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

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                                                      2009                   |              2008 |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       February p  Share|  January r    Share|  February    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  2,503.61   100.00   2,511.19    100.00   4,112.01   100.00     (0.30)   (39.11)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,352.38    54.02   1,345.08     53.56   2,456.70    59.74      0.54    (44.95)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)                 946.02    37.79     922.95     36.75   1,733.28    42.15      2.50    (45.42)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         269.80    10.78     219.45      8.74     461.62    11.23     22.95    (41.55)
   c) Office Equipment                    15.06     0.60      16.20      0.65      26.04     0.63     (7.07)   (42.17)
   d) Consumer Electronics                23.36     0.93      26.19      1.04      38.70     0.94    (10.81)   (39.64)
   e) Telecommunication                   22.57     0.90      27.63      1.10      27.46     0.67    (18.33)   (17.81)
   f) Communication/Radar                 15.98     0.64      12.25      0.49      23.68     0.58     30.44    (32.50)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.67     0.11       2.93      0.12       3.93     0.10     (8.83)   (32.09)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.15     0.09       1.80      0.07       2.95     0.07     19.34    (27.15)
   i) Automotive Electronics              54.77     2.19     115.67      4.61     139.03     3.38    (52.65)   (60.61)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         146.14     5.84     134.49      5.36     177.32     4.31      8.66    (17.59)
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture               77.50     3.10      79.02      3.15      91.08     2.22     (1.93)   (14.92)
 4 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    54.32     2.17      41.12      1.64      85.43     2.08     32.10    (36.42)
 5 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       45.16     1.80      48.28      1.92      76.12     1.85     (6.48)   (40.68)
 6 Gold  1/                               34.65     1.38      44.70      1.78      37.23     0.91    (22.48)    (6.93)
 7 Tuna  2/                               31.27     1.25      22.60      0.90      19.92     0.48     38.39     57.01
 8 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 3/               30.19     1.21      27.62      1.10      89.87     2.19      9.31    (66.41)
 9 Metal Components  4/                   29.98     1.20      31.58      1.26      47.49     1.16     (5.09)   (36.88)
10 Coconut Oil  5/                        27.86     1.11      18.62      0.74      65.99     1.60     49.64    (57.78)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             1,829.43    73.07   1,793.10     71.40   3,147.16    76.54      2.03    (41.87)

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        25.40     1.01      46.79      1.86      32.62     0.79    (45.72)   (22.15)
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       21.38     0.85      20.24      0.81      22.06     0.54      5.64     (3.09)
13 Dessicated Coconut                     14.92     0.60      16.19      0.64      12.68     0.31     (7.84)    17.69
14 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  11.16     0.45       1.84      0.07      11.89     0.29    505.35     (6.15)
15 Processed Tropical Fruits               9.02     0.36       9.98      0.40      12.15     0.30     (9.63)   (25.80)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 7.67     0.31       7.14      0.28       8.47     0.21      7.57     (9.43)
17 Fertilizers, Manufactured               6.63     0.27       1.62      0.06       4.11     0.10    308.92     61.59
18 Petroleum Products  6/                  4.39     0.18      13.92      0.55     123.73     3.01    (68.46)   (96.45)
19 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  3.45     0.14         -         -        6.93     0.17       -      (50.20)
20 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.24     0.13       3.34      0.13       4.08     0.10     (2.94)   (20.51)
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  3.23     0.13       5.41      0.22       6.06     0.15    (40.43)   (46.75)
22 Activated Carbon                        3.13     0.13       2.51      0.10       3.90     0.09     24.69    (19.75)
23 Copper Concentrates                     2.98     0.12       3.10      0.12       7.24     0.18     (3.85)   (58.81)
24 Basketworks                             2.74     0.11       3.04      0.12       4.69     0.11     (9.81)   (41.48)
25 Fine Jewelry                            2.28     0.09       2.26      0.09       2.51     0.06      0.92     (9.04)
26 Footwear                                1.71     0.07       3.14      0.13       3.97     0.10    (45.65)   (56.97)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.23     0.05       1.62      0.06       2.21     0.05    (24.15)   (44.44)
28 Christmas Decor                         0.61     0.02       0.79      0.03       1.32     0.03    (22.84)   (54.01)
29 Sugar                                    -        -        16.97      0.68      12.30     0.30   (100.00)  (100.00)
30 Others                                549.00    21.93     558.18     22.23     681.93    16.58     (1.65)   (19.49)
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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/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         3/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         4/ excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         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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