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

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                                                      2009                   |              2008 |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                           June p  Share|      May r    Share|      June    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,409.77   100.00   3,087.86    100.00   4,527.02   100.00     10.42   (24.68)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,948.32    57.14   1,811.30     58.66   2,631.53    58.13      7.57   (25.96)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,339.92    39.30   1,317.97     42.68   1,889.40    41.74      1.67   (29.08)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         446.88    13.11     367.25     11.89     439.28     9.70     21.68     1.73
   c) Office Equipment                    18.87     0.55      16.55      0.54      30.43     0.67     13.98   (37.99)
   d) Consumer Electronics                16.16     0.47      23.73      0.77      43.50     0.96    (31.89)  (62.85)
   e) Telecommunication                    4.84     0.14       3.19      0.10      25.91     0.57     51.90   (81.32)
   f) Communication/Radar                 34.01     1.00      22.45      0.73      24.26     0.54     51.48    40.19
   g) Control and Instrumentation          3.63     0.11       2.54      0.08       3.41     0.08     43.03     6.39
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.46     0.07       2.24      0.07       3.03     0.07      9.97   (18.74)
   i) Automotive Electronics              81.56     2.39      55.39      1.79     172.33     3.81     47.26   (52.67)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         138.88     4.07     110.28      3.57     172.28     3.81     25.94   (19.38)
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture               84.59     2.48      78.79      2.55     110.72     2.45      7.36   (23.60)
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 1/               70.26     2.06      57.11      1.85      78.33     1.73     23.03   (10.30)
 5 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    69.29     2.03      85.83      2.78     122.16     2.70    (19.27)  (43.28)
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       61.66     1.81      53.00      1.72      46.18     1.02     16.36    33.53
 7 Coconut Oil  2/                        61.07     1.79      38.14      1.24     129.15     2.85     60.13   (52.71)
 8 Petroleum Products  3/                 43.24     1.27      33.78      1.09     137.28     3.03     28.01   (68.50)
 9 Metal Components  4/                   37.51     1.10      34.62      1.12      53.36     1.18      8.37   (29.70)
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        33.59     0.99      24.71      0.80      34.78     0.77     35.93    (3.42)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,548.42    74.74   2,327.54     75.38   3,515.76    77.66      9.49   (27.51)

11 Tuna  5/                               30.97     0.91      30.70      0.99      28.42     0.63      0.88     8.99
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       19.29     0.57      22.33      0.72      19.07     0.42    (13.64)    1.13
13 Processed Tropical Fruits              15.86     0.47      14.69      0.48      12.86     0.28      8.01    23.31
14 Dessicated Coconut                     10.89     0.32      10.84      0.35      22.73     0.50      0.50   (52.08)
15 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 10.10     0.30       5.56      0.18       5.39     0.12     81.49    87.28
16 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   7.75     0.23       5.18      0.17      10.43     0.23     49.58   (25.66)
17 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 7.17     0.21       6.63      0.21      10.54     0.23      8.15   (32.04)
18 Fertilizers, Manufactured               6.61     0.19       9.15      0.30       2.57     0.06    (27.69)  157.75
19 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  6.50     0.19       3.85      0.12       5.83     0.13     69.02    11.63
20 Copper Concentrates                     6.10     0.18       9.88      0.32       9.07     0.20    (38.26)  (32.72)
21 Basketworks                             3.66     0.11       3.86      0.13       3.43     0.08     (5.21)    6.64
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.66     0.11       3.72      0.12       7.38     0.16     (1.67)  (50.44)
23 Gold  6/                                3.30     0.10      13.49      0.44      33.61     0.74    (75.50)  (90.17)
24 Christmas Decor                         3.14     0.09       1.70      0.06       5.42     0.12     84.30   (42.13)
25 Fine Jewelry                            2.20     0.06       2.62      0.08       1.94     0.04    (15.92)   13.43
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.62     0.05       2.17      0.07       2.01     0.04    (25.34)  (19.59)
27 Activated Carbon                        1.59     0.05       3.11      0.10       2.83     0.06    (48.83)  (43.85)
28 Footwear                                1.56     0.05       2.15      0.07       3.33     0.07    (27.52)  (53.22)
29 Sugar                                   0.70     0.02       2.41      0.08       5.65     0.12    (70.92)  (87.60)
30 Others                                718.67    21.08     606.30     19.63     818.74    18.09     18.53   (12.22)

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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/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         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
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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