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

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                                                      2008                   |       2007        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       November p  Share|  October r    Share|  November    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,494.12   100.00    3,971.04   100.00   3,964.81   100.00    (12.01)   (11.87)

 1 Electronic Products                 2,016.70    57.72    2,335.49    58.81   2,428.62    61.25    (13.65)   (16.96)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,531.69    43.84    1,710.38    43.07   1,771.08    44.67    (10.45)   (13.52)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         358.47    10.26      462.25    11.64     461.43    11.64    (22.45)   (22.31)
   c) Office Equipment                    17.86     0.51       24.95     0.63      23.72     0.60    (28.38)   (24.69)
   d) Consumer Electronics                42.04     1.20       42.42     1.07     105.52     2.66     (0.89)   (60.16)
   e) Telecommunication                   21.08     0.60       24.92     0.63      11.51     0.29    (15.40)    83.17
   f) Communication/Radar                 19.65     0.56       27.12     0.68      20.65     0.52    (27.55)    (4.85)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          4.59     0.13        4.78     0.12       4.27     0.11     (3.92)     7.55
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.14     0.06        2.10     0.05       3.72     0.09      1.90    (42.40)
   i) Automotive Electronics              19.17     0.55       36.58     0.92      26.72     0.67    (47.58)   (28.25)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         133.26     3.81      140.26     3.53     158.28     3.99     (4.99)   (15.81)
 3 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 1/              108.05     3.09       66.98     1.69      72.79     1.84     61.33     48.44
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               99.21     2.84       90.58     2.28      87.00     2.19      9.52     14.04
 5 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    78.35     2.24      111.62     2.81      97.58     2.46    (29.81)   (19.71)
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       56.89     1.63       63.49     1.60      46.27     1.17    (10.39)    22.96
 7 Coconut Oil  2/                        48.26     1.38       86.63     2.18      66.72     1.68    (44.29)   (27.67)
 8 Metal Components  3/                   44.68     1.28       52.66     1.33      41.14     1.04    (15.16)     8.59
 9 Tuna  4/                               40.23     1.15       37.19     0.94      24.64     0.62      8.19     63.30
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        32.74     0.94       22.59     0.57      38.92     0.98     44.91    (15.88)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,658.37    76.08    3,007.48    75.74   3,061.97    77.23    (11.61)   (13.18)

11 Petroleum Products  5/                 29.35     0.84       64.92     1.63      89.94     2.27    (54.79)   (67.37)
12 Gold  6/                               27.45     0.79       36.93     0.93      48.00     1.21    (25.68)   (42.81)
13 Dessicated Coconut                     25.34     0.73       24.65     0.62      13.70     0.35      2.83     84.92
14 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       17.68     0.51       21.90     0.55      23.20     0.59    (19.29)   (23.81)
15 Seaweeds and Carageenan                11.88     0.34       11.55     0.29       9.13     0.23      2.79     30.14
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              10.45     0.30        9.97     0.25      14.12     0.36      4.80    (25.97)
17 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     5.51     0.16        7.06     0.18       7.80     0.20    (22.01)   (29.44)
18 Copper Concentrates                     4.06     0.12       11.07     0.28      18.75     0.47    (63.28)   (78.32)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   3.82     0.11        8.53     0.21      10.63     0.27    (55.19)   (64.05)
20 Basketworks                             3.54     0.10        2.98     0.08       4.99     0.13     18.65    (29.15)
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  3.37     0.10       10.50     0.26       2.75     0.07    (67.90)    22.39
22 Fine Jewelry                            2.61     0.07        4.32     0.11       2.53     0.06    (39.58)     3.22
23 Footwear                                2.11     0.06        1.79     0.05       2.85     0.07     17.89    (25.90)
24 Sugar                                   2.05     0.06        6.02     0.15       0.13     0.00    (65.99) 1,486.96
25 Christmas Decor                         1.91     0.05        2.27     0.06       2.18     0.05    (15.94)   (12.28)
26 Activated Carbon                        1.77     0.05        1.93     0.05       3.62     0.09     (8.30)   (51.09)
27 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  1.56     0.04        3.55     0.09       4.10     0.10    (56.22)   (62.06)
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.27     0.04        2.10     0.05       2.16     0.05    (39.60)   (41.36)
29 Fertilizers, Manufactured               0.63     0.02        2.63     0.07       2.73     0.07    (75.91)   (76.77)
30 Others                                679.39    19.44      728.87    18.35     639.51    16.13     (6.79)     6.24

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

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


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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