Table 3  Philippine Exports Performance by Country
         September 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-Sep p   Share|September p   Share|   Jan-Sep   Share| September   Share| Cumulative Current
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                Total            27,639.13   100.00   3,633.98   100.00  38,899.93  100.00   4,445.62  100.00     (28.95)  (18.26)

       Top 10 Countries Total    23,082.29    83.51   3,108.50    85.54  32,484.82   83.51   3,744.60   84.23     (28.94)  (16.99)

 1 United States Of America  1/   4,836.80    17.50     648.40    17.84   6,326.67   16.26     806.95   18.15     (23.55)  (19.65)
 2 Japan  2/                      4,469.97    16.17     610.39    16.80   6,038.28   15.52     645.12   14.51     (25.97)   (5.38)
 3 Hong Kong                      2,465.04     8.92     453.40    12.48   3,885.39    9.99     438.25    9.86     (36.56)    3.46
 4 Netherlands                    2,588.93     9.37     384.22    10.57   2,930.68    7.53     342.04    7.69     (11.66)   12.33
 5 Singapore                      1,680.34     6.08     221.73     6.10   2,199.74    5.65     259.00    5.83     (23.61)  (14.39)
 6 Germany                        1,619.97     5.86     210.79     5.80   1,901.41    4.89     176.28    3.97     (14.80)   19.58
 7 China, People's Republic of    2,252.93     8.15     169.08     4.65   4,469.93   11.49     491.06   11.05     (49.60)  (65.57)
 8 Korea, Republic of             1,332.62     4.82     160.66     4.42   2,089.92    5.37     253.98    5.71     (36.24)  (36.75)
 9 Thailand                         816.47     2.95     127.34     3.50   1,172.52    3.01     141.57    3.18     (30.37)  (10.05)
10 Taiwan                         1,019.22     3.69     122.49     3.37   1,470.28    3.78     190.35    4.28     (30.68)  (35.65)
11 Others                         4,556.84    16.49     525.48    14.46   6,415.11   16.49     701.01   15.77     (28.97)  (25.04)

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


Notes:   *  Based on September 2009 ranking.
         1/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         2/ Includes Okinawa.
         p  Preliminary


         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Page last updated:  November 10, 2009
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