Table 1 Philippine Exports to All Countries
August and July 2009 and August 2008
(F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)
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2009 | 2008 | Growth Rate
Commodity Percent| Percent| Percent| (Percent)
August p Share| July r Share| August Share| Monthly Annual
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Total 3,472.12 100.00 3,310.77 100.00 4,394.50 100.00 4.87 (20.99)
1 Electronic Products 2,057.93 59.27 1,915.17 57.85 2,531.26 57.60 7.45 (18.70)
a) Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,433.44 41.28 1,417.18 42.81 1,906.91 43.39 1.15 (24.83)
b) Electronic Data Processing 499.91 14.40 395.39 11.94 490.00 11.15 26.43 2.02
c) Office Equipment 27.81 0.80 16.96 0.51 29.98 0.68 64.01 (7.23)
d) Consumer Electronics 19.09 0.55 26.22 0.79 36.23 0.82 (27.18) (47.31)
e) Telecommunication 7.69 0.22 8.00 0.24 20.19 0.46 (3.87) (61.89)
f) Communication/Radar 43.05 1.24 26.40 0.80 31.29 0.71 63.04 37.60
g) Control and Instrumentation 3.91 0.11 3.04 0.09 4.84 0.11 28.67 (19.19)
h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation 2.68 0.08 3.17 0.10 3.14 0.07 (15.33) (14.64)
i) Automotive Electronics 20.35 0.59 18.81 0.57 8.68 0.20 8.19 134.41
2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
Accessories 137.58 3.96 125.19 3.78 172.51 3.93 9.90 (20.25)
3 Woodcrafts and Furniture 94.26 2.71 67.23 2.03 101.73 2.31 40.20 (7.34)
4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
Wiring Sets used in vehicles
aircrafts and ships 1/ 73.29 2.11 62.62 1.89 67.65 1.54 17.03 8.34
5 Other Products Manufactured from
Materials on consignment basis 60.29 1.74 54.35 1.64 54.52 1.24 10.92 10.59
6 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
Of Refined copper 47.84 1.38 36.55 1.10 135.60 3.09 30.90 (64.72)
7 Coconut Oil 2/ 46.97 1.35 79.98 2.42 52.56 1.20 (41.27) (10.63)
8 Metal Components 3/ 46.59 1.34 40.44 1.22 58.43 1.33 15.20 (20.27)
9 Pineapple and Pineapple Products 28.48 0.82 24.07 0.73 21.55 0.49 18.33 32.17
10 Tuna 4/ 26.52 0.76 34.80 1.05 39.09 0.89 (23.80) (32.17)
Top Ten Exports Total 2,619.74 75.45 2,440.40 73.71 3,234.89 73.61 7.35 (19.02)
11 Bananas (Fresh) 20.73 0.60 41.56 1.26 39.08 0.89 (50.13) (46.96)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits 13.51 0.39 12.93 0.39 13.48 0.31 4.42 0.22
13 Unmanufactured Tobacco 12.80 0.37 14.23 0.43 5.91 0.13 (10.06) 116.56
14 Dessicated Coconut 11.69 0.34 11.19 0.34 30.15 0.69 4.45 (61.22)
15 Gold 5/ 10.91 0.31 24.30 0.73 30.24 0.69 (55.10) (63.92)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan 10.83 0.31 9.73 0.29 9.90 0.23 11.28 9.34
17 Copper Concentrates 10.74 0.31 18.22 0.55 16.08 0.37 (41.05) (33.21)
18 Christmas Decor 7.78 0.22 4.32 0.13 6.78 0.15 79.90 14.62
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates 7.27 0.21 7.11 0.21 9.68 0.22 2.19 (24.92)
20 Petroleum Products 6/ 6.59 0.19 22.50 0.68 167.81 3.82 (70.70) (96.07)
21 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
Chilled or Frozen 5.10 0.15 4.41 0.13 6.27 0.14 15.62 (18.68)
22 Basketworks 4.24 0.12 3.25 0.10 4.59 0.10 30.72 (7.63)
23 Fertilizers, Manufactured 4.22 0.12 3.42 0.10 9.46 0.22 23.53 (55.33)
24 Copra Oil Cake or Meal 2.88 0.08 4.35 0.13 4.84 0.11 (33.77) (40.48)
25 Activated Carbon 2.32 0.07 3.07 0.09 2.09 0.05 (24.25) 11.02
26 Footwear 2.10 0.06 1.23 0.04 3.09 0.07 71.44 (31.98)
27 Fine Jewelry 1.43 0.04 2.47 0.07 1.43 0.03 (42.19) 0.06
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor 1.19 0.03 1.32 0.04 1.85 0.04 (10.17) (35.90)
29 Sugar 0.00 0.00 7.89 0.24 0.24 0.01 (100.00) (99.85)
30 Others 716.05 20.62 672.87 20.32 796.62 18.13 6.42 (10.11)
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: 1/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
2/ includes crude and refined.
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.
Page last updated: October 13, 2009
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