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

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                                                      2010                   |               2009|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       February p  Share|  January r    Share|  February    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,566.98   100.00  3,579.44     100.00   2,506.29   100.00     (0.35)    42.32

 1 Electronic Products                 2,071.69    58.08  2,033.93      56.82   1,350.99    53.90      1.86     53.35
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,507.81    42.27  1,467.02      40.98     944.65    37.69      2.78     59.62
   b) Electronic Data Processing         430.04    12.06    402.32      11.24     269.80    10.76      6.89     59.39
   c) Office Equipment                    24.19     0.68     19.97       0.56      15.06     0.60     21.13     60.64
   d) Consumer Electronics                25.67     0.72     20.87       0.58      23.36     0.93     23.00      9.90
   e) Telecommunication                    5.07     0.14      5.14       0.14      22.57     0.90     (1.42)   (77.53)
   f) Communication/Radar                 47.36     1.33     85.97       2.40      15.97     0.64    (44.92)   196.59
   g) Control and Instrumentation          5.53     0.16      4.58       0.13       2.67     0.11     20.74    107.32
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.75     0.08      3.89       0.11       2.15     0.09    (29.46)    27.79
   i) Automotive Electronics              23.28     0.65     24.16       0.68      54.77     2.19     (3.67)   (57.50)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         126.58     3.55    124.94       3.49     145.92     5.82      1.32    (13.25)
 3 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 1/               91.85     2.57     73.60       2.06      30.05     1.20     24.79    205.64
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               79.43     2.23     77.56       2.17      82.13     3.28      2.41     (3.29)
 5 Metal Components  2/                   60.72     1.70     55.57       1.55      30.00     1.20      9.26    102.40
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                        54.61     1.53    102.03       2.85      27.86     1.11    (46.48)    96.02
 7 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       46.06     1.29     52.53       1.47      45.16     1.80    (12.33)     2.00
 8 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    40.85     1.15     35.97       1.01      54.32     2.17     13.56    (24.80)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                        30.18     0.85     26.72       0.75      25.40     1.01     12.97     18.83
10 Petroleum Products  4/                 27.53     0.77     30.17       0.84       4.39     0.18     (8.76)   527.01

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,629.49    73.72  2,613.03      73.00   1,796.21    71.67      0.63     46.39

11 Tuna  5/                               27.36     0.77     18.15       0.51      31.27     1.25     50.76    (12.50)
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       18.61     0.52     14.48       0.40      21.37     0.85     28.53    (12.89)
13 Fertilizers, Manufactured              16.14     0.45      6.60       0.18       6.63     0.26    144.56    143.32
14 Copper Concentrates                    14.28     0.40     16.10       0.45       2.98     0.12    (11.35)   378.75
15 Sugar                                  13.87     0.39      1.90       0.05        -        -      629.89       -
16 Gold  6/                               12.24     0.34      6.92       0.19      34.65     1.38     76.83    (64.67)
17 Processed Tropical Fruits              10.79     0.30     10.73       0.30       9.02     0.36      0.51     19.66
18 Dessicated Coconut                     10.08     0.28      9.06       0.25      14.92     0.60     11.31    (32.42)
19 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 8.84     0.25      7.65       0.21       7.67     0.31     15.47     15.12
20 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   8.71     0.24      6.12       0.17      11.16     0.45     42.18    (22.01)
21 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  6.01     0.17      7.45       0.21       3.45     0.14    (19.32)    74.00
22 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  4.75     0.13      5.83       0.16       3.22     0.13    (18.61)    47.18
23 Basketworks                             3.36     0.09      3.25       0.09       2.74     0.11      3.55     22.93
24 Activated Carbon                        3.13     0.09      1.99       0.06       3.13     0.12     57.73      0.12
25 Fine Jewelry                            2.94     0.08      2.48       0.07       2.28     0.09     18.50     28.69
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 2.91     0.08      1.62       0.05       1.23     0.05     80.07    137.24
27 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     2.65     0.07      2.68       0.07       3.24     0.13     (0.85)   (18.11)
28 Footwear                                0.74     0.02      1.00       0.03       1.71     0.07    (26.13)   (56.76)
29 Christmas Decor                         0.64     0.02      0.45       0.01       0.61     0.02     43.46      5.58
30 Others                                769.44    21.57    841.95      23.52     548.78    21.90     (8.61)    40.21

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

Notes:   1/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         2/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         3/ includes crude and refined.
         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.

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