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.

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