Table 1a  Philippine Exports to all Countries
          January to March 2010 and 2009
          (F.O.B. Value in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                           2010     |        2009     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Mar p   |      Jan-Mar    |   Rate
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             Total                                  11,325,926,713     7,926,031,018      42.90

 1 Electronic Products                               6,521,487,546     4,316,171,422      51.09
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)            4,723,392,933     3,040,778,296      55.33
   b) Electronic Data Processing                     1,338,935,934       830,312,818      61.26
   c) Office Equipment                                  62,924,956        54,346,452      15.78
   d) Consumer Electronics                              77,140,451        71,301,886       8.19
   e) Telecommunication                                 17,839,800        58,785,801     (69.65)
   f) Communication/Radar                              198,645,112        45,774,246     333.97
   g) Control and Instrumentation                       16,335,451         8,940,941      82.70
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation                10,701,007         6,483,209      65.06
   i) Automotive Electronics                            75,571,902       199,447,773     (62.11)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories        397,572,421       415,039,229      (4.21)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
    Imported on consignment basis                      157,775,145       144,695,817       9.04
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                               75,993,218        26,156,711     190.53
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
    Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          263,293,637        97,507,955     170.02
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                     259,467,784        79,333,266     227.06
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper  188,355,095       147,655,547      27.56
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                            251,316,309       246,977,217       1.76
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                      79,537,135       101,267,306     (21.46)
10 Metal Components  4/                                192,208,249        92,340,382     108.15
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                     50,295,013        61,859,740     (18.70)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                            34,437,072        28,755,267      19.76
13 Dessicated Coconut                                   30,494,963        44,371,469     (31.27)
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen          8,084,846        10,533,773     (23.25)
15 Tuna  5/                                             77,999,110        83,358,201      (6.43)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                              26,913,202        22,855,534      17.75
17 Christmas Decor                                       2,189,215         2,140,671       2.27
18 Basketworks                                          10,427,457         9,031,184      15.46
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                                23,558,949        22,494,193       4.73
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                            28,934,431        22,599,352      28.03
21 Gold  6/                                             22,982,028       118,679,593     (80.64)
22 Footwear                                              2,703,620         7,931,472     (65.91)
23 Activated Carbon                                      8,399,863         7,603,269      10.48
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                               6,308,564         3,665,960      72.08
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                               18,597,246         4,786,006     288.58
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                               17,754,295        13,246,628      34.03
27 Fine Jewelry                                          8,547,444         6,861,363      24.57
28 Copper Concentrates                                  61,437,142        14,392,945     326.86
29 Sugar                                                15,768,666        22,772,681     (30.76)
30 Others                                            2,483,087,048     1,750,946,865      41.81

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

Notes:   1/ Includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         2/ Consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ Includes crude and refined.
         4/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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