Table 1   Total Trade by Month and Year
          2006 - 2008
          (F.O.B. Value in Million US$)
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                                        Balance  |       Cumulative        |Balance
Month/Year     Total  Imports  Exports       of  |  Total                  |     of
               Trade                      Trade  |  Trade  Imports  Exports|  Trade
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January
       2006    7,240    3,707    3,533     (174)    7,240    3,707    3,533    (174)
       2007    7,891    3,904    3,987       83     7,891    3,904    3,987      83
       2008 r  9,224    4,993    4,231     (762)    9,224    4,993    4,231    (762)
February
       2006    6,864    3,415    3,448       33    14,103    7,122    6,981    (141)
       2007    7,407    3,690    3,717       27    15,298    7,594    7,704     110
       2008 p  8,603    4,491    4,112     (379)   17,827    9,484    8,343  (1,142)
March
       2006    8,400    4,227    4,174      (53)   22,504   11,349   11,155    (194)
       2007    9,044    4,566    4,478      (89)   24,342   12,160   12,182      21
April
       2006    8,335    4,417    3,918     (499)   30,838   15,766   15,073    (693)
       2007    8,459    4,342    4,117     (225)   32,801   16,502   16,299    (203)
May
       2006    8,333    4,448    3,885     (563)   39,171   20,214   18,958  (1,256)
       2007    8,417    4,295    4,122     (174)   41,219   20,798   20,421    (377)
June
       2006    8,589    4,534    4,055     (479)   47,760   24,748   23,013  (1,735)
       2007    8,822    4,705    4,117     (588)   50,040   25,503   24,537    (965)
July
       2006    8,429    4,412    4,016     (396)   56,189   29,160   27,029  (2,131)
       2007    9,229    5,041    4,188     (853)   59,269   30,544   28,725  (1,818)
August
       2006    9,157    4,884    4,274     (610)   65,347   34,044   31,303  (2,741)
       2007    9,090    4,986    4,104     (882)   68,359   35,529   32,829  (2,700)
September
       2006    8,534    4,355    4,178     (177)   73,880   38,399   35,481  (2,918)
       2007    9,116    4,744    4,373     (371)   77,475   40,273   37,202  (3,071)
October
       2006    8,894    4,686    4,207     (479)   82,774   43,086   39,689  (3,397)
       2007    9,798    5,150    4,648     (502)   87,273   45,423   41,850  (3,573)
November
       2006    8,541    4,510    4,031     (479)   91,315   47,595   43,720  (3,876)
       2007    9,030    5,083    3,948   (1,135)   96,304   50,506   45,798  (4,708)
December
       2006    7,869    4,178    3,690     (488)   99,184   51,774   47,410  (4,364)
       2007    9,473    5,001    4,472     (528)  105,777   55,507   50,270  (5,236)

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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 totals due to rounding.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

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