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

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                                                      2009                   |              2008 |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                           July p  Share|     June r    Share|      July    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,311.74   100.00  3,406.30     100.00   4,437.23   100.00     (2.78)   (25.36)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,915.10    57.83  1,947.71      57.18   2,559.55    57.68     (1.67)   (25.18)
   a) Components/Devices
         (Semiconductors)              1,417.17    42.79  1,339.59      39.33   1,885.10    42.48      5.79    (24.82)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         395.39    11.94    446.87      13.12     445.95    10.05    (11.52)   (11.34)
   c) Office Equipment                    16.96     0.51     18.88       0.55      25.64     0.58    (10.16)   (33.86)
   d) Consumer Electronics                26.34     0.80     16.04       0.47      31.66     0.71     64.16    (16.81)
   e) Telecommunication                    7.97     0.24      4.84       0.14      29.13     0.66     64.76    (72.63)
   f) Communication/Radar                 26.44     0.80     34.01       1.00      28.17     0.63    (22.25)    (6.14)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          3.04     0.09      3.63       0.11       4.97     0.11    (16.14)   (38.79)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.17     0.10      2.46       0.07       2.52     0.06     28.72     25.66
   i) Automotive Electronics              18.62     0.56     81.40       2.39     106.40     2.40    (77.13)   (82.50)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
      Accessories                        125.19     3.78    139.05       4.08     170.07     3.83     (9.96)   (26.39)
 3 Coconut Oil  1/                        79.98     2.42     61.05       1.79     103.36     2.33     31.02    (22.62)
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               67.25     2.03     84.56       2.48      95.96     2.16    (20.47)   (29.92)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
      Wiring Sets used in vehicles
      aircrafts and ships 2/              62.62     1.89     70.26       2.06      73.04     1.65    (10.87)   (14.26)
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
      Materials on consignment basis      54.35     1.64     61.67       1.81      43.31     0.98    (11.86)    25.50
 7 Bananas (Fresh)                        41.56     1.25     33.59       0.99      32.77     0.74     23.74     26.82
 8 Metal Components  3/                   40.56     1.22     36.77       1.08      51.03     1.15     10.30    (20.52)
 9 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    36.55     1.10     69.29       2.03     106.06     2.39    (47.26)   (65.54)
10 Tuna  4/                               34.80     1.05     30.97       0.91      41.55     0.94     12.35    (16.25)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,457.97    74.22  2,534.93      74.42   3,276.70    73.85     (3.04)   (24.99)

11 Gold  5/                               24.30     0.73      3.30       0.10      51.76     1.17    635.20    (53.05)
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       24.07     0.73     19.29       0.57      22.31     0.50     24.79      7.87
13 Petroleum Products  6/                 22.50     0.68     43.24       1.27     168.10     3.79    (47.95)   (86.61)
14 Copper Concentrates                    18.22     0.55      6.10       0.18      21.10     0.48    198.67    (13.64)
15 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 14.23     0.43     10.10       0.30       8.65     0.19     40.92     64.47
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              12.93     0.39     15.84       0.47      15.00     0.34    (18.37)   (13.80)
17 Dessicated Coconut                     11.19     0.34     10.84       0.32      27.74     0.63      3.22    (59.65)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 9.73     0.29      7.17       0.21       9.67     0.22     35.82      0.68
19 Sugar                                   7.89     0.24      0.70       0.02       5.65     0.13  1,027.72     39.80
20 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   7.11     0.21      7.75       0.23       9.64     0.22     (8.26)   (26.20)
21 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     4.41     0.13      3.66       0.11       4.73     0.11     20.57     (6.81)
22 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  4.35     0.13      6.50       0.19       5.26     0.12    (33.10)   (17.23)
23 Christmas Decor                         4.32     0.13      3.12       0.09       6.57     0.15     38.59    (34.21)
24 Fertilizers, Manufactured               3.42     0.10      6.61       0.19       8.81     0.20    (48.29)   (61.17)
25 Basketworks                             3.25     0.10      3.67       0.11       4.13     0.09    (11.44)   (21.31)
26 Activated Carbon                        3.07     0.09      1.59       0.05       2.67     0.06     92.66     14.99
27 Fine Jewelry                            2.47     0.07      2.20       0.06       3.04     0.07     12.05    (18.90)
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.32     0.04      1.65       0.05       2.20     0.05    (19.68)   (39.88)
29 Footwear                                1.23     0.04      1.56       0.05       2.90     0.07    (21.30)   (57.77)
30 Others                                673.75    20.34    716.48      21.03     780.62    17.59     (5.96)   (13.69)

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1/ includes crude and refined.
         2/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         4/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         5/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         6/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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