Table 4a  Philippine Imports Performance by Selected Economic Bloc:  July 2009 and 2008
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

===============================================================================================================================
                                              2 0 0 9                |               2 0 0 8                |  Annual Growth
Country of Origin                        Percent |           Percent |         Percent  |            Percent|    Rate (%)
                                   July     Share|   Jan-Jul    Share|      July   Share|    Jan-Jul   Share| Current Cumulative
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                   Total       4,025.94    100.00  24,389.93   100.00   5,882.36  100.00   35,447.48  100.00   (31.56)   (31.19)

1  Eastern Asia 1/             1,601.05     39.77   9,230.35    37.84   1,860.64   31.63   11,998.61   33.85   (13.95)   (23.07)
2  A S E A N 2/                  978.80     24.31   6,471.87    26.54   1,605.37   27.29    8,968.32   25.30   (39.03)   (27.84)
3  United States of America 3/   472.31     11.73   3,084.91    12.65     605.91   10.30    4,416.17   12.46   (22.05)   (30.15)
4  European  Union  4/           312.92      7.77   1,968.39     8.07     345.16    5.87    2,691.02    7.59    (9.34)   (26.85)
5  Others                        660.85     16.41   3,634.40    14.90   1,465.29   24.91    7,373.37   20.80   (54.90)   (50.71)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

 Notes:
 1  includes China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, N. Korea, S. Korea, Taiwan
 2  includes Brunei Darusalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
 3  includes Alaska & Hawaii
 4  includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
      Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
      Spain, Sweden, Latvia,  and UK Great Britain & N. Ireland

          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

 Page last updated:  September 25, 2009