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

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                                                      2009                   |              2008 |     Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|      (Percent)
                                       November p  Share|  October r    Share|  November    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,692.94   100.00  3,669.93     100.00   3,512.97   100.00      0.63      5.12

 1 Electronic Products                 2,147.78    58.16  2,162.28      58.92   2,009.90    57.21     (0.67)     6.86
   a) Components/Devices
         (Semiconductors)              1,439.25    38.97  1,445.92      39.40   1,525.11    43.41     (0.46)    (5.63)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         545.78    14.78    568.09      15.48     358.48    10.20     (3.93)    52.25
   c) Office Equipment                    25.98     0.70     24.89       0.68      17.86     0.51      4.39     45.45
   d) Consumer Electronics                28.87     0.78     31.15       0.85      41.88     1.19     (7.31)   (31.05)
   e) Telecommunication                    5.73     0.16      8.03       0.22      21.09     0.60    (28.56)   (72.81)
   f) Communication/Radar                 66.52     1.80     49.89       1.36      19.58     0.56     33.34    239.78
   g) Control and Instrumentation          4.46     0.12      4.37       0.12       4.59     0.13      2.15     (2.85)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.33     0.09      3.57       0.10       2.14     0.06     (6.66)    55.60
   i) Automotive Electronics              27.84     0.75     26.37       0.72      19.17     0.55      5.55     45.21
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
      Accessories                        131.80     3.57    115.36       3.14     133.13     3.79     14.26     (0.99)
 3 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
      Wiring Sets used in vehicles
      aircrafts and ships 1/              96.96     2.63     87.27       2.38     107.68     3.07     11.10     (9.95)
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               87.54     2.37     91.54       2.49      99.30     2.83     (4.37)   (11.84)
 5 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    74.99     2.03    112.27       3.06      78.35     2.23    (33.20)    (4.28)
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
      Materials on consignment basis      61.09     1.65     65.27       1.78      56.89     1.62     (6.41)      7.39
 7 Metal Components  2/                   49.78     1.35     50.96       1.39      44.26     1.26     (2.32)     12.47
 8 Coconut Oil  3/                        36.43     0.99     77.29       2.11      48.26     1.37    (52.87)    (24.52)
 9 Tuna  4/                               24.76     0.67     19.78       0.54      40.29     1.15     25.21     (38.54)
10 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       20.35     0.55     16.41       0.45      17.68     0.50     23.97      15.10

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,731.48    73.96  2,798.43      76.25   2,635.72    75.03     (2.39)      3.63

11 Copper Concentrates                    17.64     0.48     18.91       0.52       4.06     0.12     (6.74)    333.92
12 Gold  5/                               13.26     0.36     11.63       0.32      27.45     0.78     13.97     (51.70)
13 Bananas (Fresh)                        11.51     0.31     27.36       0.75      32.74     0.93    (57.92)    (64.83)
14 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  10.88     0.29     10.15       0.28       3.82     0.11      7.23     184.76
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              10.88     0.29     12.10       0.33      10.48     0.30    (10.05)      3.87
16 Fertilizers, Manufactured              10.67     0.29     16.38       0.45       0.63     0.02    (34.86)  1,584.55
17 Dessicated Coconut                     10.63     0.29     12.62       0.34      25.34     0.72    (15.77)    (58.05)
18 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  9.84     0.27      8.70       0.24       3.37     0.10     13.14     192.19
19 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 9.63     0.26      8.56       0.23      11.84     0.34     12.40     (18.69)
20 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     6.13     0.17      6.34       0.17       5.51     0.16     (3.38)     11.28
21 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.64     0.15      5.75       0.16       1.56     0.04     (1.90)    262.56
22 Petroleum Products  6/                  4.88     0.13     18.84       0.51      29.35     0.84    (74.08)    (83.36)
23 Fine Jewelry                            3.45     0.09      3.23       0.09       2.61     0.07      6.81      32.07
24 Basketworks                             3.23     0.09      3.91       0.11       3.53     0.10    (17.40)     (8.70)
25 Activated Carbon                        2.90     0.08      3.27       0.09       1.77     0.05    (11.05)     63.86
26 Sugar                                   1.95     0.05     22.07       0.60       2.05     0.06    (91.18)     (4.95)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.59     0.04      0.58       0.02       1.27     0.04    173.39      25.94
28 Christmas Decor                         1.35     0.04      1.67       0.05       1.85     0.05    (19.01)    (26.96)
29 Footwear                                1.20     0.03      1.66       0.05       2.11     0.06    (27.87)    (43.21)
30 Others                                824.19    22.32    677.76      18.47     705.90    20.09     21.61      16.76

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


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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