Table 3A  Philippine Exports Performance by Selected Economic Bloc
          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               3,633.98   100.00  27,639.13   100.00   4,445.62  100.00  38,899.93  100.00    (18.26)   (28.95)

 1 Eastern Asia 1/                   1,516.62    41.73  11,546.98    41.78   2,019.71   45.43  17,959.56   46.17    (24.91)   (35.71)
 3 European  Union ( EU ) 2/           762.82    20.99   5,420.78    19.61     700.97   15.77   6,713.97   17.26      8.82    (19.26)
 4 United  States of  America 3/       648.40    17.84   4,836.80    17.50     806.95   18.15   6,326.67   16.26    (19.65)   (23.55)
 2 A S E A N 4/                        522.45    14.38   4,072.99    14.74     672.21   15.12   5,804.08   14.92    (22.28)   (29.83)
 5 Others                              183.69     5.05   1,761.57     6.37     245.78    5.53   2,095.65    5.39    (25.26)   (15.94)


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


Notes:
   1/ includes China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, N. Korea, S. Korea, Taiwan
   2/ includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
       Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Latvia,  and UK Great Britain & N. Ireland,
       Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg
   3/ includes Alaska and Hawaii
   4/ includes Brunei Darusalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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