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.
Page last updated: February 10, 2009
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