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.
Page last updated: July 10, 2009
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