Table 1a  Philippine Exports to all Countries
          January to April 2009 and 2008
          (F.O.B. Value in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                           2009     |        2008     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Apr p   |      Jan-Apr    |   Rate
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             Total                                 10,727,053,487     16,870,175,932     (36.41)

 1 Electronic Products                              5,999,848,302     10,032,458,579     (40.20)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           4,279,026,705      7,412,033,815     (42.27)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    1,137,741,905      1,820,821,933     (37.51)
   c) Office Equipment                                 69,429,934        109,450,318     (36.56)
   d) Consumer Electronics                            101,447,987        163,028,375     (37.77)
   e) Telecommunication                                63,835,373         64,802,421      (1.49)
   f) Communication/Radar                              69,807,241         93,818,809     (25.59)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                      11,213,262         13,644,020     (17.82)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                8,352,302         11,130,893     (24.96)
   i) Automotive Electronics                          258,993,593        343,727,995     (24.65)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories       515,471,217        669,118,937     (22.96)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     194,524,933        244,734,860     (20.52)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                              78,818,900        413,812,764     (80.95)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         138,859,295        319,224,625     (56.50)
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    102,057,584        425,827,584     (76.03)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined Copper                                210,073,728        369,099,279     (43.08)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           298,269,708        364,349,501     (18.14)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    139,874,842        134,818,564       3.75
10 Metal Components  4/                               123,956,923        180,985,654     (31.51)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                    81,395,456         79,315,793       2.62
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           39,446,905         46,539,449     (15.24)
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  56,668,380         48,320,917      17.28
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        14,118,485         16,393,669     (13.88)
15 Tuna  5/                                           112,937,039         87,557,713      28.99
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             30,193,631         38,726,113     (22.03)
17 Christmas Decor                                      3,255,732          6,785,867     (52.02)
18 Basketworks                                         11,063,158         17,747,532     (37.66)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               27,048,562         45,123,361     (40.06)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           35,400,151         20,625,072      71.64
21 Gold  6/                                           147,785,084        158,598,014      (6.82)
22 Footwear                                            10,314,819         12,191,522     (15.39)
23 Activated Carbon                                     9,125,068         10,671,058     (14.49)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              4,639,390          7,904,045     (41.30)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                               9,308,367         22,532,209     (58.69)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              17,723,185         15,175,546      16.79
27 Fine Jewelry                                         8,753,001          8,101,318       8.04
28 Copper Concentrates                                 19,720,343         42,546,144     (53.65)
29 Sugar                                               28,528,817         17,537,830      62.67
30 Others                                           2,257,872,482      3,013,352,413     (25.07)

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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/ Includes crude and refined.
         4/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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