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.

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