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

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                                                      2009                   |              2008 |     Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|      (Percent)
                                       December p  Share| November r    Share|  December    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,304.35   100.00   3,711.68    100.00   2,674.58   100.00    (10.97)    23.55

 1 Electronic Products                 1,881.40    56.94   2,147.95     57.87   1,335.16    49.92    (12.41)    40.91
   a) Components/Devices
         (Semiconductors)              1,294.85    39.19   1,439.29     38.78     945.78    35.36    (10.04)    36.91
   b) Electronic Data Processing         463.06    14.01     545.80     14.70     270.65    10.12    (15.16)    71.09
   c) Office Equipment                    25.81     0.78      25.98      0.70      17.34     0.65     (0.67)    48.88
   d) Consumer Electronics                26.11     0.79      28.68      0.77      32.76     1.22     (8.94)   (20.29)
   e) Telecommunication                    4.82     0.15       5.84      0.16       5.27     0.20    (17.39)    (8.40)
   f) Communication/Radar                 37.08     1.12      66.52      1.79      12.27     0.46    (44.26)   202.23
   g) Control and Instrumentation          3.55     0.11       4.66      0.13       4.38     0.16    (23.95)   (19.11)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.67     0.11       3.33      0.09       1.99     0.07     10.22     84.56
   i) Automotive Electronics              22.44     0.68      27.84      0.75      44.71     1.67    (19.41)   (49.82)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
      Accessories                        131.54     3.98     131.80      3.55     159.96     5.98     (0.20)   (17.76)
 3 Coconut Oil  1/                        87.40     2.64      36.43      0.98      76.40     2.86    139.93     14.40
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
      Wiring Sets used in vehicles
      aircrafts and ships 2/              85.64     2.59      96.93      2.61      46.22     1.73    (11.65)    85.28
 5 Woodcrafts and Furniture               68.16     2.06      87.54      2.36      81.25     3.04    (22.14)   (16.12)
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
      Materials on consignment basis      54.54     1.65      61.09      1.65      47.48     1.78    (10.72)    14.88
 7 Metal Components  3/                   47.41     1.43      49.77      1.34      39.14     1.46     (4.76)    21.11
 8 Copper Concentrates                    35.33     1.07      17.64      0.48       4.21     0.16    100.32    739.23
 9 Petroleum Products  4/                 32.00     0.97      26.08      0.70      14.62     0.55     22.73    118.87
10 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    26.89     0.81      74.99      2.02      53.12     1.99    (64.14)   (49.37)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,450.31    74.15   2,730.22     73.56   1,857.56    69.45    (10.25)    31.91

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       25.28     0.77      20.35      0.55      28.86     1.08     24.28    (12.39)
12 Tuna  5/                               24.80     0.75      24.76      0.67      23.78     0.89      0.15      4.28
13 Bananas (Fresh)                        23.46     0.71      11.51      0.31      36.08     1.35    103.81    (34.97)
14 Gold  6/                               13.40     0.41      13.26      0.36      17.56     0.66      1.05    (23.72)
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              11.72     0.35      10.87      0.29      12.98     0.49      7.81     (9.68)
16 Sugar                                   9.89     0.30       1.95      0.05       5.63     0.21    408.53     75.75
17 Dessicated Coconut                      9.07     0.27      10.63      0.29      20.16     0.75    (14.73)   (55.03)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 7.87     0.24       9.67      0.26      11.62     0.43    (18.64)   (32.24)
19 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  7.00     0.21       9.84      0.27       2.91     0.11    (28.92)   140.21
20 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   6.44     0.19      10.88      0.29       5.44     0.20    (40.83)    18.29
21 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.39     0.16       5.64      0.15       3.32     0.12     (4.40)    62.63
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     4.33     0.13       6.13      0.17       3.87     0.14    (29.39)    11.68
23 Basketworks                             3.57     0.11       3.23      0.09       3.43     0.13     10.57      4.02
24 Fertilizers, Manufactured               3.44     0.10      10.67      0.29       3.40     0.13    (67.72)     1.27
25 Activated Carbon                        3.26     0.10       2.90      0.08       2.28     0.09     12.34     43.40
26 Fine Jewelry                            1.49     0.04       3.45      0.09       2.10     0.08    (56.90)   (29.11)
27 Christmas Decor                         1.00     0.03       1.35      0.04       0.71     0.03    (26.32)    39.56
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 0.96     0.03       1.59      0.04       1.63     0.06    (39.84)   (41.33)
29 Footwear                                0.80     0.02       1.20      0.03       2.09     0.08    (33.69)   (62.02)
30 Others                                690.87    20.91     821.55     22.13     629.15    23.52    (15.91)     9.81

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

Notes:   1/ includes crude and refined.
         2/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         4/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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