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

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                                                           2009     |        2008     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Jul p   |      Jan-Jul    |   Rate
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             Total                                 20,533,221,236    30,059,814,287     (31.69)

 1 Electronic Products                             11,673,835,041    17,697,355,026     (34.04)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           8,353,769,125    13,059,225,090     (36.03)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    2,347,257,184     3,122,677,644     (24.83)
   c) Office Equipment                                121,817,148       194,334,111     (37.32)
   d) Consumer Electronics                            167,560,894       281,434,337     (40.46)
   e) Telecommunication                                79,831,592       143,721,950     (44.45)
   f) Communication/Radar                             152,752,423       172,884,245     (11.64)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                      20,415,800        25,231,106     (19.08)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               16,212,074        20,519,431     (20.99)
   i) Automotive Electronics                          414,218,801       677,327,112     (38.85)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories       889,989,458     1,161,624,465     (23.38)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     363,544,149       384,120,765      (5.36)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             178,331,751       808,073,165     (77.93)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         328,840,773       540,242,593     (39.13)
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    281,226,115       721,889,052     (61.04)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined Copper                                401,742,053       752,458,563     (46.61)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           528,860,720       665,296,947     (20.51)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    239,735,679       244,197,945      (1.83)
10 Metal Components  4/                               235,910,316       334,981,209     (29.58)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                   147,077,108       141,545,353       3.91
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           82,909,959        88,272,408      (6.07)
13 Dessicated Coconut                                  89,553,650       114,726,997     (21.94)
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        25,902,439        34,568,801     (25.07)
15 Tuna  5/                                           209,411,080       196,501,169       6.57
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             53,711,907        66,923,108     (19.74)
17 Christmas Decor                                     12,362,461        23,483,082     (47.36)
18 Basketworks                                         21,848,222        28,764,476     (24.04)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               47,102,185        75,690,504     (37.77)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           54,580,238        38,035,766      43.50
21 Gold  6/                                           188,874,019       283,844,835     (33.46)
22 Footwear                                            15,244,477        20,237,456     (24.67)
23 Activated Carbon                                    16,893,896        17,922,948      (5.74)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              9,771,076        15,040,415     (35.03)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              24,009,909        38,803,901     (38.13)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              47,616,724        34,841,909      36.67
27 Fine Jewelry                                        16,041,114        14,659,000       9.43
28 Copper Concentrates                                 53,919,394        82,031,551     (34.27)
29 Sugar                                               39,529,857        41,438,223      (4.61)
30 Others                                           4,254,845,466     5,392,242,655     (21.09)

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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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