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

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                                              2 0 0 9                |               2 0 0 8                |  Annual Growth
Country of Origin                        Percent |           Percent |         Percent  |            Percent|    Rate (%)
                              September     Share|   Jan-Sep    Share| September   Share|    Jan-Sep   Share| Current Cumulative
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                   Total       3,669.91    100.00  31,677.15   100.00   4,891.09  100.00   45,382.68  100.00   (24.97)    (30.20)

1  Eastern Asia 1/             1,553.07     42.32  12,209.40    38.54   1,711.44   34.99   15,437.27   34.02    (9.25)    (20.91)
2  A S E A N 2/                  871.34     23.74   8,237.53    26.00   1,226.77   25.08   11,663.29   25.70   (28.97)    (29.37)
3  United States of America 3/   379.75     10.35   3,873.07    12.23     611.66   12.51    5,611.75   12.37   (37.91)    (30.98)
4  European  Union 4/            244.38      6.66   2,454.63     7.75     375.12    7.67    3,490.96    7.69   (34.85)    (29.69)
5  Others                        621.36     16.93   4,902.53    15.48     966.10   19.75    9,179.41   20.23   (35.68)    (46.59)

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 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.

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