Table 1 Philippine Exports to All Countries
March and February 2009 and March 2008
(F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)
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2009 | 2008 | Growth Rate
Commodity Percent| Percent| Percent| (Percent)
March p Share| February r Share| March Share| Monthly Annual
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Total 2,903.91 100.00 2,506.29 100.00 4,200.13 100.00 15.86 (30.86)
1 Electronic Products 1,619.50 55.77 1,350.99 53.90 2,448.15 58.29 19.88 (33.85)
a) Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,172.50 40.38 944.65 37.69 1,847.33 43.98 24.12 (36.53)
b) Electronic Data Processing 341.17 11.75 269.80 10.76 440.14 10.48 26.45 (22.49)
c) Office Equipment 23.09 0.79 15.06 0.60 26.74 0.64 53.31 (13.67)
d) Consumer Electronics 21.75 0.75 23.36 0.93 38.02 0.91 (6.88) (42.78)
e) Telecommunication 8.58 0.30 22.57 0.90 19.83 0.47 (61.98) (56.72)
f) Communication/Radar 17.55 0.60 15.97 0.64 26.84 0.64 9.94 (34.61)
g) Control and Instrumentation 3.35 0.12 2.67 0.11 3.06 0.07 25.46 9.40
h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation 2.53 0.09 2.15 0.09 3.36 0.08 17.77 (24.65)
i) Automotive Electronics 28.98 1.00 54.77 2.19 42.82 1.02 (47.09) (32.32)
2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
Accessories 134.81 4.64 145.92 5.82 166.88 3.97 (7.62) (19.22)
3 Woodcrafts and Furniture 85.81 2.96 82.13 3.28 107.79 2.57 4.49 (20.39)
4 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
Of Refined copper 52.21 1.80 54.32 2.17 94.98 2.26 (3.88) (45.03)
5 Other Products Manufactured from
Materials on consignment basis 51.26 1.77 45.16 1.80 67.27 1.60 13.51 (23.80)
6 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
Wiring Sets used in vehicles
aircrafts and ships 1/ 39.89 1.37 30.05 1.20 86.07 2.05 32.75 (53.65)
7 Gold 2/ 39.33 1.35 34.65 1.38 36.22 0.86 13.51 8.59
8 Coconut Oil 3/ 32.69 1.13 27.86 1.11 81.70 1.95 17.35 (59.99)
9 Metal Components 4/ 30.82 1.06 30.00 1.20 46.77 1.11 2.72 (34.10)
10 Tuna 5/ 29.49 1.02 31.27 1.25 27.47 0.65 (5.69) 7.34
Top Ten Exports Total 2,115.81 72.86 1,832.35 73.11 3,163.30 75.31 15.47 (33.11)
11 Bananas (Fresh) 29.08 1.00 25.40 1.01 33.04 0.79 14.49 (11.99)
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products 20.22 0.70 21.37 0.85 20.14 0.48 (5.38) 0.38
13 Dessicated Coconut 13.29 0.46 14.92 0.60 10.30 0.25 (10.93) 28.97
14 Fertilizers, Manufactured 12.87 0.44 6.63 0.26 3.27 0.08 93.93 293.14
15 Processed Tropical Fruits 9.87 0.34 9.02 0.36 11.47 0.27 9.50 (13.90)
16 Iron Ore Agglomerates 9.49 0.33 11.16 0.45 13.88 0.33 (15.01) (31.63)
17 Copper Concentrates 8.31 0.29 2.98 0.12 9.26 0.22 178.65 (10.27)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan 8.05 0.28 7.67 0.31 8.46 0.20 4.83 (4.91)
19 Petroleum Products 6/ 7.84 0.27 4.39 0.18 89.57 2.13 78.67 (91.24)
20 Sugar 5.80 0.20 - - 0.64 0.02 - 804.49
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco 4.61 0.16 3.22 0.13 2.35 0.06 42.94 96.46
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
Chilled or Frozen 3.95 0.14 3.24 0.13 3.41 0.08 22.04 15.96
23 Basketworks 3.26 0.11 2.74 0.11 4.59 0.11 19.13 (29.05)
24 Footwear 3.08 0.11 1.71 0.07 3.05 0.07 80.67 1.26
25 Fine Jewelry 2.32 0.08 2.28 0.09 2.40 0.06 1.39 (3.37)
26 Activated Carbon 1.96 0.07 3.13 0.12 1.17 0.03 (37.30) 68.38
27 Copra Oil Cake or Meal 1.32 0.05 3.45 0.14 6.44 0.15 (61.86) (79.56)
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor 0.82 0.03 1.23 0.05 1.53 0.04 (33.30) (46.34)
29 Christmas Decor 0.74 0.03 0.61 0.02 1.48 0.04 22.06 (49.96)
30 Others 641.22 22.08 548.78 21.90 810.39 19.29 16.84 (20.88)
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: 1/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
2/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
3/ includes crude and refined.
4/ excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
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.
Page last updated: May 12, 2009
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