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.
Page last updated: December 10, 2008
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