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

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                                                           2009     |        2008     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Aug p   |      Jan-Aug    |   Rate
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             Total                                 24,004,369,568    34,454,311,435     (30.33)

 1 Electronic Products                             13,731,831,555    20,228,613,298     (32.12)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           9,787,208,396    14,966,131,591     (34.60)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    2,847,163,142     3,612,679,391     (21.19)
   c) Office Equipment                                149,629,895       224,314,298     (33.29)
   d) Consumer Electronics                            186,531,568       317,669,204     (41.28)
   e) Telecommunication                                87,555,715       163,908,490     (46.58)
   f) Communication/Radar                             195,760,519       204,169,471      (4.12)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                      24,328,888        30,073,220     (19.10)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               18,891,853        23,658,683     (20.15)
   i) Automotive Electronics                          434,761,579       686,008,950     (36.62)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories     1,027,562,076     1,334,139,437     (22.98)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     423,834,499       438,638,322      (3.37)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             184,924,294       975,881,647     (81.05)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         402,131,523       607,893,761     (33.85)
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    328,197,035       774,448,817     (57.62)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined Copper                                449,579,303       888,053,983     (49.37)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           623,099,127       767,026,222     (18.76)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    260,463,904       283,281,171      (8.05)
10 Metal Components  4/                               282,380,187       393,412,333     (28.22)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                   175,555,241       163,092,702       7.64
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                           96,415,741       101,748,284      (5.24)
13 Dessicated Coconut                                 101,244,794       144,874,639     (30.12)
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        31,000,108        40,837,549     (24.09)
15 Tuna  5/                                           235,926,936       235,591,045       0.14
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             64,540,780        76,826,531     (15.99)
17 Christmas Decor                                     20,139,085        30,267,991     (33.46)
18 Basketworks                                         26,084,143        33,357,237     (21.80)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               54,371,994        85,373,399     (36.31)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           58,805,082        47,494,717      23.81
21 Gold  6/                                           199,783,302       314,080,856     (36.39)
22 Footwear                                            17,344,770        23,325,406     (25.64)
23 Activated Carbon                                    19,216,719        20,015,267      (3.99)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                             10,958,578        16,892,917     (35.13)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              26,891,583        43,645,751     (38.39)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              60,415,693        40,752,136      48.25
27 Fine Jewelry                                        17,467,493        16,084,577       8.60
28 Copper Concentrates                                 64,659,105        98,111,670     (34.10)
29 Sugar                                               39,530,217        41,682,591      (5.16)
30 Others                                           4,970,014,701     6,188,867,179     (19.69)

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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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