Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
August and July 2009 and August 2008
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2009 | 2008 | Growth Rate
Commodity August p | July r | August | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 3,472,117 100.00 3,310,774 100.00 4,394,497 100.00 4.87 (20.99)
Total Agro-Based Products 170,213 4.90 232,397 7.02 210,850 4.80 (26.76) (19.27)
Agro-Based Products 117,225 3.38 178,076 5.38 155,575 3.54 (34.17) (24.65)
Coconut Products 62,472 1.80 96,314 2.91 88,311 2.01 (35.14) (29.26)
Copra a - 3 0.00 a - (100.00) -
Coconut Oil 46,971 1.35 79,984 2.42 52,560 1.20 (41.27) (10.63)
Desiccated Coconut 11,691 0.34 11,193 0.34 30,148 0.69 4.45 (61.22)
Copra Meal/Cake 2,882 0.08 4,351 0.13 4,842 0.11 (33.77) (40.48)
Others 928 0.03 783 0.02 762 0.02 18.56 21.87
Sugar and Products 620 0.02 10,291 0.31 2,122 0.05 (93.97) (70.78)
Centrifugal & Refined b 0.00 7,894 0.24 244 0.01 (100.00) (99.85)
Molasses a - 2,195 0.07 1,813 0.04 (100.00) (100.00)
Others 620 0.02 202 0.01 65 0.00 206.25 853.89
Fruits and Vegetables 54,133 1.56 71,471 2.16 65,141 1.48 (24.26) (16.90)
Canned Pineapple 17,859 0.51 13,204 0.40 9,596 0.22 35.26 86.10
Pineapple Juice 4,626 0.13 3,267 0.10 2,676 0.06 41.60 72.83
Pineapple Concentrates 2,729 0.08 2,387 0.07 2,277 0.05 14.33 19.85
Bananas 20,728 0.60 41,562 1.26 39,083 0.89 (50.13) (46.96)
Mangoes 934 0.03 1,355 0.04 1,411 0.03 (31.11) (33.84)
Others 7,258 0.21 9,696 0.29 10,097 0.23 (25.14) (28.12)
Other Agro-Based Products 52,988 1.53 54,322 1.64 55,275 1.26 (2.46) (4.14)
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 23,076 0.66 24,056 0.73 25,423 0.58 (4.07) (9.23)
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - a - a - - -
Abaca Fibers 1,860 0.05 785 0.02 3,018 0.07 136.87 (38.36)
Tobacco Unmanufactured 12,799 0.37 14,231 0.43 5,910 0.13 (10.06) 116.56
Natural Rubber 1,830 0.05 2,817 0.09 5,534 0.13 (35.05) (66.93)
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 1,212 0.03 1,744 0.05 1,093 0.02 (30.48) 10.91
Rice 59 0.00 a - 23 0.00 - 158.62
Others 12,152 0.35 10,688 0.32 14,274 0.32 13.69 (14.87)
Forest Products 4,499 0.13 2,917 0.09 1,872 0.04 54.25 140.27
Logs 2 0.00 a - a - - -
Lumber 971 0.03 739 0.02 944 0.02 31.50 2.87
Plywood 3,390 0.10 2,045 0.06 908 0.02 65.78 273.11
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 44 0.00 69 0.00 a - (37.11) -
Others 93 0.00 64 0.00 20 0.00 44.80 368.92
Mineral Products 118,472 3.41 116,045 3.51 248,936 5.66 2.09 (52.41)
Copper Concentrates 10,740 0.31 18,219 0.55 16,080 0.37 (41.05) (33.21)
Copper Metal 47,837 1.38 36,545 1.10 135,595 3.09 30.90 (64.72)
Gold 9,138 0.26 19,423 0.59 8,166 0.19 (52.95) 11.90
Iron Ore Agglomerates 7,270 0.21 7,114 0.21 9,683 0.22 2.19 (24.92)
Chromium Ore 7,008 0.20 407 0.01 1,429 0.03 1,621.51 390.46
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 36,480 1.05 34,336 1.04 77,983 1.77 6.24 (53.22)
Petroleum Products 6,593 0.19 22,503 0.68 167,808 3.82 (70.70) (96.07)
Manufactures 3,052,081 87.90 2,816,073 85.06 3,654,720 83.17 8.38 (16.49)
Electronic Products 2,057,932 59.27 1,915,168 57.85 2,531,258 57.60 7.45 (18.70)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,433,437 41.28 1,417,177 42.81 1,906,907 43.39 1.15 (24.83)
Electronic Data
Processing 499,906 14.40 395,393 11.94 490,002 11.15 26.43 2.02
Office Equipment 27,813 0.80 16,958 0.51 29,980 0.68 64.01 (7.23)
Consumer Electronics 19,092 0.55 26,217 0.79 36,235 0.82 (27.18) (47.31)
Telecommunication 7,693 0.22 7,850 0.24 20,149 0.46 (2.00) (61.82)
Communication/Radar 43,048 1.24 26,556 0.80 31,323 0.71 62.10 37.43
Control and
Instrumentation 3,913 0.11 3,041 0.09 4,842 0.11 28.67 (19.19)
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 2,680 0.08 3,165 0.10 3,139 0.07 (15.33) (14.64)
Automotive Electronics 20,351 0.59 18,810 0.57 8,682 0.20 8.19 134.41
Other Electronics 136,638 3.94 115,346 3.48 111,277 2.53 18.46 22.79
Garments 137,577 3.96 125,189 3.78 172,515 3.93 9.90 (20.25)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 16,428 0.47 12,723 0.38 17,251 0.39 29.12 (4.77)
Footwear 2,100 0.06 1,225 0.04 3,088 0.07 71.44 (31.98)
Travel Goods and Handbags 5,504 0.16 5,737 0.17 8,740 0.20 (4.07) (37.02)
Wood Manufactures 77,922 2.24 44,192 1.33 82,257 1.87 76.33 (5.27)
Furniture & Fixtures 16,342 0.47 22,976 0.69 19,123 0.44 (28.87) (14.54)
Chemicals 113,357 3.26 67,707 2.05 116,725 2.66 67.42 (2.89)
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 12,100 0.35 14,397 0.43 20,126 0.46 (15.95) (39.88)
Machinery &
Transport Equipment 147,007 4.23 185,441 5.60 209,641 4.77 (20.73) (29.88)
Processed food and Beverages 80,648 2.32 79,630 2.41 97,847 2.23 1.28 (17.58)
Iron & Steel 10,000 0.29 7,867 0.24 23,848 0.54 27.10 (58.07)
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 14,915 0.43 10,823 0.33 15,380 0.35 37.80 (3.02)
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 3,857 0.11 2,838 0.09 3,707 0.08 35.91 4.05
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 30,069 0.87 24,701 0.75 25,734 0.59 21.73 16.84
Others 189,685 5.46 180,112 5.44 196,203 4.46 5.31 (3.32)
Special Transactions 120,259 3.46 120,839 3.65 110,310 2.51 (0.48) 9.02
Re-Export 62,231 1.79 64,172 1.94 45,113 1.03 (3.02) 37.95
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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
Page last updated: October 13, 2009
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