Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  September 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 (%)
                                     September   Share|   Jan-Sep   Share| September   Share|   Jan-Sep  Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total                 4,863.65  100.00  45,285.64  100.00   4,743.80  100.00  40,278.26 100.00     2.53      12.43

        Top 10 Countries Total        3,797.75   78.08  34,006.80   75.09   3,587.04   75.62  29,888.24  74.20     5.87      13.78

 1 United States Of America  1/         613.94   12.62   5,597.19   12.36     669.29   14.11   5,778.43  14.35    (8.27)     (3.14)
 2 Japan  2/                            563.93   11.59   5,112.97   11.29     579.85   12.22   4,833.17  12.00    (2.75)      5.79
 3 Saudi Arabia                         550.72   11.32   4,328.44    9.56     251.93    5.31   2,539.64   6.31   118.60      70.44
 4 Singapore                            489.23   10.06   4,922.05   10.87     588.76   12.41   4,697.86  11.66   (16.90)      4.77
 5 China, People's Republic of          378.27    7.78   3,265.68    7.21     324.26    6.84   2,893.69   7.18    16.66      12.86
 6 Taiwan                               303.83    6.25   3,095.73    6.84     384.54    8.11   2,912.44   7.23   (20.99)      6.29
 7 Korea, Republic of                   277.05    5.70   2,401.33    5.30     287.71    6.07   2,358.22   5.85    (3.71)      1.83
 8 Thailand                             219.96    4.52   2,207.19    4.87     214.61    4.52   1,612.67   4.00     2.49      36.87
 9 Vietnam                              211.92    4.36   1,527.78    3.37      80.47    1.70     656.94   1.63   163.35     132.56
10 Hong Kong                            188.90    3.88   1,548.44    3.42     205.62    4.33   1,605.20   3.99    (8.13)     (3.54)
11 Others                             1,065.90   21.92  11,278.83   24.91   1,156.75   24.38  10,390.02  25.80    (7.85)      8.55

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

 Notes:   * Based on September 2008 ranking.
          1 includes Alaska and Hawaii
          2 includes Okinawa


          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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