Table 5  Balance of Trade by Major Trading Partners: March 2009
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                                   Balance
    Country                      Total Trade   Imports   Exports        of
                                                                     Trade
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                 Total              6,176.13  3,269.40  2,906.73    (362.67)

 1 United States Of America  1/       902.93    399.89    503.04     103.15
 2 Japan  2/                          823.49    376.93    446.56      69.63
 3 China, People's Republic of        606.09    298.06    308.03       9.98
 4 Singapore                          389.39    260.17    129.22    (130.95)
 5 Korea, Republic of                 376.74    220.34    156.40     (63.95)
 6 Hong Kong                          375.92    103.12    272.79     169.67
 7 Taiwan                             338.03    241.07     96.96    (144.11)
 8 Netherlands                        292.22     26.26    265.96     239.70
 9 Thailand                           262.83    188.62     74.21    (114.41)
10 Malaysia  3/                       232.36    123.47    108.89     (14.59)
11 Germany                            210.28     73.59    136.69      63.11
12 Vietnam                            202.35    175.37     26.98    (148.40)
13 Indonesia                          186.48    161.52     24.97    (136.55)
14 Saudi Arabia                       103.66     97.09      6.56     (90.53)

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

Notes:   1 Includes Alaska and Hawaii
         2 Includes Okinawa
         3 Includes Sabah and Sarawak
         Components may not add up to total due to rounding

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