Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
January 2010 and December and January 2009
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2010 | 2009 | Growth Rate
Commodity January p | December r | January | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 3,578,031 100.00 3,312,287 100.00 2,511,187 100.00 8.02 42.48
Total Agro-Based Products 210,397 5.88 213,725 6.45 161,865 6.45 (1.56) 29.98
Agro-Based Products 169,190 4.73 168,061 5.07 126,506 5.04 0.67 33.74
Coconut Products 119,366 3.34 102,564 3.10 35,528 1.41 16.38 235.98
Copra 11 0.00 19 0.00 a - (42.25) -
Coconut Oil 102,033 2.85 87,397 2.64 18,616 0.74 16.75 448.08
Desiccated Coconut 9,065 0.25 9,066 0.27 16,187 0.64 (0.01) (44.00)
Copra Meal/Cake 7,448 0.21 5,393 0.16 a - 38.11 -
Others 810 0.02 690 0.02 725 0.03 17.44 11.65
Sugar and Products 4,593 0.13 12,449 0.38 17,624 0.70 (63.10) (73.94)
Centrifugal & Refined 1,900 0.05 9,894 0.30 16,972 0.68 (80.80) (88.81)
Molasses 2,450 0.07 2,274 0.07 574 0.02 7.74 326.54
Others 243 0.01 282 0.01 77 0.00 (13.64) 214.91
Fruits and Vegetables 45,230 1.26 53,048 1.60 73,354 2.92 (14.74) (38.34)
Canned Pineapple 6,923 0.19 12,027 0.36 9,659 0.38 (42.43) (28.32)
Pineapple Juice 1,622 0.05 3,782 0.11 3,815 0.15 (57.11) (57.49)
Pineapple Concentrates 2,990 0.08 3,801 0.11 1,649 0.07 (21.34) 81.28
Bananas 26,716 0.75 23,462 0.71 46,791 1.86 13.87 (42.90)
Mangoes 760 0.02 622 0.02 918 0.04 22.20 (17.17)
Others 6,219 0.17 9,355 0.28 10,522 0.42 (33.52) (40.89)
Other Agro-Based Products 41,208 1.15 45,664 1.38 35,359 1.41 (9.76) 16.54
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 17,262 0.48 23,768 0.72 18,834 0.75 (27.37) (8.35)
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - a - a - - -
Abaca Fibers 866 0.02 1,631 0.05 578 0.02 (46.88) 49.87
Tobacco Unmanufactured 5,831 0.16 7,145 0.22 5,414 0.22 (18.39) 7.70
Natural Rubber 6,061 0.17 2,846 0.09 1,473 0.06 112.96 311.37
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 491 0.01 1,240 0.04 197 0.01 (60.44) 149.30
Rice 1 0.00 2 0.00 a - (75.55) -
Others 10,695 0.30 9,031 0.27 8,862 0.35 18.43 20.68
Forest Products 2,177 0.06 2,061 0.06 1,362 0.05 5.63 59.89
Logs a - a - a - - -
Lumber 1,024 0.03 853 0.03 602 0.02 20.05 70.06
Plywood 1,088 0.03 1,015 0.03 627 0.02 7.18 73.38
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 61 0.00 119 0.00 97 0.00 (48.79) (37.45)
Others 5 0.00 75 0.00 35 0.00 (93.43) (85.96)
Mineral Products 87,905 2.46 104,942 3.17 103,865 4.14 (16.24) (15.37)
Copper Concentrates 16,105 0.45 35,331 1.07 3,102 0.12 (54.42) 419.25
Copper Metal 35,974 1.01 26,893 0.81 41,121 1.64 33.77 (12.52)
Gold 289 0.01 10,399 0.31 9,803 0.39 (97.22) (97.05)
Iron Ore Agglomerates 6,123 0.17 6,440 0.19 1,844 0.07 (4.92) 232.07
Chromium Ore 633 0.02 207 0.01 15 0.00 206.46 4,067.43
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 28,780 0.80 25,673 0.78 47,981 1.91 12.10 (40.02)
Petroleum Products 30,173 0.84 34,949 1.06 13,922 0.55 (13.66) 116.73
Manufactures 3,114,645 87.05 2,808,904 84.80 2,117,785 84.33 10.88 47.07
Electronic Products 2,033,600 56.84 1,881,390 56.80 1,345,080 53.56 8.09 51.19
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,467,017 41.00 1,294,797 39.09 922,954 36.75 13.30 58.95
Electronic Data
Processing 402,323 11.24 463,114 13.98 219,445 8.74 (13.13) 83.34
Office Equipment 19,969 0.56 25,807 0.78 16,203 0.65 (22.62) 23.25
Consumer Electronics 20,873 0.58 26,114 0.79 26,190 1.04 (20.07) (20.30)
Telecommunication 4,785 0.13 4,813 0.15 27,570 1.10 (0.58) (82.65)
Communication/Radar 85,996 2.40 37,091 1.12 12,318 0.49 131.85 598.11
Control and
Instrumentation 4,581 0.13 3,547 0.11 2,926 0.12 29.14 56.54
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 3,894 0.11 3,672 0.11 1,802 0.07 6.05 116.17
Automotive Electronics 24,163 0.68 22,435 0.68 115,673 4.61 7.70 (79.11)
Other Electronics 129,615 3.62 135,365 4.09 78,759 3.14 (4.25) 64.57
Garments 125,046 3.49 131,478 3.97 134,487 5.36 (4.89) (7.02)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 10,862 0.30 13,440 0.41 8,356 0.33 (19.18) 30.00
Footwear 999 0.03 783 0.02 3,141 0.13 27.67 (68.19)
Travel Goods and Handbags 5,476 0.15 4,504 0.14 4,217 0.17 21.58 29.85
Wood Manufactures 68,525 1.92 55,023 1.66 71,738 2.86 24.54 (4.48)
Furniture & Fixtures 9,033 0.25 13,188 0.40 7,280 0.29 (31.50) 24.08
Chemicals 113,576 3.17 83,421 2.52 44,846 1.79 36.15 153.26
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 14,162 0.40 14,457 0.44 16,271 0.65 (2.04) (12.96)
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 273,247 7.64 160,570 4.85 155,600 6.20 70.17 75.61
Processed food and Beverages 57,783 1.61 72,081 2.18 50,066 1.99 (19.84) 15.42
Iron & Steel 11,073 0.31 8,527 0.26 9,751 0.39 29.85 13.55
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 9,018 0.25 14,825 0.45 9,432 0.38 (39.17) (4.38)
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 3,066 0.09 3,188 0.10 2,693 0.11 (3.85) 13.83
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 21,944 0.61 25,591 0.77 20,062 0.80 (14.25) 9.38
Others 227,621 6.36 191,073 5.77 156,008 6.21 19.13 45.90
Special Transactions 132,734 3.71 147,706 4.46 112,389 4.48 (10.14) 18.10
Re-Export 77,691 2.17 67,748 2.05 37,915 1.51 14.68 104.91
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: a - No export data
- - No % share / No growth rate
r - Revised
p - Preliminary
Components may not add up to totals due to rounding
Page last updated: March 10, 2010
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