Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
October and September 2008 and October 2007
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2008 | 2007 | Growth Rate
Commodity October p | September r | October | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 3,967,618 100.00 4,438,651 100.00 4,659,530 100.00 (10.61) (14.85)
Total Agro-Based Products 229,956 5.80 210,062 4.73 242,511 5.20 9.47 (5.18)
Agro-Based Products 172,027 4.34 151,190 3.41 185,446 3.98 13.78 (7.24)
Coconut Products 116,677 2.94 85,945 1.94 126,963 2.72 35.76 (8.10)
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 86,625 2.18 53,882 1.21 107,924 2.32 60.77 (19.73)
Desiccated Coconut 24,687 0.62 25,334 0.57 12,526 0.27 (2.56) 97.09
Copra Meal/Cake 3,554 0.09 6,202 0.14 5,678 0.12 (42.70) (37.41)
Others 1,812 0.05 528 0.01 836 0.02 243.34 116.71
Sugar and Products 7,004 0.18 9,210 0.21 271 0.01 (23.94) 2,488.70
Centrifugal & Refined 6,018 0.15 8,424 0.19 a - (28.56) -
Molasses 856 0.02 565 0.01 a - 51.43 -
Others 130 0.00 220 0.00 271 0.01 (40.82) (51.81)
Fruits and Vegetables 48,345 1.22 56,035 1.26 58,212 1.25 (13.72) (16.95)
Canned Pineapple 13,055 0.33 14,632 0.33 10,623 0.23 (10.78) 22.89
Pineapple Juice 2,944 0.07 3,112 0.07 2,607 0.06 (5.38) 12.96
Pineapple Concentrates 2,358 0.06 1,841 0.04 3,548 0.08 28.08 (33.54)
Bananas 22,593 0.57 28,566 0.64 29,541 0.63 (20.91) (23.52)
Mangoes 1,067 0.03 819 0.02 1,982 0.04 30.16 (46.18)
Others 6,328 0.16 7,064 0.16 9,911 0.21 (10.43) (36.16)
Other Agro-Based Products 57,929 1.46 58,872 1.33 57,065 1.22 (1.60) 1.51
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 26,532 0.67 34,058 0.77 31,562 0.68 (22.10) (15.94)
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted 1 0.00 a - a - - -
Abaca Fibers 2,239 0.06 1,796 0.04 1,320 0.03 24.66 69.58
Tobacco Unmanufactured 10,495 0.26 5,026 0.11 6,501 0.14 108.84 61.43
Natural Rubber 4,476 0.11 4,590 0.10 3,726 0.08 (2.48) 20.13
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 778 0.02 2,082 0.05 2,024 0.04 (62.65) (61.59)
Rice b 0.00 b 0.00 1 0.00 1,036.84 (50.17)
Others 13,408 0.34 11,320 0.26 11,930 0.26 18.45 12.39
Forest Products 1,744 0.04 2,305 0.05 1,823 0.04 (24.34) (4.35)
Logs 33 0.00 a - a - - -
Lumber 801 0.02 1,013 0.02 900 0.02 (20.93) (10.97)
Plywood 777 0.02 1,185 0.03 626 0.01 (34.38) 24.23
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 7 0.00 5 0.00 286 0.01 25.00 (97.69)
Others 126 0.00 102 0.00 12 0.00 24.03 991.52
Mineral Products 193,859 4.89 268,598 6.05 271,267 5.82 (27.83) (28.54)
Copper Concentrates 11,069 0.28 10,444 0.24 8,591 0.18 5.98 28.84
Copper Metal 111,617 2.81 178,049 4.01 152,471 3.27 (37.31) (26.79)
Gold 9,643 0.24 7,590 0.17 6,070 0.13 27.05 58.85
Iron Ore Agglomerates 8,531 0.22 10,489 0.24 10,309 0.22 (18.67) (17.25)
Chromium Ore 933 0.02 2,051 0.05 444 0.01 (54.50) 110.25
Nickel a - 29 0.00 a - (100.00) -
Others 52,067 1.31 59,945 1.35 93,382 2.00 (13.14) (44.24)
Petroleum Products 64,919 1.64 155,387 3.50 103,233 2.22 (58.22) (37.11)
Manufactures 3,343,501 84.27 3,669,585 82.67 3,912,222 83.96 (8.89) (14.54)
Electronic Products 2,335,598 58.87 2,591,741 58.39 2,879,133 61.79 (9.88) (18.88)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,710,389 43.11 1,899,445 42.79 2,142,823 45.99 (9.95) (20.18)
Electronic Data
Processing 462,262 11.65 509,597 11.48 507,880 10.90 (9.29) (8.98)
Office Equipment 24,945 0.63 30,695 0.69 33,159 0.71 (18.73) (24.77)
Consumer Electronics 42,503 1.07 43,898 0.99 93,954 2.02 (3.18) (54.76)
Telecommunication 24,901 0.63 45,890 1.03 10,931 0.23 (45.74) 127.80
Communication/Radar 27,135 0.68 27,308 0.62 22,317 0.48 (0.64) 21.59
Control and
Instrumentation 4,782 0.12 9,739 0.22 3,607 0.08 (50.90) 32.59
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 2,101 0.05 1,992 0.04 2,468 0.05 5.47 (14.86)
Automotive Electronics 36,579 0.92 23,177 0.52 61,993 1.33 57.82 (41.00)
Other Electronics 109,279 2.75 137,624 3.10 107,043 2.30 (20.60) 2.09
Garments 140,429 3.54 181,214 4.08 187,893 4.03 (22.51) (25.26)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 14,298 0.36 17,711 0.40 19,594 0.42 (19.27) (27.03)
Footwear 1,791 0.05 1,678 0.04 1,257 0.03 6.74 42.51
Travel Goods and Handbags 14,061 0.35 6,375 0.14 18,826 0.40 120.56 (25.31)
Wood Manufactures 73,071 1.84 85,021 1.92 70,460 1.51 (14.05) 3.71
Furniture & Fixtures 17,479 0.44 16,426 0.37 20,276 0.44 6.41 (13.79)
Chemicals 110,659 2.79 73,186 1.65 82,923 1.78 51.20 33.45
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 19,059 0.48 22,158 0.50 22,944 0.49 (13.99) (16.93)
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 175,520 4.42 183,379 4.13 163,349 3.51 (4.29) 7.45
Processed food and Beverages 83,854 2.11 89,614 2.02 71,984 1.54 (6.43) 16.49
Iron & Steel 17,441 0.44 26,043 0.59 23,693 0.51 (33.03) (26.39)
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 9,984 0.25 13,695 0.31 14,545 0.31 (27.10) (31.36)
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 2,364 0.06 3,257 0.07 4,350 0.09 (27.41) (45.64)
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 27,669 0.70 28,790 0.65 35,869 0.77 (3.89) (22.86)
Others 190,944 4.81 191,672 4.32 188,083 4.04 (0.38) 1.52
Special Transactions 133,639 3.37 132,715 2.99 128,474 2.76 0.70 4.02
Re-Export 58,347 1.47 50,367 1.13 63,474 1.36 15.84 (8.08)
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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: December 10, 2008
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