Table 1a  Philippine Exports to all Countries
          January to December 2009 and 2008
          (F.O.B. Value in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                           2009     |        2008     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Dec p   |      Jan-Dec    |   Rate
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             Total                                 38,326,713,610     49,077,540,509     (21.91)

 1 Electronic Products                             22,173,327,911     28,500,790,927     (22.20)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)          15,575,035,043     21,046,734,461     (26.00)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    4,931,865,567      5,213,656,983      (5.40)
   c) Office Equipment                                250,048,193        315,154,967     (20.66)
   d) Consumer Electronics                            300,698,690        478,625,113     (37.17)
   e) Telecommunication                               117,978,033        261,069,562     (54.81)
   f) Communication/Radar                             391,351,795        290,442,453      34.74
   g) Control and Instrumentation                      41,697,023         53,573,723     (22.17)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               32,297,227         31,883,433       1.30
   i) Automotive Electronics                          532,356,340        809,650,232     (34.25)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories     1,520,136,289      1,948,695,527     (21.99)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                     667,943,430        656,596,726       1.73
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             290,009,582      1,240,162,236     (76.62)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/         752,051,390        901,884,456     (16.61)
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    594,491,435      1,039,611,634     (42.82)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper 687,977,493      1,309,186,658     (47.45)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           958,795,181      1,139,616,820     (15.87)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    344,436,947        405,557,674     (15.07)
10 Metal Components  4/                               481,429,792        577,650,322     (16.66)
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                   262,738,948        255,092,094       3.00
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                          142,168,071        146,918,901      (3.23)
13 Dessicated Coconut                                 145,756,839        240,355,710     (39.36)
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        52,054,708         65,007,425     (19.92)
15 Tuna  5/                                           326,941,447        377,809,051     (13.46)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                             98,691,647        122,030,456     (19.13)
17 Christmas Decor                                     27,321,385         39,737,498     (31.25)
18 Basketworks                                         39,869,967         47,301,834     (15.71)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               91,691,136        113,660,036     (19.33)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           92,500,649         55,814,663      65.73
21 Gold  6/                                           250,122,886        437,854,807     (42.88)
22 Footwear                                            22,092,136         30,999,549     (28.73)
23 Activated Carbon                                    31,081,744         27,692,411      12.24
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                             14,764,325         23,690,113     (37.68)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              47,938,261         58,273,226     (17.74)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              96,701,325         62,554,981      54.59
27 Fine Jewelry                                        29,731,500         27,678,086       7.42
28 Copper Concentrates                                149,516,487        133,690,578      11.84
29 Sugar                                               86,606,702         66,618,142      30.00
30 Others                                           7,847,823,997      9,025,007,968     (13.04)

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

Notes:   1/ Includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         2/ Consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ Includes crude and refined.
         4/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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