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

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                                                    2010                   |       2009        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                    March p  |      February r    |       March       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,176,258   100.00   3,570,228   100.00   2,906,745  100.00     16.97        43.67

Total Agro-Based Products            225,834     5.41     185,587     5.20     150,875    5.19     21.69        49.68

   Agro-Based Products               171,857     4.12     144,658     4.05     113,168    3.89     18.80        51.86
      Coconut Products               120,702     2.89      71,278     2.00      49,181    1.69     69.34       145.42
         Copra                            20     0.00          11     0.00           a      -      81.02          -
         Coconut Oil                 102,829     2.46      54,606     1.53      32,859    1.13     88.31       212.94
         Desiccated Coconut           11,383     0.27      10,055     0.28      13,267    0.46     13.20       (14.20)
         Copra Meal/Cake               5,141     0.12       6,009     0.17       1,333    0.05    (14.45)      285.74
         Others                        1,330     0.03         597     0.02       1,722    0.06    122.81       (22.78)
      Sugar and Products               2,189     0.05      18,259     0.51       6,889    0.24    (88.01)      (68.23)
         Centrifugal & Refined             1     0.00      13,868     0.39       5,801    0.20   (100.00)      (99.99)
         Molasses                      1,899     0.05       4,128     0.12         967    0.03    (53.99)       96.43
         Others                          289     0.01         264     0.01         121    0.00      9.68       138.65
      Fruits and Vegetables           48,967     1.17      55,121     1.54      57,098    1.96    (11.16)      (14.24)
         Canned Pineapple              9,283     0.22       9,860     0.28      10,772    0.37     (5.85)      (13.82)
         Pineapple Juice               2,201     0.05       3,254     0.09       2,192    0.08    (32.35)        0.44
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,829     0.07       2,047     0.06       2,839    0.10     38.19        (0.35)
         Bananas                      22,642     0.54      30,179     0.85      29,079    1.00    (24.97)      (22.13)
         Mangoes                       1,851     0.04       1,187     0.03       1,739    0.06     55.90         6.46
         Others                       10,160     0.24       8,593     0.24      10,478    0.36     18.24        (3.03)
   Other Agro-Based Products          53,977     1.29      40,929     1.15      37,707    1.30     31.88        43.15
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 27,736     0.66      22,034     0.62      20,884    0.72     25.88        32.81
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted         27     0.00           a       -            a      -          -            -
         Abaca Fibers                    952     0.02       1,576     0.04         400    0.01    (39.59)      138.32
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        7,177     0.17       4,746     0.13       4,607    0.16     51.21        55.76
         Natural Rubber                2,653     0.06       1,567     0.04       1,777    0.06     69.32        49.34
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,405     0.03       1,206     0.03       1,206    0.04     16.56        16.56
         Rice                              1     0.00           b     0.00           b    0.00    196.22       218.14
         Others                       14,025     0.34       9,800     0.27       8,833    0.30     43.12        58.78

Forest Products                        1,405     0.03       2,245     0.06       2,334    0.08    (37.43)      (39.81)

         Logs                              a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Lumber                          811     0.02         791     0.02         936    0.03      2.58       (13.33)
         Plywood                         489     0.01       1,329     0.04       1,193    0.04    (63.23)      (59.03)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks         97     0.00         102     0.00         188    0.01     (4.38)      (48.24)
         Others                            7     0.00          23     0.00          16    0.00    (68.93)      (56.17)

Mineral Products                     196,709     4.71     106,272     2.98     126,056    4.34     85.10        56.05

         Copper Concentrates          31,056     0.74      14,277     0.40       8,309    0.29    117.53       273.74
         Copper Metal                111,530     2.67      40,851     1.14      52,213    1.80    173.01       113.61
         Gold                              a       -        9,446     0.26      15,170    0.52   (100.00)     (100.00)
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         8,729     0.21       8,706     0.24       9,487    0.33      0.26        (7.99)
         Chromium Ore                     74     0.00       2,093     0.06         258    0.01    (96.45)      (71.21)
         Nickel                            a        -           a      -             a      -         -            -
         Others                       45,320     1.09      30,898     0.87      40,619    1.40     46.67        11.57

Petroleum Products                    18,395     0.44      27,424     0.77       7,844    0.27    (32.92)      134.50

Manufactures                       3,600,754    86.22   3,128,831    87.64   2,506,732   86.24     15.08        43.64

         Electronic Products       2,416,064    57.85   2,071,490    58.02   1,620,103   55.74     16.63        49.13
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,748,744    41.87   1,507,633    42.23   1,173,176   40.36     15.99        49.06
            Electronic Data
             Processing              506,574    12.13     430,039    12.05     341,070   11.73     17.80        48.53
            Office Equipment          18,880     0.45      24,076     0.67      23,086    0.79    (21.58)      (18.22)
            Consumer Electronics      30,414     0.73      25,854     0.72      21,753    0.75     17.63        39.81
            Telecommunication          7,658     0.18       5,027     0.14       8,582    0.30     52.34       (10.76)
            Communication/Radar       65,320     1.56      47,366     1.33      17,554    0.60     37.90       272.10
            Control and
             Instrumentation           6,282     0.15       5,473     0.15       3,347    0.12     14.77        87.68
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          4,059     0.10       2,747     0.08       2,532    0.09     47.76        60.33
            Automotive Electronics    28,133     0.67      23,276     0.65      29,004    1.00     20.87        (3.00)
         Other Electronics           122,158     2.93     142,153     3.98      94,672    3.26    (14.07)       29.03
         Garments                    146,065     3.50     126,570     3.55     134,630    4.63     15.40         8.49
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        13,685     0.33      13,577     0.38      12,035    0.41      0.80        13.71
         Footwear                        966     0.02         738     0.02       3,084    0.11     30.94       (68.66)
         Travel Goods and Handbags    10,570     0.25       5,010     0.14       7,792    0.27    110.99        35.67
         Wood Manufactures            81,265     1.95      66,518     1.86      76,719    2.64     22.17         5.92
         Furniture & Fixtures         13,068     0.31      12,908     0.36       9,110    0.31      1.24        43.44
         Chemicals                   144,162     3.45     117,603     3.29      67,528    2.32     22.58       113.48
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                12,456     0.30      14,709     0.41      16,168    0.56    (15.32)      (22.96)
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 268,852     6.44     226,638     6.35     162,056    5.58     18.63        65.90
         Processed food and Beverages 86,143     2.06      72,801     2.04      71,564    2.46     18.33        20.37
         Iron & Steel                 14,334     0.34      14,084     0.39      11,061    0.38      1.78        29.59
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          15,992     0.38      12,969     0.36       9,895    0.34     23.31        61.62
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    4,191     0.10       3,593     0.10       3,496    0.12     16.66        19.90
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     29,755     0.71      24,330     0.68      23,593    0.81     22.30        26.12
         Others                      221,028     5.29     203,140     5.69     183,226    6.30      8.81        20.63

Special Transactions                 133,161     3.19     119,869     3.36     112,904    3.88     11.09        17.94

Re-Export                             51,002     1.22      55,043     1.54      56,667    1.95     (7.34)      (10.00)

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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:  May 12, 2010
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