Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  February 2008 and 2007
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                   2 0 0 8               |               2 0 0 7              |  Annual Growth
Country of Origin                             Percent |          Percent |         Percent  |          Percent|    Rate (%)
                                      February   Share|   Jan-Feb   Share|  February   Share|   Jan-Feb  Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total                 4,491.42  100.00   9,484.42  100.00   3,689.83  100.00   7,593.99  100.00   21.72      24.89

        Top 10 Countries Total        3,576.50   79.63   7,534.10   79.44   2,853.19   77.33   5,911.00   77.84   25.35      27.46

 1 United States Of America  1/         652.83   14.54   1,410.45   14.87     581.14   15.75   1,163.31   15.32   12.34      21.24
 2 Japan  2/                            584.36   13.01   1,132.47   11.94     457.69   12.40     965.40   12.71   27.67      17.31
 3 Singapore                            479.31   10.67   1,000.06   10.54     324.09    8.78     852.51   11.23   47.89      17.31
 4 Taiwan                               401.75    8.94     794.76    8.38     262.08    7.10     563.34    7.42   53.29      41.08
 5 Saudi Arabia                         383.24    8.53     838.53    8.84     223.87    6.07     332.55    4.38   71.19     152.15
 6 China, People's Republic of          296.54    6.60     672.03    7.09     294.50    7.98     580.06    7.64    0.69      15.86
 7 Korea, Republic of                   233.28    5.19     546.03    5.76     250.23    6.78     492.46    6.48   (6.77)     10.88
 8 Malaysia  3/                         205.63    4.58     431.90    4.55     171.85    4.66     347.86    4.58   19.65      24.16
 9 Thailand                             193.39    4.31     377.34    3.98     153.29    4.15     289.96    3.82   26.16      30.14
10 Hong Kong                            146.16    3.25     330.54    3.49     134.45    3.64     323.57    4.26    8.72       2.16
11 Others                               914.92   20.37   1,950.31   20.56     836.64   22.67   1,682.98   22.16    9.36      15.88

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

 Notes:   * Based on February 2008 ranking.
          1 includes Alaska and Hawaii
          2 includes Okinawa
          3 includes Sabah and Sarawak
          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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