Table 3a Philippine Imports by Major Type of Goods
January to June 2008 and 2007
(FOB in U.S. Dollars)
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2008 | 2007 | Growth Rate
Commodity Group Jan-Jun | Jan-Jun | (%)
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Total Imports 29,531,886,888 25,506,283,198 15.78
Capital Goods 8,019,886,201 7,597,069,604 5.57
Power Generating & Specialized Machines 1,255,207,934 1,123,202,192 11.75
Office & EDP Machines 1,499,274,078 1,481,419,604 1.21
Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach. 4,313,108,478 4,092,801,579 5.38
Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
motorized cycle 332,339,177 304,843,002 9.02
Aircraft, Ships and Boats 376,405,731 332,771,137 13.11
Prof.Sci.& Cont. Inst., Photographic Eqpt. & Optical Goods 243,550,803 262,032,090 (7.05)
Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods 11,426,461,911 11,502,247,100 (0.66)
Unprocessed Raw Materials 921,771,721 814,502,008 13.17
Wheat 355,086,753 193,036,614 83.95
Corn 11,047,893 8,803,269 25.50
Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn 6,035,634 2,982,401 102.37
Crude materials, inedible 461,729,258 519,821,318 (11.18)
Pulp & waste paper 32,387,258 33,249,157 (2.59)
Cotton 9,797,623 11,095,447 (11.70)
Syn. Fibers 34,605,169 36,878,418 (6.16)
Metalliferous ores 167,695,125 185,690,243 (9.69)
Others 217,244,083 252,908,053 (14.10)
Tobacco, unmanufactured 87,872,183 89,858,406 (2.21)
Semi-Processed Raw Materials 10,504,690,190 10,687,745,092 (1.71)
Feeding stuffs for animals 330,575,898 222,630,025 48.49
Animal & vegetable oils & fats 109,275,438 91,839,862 18.98
Chemical 2,513,465,490 1,886,624,401 33.23
Chemical compounds 634,637,136 504,770,664 25.73
Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem. 337,912,146 296,751,080 13.87
Urea 114,597,296 57,051,652 100.87
Fertilizer excl. urea 247,211,517 60,561,807 308.20
Artificial resins 586,542,964 460,285,774 27.43
Others 592,564,431 507,203,424 16.83
Manufactured goods 2,187,037,728 2,084,396,096 4.92
Paper & paper products 263,230,485 230,195,194 14.35
Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles 348,423,543 444,902,385 (21.69)
Non-metallic mineral manufactures 125,854,421 101,469,644 24.03
Iron & steel 880,783,741 618,756,126 42.35
Non-ferrous metals 260,587,457 312,717,423 (16.67)
Metal products 184,962,402 241,690,412 (23.47)
Others 123,195,679 134,664,912 (8.52)
Embroideries 80,175,302 144,471,380 (44.50)
Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt. 5,244,058,961 6,187,634,864 (15.25)
Iron ore, not agglomerated 40,101,373 70,148,464 (42.83)
Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials 6,475,156,097 4,031,270,333 60.62
Coal, Coke 96,665,445 135,103,905 (28.45)
Petroleum crude 3,863,857,480 2,230,635,679 73.22
Others 2,514,633,172 1,665,530,749 50.98
Consumer Goods 3,218,899,486 2,035,189,392 58.16
Durable 1,178,600,710 906,780,860 29.98
Passenger cars & motorized cycle 634,067,727 458,186,652 38.39
Home appliances 135,963,244 104,189,997 30.50
Misc. manufactures 408,569,739 344,404,211 18.63
Non-Durable 2,040,298,776 1,128,408,532 80.81
Food & live animals chiefly for food 1,962,802,938 1,063,217,985 84.61
Dairy products 382,431,004 291,489,020 31.20
Fish & fish preparation 49,270,223 33,617,129 46.56
Rice 857,726,551 218,559,899 292.44
Fruits & vegetables 102,766,473 75,548,565 36.03
Others 570,608,687 444,003,372 28.51
Beverages & tobacco mfture. 29,511,003 22,092,109 33.58
Articles of apparel, access. 47,984,835 43,098,438 11.34
Special Transactions 391,483,193 340,506,769 14.97
Articles temporarily imported & exported 122,248,921 133,393,980 (8.35)
Others 269,234,272 207,112,789 29.99
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Note: Components may not add up to total due to rounding.
Page last updated: August 26, 2008
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