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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