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

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                                                      2010                   |               2009|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                          April p  Share|    March r    Share|     April    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  3,572.53   100.00   4,180.59    100.00   2,803.77   100.00     (14.54)   27.42

 1 Electronic Products                 2,182.81    61.10   2,416.08     57.79   1,683.55    60.05      (9.65)   29.66
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,603.80    44.89   1,748.67     41.83   1,238.25    44.16      (8.28)   29.52
   b) Electronic Data Processing         436.44    12.22     506.60     12.12     307.44    10.97     (13.85)   41.96
   c) Office Equipment                    23.61     0.66      18.88      0.45      15.08     0.54      25.04    56.52
   d) Consumer Electronics                29.55     0.83      30.48      0.73      30.15     1.08      (3.04)   (1.97)
   e) Telecommunication                    5.08     0.14       7.66      0.18       5.05     0.18     (33.67)    0.59
   f) Communication/Radar                 55.99     1.57      65.32      1.56      24.07     0.86     (14.29)  132.56
   g) Control and Instrumentation          1.97     0.06       6.28      0.15       2.27     0.08     (68.66)  (13.36)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.64     0.07       4.06      0.10       1.87     0.07     (35.04)   41.08
   i) Automotive Electronics              23.73     0.66      28.13      0.67      59.37     2.12     (15.66)  (60.03)
 2 Coconut Oil  1/                       107.25     3.00     102.83      2.46      22.72     0.81       4.30   371.96
 3 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         106.63     2.98     146.01      3.49     100.43     3.58     (26.97)    6.17
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               70.44     1.97      94.35      2.26      51.28     1.83     (25.34)   37.37
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               61.67     1.73      97.94      2.34      41.34     1.47     (37.03)   49.18
 6 Metal Components  3/                   51.88     1.45      75.98      1.82      31.62     1.13     (31.72)   64.09
 7 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       47.62     1.33      59.18      1.42      49.83     1.78     (19.54)   (4.44)
 8 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    42.95     1.20     111.53      2.67      62.42     2.23     (61.49)  (31.19)
 9 Petroleum Products  4/                 29.83     0.83      18.40      0.44      52.66     1.88      62.16   (43.35)
10 Tuna  5/                               28.04     0.78      32.49      0.78      29.58     1.05     (13.70)   (5.19)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,729.13    76.39   3,154.79     75.46   2,125.43    75.81     (13.49)   28.40

11 Gold  6/                               23.89     0.67       3.82      0.09      29.11     1.04     525.53   (17.92)
12 Copper Concentrates                    19.46     0.54      31.06      0.74       5.33     0.19     (37.34)  265.27
13 Bananas (Fresh)                        14.33     0.40      22.64      0.54      38.61     1.38     (36.73)  (62.89)
14 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       12.45     0.35      17.18      0.41      19.54     0.70     (27.56)  (36.29)
15 Dessicated Coconut                     10.83     0.30      11.36      0.27      12.31     0.44      (4.66)  (11.98)
16 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  10.02     0.28       8.85      0.21       4.55     0.16      13.26   120.02
17 Processed Tropical Fruits               9.10     0.25      12.93      0.31      10.69     0.38     (29.60)  (14.86)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 8.85     0.25      10.61      0.25       7.33     0.26     (16.53)   20.69
19 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  6.73     0.19       5.14      0.12       4.54     0.16      30.89    48.28
20 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  4.36     0.12       7.15      0.17       4.48     0.16     (38.96)   (2.57)
21 Activated Carbon                        3.71     0.10       3.28      0.08       1.52     0.05      13.26   144.04
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.53     0.10       2.76      0.07       3.58     0.13      27.99    (1.63)
23 Fine Jewelry                            3.30     0.09       3.13      0.07       1.89     0.07       5.37    74.29
24 Basketworks                             2.77     0.08       3.83      0.09       2.03     0.07     (27.76)   36.25
25 Christmas Decor                         1.18     0.03       1.13      0.03       1.08     0.04       4.37     9.74
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.02     0.03       1.75      0.04       0.97     0.03     (41.98)    4.83
27 Footwear                                0.68     0.02       0.97      0.02       2.38     0.09     (29.69)  (71.49)
28 Fertilizers, Manufactured               0.59     0.02       6.19      0.15      14.94     0.53     (90.54)  (96.08)
29 Sugar                                   0.17     0.00       0.00      0.00       5.76     0.21  24,570.19   (97.04)
30 Others                                706.44    19.77     872.03     20.86     507.70    18.11     (18.99)   39.14

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


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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