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

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                                                      2009                   |              2008 |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                            May p  Share|    April r    Share|       May    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,086.64   100.00   2,803.11    100.00   4,225.38   100.00      10.11   (26.95)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,811.34    58.68   1,683.55     60.06   2,473.82    58.55       7.59   (26.78)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,317.97    42.70   1,238.25     44.17   1,872.69    44.32       6.44   (29.62)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         367.25    11.90     307.44     10.97     416.63     9.86      19.45   (11.85)
   c) Office Equipment                    16.55     0.54      15.08      0.54      28.82     0.68       9.75   (42.56)
   d) Consumer Electronics                23.73     0.77      30.15      1.08      43.24     1.02     (21.28)  (45.12)
   e) Telecommunication                    3.19     0.10       5.05      0.18      23.89     0.57     (36.92)  (86.66)
   f) Communication/Radar                 22.45     0.73      24.07      0.86      26.63     0.63      (6.74)  (15.70)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.54     0.08       2.27      0.08       3.21     0.08      11.57   (21.04)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.24     0.07       1.87      0.07       3.84     0.09      19.63   (41.83)
   i) Automotive Electronics              55.43     1.80      59.37      2.12      54.87     1.30      (6.63)    1.02
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         110.31     3.57     100.43      3.58     150.16     3.55       9.84   (26.54)
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    85.83     2.78      62.42      2.23     155.14     3.67      37.51   (44.67)
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               78.84     2.55      51.28      1.83      94.27     2.23      53.74   (16.36)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 1/               57.11     1.85      41.34      1.47      69.65     1.65      38.14   (18.00)
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       53.00     1.72      49.83      1.78      49.90     1.18       6.35     6.21
 7 Coconut Oil  2/                        38.14     1.24      22.72      0.81      63.55     1.50      67.82   (39.99)
 8 Metal Components  3/                   35.00     1.13      31.62      1.13      49.60     1.17      10.70   (29.43)
 9 Petroleum Products  4/                 33.78     1.09      52.66      1.88      88.89     2.10     (35.86)  (62.00)
10 Tuna  5/                               30.70     0.99      29.58      1.06      38.98     0.92       3.80   (21.22)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,334.04    75.62   2,125.43     75.82   3,233.94    76.54       9.81   (27.83)

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        24.71     0.80      38.61      1.38      41.83     0.99     (36.00)  (40.93)
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       22.33     0.72      19.54      0.70      20.85     0.49      14.31     7.10
13 Processed Tropical Fruits              14.69     0.48      10.69      0.38      13.87     0.33      37.35     5.91
14 Gold  6/                               13.49     0.44      29.11      1.04      39.88     0.94     (53.66)  (66.18)
15 Dessicated Coconut                     10.88     0.35      12.31      0.44      15.94     0.38     (11.55)  (31.69)
16 Copper Concentrates                     9.88     0.32       5.33      0.19       9.32     0.22      85.45     5.99
17 Fertilizers, Manufactured               9.15     0.30      14.28      0.51       6.04     0.14     (35.94)   51.52
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 6.63     0.21       7.33      0.26       7.99     0.19      (9.66)  (17.03)
19 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  5.56     0.18       4.48      0.16       5.62     0.13      24.31    (1.02)
20 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   5.18     0.17       4.55      0.16      10.50     0.25      13.84   (50.60)
21 Basketworks                             3.91     0.13       2.03      0.07       3.45     0.08      92.12    13.10
22 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  3.85     0.12       4.54      0.16       5.19     0.12     (15.22)  (25.86)
23 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.72     0.12       3.58      0.13       6.07     0.14       3.74   (38.70)
24 Activated Carbon                        3.11     0.10       1.52      0.05       1.75     0.04     104.41    77.68
25 Fine Jewelry                            2.62     0.08       1.89      0.07       1.57     0.04      38.44    66.38
26 Sugar                                   2.41     0.08       5.76      0.21      12.61     0.30     (58.18)  (80.91)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 2.17     0.07       0.97      0.03       2.93     0.07     123.36   (25.93)
28 Footwear                                2.15     0.07       2.38      0.09       1.82     0.04      (9.88)   18.22
29 Christmas Decor                         1.72     0.06       1.08      0.04       4.71     0.11      59.18   (63.54)
30 Others                                604.46    19.58     507.70     18.11     779.53    18.45      19.06   (22.46)

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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/ includes crude and refined.
         3/ excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         4/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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