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

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                                                      2008                   |       2007        |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       December p  Share| November r    Share|  December    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  2,672.35   100.00   3,512.97    100.00   4,481.90   100.00    (23.93)   (40.37)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,335.16    49.96   2,009.90     57.21   2,546.63    56.82    (33.57)   (47.57)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)                 945.78    35.39   1,525.11     43.41   1,904.62    42.50    (37.99)   (50.34)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         270.65    10.13     358.48     10.20     459.66    10.26    (24.50)   (41.12)
   c) Office Equipment                    17.34     0.65      17.86      0.51      27.25     0.61     (2.96)   (36.38)
   d) Consumer Electronics                32.76     1.23      41.88      1.19      58.37     1.30    (21.77)   (43.87)
   e) Telecommunication                    5.27     0.20      21.09      0.60      11.80     0.26    (75.02)   (55.35)
   f) Communication/Radar                 12.27     0.46      19.58      0.56      21.63     0.48    (37.33)   (43.27)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          4.39     0.16       4.59      0.13       2.71     0.06     (4.55)    61.82
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   1.99     0.07       2.14      0.06       4.02     0.09     (7.08)   (50.53)
   i) Automotive Electronics              44.71     1.67      19.17      0.55      56.58     1.26    133.23    (20.97)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         160.02     5.99     133.13      3.79     180.61     4.03     20.21    (11.40)
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture               81.27     3.04      99.30      2.83      75.67     1.69    (18.15)     7.40
 4 Coconut Oil  1/                        76.40     2.86      48.26      1.37     107.43     2.40     58.31    (28.88)
 5 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    53.12     1.99      78.35      2.23     182.28     4.07    (32.20)   (70.86)
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       47.48     1.78      56.89      1.62      45.97     1.03    (16.54)     3.28
 7 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               46.22     1.73     107.68      3.07      84.94     1.90    (57.07)   (45.58)
 8 Metal Components  3/                   39.05     1.46      44.26      1.26      40.87     0.91    (11.76)    (4.46)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                        36.08     1.35      32.74      0.93      32.98     0.74     10.22      9.43
10 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       28.86     1.08      17.68      0.50      22.36     0.50     63.28     29.05

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             1,903.67    71.24   2,628.17     74.81   3,319.74    74.07    (27.57)   (42.66)

11 Tuna  4/                               23.78     0.89      40.29      1.15      22.32     0.50    (40.98)     6.54
12 Dessicated Coconut                     20.17     0.75      25.34      0.72      11.37     0.25    (20.42)    77.31
13 Gold  5/                               17.56     0.66      27.45      0.78      43.98     0.98    (36.01)   (60.07)
14 Petroleum Products  6/                 14.62     0.55      29.35      0.84     170.72     3.81    (50.18)   (91.43)
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              12.98     0.49      10.48      0.30      13.52     0.30     23.86     (4.01)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                11.62     0.43      11.84      0.34       8.94     0.20     (1.88)    30.00
17 Sugar                                   5.63     0.21       2.05      0.06       0.47     0.01    175.02  1,097.79
18 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   5.44     0.20       3.82      0.11      14.62     0.33     42.44    (62.77)
19 Copper Concentrates                     4.21     0.16       4.06      0.12      15.32     0.34      3.58    (72.51)
20 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.87     0.14       5.51      0.16       4.88     0.11    (29.64)   (20.59)
21 Basketworks                             3.43     0.13       3.53      0.10       5.53     0.12     (3.01)   (37.99)
22 Fertilizers, Manufactured               3.40     0.13       0.63      0.02       0.88     0.02    436.88    286.71
23 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  3.32     0.12       1.56      0.04       5.53     0.12    113.13    (39.99)
24 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  2.92     0.11       3.37      0.10       5.49     0.12    (13.33)   (46.79)
25 Activated Carbon                        2.28     0.09       1.77      0.05       3.62     0.08     28.37    (37.18)
26 Fine Jewelry                            2.10     0.08       2.61      0.07       1.98     0.04    (19.70)     6.06
27 Footwear                                2.09     0.08       2.11      0.06       2.87     0.06     (0.85)   (27.12)
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.64     0.06       1.27      0.04       2.94     0.07     29.41    (44.37)
29 Christmas Decor                         0.72     0.03       1.85      0.05       1.64     0.04    (61.43)   (56.31)
30 Others                                626.91    23.46     705.90     20.09     825.55    18.42    (11.19)   (24.06)

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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/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         4/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         5/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         6/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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