Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         November and October 2009 and November 2008
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                     2009                  |        2008       |       Growth Rate
Commodity                               November p    |     October r      |     November      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                3,692,945   100.00   3,669,927   100.00   3,512,973  100.00       0.63       5.12

Total Agro-Based Products            145,427     3.94     215,249     5.87     188,057    5.35     (32.44)    (22.67)

   Agro-Based Products                93,497     2.53     167,622     4.57     135,262    3.85     (44.22)    (30.88)
      Coconut Products                53,748     1.46      97,209     2.65      75,873    2.16     (44.71)    (29.16)
         Copra                            17     0.00          21     0.00           a      -      (17.85)       -
         Coconut Oil                  36,426     0.99      77,288     2.11      48,258    1.37     (52.87)    (24.52)
         Desiccated Coconut           10,632     0.29      12,622     0.34      25,342    0.72     (15.77)    (58.05)
         Copra Meal/Cake               5,641     0.15       5,750     0.16       1,556    0.04      (1.90)    262.56
         Others                        1,032     0.03       1,528     0.04         717    0.02     (32.50)     43.81
      Sugar and Products               3,706     0.10      22,922     0.62       4,022    0.11     (83.83)     (7.86)
         Centrifugal & Refined         1,946     0.05      22,068     0.60       2,047    0.06     (91.18)     (4.95)
         Molasses                      1,400     0.04         540     0.01       1,822    0.05     159.26     (23.16)
         Others                          361     0.01         315     0.01         153    0.00      14.69     135.08
      Fruits and Vegetables           36,043     0.98      47,491     1.29      55,366    1.58     (24.11)    (34.90)
         Canned Pineapple             12,763     0.35       7,026     0.19       9,376    0.27      81.66      36.13
         Pineapple Juice               3,068     0.08       3,068     0.08       2,038    0.06       0.00      50.55
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,997     0.08       2,497     0.07       2,178    0.06      20.01      37.59
         Bananas                      11,513     0.31      27,360     0.75      32,739    0.93     (57.92)    (64.83)
         Mangoes                         640     0.02         853     0.02       1,043    0.03     (24.97)    (38.64)
         Others                        5,063     0.14       6,688     0.18       7,993    0.23     (24.30)    (36.66)
   Other Agro-Based Products          51,930     1.41      47,626     1.30      52,795    1.50       9.04      (1.64)
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 25,399     0.69      24,690     0.67      28,587    0.81       2.87     (11.15)
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            a       -            a      -          -          -
         Abaca Fibers                    852     0.02         987     0.03       2,331    0.07     (13.67)    (63.43)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        9,844     0.27       8,701     0.24       3,369    0.10      13.14     192.19
         Natural Rubber                2,731     0.07       2,146     0.06       4,410    0.13      27.22     (38.09)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted     a       -            a       -             a      -          -          -
         Seaweeds, Dried               2,187     0.06       1,263     0.03       1,343    0.04      73.22      62.85
         Rice                             77     0.00           1     0.00           a      -    8,489.56        -
         Others                       10,841     0.29       9,839     0.27      12,755    0.36      10.18     (15.01)

Forest Products                        4,178     0.11       1,716     0.05       4,212    0.12     143.44      (0.80)

         Logs                              2     0.00           a       -            5    0.00        -       (65.20)
         Lumber                          976     0.03         952     0.03         509    0.01       2.53      91.90
         Plywood                       2,962     0.08         751     0.02       3,594    0.10     294.22     (17.58)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks         89     0.00          13     0.00          79    0.00     594.77      13.06
         Others                          149     0.00           a       -           25    0.00        -       493.22

Mineral Products                     143,013     3.87     181,739     4.95     128,354    3.65     (21.31)     11.42

         Copper Concentrates          17,637     0.48      18,912     0.52       4,065    0.12      (6.74)    333.92
         Copper Metal                 74,994     2.03     112,270     3.06      78,349    2.23     (33.20)     (4.28)
         Gold                          9,142     0.25       8,608     0.23       7,463    0.21       6.20      22.50
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        10,884     0.29      10,150     0.28       3,822    0.11       7.23     184.76
         Chromium Ore                      5     0.00         353     0.01          80    0.00     (98.64)    (94.01)
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -          -          -
         Others                       30,350     0.82      31,447     0.86      34,576    0.98      (3.49)    (12.22)

Petroleum Products                     4,884     0.13      18,841     0.51      29,353    0.84     (74.08)    (83.36)

Manufactures                       3,260,462    88.29   3,122,598    85.09   3,051,966   86.88       4.42       6.83

         Electronic Products       2,147,779    58.16   2,162,279    58.92   2,009,897   57.21      (0.67)      6.86
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,439,255    38.97   1,445,920    39.40   1,525,106   43.41      (0.46)     (5.63)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              545,777    14.78     568,093    15.48     358,476   10.20      (3.93)     52.25
            Office Equipment          25,985     0.70      24,891     0.68      17,865    0.51       4.39      45.45
            Consumer Electronics      28,873     0.78      31,150     0.85      41,879    1.19      (7.31)    (31.05)
            Telecommunication          5,733     0.16       8,025     0.22      21,065    0.60     (28.57)    (72.79)
            Communication/Radar       66,522     1.80      49,887     1.36      19,599    0.56      33.35     239.42
            Control and
             Instrumentation           4,463     0.12       4,369     0.12       4,594    0.13       2.15      (2.85)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          3,332     0.09       3,569     0.10       2,141    0.06      (6.66)     55.60
            Automotive Electronics    27,839     0.75      26,374     0.72      19,172    0.55       5.55      45.21
         Other Electronics           143,699     3.89     149,378     4.07     142,700    4.06      (3.80)      0.70
         Garments                    131,804     3.57     115,357     3.14     133,126    3.79      14.26      (0.99)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        13,564     0.37      12,108     0.33      12,054    0.34      12.03      12.53
         Footwear                      1,199     0.03       1,662     0.05       2,111    0.06     (27.87)    (43.21)
         Travel Goods and Handbags     7,761     0.21       7,631     0.21       7,810    0.22       1.71      (0.63)
         Wood Manufactures            75,459     2.04      81,600     2.22      84,848    2.42      (7.53)    (11.07)
         Furniture & Fixtures         12,110     0.33       9,948     0.27      14,438    0.41      21.74     (16.12)
         Chemicals                    72,501     1.96     111,541     3.04      76,307    2.17     (35.00)     (4.99)
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                14,554     0.39      11,487     0.31      14,771    0.42      26.70      (1.47)
         Machinery &
         Transport Equipment         282,497     7.65     153,405     4.18     227,457    6.47      84.15      24.20
         Processed food and Beverages 76,738     2.08      62,826     1.71      86,714    2.47      22.14     (11.51)
         Iron & Steel                 11,111     0.30       6,948     0.19       8,304    0.24      59.92      33.81
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods           11,401    0.31       8,873     0.24      10,736    0.31      28.50       6.20
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    2,966     0.08       3,561     0.10       3,035    0.09     (16.73)     (2.29)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     29,142     0.79      27,285     0.74      22,472    0.64       6.80      29.68
         Others                      226,176     6.12     196,709     5.36     195,185    5.56      14.98      15.88

Special Transactions                 134,981     3.66     129,783     3.54     111,032    3.16       4.01      21.57

Re-Export                             64,840     1.76      45,238     1.23      53,717    1.53      43.33      20.71

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

Notes:   a  - No export data
         -  - No % share / No growth rate
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

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