Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         February and January 2010 and February 2009
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                    2010                   |       2009        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                 February p  |       January r    |    February       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                3,566,977   100.00   3,579,440   100.00   2,506,286  100.00     (0.35)      42.32

Total Agro-Based Products            185,769     5.21     210,434     5.88     139,429    5.56    (11.72)      33.24

   Agro-Based Products               144,700     4.06     169,182     4.73     102,530    4.09    (14.47)      41.13
      Coconut Products                71,304     2.00     119,358     3.33      47,700    1.90    (40.26)      49.48
         Copra                            11     0.00          11     0.00           a      -         -           -
         Coconut Oil                  54,606     1.53     102,033     2.85      27,858    1.11    (46.48)      96.02
         Desiccated Coconut           10,082     0.28       9,057     0.25      14,917    0.60     11.31      (32.42)
         Copra Meal/Cake               6,009     0.17       7,448     0.21       3,453    0.14    (19.32)      74.00
         Others                          597     0.02         810     0.02       1,471    0.06    (26.29)     (59.43)
      Sugar and Products              18,284     0.51       4,593     0.13       1,691    0.07    298.07      981.20
         Centrifugal & Refined        13,868     0.39       1,900     0.05           a      -     629.89         -
         Molasses                      4,128     0.12       2,450     0.07       1,585    0.06     68.47      160.40
         Others                          289     0.01         243     0.01         106    0.00     18.76      172.35
      Fruits and Vegetables           55,112     1.55      45,230     1.26      53,139    2.12     21.85        3.71
         Canned Pineapple              9,841     0.28       6,923     0.19      11,747    0.47     42.15      (16.22)
         Pineapple Juice               3,255     0.09       1,622     0.05       2,855    0.11    100.68       14.01
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,047     0.06       2,990     0.08       3,356    0.13    (31.53)     (39.00)
         Bananas                      30,179     0.85      26,716     0.75      25,398    1.01     12.97       18.83
         Mangoes                       1,187     0.03         760     0.02         974    0.04     56.18       21.90
         Others                        8,602     0.24       6,219     0.17       8,809    0.35     38.32       (2.35)
   Other Agro-Based Products          41,069     1.15      41,253     1.15      36,900    1.47     (0.45)      11.30
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 22,050     0.62      17,256     0.48      20,510    0.82     27.78        7.51
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Abaca Fibers                  1,576     0.04         866     0.02         371    0.01     81.94      324.38
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        4,746     0.13       5,831     0.16       3,225    0.13    (18.61)      47.18
         Natural Rubber                1,567     0.04       6,061     0.17       2,219    0.09    (74.14)     (29.38)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,206     0.03         491     0.01         481    0.02    145.69      150.79
         Rice                              b     0.00           1     0.00           a      -     (16.67)         -
         Others                        9,923     0.28      10,746     0.30      10,094    0.40     (7.66)      (1.70)

Forest Products                        2,245     0.06       2,177     0.06       1,907    0.08      3.12       17.71

         Logs                              a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Lumber                          791     0.02       1,024     0.03         418    0.02    (22.73)      89.15
         Plywood                       1,329     0.04       1,088     0.03       1,429    0.06     22.19       (7.02)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks        102     0.00          61     0.00          60    0.00     67.16       70.74
         Others                           23     0.00           5     0.00           a      -     373.22          -

Mineral Products                     106,278     2.98      87,905     2.46     119,278    4.76     20.90      (10.90)

         Copper Concentrates          14,277     0.40      16,105     0.45       2,982    0.12    (11.35)     378.75
         Copper Metal                 40,851     1.15      35,974     1.01      54,323    2.17     13.56      (24.80)
         Gold                          9,446     0.26         289     0.01       8,664    0.35  3,168.43        9.03
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         8,706     0.24       6,123     0.17      11,163    0.45     42.18      (22.01)
         Chromium Ore                  2,093     0.06         633     0.02         201    0.01    230.41      943.60
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Others                       30,904     0.87      28,780     0.80      41,944    1.67      7.38      (26.32)

Petroleum Products                    27,529     0.77      30,173     0.84       4,391    0.18     (8.76)     527.01

Manufactures                       3,132,090    87.81   3,116,072    87.05   2,160,537   86.20      0.51       44.97

         Electronic Products       2,071,691    58.08   2,033,934    56.82   1,350,988   53.90      1.86       53.35
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,507,809    42.27   1,467,017    40.98     944,648   37.69      2.78       59.62
            Electronic Data
             Processing              430,039    12.06     402,323    11.24     269,798   10.76      6.89       59.39
            Office Equipment          24,189     0.68      19,969     0.56      15,058    0.60     21.13       60.64
            Consumer Electronics      25,673     0.72      20,873     0.58      23,359    0.93     23.00        9.90
            Telecommunication          5,062     0.14       5,119     0.14      22,528    0.90     (1.11)     (77.53)
            Communication/Radar       47,366     1.33      85,996     2.40      16,008    0.64    (44.92)     195.90
            Control and
             Instrumentation           5,531     0.16       4,581     0.13       2,668    0.11     20.74      107.32
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          2,747     0.08       3,894     0.11       2,150    0.09    (29.46)      27.79
            Automotive Electronics    23,276     0.65      24,163     0.68      54,771    2.19     (3.67)     (57.50)
         Other Electronics           142,345     3.99     129,666     3.62      82,815    3.30      9.78       71.88
         Garments                    126,582     3.55     124,937     3.49     145,922    5.82      1.32      (13.25)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        13,579     0.38      10,868     0.30       9,051    0.36     24.94       50.03
         Footwear                        738     0.02         999     0.03       1,707    0.07    (26.13)     (56.76)
         Travel Goods and Handbags     5,035     0.14       5,476     0.15       3,329    0.13     (8.06)      51.25
         Wood Manufactures            66,562     1.87      68,525     1.91      71,737    2.86     (2.86)      (7.21)
         Furniture & Fixtures         12,864     0.36       9,033     0.25      10,414    0.42     42.41       23.52
         Chemicals                   117,949     3.31     113,634     3.17      65,722    2.62      3.80       79.47
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                14,968     0.42      14,162     0.40      13,168    0.53      5.69       13.67
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 227,347     6.37     273,272     7.63     152,797    6.10    (16.81)      48.79
         Processed food and Beverages 72,138     2.02      59,114     1.65      68,655    2.74     22.03        5.07
         Iron & Steel                 14,767     0.41      11,073     0.31       7,820    0.31     33.37       88.84
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          13,181     0.37       9,019     0.25       8,931    0.36     46.15       47.59
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    3,614     0.10       3,065     0.09       2,752    0.11     17.91       31.32
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     24,639     0.69      21,974     0.61      21,034    0.84     12.13       17.14
         Others                      204,091     5.72     227,322     6.35     143,696    5.73    (10.22)      42.03

Special Transactions                 113,066     3.17     132,679     3.71      80,745    3.22    (14.78)      40.03

Re-Export                             55,057     1.54      77,691     2.17      46,199    1.84    (29.13)      19.17

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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
         b  - Less than 1,000
         -  - No % share / No growth rate
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

Page last updated:  April 13, 2010
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