Table 3  Philippine Exports Performance by Country
         July 2009 and 2008
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                 2009                  |                2008                 | Annual Growth Rate
Country                                     Percent|            Percent|           Percent|           Percent|     (Percent)
                                  Jan-Jul p   Share|     July p   Share|   Jan-Jul   Share|      July   Share| Cumulative Current
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                Total            20,533.22   100.00   3,311.74   100.00  30,059.81  100.00   4,437.23  100.00     (31.69)  (25.36)

         Top 10 Countries Total  17,280.92    84.16   2,783.95    84.06  25,509.86   84.86   3,740.59   84.30     (32.26)  (25.57)

 1 United States Of America  1/   3,560.40    17.34     583.75    17.63   4,866.41   16.19     707.43   15.94     (26.84)  (17.48)
 2 Japan  2/                      3,306.17    16.10     550.19    16.61   4,685.30   15.59     698.73   15.75     (29.44)  (21.26)
 3 Netherlands                    1,843.34     8.98     301.15     9.09   2,268.05    7.55     342.58    7.72     (18.73)  (12.10)
 4 Hong Kong                      1,720.61     8.38     259.63     7.84   2,974.37    9.89     429.34    9.68     (42.15)  (39.53)
 5 China, People's Republic of    1,845.30     8.99     226.92     6.85   3,475.63   11.56     500.55   11.28     (46.91)  (54.67)
 6 Malaysia  3/                     811.91     3.95     213.71     6.45   1,225.76    4.08     170.92    3.85     (33.76)   25.04
 7 Singapore                      1,204.37     5.87     211.48     6.39   1,675.94    5.58     296.89    6.69     (28.14)  (28.77)
 8 Germany                        1,209.61     5.89     159.25     4.81   1,607.82    5.35     241.14    5.43     (24.77)  (33.96)
 9 Korea, Republic of               991.76     4.83     143.15     4.32   1,637.95    5.45     195.82    4.41     (39.45)  (26.90)
10 Taiwan                           787.45     3.83     134.74     4.07   1,092.63    3.63     157.18    3.54     (27.93)  (14.28)
11 Others                         3,252.30    15.84     527.79    15.94   4,549.95   15.14     696.64   15.70     (28.52)  (24.24)

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


Notes:   *  Based on July 2009 ranking.
         1/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         2/ Includes Okinawa.
         3/ Includes Sabah and Sarawak.
         p  Preliminary


         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Page last updated:  September 10, 2009
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