Table 3  Philippine Exports Performance by Country
         March 2010 and 2009
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                 2010                  |                2009                 | Annual Growth Rate
Country                                     Percent|            Percent|           Percent|           Percent|     (Percent)
                                  Jan-Mar p   Share|    March p   Share|   Jan-Mar   Share|     March   Share| Cumulative Current
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                Total             11,325.93  100.00   4,176.26   100.00   7,926.03  100.00   2,906.75  100.00       42.90   43.67

       Top 10 Countries Total      9,537.15   84.21   3,512.22    84.10   6,506.09   82.09   2,401.80   82.63       46.59   46.23

 1 United States Of America  1/    1,881.52   16.61     703.32    16.84   1,426.54   18.00     503.04   17.31       31.89   39.81
 2 Japan  2/                       1,889.27   16.68     682.49    16.34   1,237.04   15.61     446.56   15.36       52.73   52.83
 3 China, People's Republic of     1,080.05    9.54     487.32    11.67     734.60    9.27     308.03   10.60       47.03   58.20
 4 Hongkong                          859.00    7.58     359.06     8.60     676.76    8.54     272.79    9.38       26.93   31.62
 5 Singapore                       1,018.80    9.00     343.80     8.23     359.46    4.54     129.22    4.45      183.43  166.06
 6 Germany                           841.58    7.43     251.47     6.02     541.32    6.83     136.69    4.70       55.47   83.96
 7 Netherlands                       700.20    6.18     233.70     5.60     700.13    8.83     265.96    9.15        0.01  (12.13)
 8 Korea, Republic of                531.12    4.69     175.48     4.20     359.57    4.54     156.40    5.38       47.71   12.20
 9 Thailand                          392.02    3.46     148.48     3.56     214.07    2.70      74.21    2.55       83.13  100.07
10 Malaysia  3/                      343.60    3.03     127.10     3.04     256.61    3.24     108.89    3.75       33.90   16.73
11 Others                          1,788.77   15.79     664.04    15.90   1,419.94   17.91     504.94   17.37       25.98   31.51

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


Notes:   *  Based on March 2010 ranking.
         1/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         2/ Includes Okinawa.
         3/ Includes Sabah and Sarawak.
         p  Preliminary


         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Page last updated:  May 12, 2010
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