Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         July and June 2009 and July 2008
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                     2009                  |        2008       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                     July p  |        June r      |        July       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                3,311,742   100.00   3,406,304   100.00   4,437,234  100.00     (2.78)     (25.36)

Total Agro-Based Products            232,397     7.02     187,996     5.52     261,163    5.89     23.62      (11.01)

   Agro-Based Products               178,076     5.38     145,064     4.26     203,942    4.60     22.76      (12.68)
      Coconut Products                96,314     2.91      79,323     2.33     137,414    3.10     21.42      (29.91)
         Copra                             3     0.00           a       -            a      -         -           -
         Coconut Oil                  79,984     2.42      61,048     1.79     103,362    2.33     31.02      (22.62)
         Desiccated Coconut           11,193     0.34      10,843     0.32      27,737    0.63      3.22      (59.65)
         Copra Meal/Cake               4,351     0.13       6,503     0.19       5,257    0.12    (33.10)     (17.23)
         Others                          783     0.02         928     0.03       1,058    0.02    (15.66)     (26.00)
      Sugar and Products              10,291     0.31       4,660     0.14       6,731    0.15    120.86       52.90
         Centrifugal & Refined         7,894     0.24         700     0.02       5,647    0.13  1,027.72       39.80
         Molasses                      2,195     0.07       3,552     0.10         830    0.02    (38.20)     164.58
         Others                          202     0.01         408     0.01         254    0.01    (50.40)     (20.44)
      Fruits and Vegetables           71,471     2.16      61,082     1.79      59,798    1.35     17.01       19.52
         Canned Pineapple             13,204     0.40       9,379     0.28      12,401    0.28     40.79        6.48
         Pineapple Juice               3,267     0.10       3,283     0.10       2,082    0.05     (0.51)      56.92
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,387     0.07       1,462     0.04       1,980    0.04     63.31       20.57
         Bananas                      41,562     1.25      33,589     0.99      32,772    0.74     23.74       26.82
         Mangoes                       1,355     0.04       1,670     0.05       1,608    0.04    (18.85)     (15.71)
         Others                        9,696     0.29      11,699     0.34       8,955    0.20    (17.13)       8.27
   Other Agro-Based Products          54,322     1.64      42,932     1.26      57,221    1.29     26.53       (5.07)
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 24,056     0.73      21,786     0.64      28,346    0.64     10.42      (15.13)
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            a       -            2    0.00        -      (100.00)
         Abaca Fibers                    785     0.02          79     0.00       2,351    0.05    900.28      (66.59)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured       14,231     0.43      10,098     0.30       8,652    0.19     40.92       64.47
         Natural Rubber                2,817     0.09       1,786     0.05       4,178    0.09     57.77      (32.56)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -           -       -         -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,744     0.05         637     0.02         731    0.02    173.58      138.64
         Rice                              a       -            1     0.00           a      -    (100.00)        -
         Others                       10,688     0.32       8,545     0.25      12,962    0.29     25.09      (17.54)

Forest Products                        2,917     0.09       3,855     0.11       1,980    0.04    (24.34)      47.29

         Logs                              a       -            a       -           -       -         -           -
         Lumber                          739     0.02       1,097     0.03       1,184    0.03    (32.70)     (37.62)
         Plywood                       2,045     0.06       2,645     0.08         548    0.01    (22.71)     272.79
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks         69     0.00          99     0.00          68    0.00    (30.05)       1.95
         Others                           64     0.00          13     0.00         180    0.00    393.89      (64.24)

Mineral Products                     116,045     3.50     113,622     3.34     254,479    5.74      2.13      (54.40)

         Copper Concentrates          18,219     0.55       6,100     0.18      21,096    0.48    198.67      (13.64)
         Copper Metal                 36,545     1.10      69,294     2.03     106,064    2.39    (47.26)     (65.54)
         Gold                         19,423     0.59         255     0.01      16,360    0.37  7,507.73       18.72
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         7,114     0.21       7,755     0.23       9,640    0.22     (8.26)     (26.20)
         Chromium Ore                    407     0.01         362     0.01       1,192    0.03     12.42      (65.86)
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Others                       34,336     1.04      29,857     0.88     100,127    2.26     15.00      (65.71)

Petroleum Products                    22,503     0.68      43,235     1.27     168,100    3.79    (47.95)     (86.61)

Manufactures                       2,816,854    85.06   2,930,062    86.02   3,625,288   81.70     (3.86)     (22.30)

         Electronic Products       1,915,104    57.83   1,947,715    57.18   2,559,547   57.68     (1.67)     (25.18)
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,417,175    42.79   1,339,595    39.33   1,885,105   42.48      5.79      (24.82)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              395,393    11.94     446,867    13.12     445,954   10.05    (11.52)     (11.34)
            Office Equipment          16,958     0.51      18,876     0.55      25,638    0.58    (10.16)     (33.86)
            Consumer Electronics      26,339     0.80      16,044     0.47      31,662    0.71     64.16      (16.81)
            Telecommunication          7,820     0.24       4,655     0.14      29,126    0.66     67.98      (73.15)
            Communication/Radar       26,596     0.80      34,193     1.00      28,174    0.63    (22.22)      (5.60)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           3,041     0.09       3,626     0.11       4,968    0.11    (16.14)     (38.79)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          3,165     0.10       2,459     0.07       2,519    0.06     28.72       25.66
            Automotive Electronics    18,618     0.56      81,400     2.39     106,401    2.40    (77.13)     (82.50)
         Other Electronics           115,346     3.48     120,754     3.55     119,596    2.70     (4.48)      (3.55)
         Garments                    125,194     3.78     139,047     4.08     170,069    3.83     (9.96)     (26.39)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        12,921     0.39      13,562     0.40      17,248    0.39     (4.73)     (25.09)
         Footwear                      1,225     0.04       1,557     0.05       2,901    0.07    (21.30)     (57.77)
         Travel Goods and Handbags     5,737     0.17       4,325     0.13      10,099    0.23     32.66      (43.19)
         Wood Manufactures            44,192     1.33      72,682     2.13      78,644    1.77    (39.20)     (43.81)
         Furniture & Fixtures         22,996     0.69      11,878     0.35      17,235    0.39     93.60       33.43
         Chemicals                    67,414     2.04      85,351     2.51     108,400    2.44    (21.02)     (37.81)
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                14,397     0.43      11,073     0.33      16,327    0.37     30.02      (11.82)
         Machinery &
         Transport Equipment         187,774     5.67     182,323     5.35     160,168    3.61      2.99       17.24
         Processed food and Beverages 78,760     2.38      78,598     2.31      92,057    2.07      0.21      (14.44)
         Iron & Steel                  7,867     0.24      15,424     0.45      26,354    0.59    (48.99)     (70.15)
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          10,823     0.33      10,605     0.31      15,277    0.34      2.06      (29.15)
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    2,838     0.09       3,606     0.11       3,437    0.08    (21.32)     (17.43)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     24,698     0.75      23,396     0.69      27,923    0.63      5.57      (11.55)
         Others                      179,567     5.42     208,167     6.11     200,005    4.51    (13.74)     (10.22)

Special Transactions                 121,026     3.65     127,533     3.74     126,224    2.84     (5.10)      (4.12)

Re-Export                             64,172     1.94      67,226     1.97      42,280    0.95     (4.54)      51.78

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

Notes:   a  - No export data
         -  - No % share / No growth rate
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

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