Table 3  Philippine Exports Performance by Country
         March 2009 and 2008
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                 2009                  |                2008                 | Annual Growth Rate
Country                                     Percent|            Percent|           Percent|           Percent|     (Percent)
                                  Jan-Mar p   Share|    March p   Share|   Jan-Mar   Share|     March   Share| Cumulative Current
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                Total            7,921.38    100.00   2,903.91   100.00  12,542.70  100.00   4,200.13  100.00     (36.84)  (30.86)

      Top 10 Countries Total     6,603.37     83.36   2,424.30    83.48  10,713.97   85.42   3,545.07   84.40     (38.37)  (31.61)

 1 United States Of America  1/  1,426.56     18.01     503.27    17.33   2,089.35   16.66     684.33   16.29     (31.72)  (26.46)
 2 Japan  2/                     1,237.22     15.62     446.74    15.38   1,995.46   15.91     716.11   17.05     (38.00)  (37.62)
 3 China, People's Republic of     734.31      9.27     307.86    10.60   1,460.72   11.65     549.18   13.08     (49.73)  (43.94)
 4 Hong Kong                       676.76      8.54     272.79     9.39   1,322.00   10.54     423.46   10.08     (48.81)  (35.58)
 5 Netherlands                     700.03      8.84     265.89     9.16     962.30    7.67     279.66    6.66     (27.26)   (4.93)
 6 Korea, Republic of              359.60      4.54     156.42     5.39     529.60    4.22     190.54    4.54     (32.10)  (17.91)
 7 Germany                         541.32      6.83     136.78     4.71     662.54    5.28     177.26    4.22     (18.30)  (22.84)
 8 Singapore                       358.75      4.53     128.51     4.43     692.44    5.52     183.34    4.36     (48.19)  (29.90)
 9 Malaysia  3/                    256.71      3.24     108.98     3.75     540.99    4.31     185.18    4.41     (52.55)  (41.15)
10 Taiwan                          312.12      3.94      97.05     3.34     458.57    3.66     156.01    3.71     (31.94)  (37.79)
11 Others                        1,318.01     16.64     479.61    16.52   1,828.73   14.58     655.06   15.60     (27.93)  (26.78)

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


Notes:   *  Based on March 2009 ranking.
         1/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         2/ Includes Okinawa.
         3/ Includes Sabah and Sarawak.
         p  Preliminary


         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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