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    9,226    4,996    4,231     (765)    9,226    4,996    4,231     (765)
       2009    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)   17,830    9,487    8,343   (1,145)
       2009    5,565    3,059    2,506     (552)   11,346    6,329    5,017   (1,311)
March
       2007    9,054    4,567    4,487      (79)   24,361   12,161   12,201       40
       2008    9,323    5,123    4,200     (923)   27,153   14,610   12,543   (2,068)
       2009    6,177    3,270    2,907     (363)   17,523    9,599    7,924   (1,674)
April
       2007    8,467    4,343    4,124     (219)   32,828   16,504   16,325     (179)
       2008 r  9,184    4,857    4,327     (529)   36,337   19,467   16,870   (2,597)
       2009 p  5,844    3,041    2,803     (238)   23,367   12,640   10,727   (1,912)
May
       2007    8,424    4,296    4,128     (168)   41,252   20,800   20,452     (347)
       2008    9,001    4,776    4,225     (550)   45,338   24,243   21,096   (3,147)
June
       2007    8,854    4,707    4,147     (559)   50,106   25,506   24,600     (906)
       2008    9,849    5,322    4,527     (795)   55,188   29,565   25,623   (3,943)
July
       2007    9,290    5,042    4,249     (793)   59,397   30,548   28,849   (1,699)
       2008   10,320    5,882    4,437   (1,445)   65,507   35,447   30,060   (5,388)
August
       2007    9,108    4,987    4,121     (865)   68,505   35,534   32,970   (2,564)
       2008    9,439    5,044    4,394     (650)   74,946   40,492   34,454   (6,037)
September
       2007    9,133    4,744    4,389     (354)   77,638   40,278   37,359   (2,919)
       2008    9,337    4,891    4,446     (445)   84,283   45,383   38,900   (6,483)
October
       2007    9,810    5,151    4,660     (491)   87,448   45,429   42,019   (3,410)
       2008    8,568    4,578    3,990     (588)   92,850   49,960   42,890   (7,070)
November
       2007    9,049    5,084    3,965   (1,119)   96,497   50,513   45,984   (4,529)
       2008    6,998    3,485    3,513       28    99,848   53,445   46,403   (7,042)
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)  105,824   56,746   49,078   (7,669)

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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

Page last updated:  June 25, 2009
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