Table 3  Philippine Exports Performance by Country
         August 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-Aug p   Share|   August p   Share|   Jan-Aug   Share|    August   Share| Cumulative Current
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                Total            24,004.37   100.00   3,472.12   100.00  34,454.31  100.00   4,394.50  100.00     (30.33)  (20.99)

         Top 10 Countries Total  20,002.94    83.33   2,940.40    84.69  28,884.22   83.83   3,593.56   81.77     (30.75)  (18.18)

 1 United States Of America  1/   4,188.42    17.45     628.02    18.09   5,519.72   16.02     653.31   14.87     (24.12)   (3.87)
 2 Japan  2/                      3,859.58    16.08     553.35    15.94   5,393.16   15.65     707.87   16.11     (28.44)  (21.83)
 3 Netherlands                    2,204.69     9.18     361.35    10.41   2,588.64    7.51     320.59    7.30     (14.83)   12.71
 4 Hong Kong                      2,011.64     8.38     291.03     8.38   3,447.14   10.00     472.77   10.76     (41.64)  (38.44)
 5 Singapore                      1,458.53     6.08     254.20     7.32   1,940.74    5.63     264.80    6.03     (24.85)   (4.00)
 6 China, People's Republic of    2,083.90     8.68     238.60     6.87   3,978.87   11.55     503.24   11.45     (47.63)  (52.59)
 7 Germany                        1,409.20     5.87     199.59     5.75   1,725.13    5.01     117.31    2.67     (18.31)   70.15
 8 Korea, Republic of             1,171.97     4.88     180.27     5.19   1,835.94    5.33     197.99    4.51     (36.16)   (8.95)
 9 Thailand                         689.12     2.87     120.01     3.46   1,030.94    2.99     157.52    3.58     (33.16)  (23.81)
10 Malaysia  3/                     925.89     3.86     113.97     3.28   1,423.94    4.13     198.18    4.51     (34.98)  (42.49)
11 Others                         4,001.42    16.67     531.71    15.31   5,570.09   16.17     800.94   18.23     (28.16)  (33.61)

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


Notes:   *  Based on August 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.

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