Table 5  Balance of Trade by Major Trading Partners: November 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             7,338.16  3,626.49  3,711.68      85.19

 1  Japan  1/                       1,054.24    433.86    620.38     186.52
 2  United States Of America  2/    1,038.29    384.11    654.19     270.08
 3  Singapore                         616.49    319.35    297.14     (22.21)
 4  China, People's Republic of       533.88    299.60    234.28     (65.32)
 5  Korea, Republic of                446.19    281.25    164.94    (116.31)
 6  Hong Kong                         410.24    148.81    261.43     112.63
 7  Netherlands                       402.36     23.88    378.48     354.61
 8  Germany                           390.99     84.69    306.30     221.61
 9  Taiwan                            377.40    273.36    104.03    (169.33)
10  Thailand                          364.74    210.70    154.04     (56.67)
11  Malaysia  3/                      225.30    120.94    104.37     (16.57)
12  United Arab Emirates              182.48    162.55     19.93    (142.63)
13  Saudi Arabia                      181.29    177.15      4.14    (173.01)
14  Indonesia                         142.74    102.95     39.80     (63.15)

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

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

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