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

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                                                      2010                   |               2009|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                          March p  Share| February r    Share|     March    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,176.26   100.00   3,570.23    100.00   2,906.75   100.00      16.97    43.67

 1 Electronic Products                 2,416.06    57.85   2,071.49     58.02   1,620.10    55.74      16.63    49.13
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,748.74    41.87   1,507.63     42.23   1,173.18    40.36      15.99    49.06
   b) Electronic Data Processing         506.57    12.13     430.04     12.05     341.07    11.73      17.80    48.53
   c) Office Equipment                    18.88     0.45      24.08      0.67      23.09     0.79     (21.58)  (18.22)
   d) Consumer Electronics                30.41     0.73      25.85      0.72      21.75     0.75      17.63    39.81
   e) Telecommunication                    7.66     0.18       5.04      0.14       8.58     0.30      52.05   (10.76)
   f) Communication/Radar                 65.32     1.56      47.36      1.33      17.55     0.60      37.93   272.10
   g) Control and Instrumentation          6.28     0.15       5.47      0.15       3.35     0.12      14.77    87.68
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   4.06     0.10       2.75      0.08       2.53     0.09      47.76    60.33
   i) Automotive Electronics              28.13     0.67      23.28      0.65      29.00     1.00      20.87    (3.00)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         146.07     3.50     126.57      3.55     134.63     4.63      15.40     8.49
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   111.53     2.67      40.85      1.14      52.21     1.80     173.01   113.61
 4 Coconut Oil  1/                       102.83     2.46      54.61      1.53      32.86     1.13      88.31   212.94
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               97.94     2.35      91.76      2.57      39.84     1.37       6.74   145.83
 6 Woodcrafts and Furniture               94.33     2.26      79.43      2.22      85.83     2.95      18.77     9.91
 7 Metal Components  3/                   75.98     1.82      60.65      1.70      30.76     1.06      25.28   147.06
 8 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       59.18     1.42      46.06      1.29      51.26     1.76      28.50    15.47
 9 Tuna  4/                               32.49     0.78      27.36      0.77      29.49     1.01      18.78    10.19
10 Copper Concentrates                    31.06     0.74      14.28      0.40       8.31     0.29     117.53   273.74

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,167.48    75.84   2,613.04     73.19   2,085.29    71.74      21.22    51.90

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        22.64     0.54      30.18      0.85      29.08     1.00     (24.97)  (22.13)
12 Petroleum Products  5/                 18.40     0.44      27.42      0.77       7.84     0.27     (32.92)  134.50
13 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       17.18     0.41      18.63      0.52      20.25     0.70      (7.79)  (15.16)
14 Processed Tropical Fruits              12.92     0.31      10.78      0.30       9.76     0.34      19.83    32.38
15 Dessicated Coconut                     11.38     0.27      10.06      0.28      13.27     0.46      13.20   (14.20)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                10.55     0.25       8.72      0.24       8.05     0.28      20.98    31.07
17 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   8.73     0.21       8.71      0.24       9.49     0.33       0.26    (7.99)
18 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  7.18     0.17       4.75      0.13       4.61     0.16      51.21    55.76
19 Fertilizers, Manufactured               6.19     0.15      16.14      0.45      12.87     0.44     (61.66)  (51.90)
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.14     0.12       6.01      0.17       1.33     0.05     (14.45)  285.74
21 Basketworks                             3.84     0.09       3.34      0.09       3.25     0.11      14.88    17.96
22 Gold  6/                                3.82     0.09      12.24      0.34      39.33     1.35     (68.80)  (90.29)
23 Activated Carbon                        3.28     0.08       3.13      0.09       1.96     0.07       4.63    67.07
24 Fine Jewelry                            3.13     0.07       2.94      0.08       2.32     0.08       6.48    35.15
25 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     2.76     0.07       2.65      0.07       3.95     0.14       3.83   (30.33)
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.75     0.04       2.94      0.08       0.82     0.03     (40.33)  114.83
27 Christmas Decor                         1.14     0.03       0.60      0.02       0.75     0.03      88.76    52.30
28 Footwear                                0.97     0.02       0.74      0.02       3.08     0.11      30.94   (68.66)
29 Sugar                                   0.00     0.00      13.87      0.39       5.80     0.20    (100.00)  (99.99)
30 Others                                867.80    20.78     773.34     21.66     643.65    22.14      12.21    34.83

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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 fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         5/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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