Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         January 2010 and December and January 2009
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                    2010|                  2009                  |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                        January p  Share| December r    Share|   January    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,578.03   100.00   3,312.29    100.00   2,511.19   100.00      8.02     42.48

 1 Electronic Products                 2,033.60    56.84   1,881.39     56.80   1,345.08    53.56      8.09     51.19
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,467.02    41.00   1,294.80     39.09     922.95    36.75     13.30     58.95
   b) Electronic Data Processing         402.32    11.24     463.11     13.98     219.45     8.74    (13.13)    83.34
   c) Office Equipment                    19.97     0.56      25.81      0.78      16.20     0.65    (22.62)    23.25
   d) Consumer Electronics                20.87     0.58      26.11      0.79      26.19     1.04    (20.07)   (20.30)
   e) Telecommunication                    4.81     0.13       4.82      0.15      27.63     1.10     (0.28)   (82.59)
   f) Communication/Radar                 85.97     2.40      37.08      1.12      12.25     0.49    131.85    601.61
   g) Control and Instrumentation          4.58     0.13       3.55      0.11       2.93     0.12     29.14     56.54
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.89     0.11       3.67      0.11       1.80     0.07      6.05    116.17
   i) Automotive Electronics              24.16     0.68      22.44      0.68     115.67     4.61      7.70    (79.11)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         125.05     3.49     131.48      3.97     134.49     5.36     (4.89)    (7.02)
 3 Coconut Oil  1/                       102.03     2.85      87.40      2.64      18.62     0.74     16.75    448.08
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               77.56     2.17      68.21      2.06      79.02     3.15     13.70     (1.85)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               73.60     2.06      85.64      2.59      27.62     1.10    (14.06)   166.49
 6 Metal Components  3/                   55.59     1.55      47.41      1.43      31.58     1.26     17.25     76.02
 7 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       52.53     1.47      54.60      1.65      48.28     1.92     (3.78)     8.80
 8 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    35.97     1.01      26.89      0.81      41.12     1.64     33.77    (12.52)
 9 Petroleum Products  4/                 30.17     0.84      34.95      1.06      13.92     0.55    (13.66)   116.73
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        26.72     0.75      23.46      0.71      46.79     1.86     13.87    (42.90)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,612.83    73.02   2,441.43     73.71   1,786.52    71.14      7.02     46.25

11 Tuna  5/                               18.15     0.51      24.80      0.75      22.60     0.90    (26.82)   (19.68)
12 Copper Concentrates                    16.10     0.45      35.33      1.07       3.10     0.12    (54.42)   419.25
13 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       14.48     0.40      25.28      0.76      20.24     0.81    (42.72)   (28.44)
14 Processed Tropical Fruits              10.73     0.30      11.72      0.35       9.98     0.40     (8.42)     7.58
15 Dessicated Coconut                      9.06     0.25       9.07      0.27      16.19     0.64     (0.01)   (44.00)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 7.60     0.21       7.87      0.24       7.14     0.28     (3.44)     6.53
17 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  7.45     0.21       5.39      0.16        -        -       38.11       -
18 Gold  6/                                6.92     0.19      13.40      0.40      44.70     1.78    (48.34)   (84.51)
19 Fertilizers, Manufactured               6.60     0.18       3.44      0.10       1.62     0.06     91.66    306.86
20 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   6.12     0.17       6.44      0.19       1.84     0.07     (4.92)   232.07
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  5.83     0.16       7.15      0.22       5.41     0.22    (18.39)     7.70
22 Basketworks                             3.25     0.09       3.53      0.11       3.04     0.12     (8.09)     6.78
23 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     2.68     0.07       4.33      0.13       3.34     0.13    (38.15)   (19.84)
24 Fine Jewelry                            2.48     0.07       1.49      0.04       2.26     0.09     66.78      9.60
25 Activated Carbon                        1.99     0.06       3.26      0.10       2.51     0.10    (39.11)   (20.85)
26 Sugar                                   1.90     0.05       9.89      0.30      16.97     0.68    (80.80)   (88.81)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.62     0.05       0.96      0.03       1.62     0.06     68.37     (0.23)
28 Footwear                                1.00     0.03       0.78      0.02       3.14     0.13     27.67    (68.19)
29 Christmas Decor                         0.45     0.01       1.00      0.03       0.79     0.03    (55.30)   (43.25)
30 Others                                840.79    23.50     695.71     21.00     558.18    22.23     20.85     50.63

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

Notes:   1/ includes crude and refined.
         2/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         4/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

Page last updated:  March 10, 2010
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