Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         January 2009 and December and January 2008
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                    2009|                  2008                  |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                        January p  Share| December r    Share|   January    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  2,494.17   100.00   2,674.58    100.00   4,230.56   100.00     (6.75)   (41.04)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,345.35    53.94   1,335.16     49.92   2,608.81    61.67      0.76    (48.43)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)                 922.95    37.00     945.78     35.36   1,950.52    46.11     (2.41)   (52.68)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         219.45     8.80     270.65     10.12     461.16    10.90    (18.92)   (52.41)
   c) Office Equipment                    16.20     0.65      17.34      0.65      29.29     0.69     (6.54)   (44.68)
   d) Consumer Electronics                26.41     1.06      32.76      1.22      39.29     0.93    (19.40)   (32.79)
   e) Telecommunication                   27.69     1.11       5.27      0.20       5.45     0.13    425.73    408.29
   f) Communication/Radar                 12.25     0.49      12.27      0.46      20.28     0.48     (0.13)   (39.59)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.93     0.12       4.38      0.16       3.65     0.09    (33.27)   (19.76)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   1.81     0.07       1.99      0.07       1.95     0.05     (9.28)    (7.28)
   i) Automotive Electronics             115.67     4.64      44.71      1.67      97.22     2.30    158.70     18.98
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         134.50     5.39     159.96      5.98     171.48     4.05    (15.92)   (21.56)
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture               78.95     3.17      81.25      3.04      73.46     1.74     (2.84)     7.47
 4 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       48.28     1.94      47.48      1.78      41.78     0.99      1.70     15.56
 5 Gold  1/                               44.70     1.79      17.56      0.66      42.28     1.00    154.48      5.73
 6 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    41.12     1.65      53.12      1.99      89.28     2.11    (22.59)   (53.94)
 7 Bananas (Fresh)                        34.50     1.38      36.08      1.35      27.75     0.66     (4.39)    24.31
 8 Metal Components  2/                   31.55     1.27      39.14      1.46      43.89     1.04    (19.39)   (28.10)
 9 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 3/               27.96     1.12      46.22      1.73      70.35     1.66    (39.50)   (60.25)
10 Tuna  4/                               22.60     0.91      23.78      0.89      13.28     0.31     (4.98)    70.22

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             1,809.50    72.55   1,839.76     68.79   3,182.35    75.22     (1.64)   (43.14)

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       18.82     0.75      28.86      1.08      18.76     0.44    (34.78)     0.34
12 Coconut Oil  5/                        18.41     0.74      76.40      2.86     130.16     3.08    (75.90)   (85.85)
13 Sugar                                  16.97     0.68       5.63      0.21       0.40     0.01    201.48  4,152.03
14 Dessicated Coconut                     15.92     0.64      20.16      0.75      10.42     0.25    (21.05)    52.78
15 Petroleum Products  6/                 13.52     0.54      14.62      0.55     106.42     2.52     (7.56)   (87.30)
16 Processed Tropical Fruits               9.62     0.39      12.98      0.49       9.49     0.22    (25.90)     1.32
17 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 7.14     0.29      11.62      0.43      10.49     0.25    (38.58)   (31.96)
18 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  5.41     0.22       2.91      0.11       2.78     0.07     85.87     94.42
19 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.34     0.13       3.87      0.14       3.44     0.08    (13.83)    (2.92)
20 Footwear                                3.14     0.13       2.09      0.08       2.53     0.06     50.01     24.21
21 Copper Concentrates                     3.10     0.12       4.21      0.16       8.05     0.19    (26.33)   (61.47)
22 Basketworks                             3.04     0.12       3.43      0.13       4.19     0.10    (11.38)   (27.39)
23 Fine Jewelry                            2.26     0.09       2.10      0.08       1.42     0.03      7.88     59.89
24 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   1.84     0.07       5.44      0.20       6.06     0.14    (66.13)   (69.58)
25 Activated Carbon                        1.70     0.07       2.28      0.09       3.35     0.08    (25.10)   (49.15)
26 Fertilizers, Manufactured               1.62     0.07       3.40      0.13       8.45     0.20    (52.30)   (80.81)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.60     0.06       1.63      0.06       1.95     0.05     (1.81)   (17.78)
28 Christmas Decor                         0.79     0.03       0.71      0.03       1.34     0.03      9.94    (41.38)
29 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                    -        -        3.32      0.12       4.17     0.10   (100.00)  (100.00)
30 Others                                556.42    22.31     629.15     23.52     714.34    16.89    (11.56)   (22.11)

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

Notes:   1/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         2/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         3/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         4/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         5/ includes crude and refined.
         6/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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