Table 1   Total Trade by Month and Year
          2007 - 2009
          (F.O.B. Value in Million US$)
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                                        Balance  |       Cumulative        |Balance
Month/Year     Total  Imports  Exports       of  |  Total                  |     of
               Trade                      Trade  |  Trade  Imports  Exports|  Trade
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January
       2007    7,896    3,904    3,992       88     7,896    3,904    3,992      88
       2008 r  9,224    4,993    4,231     (762)    9,224    4,993    4,231    (762)
       2009 p  5,781    3,270    2,511     (759)    5,781    3,270    2,511    (759)
February
       2007    7,411    3,690    3,721       31    15,307    7,594    7,713     119
       2008    8,603    4,491    4,112     (379)   17,827    9,484    8,343  (1,142)
March
       2007    9,054    4,567    4,487      (79)   24,361   12,161   12,201      40
       2008    9,315    5,122    4,193     (929)   27,142   14,606   12,536  (2,071)
April
       2007    8,467    4,343    4,124     (219)   32,828   16,504   16,325    (179)
       2008    9,181    4,856    4,325     (531)   36,323   19,462   16,860  (2,602)
May
       2007    8,424    4,296    4,128     (168)   41,252   20,800   20,452    (347)
       2008    8,989    4,765    4,224     (541)   45,312   24,227   21,085  (3,143)
June
       2007    8,854    4,707    4,147     (559)   50,106   25,506   24,600    (906)
       2008    9,818    5,305    4,513     (791)   55,130   29,532   25,598  (3,934)
July
       2007    9,290    5,042    4,249     (793)   59,397   30,548   28,849  (1,699)
       2008   10,286    5,848    4,437   (1,411)   65,416   35,380   30,035  (5,345)
August
       2007    9,108    4,987    4,121     (865)   68,505   35,534   32,970  (2,564)
       2008    9,435    5,042    4,393     (649)   74,850   40,422   34,428  (5,994)
September
       2007    9,133    4,744    4,389     (354)   77,638   40,278   37,359  (2,919)
       2008    9,302    4,864    4,439     (425)   84,152   45,286   38,867  (6,419)
October
       2007    9,810    5,151    4,660     (491)   87,448   45,429   42,019  (3,410)
       2008    8,548    4,577    3,971     (606)   92,701   49,863   42,838  (7,025)
November
       2007    9,049    5,084    3,965   (1,119)   96,497   50,513   45,984  (4,529)
       2008    6,995    3,482    3,513       31    99,695   53,345   46,351  (6,994)
December
       2007    9,483    5,001    4,482     (519)  105,979   55,514   50,466  (5,048)
       2008    5,976    3,301    2,675     (626)  105,671   56,646   49,025  (7,620)

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

Note:    Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

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