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

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                                                      2009                   |              2008 |     Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|      (Percent)
                                        October p  Share|September r    Share|   October    Share|     Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,659.61   100.00   3,635.62    100.00   3,990.06   100.00        0.66    (8.28)

 1 Electronic Products                 2,162.19    59.08   2,249.95     61.89   2,335.49    58.53       (3.90)   (7.42)
   a) Components/Devices
         (Semiconductors)              1,445.83    39.51   1,607.84     44.22   1,710.38    42.87      (10.08)  (15.47)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         568.00    15.52     507.75     13.97     462.25    11.59       11.87    22.88
   c) Office Equipment                    24.89     0.68      23.73      0.65      24.95     0.63        4.88    (0.22)
   d) Consumer Electronics                31.14     0.85      28.22      0.78      42.42     1.06       10.34   (26.58)
   e) Telecommunication                    8.03     0.22      11.73      0.32      24.92     0.62      (31.60)  (67.79)
   f) Communication/Radar                 49.89     1.36      42.10      1.16      27.12     0.68       18.49    83.97
   g) Control and Instrumentation          4.36     0.12       4.79      0.13       4.78     0.12       (8.98)   (8.88)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.59     0.10       2.83      0.08       2.10     0.05       26.64    70.66
   i) Automotive Electronics              26.47     0.72      20.95      0.58      36.58     0.92       26.33   (27.65)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
      Accessories                        115.39     3.15     113.91      3.13     140.26     3.52        1.30   (17.73)
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   112.27     3.07      24.24      0.67     111.62     2.80      363.14     0.58
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               91.55     2.50      88.53      2.44      90.58     2.27        3.41     1.07
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
      Wiring Sets used in vehicles
      aircrafts and ships 1/              87.25     2.38      80.08      2.20      66.98     1.68        8.96    30.28
 6 Coconut Oil  2/                        77.29     2.11      65.18      1.79      86.63     2.17       18.57   (10.78)
 7 Other Products Manufactured from
      Materials on consignment basis      65.23     1.78      63.10      1.74      63.49     1.59        3.38     2.74
 8 Metal Components  3/                   51.17     1.40      50.92      1.40      52.66     1.32        0.50    (2.83)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                        27.36     0.75      21.64      0.60      22.59     0.57       26.46    21.10
10 Sugar                                  22.07     0.60      13.17      0.36       8.84     0.22       67.57   149.77

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,811.77    76.83   2,770.70     76.21   2,979.13    74.66        1.48    (5.62)

11 Tuna  4/                               19.78     0.54      21.67      0.60      37.19     0.93       (8.75)  (46.82)
12 Copper Concentrates                    18.91     0.52      12.98      0.36      16.86     0.42       45.73    12.17
13 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       16.41     0.45      25.14      0.69      21.90     0.55      (34.73)  (25.07)
14 Fertilizers, Manufactured              16.38     0.45       3.20      0.09       2.63     0.07      412.24   522.95
15 Petroleum Products  5/                 12.84     0.35      28.16      0.77      64.92     1.63      (54.39)  (80.22)
16 Dessicated Coconut                     12.62     0.34      12.19      0.34      24.65     0.62        3.53   (48.78)
17 Processed Tropical Fruits              12.10     0.33      11.06      0.30       9.97     0.25        9.38    21.29
18 Gold  6/                               11.63     0.32      12.05      0.33      45.43     1.14       (3.43)  (74.39)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  10.15     0.28       9.84      0.27       8.53     0.21        3.10    18.99
20 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  8.70     0.24      10.74      0.30      10.50     0.26      (19.02)  (17.10)
21 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 8.56     0.23       8.04      0.22      11.55     0.29        6.51   (25.87)
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     6.34     0.17       4.26      0.12       7.06     0.18       48.95   (10.18)
23 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.75     0.16       4.26      0.12       3.55     0.09       34.84    61.79
24 Basketworks                             3.91     0.11       3.10      0.09       2.98     0.07       26.11    31.09
25 Activated Carbon                        3.27     0.09       2.43      0.07       1.93     0.05       34.35    68.93
26 Fine Jewelry                            3.23     0.09       4.10      0.11       4.32     0.11      (21.19)  (25.29)
27 Christmas Decor                         1.67     0.05       3.22      0.09       2.27     0.06      (48.21)  (26.55)
28 Footwear                                1.66     0.05       1.09      0.03       1.79     0.04       52.44    (7.18)
29 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 0.58     0.02       0.66      0.02       2.10     0.05      (12.16)  (72.18)
30 Others                                673.33    18.40     686.70     18.89     730.79    18.32       (1.95)   (7.86)

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


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

Page last updated:  December 10, 2009
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