Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
December and November 2008 and December 2007
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2008 | 2007 | Growth Rate
Commodity December p | November r | December | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 2,672,353 100.00 3,512,973 100.00 4,481,903 100.00 (23.93) (40.37)
Total Agro-Based Products 225,868 8.45 188,057 5.35 232,610 5.19 20.11 (2.90)
Agro-Based Products 181,211 6.78 135,262 3.85 189,265 4.22 33.97 (4.26)
Coconut Products 101,139 3.78 75,873 2.16 125,090 2.79 33.30 (19.15)
Copra a - a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 76,398 2.86 48,258 1.37 107,426 2.40 58.31 (28.88)
Desiccated Coconut 20,167 0.75 25,342 0.72 11,374 0.25 (20.42) 77.31
Copra Meal/Cake 3,316 0.12 1,556 0.04 5,525 0.12 113.13 (39.99)
Others 1,258 0.05 717 0.02 765 0.02 75.39 64.51
Sugar and Products 7,788 0.29 4,022 0.11 825 0.02 93.62 843.46
Centrifugal & Refined 5,630 0.21 2,047 0.06 470 0.01 175.02 1,097.79
Molasses 1,959 0.07 1,822 0.05 a - 7.49 -
Others 200 0.01 153 0.00 355 0.01 30.38 (43.71)
Fruits and Vegetables 72,284 2.70 55,366 1.58 63,349 1.41 30.56 14.11
Canned Pineapple 18,409 0.69 9,376 0.27 13,469 0.30 96.35 36.67
Pineapple Juice 1,815 0.07 2,038 0.06 2,581 0.06 (10.91) (29.66)
Pineapple Concentrates 3,790 0.14 2,178 0.06 2,735 0.06 73.99 38.56
Bananas 36,085 1.35 32,739 0.93 32,976 0.74 10.22 9.43
Mangoes 1,273 0.05 1,043 0.03 1,107 0.02 22.09 14.94
Others 10,913 0.41 7,993 0.23 10,480 0.23 36.53 4.13
Other Agro-Based Products 44,657 1.67 52,795 1.50 43,345 0.97 (15.41) 3.03
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 22,445 0.84 28,587 0.81 22,738 0.51 (21.48) (1.29)
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - a - a - - -
Abaca Fibers 1,958 0.07 2,331 0.07 515 0.01 (16.00) 280.07
Tobacco Unmanufactured 2,920 0.11 3,369 0.10 5,488 0.12 (13.33) (46.79)
Natural Rubber 3,744 0.14 4,410 0.13 2,691 0.06 (15.11) 39.10
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 1,048 0.04 1,343 0.04 2,162 0.05 (21.94) (51.52)
Rice 1 0.00 a - a - - -
Others 12,541 0.47 12,755 0.36 9,750 0.22 (1.68) 28.63
Forest Products 2,108 0.08 4,212 0.12 1,307 0.03 (49.94) 61.28
Logs 1 0.00 5 0.00 a - (79.93) -
Lumber 526 0.02 509 0.01 786 0.02 3.30 (33.18)
Plywood 1,383 0.05 3,594 0.10 233 0.01 (61.53) 493.66
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 199 0.01 79 0.00 255 0.01 153.70 (22.01)
Others a - 25 0.00 32 0.00 - -
Mineral Products 98,961 3.70 128,354 3.65 289,484 6.46 (22.90) (65.81)
Copper Concentrates 4,210 0.16 4,065 0.12 15,316 0.34 3.58 (72.51)
Copper Metal 53,118 1.99 78,349 2.23 182,283 4.07 (32.20) (70.86)
Gold 7,277 0.27 7,463 0.21 13,875 0.31 (2.50) (47.55)
Iron Ore Agglomerates 5,444 0.20 3,822 0.11 14,623 0.33 42.44 (62.77)
Chromium Ore 274 0.01 80 0.00 510 0.01 241.78 (46.32)
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 28,638 1.07 34,576 0.98 62,878 1.40 (17.17) (54.45)
Petroleum Products 14,623 0.55 29,353 0.84 170,719 3.81 (50.18) (91.43)
Manufactures 2,218,485 83.02 3,051,966 86.88 3,560,772 79.45 (27.31) (37.70)
Electronic Products 1,335,157 49.96 2,009,897 57.21 2,546,629 56.82 (33.57) (47.57)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 945,781 35.39 1,525,106 43.41 1,904,619 42.50 (37.99) (50.34)
Electronic Data
Processing 270,653 10.13 358,476 10.20 459,662 10.26 (24.50) (41.12)
Office Equipment 17,336 0.65 17,865 0.51 27,249 0.61 (2.96) (36.38)
Consumer Electronics 32,763 1.23 41,879 1.19 58,368 1.30 (21.77) (43.87)
Telecommunication 5,266 0.20 21,065 0.60 11,796 0.26 (75.00) (55.35)
Communication/Radar 12,269 0.46 19,599 0.56 21,627 0.48 (37.40) (43.27)
Control and
Instrumentation 4,385 0.16 4,594 0.13 2,710 0.06 (4.55) 61.82
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 1,990 0.07 2,141 0.06 4,022 0.09 (7.08) (50.53)
Automotive Electronics 44,714 1.67 19,172 0.55 56,577 1.26 133.23 (20.97)
Other Electronics 104,816 3.92 142,700 4.06 118,586 2.65 (26.55) (11.61)
Garments 160,025 5.99 133,126 3.79 180,610 4.03 20.21 (11.40)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 10,997 0.41 12,054 0.34 17,503 0.39 (8.77) (37.17)
Footwear 2,094 0.08 2,111 0.06 2,872 0.06 (0.85) (27.12)
Travel Goods and Handbags 5,360 0.20 7,810 0.22 4,868 0.11 (31.38) 10.10
Wood Manufactures 68,621 2.57 84,848 2.42 54,687 1.22 (19.12) 25.48
Furniture & Fixtures 12,700 0.48 14,438 0.41 20,985 0.47 (12.04) (39.48)
Chemicals 72,041 2.70 76,307 2.17 100,089 2.23 (5.59) (28.02)
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 12,031 0.45 14,771 0.42 27,947 0.62 (18.55) (56.95)
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 129,589 4.85 227,457 6.47 159,114 3.55 (43.03) (18.56)
Processed food and Beverages 73,412 2.75 86,714 2.47 71,489 1.60 (15.34) 2.69
Iron & Steel 9,566 0.36 8,304 0.24 34,275 0.76 15.20 (72.09)
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 11,090 0.41 10,736 0.31 12,144 0.27 3.30 (8.68)
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 2,756 0.10 3,035 0.09 5,160 0.12 (9.19) (46.59)
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 22,530 0.84 22,472 0.64 29,000 0.65 0.26 (22.31)
Others 185,701 6.95 195,185 5.56 174,812 3.90 (4.86) 6.23
Special Transactions 112,308 4.20 111,032 3.16 227,010 5.07 1.15 (50.53)
Re-Export 34,621 1.30 53,717 1.53 149,568 3.34 (35.55) (76.85)
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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: February 10, 2009
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