Table 1a  Total Growth Rate by Month and Year
          2007-2008
          (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
       2007     9.1      5.3     13.0    (150.3)      9.1      5.3     13.0    (150.3)
       2008    16.8     27.9      6.0    (969.5)     16.8     27.9      6.0    (969.5)
February
       2007     8.0      8.0      7.9      (5.6)      8.5      6.6     10.5    (184.1)
       2008    16.1     21.7     10.5  (1,315.9)     16.5     24.9      8.2  (1,060.4)
March
       2007     7.8      8.0      7.5      49.4       8.3      7.2      9.4    (120.4)
       2008     2.9     12.2     (6.6)  1,072.9      11.4     20.1      2.7  (5,313.8)
April
       2007     1.6     (1.7)     5.3     (56.1)      6.5      4.7      8.3     (74.2)
       2008     8.4     11.8      4.9     143.0      10.6     17.9      3.3   1,353.4
May
       2007     1.1     (3.4)     6.2     (70.1)      5.3      2.9      7.9     (72.3)
       2008     6.7     10.9      2.3     221.2       9.8     16.5      3.1     804.8
June
       2007     3.1      3.8      2.3      16.8       4.9      3.1      6.9     (47.7)
       2008    10.9     12.7      8.8      41.6      10.0     15.8      4.1     334.0
July
       2007    10.2     14.3      5.8     100.1       5.7      4.8      6.7     (20.3)
       2008    10.7     16.0      4.4      78.0      10.1     15.8      4.1     214.6
August
       2007    (0.5)     2.1     (3.6)     41.9       4.8      4.4      5.3      (6.4)
       2008     3.6      1.1      6.6     (25.0)      9.3     13.8      4.4     133.7
September
       2007     7.0      8.9      5.0     100.1       5.1      4.9      5.3       0.0
       2008 r   1.9      2.5      1.1      19.9       8.4     12.4      4.0     119.9
October
       2007    10.3      9.9     10.7       2.5       5.6      5.4      5.9       0.4
       2008 p (12.9)   (11.1)   (14.8)     23.4       6.0      9.8      1.9     106.0
November
       2007     6.0     12.7     (1.6)    133.9       5.7      6.1      5.2      16.9
December
       2007    20.5     19.7     21.4       6.3       6.9      7.2      6.4      15.7

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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.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

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