Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  December 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 (%)
                                      December   Share|   Jan-Dec   Share|  December   Share|   Jan-Dec  Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total                 3,291.38  100.00  56,636.00  100.00   5,000.63  100.00  55,513.74 100.00  (34.18)      2.02

        Top 10 Countries Total        2,488.29   75.60  42,471.33   74.99   3,724.76   74.49  41,572.70  74.89  (33.20)      2.16

 1 United States Of America  1/         493.51   14.99   7,212.42   12.73     686.66   13.73   7,835.46  14.11  (28.13)     (7.95)
 2 Japan  2/                            393.24   11.95   6,595.15   11.64     656.60   13.13   6,841.54  12.32  (40.11)     (3.60)
 3 China, People's Republic of          325.00    9.87   4,254.54    7.51     345.84    6.92   4,001.23   7.21   (6.03)      6.33
 4 Singapore                            320.35    9.73   5,955.78   10.52     495.49    9.91   6,218.88  11.20  (35.35)     (4.23)
 5 Taiwan                               263.08    7.99   3,835.61    6.77     372.43    7.45   4,061.53   7.32  (29.36)     (5.56)
 6 Saudi Arabia                         174.80    5.31   5,031.98    8.88     207.13    4.14   3,525.59   6.35  (15.61)     42.73
 7 Thailand                             155.01    4.71   2,784.53    4.92     197.38    3.95   2,277.35   4.10  (21.46)     22.27
 8 Korea, Republic of                   144.20    4.38   2,958.88    5.22     329.19    6.58   3,278.23   5.91  (56.19)     (9.74)
 9 Indonesia                            112.60    3.42   1,396.53    2.47     140.85    2.82   1,249.68   2.25  (20.05)     11.75
10 Malaysia  3/                         106.48    3.24   2,445.92    4.32     293.19    5.86   2,283.22   4.11  (63.68)      7.13
11 Others                               803.09   24.40  14,164.67   25.01   1,275.87   25.51  13,941.04  25.11  (37.06)      1.60

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

 Notes:   * Based on December 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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