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

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                                                      2009                   |              2008 |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                          April p  Share|    March r    Share|     April    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  2,802.85   100.00   2,906.73    100.00   4,327.48   100.00     (3.57)   (35.23)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,683.68    60.07   1,620.10     55.74   2,518.80    58.20      3.92    (33.16)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,238.25    44.18   1,173.18     40.36   1,880.90    43.46      5.55    (34.17)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         307.43    10.97     341.07     11.73     457.89    10.58     (9.86)   (32.86)
   c) Office Equipment                    15.08     0.54      23.09      0.79      27.38     0.63    (34.66)   (44.91)
   d) Consumer Electronics                30.15     1.08      21.75      0.75      47.02     1.09     38.58    (35.89)
   e) Telecommunication                    5.05     0.18       8.58      0.30      12.07     0.28    (41.16)   (58.16)
   f) Communication/Radar                 24.03     0.86      17.55      0.60      23.01     0.53     36.91      4.43
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.27     0.08       3.35      0.12       3.01     0.07    (32.11)   (24.50)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   1.87     0.07       2.53      0.09       2.87     0.07    (26.18)   (34.94)
   i) Automotive Electronics              59.55     2.12      29.00      1.00      64.65     1.49    105.30     (7.90)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         100.43     3.58     134.63      4.63     153.44     3.55    (25.40)   (34.55)
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    62.42     2.23      52.21      1.80      99.41     2.30     19.55    (37.21)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                 52.66     1.88       7.84      0.27      94.09     2.17    571.34    (44.03)
 5 Woodcrafts and Furniture               51.29     1.83      85.83      2.95      92.02     2.13    (40.24)   (44.26)
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       49.83     1.78      51.26      1.76      59.56     1.38     (2.79)   (16.34)
 7 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               41.35     1.48      39.84      1.37      72.93     1.69      3.80    (43.30)
 8 Bananas (Fresh)                        38.61     1.38      29.08      1.00      41.40     0.96     32.77     (6.75)
 9 Metal Components  3/                   31.62     1.13      30.76      1.06      42.84     0.99      2.80    (26.19)
10 Tuna  4/                               29.58     1.06      29.49      1.01      26.89     0.62      0.30      9.99

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,141.47    76.40   2,081.04     71.59   3,201.38    73.98      2.90    (33.11)

11 Gold  5/                               29.11     1.04      39.33      1.35      42.87     0.99    (26.00)   (32.11)
12 Coconut Oil  6/                        22.72     0.81      32.86      1.13     147.98     3.42    (30.84)   (84.64)
13 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       19.54     0.70      20.25      0.70      18.35     0.42     (3.54)     6.46
14 Fertilizers, Manufactured              14.28     0.51      12.87      0.44       4.79     0.11     10.96    197.95
15 Dessicated Coconut                     12.30     0.44      13.27      0.46      14.93     0.34     (7.31)   (17.61)
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              10.69     0.38       9.76      0.34      13.43     0.31      9.55    (20.37)
17 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 7.34     0.26       8.05      0.28      11.30     0.26     (8.79)   (35.09)
18 Sugar                                   5.76     0.21       5.80      0.20       4.20     0.10     (0.77)    37.09
19 Copper Concentrates                     5.33     0.19       8.31      0.29      18.00     0.42    (35.89)   (70.40)
20 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   4.55     0.16       9.49      0.33      13.29     0.31    (51.99)   (65.73)
21 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  4.54     0.16       1.32      0.05       4.99     0.12    244.56     (8.98)
22 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  4.48     0.16       4.61      0.16       3.99     0.09     (2.84)    12.27
23 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.58     0.13       3.95      0.14       5.47     0.13     (9.36)   (34.44)
24 Footwear                                2.38     0.09       3.08      0.11       2.65     0.06    (22.72)   (10.09)
25 Basketworks                             2.03     0.07       3.25      0.11       4.28     0.10    (37.56)   (52.54)
26 Fine Jewelry                            1.89     0.07       2.32      0.08       1.78     0.04    (18.29)     6.29
27 Activated Carbon                        1.52     0.05       1.96      0.07       2.25     0.05    (22.46)   (32.44)
28 Christmas Decor                         1.12     0.04       0.75      0.03       2.65     0.06     49.08    (57.87)
29 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 0.97     0.03       0.82      0.03       2.21     0.05     19.31    (55.99)
30 Others                                507.26    18.10     643.65     22.14     806.69    18.64    (21.19)   (37.12)

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

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


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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