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

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                                                           2009     |        2008     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Jun p   |      Jan-Jun    |   Rate
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             Total                                 17,224,941,080     25,622,580,163     (32.77)

 1 Electronic Products                              9,759,341,165     15,137,808,366     (35.53)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           6,936,920,134     11,174,120,096     (37.92)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    1,951,876,503      2,676,723,671     (27.08)
   c) Office Equipment                                104,850,803        168,696,006     (37.85)
   d) Consumer Electronics                            141,339,840        249,772,321     (43.41)
   e) Telecommunication                                71,859,370        114,595,860     (37.29)
   f) Communication/Radar                             126,309,409        144,710,587     (12.72)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                      17,374,699         20,263,072     (14.25)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               13,046,997         18,000,598     (27.52)
   i) Automotive Electronics                          395,763,410        570,926,155     (30.68)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories       764,630,657        991,555,354     (22.89)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     309,188,769        340,811,849      (9.28)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             155,828,516        639,973,215     (75.65)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         266,218,364        467,203,775     (43.02)
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    201,262,271        618,526,713     (67.46)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined Copper                                365,197,013        646,394,595     (43.50)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           461,636,908        569,336,241     (18.92)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    198,173,360        211,425,537      (6.27)
10 Metal Components  4/                               196,087,597        283,950,709     (30.94)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                   123,011,129        119,236,031       3.17
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           69,992,779         73,268,324      (4.47)
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  78,412,545         86,990,270      (9.86)
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        21,493,643         29,837,705     (27.96)
15 Tuna  5/                                           174,613,020        154,951,411      12.69
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             43,981,062         57,256,806     (23.19)
17 Christmas Decor                                      8,056,615         16,912,951     (52.36)
18 Basketworks                                         18,583,060         24,631,722     (24.56)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               39,987,997         66,050,812     (39.46)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           51,160,257         29,227,527      75.04
21 Gold  6/                                           164,576,864        232,088,546     (29.09)
22 Footwear                                            14,019,388         17,336,123     (19.13)
23 Activated Carbon                                    13,827,467         15,256,290      (9.37)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              8,421,092         12,841,650     (34.42)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              19,659,006         33,547,371     (41.40)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              33,385,938         26,189,637      27.48
27 Fine Jewelry                                        13,573,771         11,616,545      16.85
28 Copper Concentrates                                 35,700,228         60,935,119     (41.41)
29 Sugar                                               31,635,817         35,791,429     (11.61)
30 Others                                           3,583,284,782      4,611,627,540     (22.30)

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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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