Table 5  Balance of Trade by Major Trading Partners: October 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             7,478.20  3,808.28  3,669.93    (138.35)

 1 United States Of America  1/     1,108.34    447.87    660.48     212.61
 2 Japan  2/                        1,105.65    506.73    598.92      92.18
 3 Singapore                          565.55    349.40    216.15    (133.25)
 4 Netherlands                        502.90     24.99    477.91     452.92
 5 Korea, Republic of                 502.38    309.86    192.52    (117.33)
 6 China, People's Republic of        472.30    262.43    209.87     (52.55)
 7 Hong Kong                          403.75    134.56    269.19     134.63
 8 Taiwan                             372.55    275.83     96.72    (179.11)
 9 Thailand                           361.67    224.30    137.37     (86.93)
10 Germany                            354.78     82.16    272.62     190.46
11 Malaysia  3/                       281.37    164.69    116.68     (48.02)
12 Saudi Arabia                       143.27    138.27      5.00    (133.28)
13 Indonesia                          141.68    109.16     32.51     (76.65)
14 Australia                          108.96     85.60     23.36     (62.24)

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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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