Table 1a  Total Growth Rate by Month and Year
          2008-2009
          (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
       2008    16.8     28.0      6.0    (972.6)     16.8     28.0      6.0    (972.6)
       2009   (37.3)   (34.5)   (40.6)     (0.8)    (37.3)   (34.5)   (40.6)     (0.8)
February
       2008    16.1     21.7     10.5  (1,315.9)     16.5     24.9      8.2  (1,062.7)
       2009   (35.3)   (31.9)   (39.0)     45.6     (36.4)   (33.3)   (39.9)     14.6
March
       2008     3.0     12.2     (6.4)  1,065.5      11.5     20.1      2.8  (5,306.1)
       2009   (33.8)   (36.2)   (30.8)    (60.7)    (35.5)   (34.3)   (36.8)    (19.0)
April
       2008     8.5     11.8      4.9     142.1      10.7     18.0      3.3   1,350.6
       2009   (36.4)   (37.4)   (35.2)    (54.9)    (35.7)   (35.1)   (36.4)    (26.3)
May
       2008     6.9     11.2      2.4     227.0       9.9     16.6      3.1     806.2
       2009   (25.5)   (24.3)   (26.9)     (3.9)    (33.7)   (32.9)   (34.5)    (22.4)
June
       2008    11.2     13.1      9.2      42.2      10.1     15.9      4.2     335.0
       2009   (23.7)   (22.8)   (24.8)    (11.9)    (31.9)   (31.1)   (32.8)    (20.3)
July
       2008    11.1     16.7      4.4      82.3      10.3     16.0      4.2     217.1
       2009   (28.9)   (31.6)   (25.4)    (50.5)    (31.4)   (31.2)   (31.7)    (28.4)
August
       2008     3.6      1.2      6.6     (24.9)      9.4     14.0      4.5     135.4
       2009   (24.9)   (28.3)   (21.0)    (77.8)    (30.6)   (30.8)   (30.3)    (33.7)
September
       2008     2.2      3.1      1.3      25.7       8.6     12.7      4.1     122.1
       2009   (21.8)   (25.0)   (18.2)    (92.3)    (29.6)   (30.2)   (28.9)    (37.7)
October
       2008   (12.7)   (11.1)   (14.4)     19.7       6.2     10.0      2.1     107.4
       2009   (12.7)   (16.8)    (8.0)    (76.5)    (28.1)   (29.0)   (27.0)    (41.0)
November
       2008   (22.7)   (31.5)   (11.4)   (102.5)      3.5      5.8      0.9      55.5
       2009     4.9      4.1      5.7     201.1     (25.8)   (26.8)   (24.5)    (41.9)
December
       2008 r (37.0)   (34.0)   (40.3)     20.8      (0.1)     2.2     (2.8)     51.9
       2009 p  20.6     17.9     23.8      (7.5)    (23.1)   (24.2)   (21.9)    (39.1)

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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 total due to rounding.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

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