Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         September and August 2009 and September 2008
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                      2009                   |              2008 |     Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|      (Percent)
                                      September p  Share|   August r    Share| September    Share|     Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,633.98   100.00  3,472.89     100.00   4,445.62   100.00         4.64   (18.26)

 1 Electronic Products                 2,249.90    61.91  2,057.86      59.25   2,591.63    58.30         9.33   (13.19)
   a) Components/Devices
         (Semiconductors)              1,607.88    44.25  1,433.36      41.27   1,899.34    42.72        12.18   (15.35)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         507.72    13.97    499.91      14.39     509.60    11.46         1.56    (0.37)
   c) Office Equipment                    23.74     0.65     27.81       0.80      30.69     0.69       (14.66)  (22.67)
   d) Consumer Electronics                28.23     0.78     19.09       0.55      43.90     0.99        47.83   (35.70)
   e) Telecommunication                   11.73     0.32      7.69       0.22      45.89     1.03        52.41   (74.45)
   f) Communication/Radar                 42.05     1.16     43.05       1.24      27.31     0.61        (2.31)   54.00
   g) Control and Instrumentation          4.78     0.13      3.91       0.11       9.74     0.22        22.04   (50.97)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.83     0.08      2.68       0.08       1.99     0.04         5.67    42.13
   i) Automotive Electronics              20.95     0.58     20.35       0.59      23.18     0.52         2.94    (9.61)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
      Accessories                        113.91     3.13    137.54       3.96     181.21     4.08       (17.18)  (37.14)
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture               88.52     2.44     94.18       2.71     101.45     2.28        (6.01)  (12.75)
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
      Wiring Sets used in vehicles
      aircrafts and ships 1/              80.08     2.20     73.29       2.11      73.12     1.64         9.26     9.52
 5 Coconut Oil  2/                        65.18     1.79     46.97       1.35      53.88     1.21        38.77    20.98
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
      Materials on consignment basis      63.06     1.74     60.40       1.74      50.11     1.13         4.40    25.85
 7 Metal Components  3/                   50.95     1.40     46.58       1.34      48.17     1.08         9.38     5.76
 8 Petroleum Products  4/                 28.16     0.77      6.59       0.19     155.39     3.50       327.20   (81.88)
 9 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       25.14     0.69     28.48       0.82      23.56     0.53       (11.74)    6.69
10 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    24.24     0.67     47.84       1.38     178.05     4.01       (49.33)  (86.39)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,789.14    76.75  2,599.73      74.86   3,456.57    77.75         7.29   (19.31)

11 Tuna  5/                               21.70     0.60     26.52       0.76      40.95     0.92       (18.16)  (47.01)
12 Bananas (Fresh)                        21.64     0.60     20.73       0.60      30.86     0.69         4.38   (29.89)
13 Sugar                                  13.17     0.36      0.00       0.00       8.42     0.19 3,658,087.78    56.34
14 Copper Concentrates                    12.98     0.36     10.74       0.31      10.44     0.23        20.83    24.25
15 Dessicated Coconut                     12.19     0.34     11.69       0.34      25.33     0.57         4.28   (51.88)
16 Gold  6/                               12.05     0.33     10.91       0.31      33.33     0.75        10.43   (63.85)
17 Processed Tropical Fruits              11.06     0.30     13.51       0.39      11.74     0.26       (18.12)   (5.82)
18 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 10.74     0.30     12.80       0.37       5.03     0.11       (16.05)  113.79
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   9.84     0.27      7.27       0.21      10.49     0.24        35.42    (6.15)
20 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 8.04     0.22     10.83       0.31      10.19     0.23       (25.75)  (21.13)
21 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  4.26     0.12      2.88       0.08       6.20     0.14        47.97   (31.25)
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     4.26     0.12      5.10       0.15       7.73     0.17       (16.48)  (44.91)
23 Fine Jewelry                            4.10     0.11      1.43       0.04       2.56     0.06       187.30    59.97
24 Christmas Decor                         3.22     0.09      7.71       0.22       4.63     0.10       (58.23)  (30.39)
25 Fertilizers, Manufactured               3.20     0.09      4.22       0.12       1.66     0.04       (24.30)   93.16
26 Basketworks                             3.09     0.09      4.23       0.12       4.00     0.09       (26.91)  (22.71)
27 Activated Carbon                        2.43     0.07      2.32       0.07       1.70     0.04         4.65    43.38
28 Footwear                                1.09     0.03      2.10       0.06       1.68     0.04       (48.08)  (35.01)
29 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 0.66     0.02      1.19       0.03       1.80     0.04       (44.62)  (63.30)
30 Others                                685.12    18.85    716.98      20.65     770.30    17.33        (4.44)  (11.06)

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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 refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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