Notes:   1/ includes crude and refined.
         2/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         4/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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