Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
April and March 2010 and April 2009
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2010 | 2009 | Growth Rate
Commodity April p | March r | April | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 3,572,528 100.00 4,180,590 100.00 2,803,772 100.00 (14.54) 27.42
Total Agro-Based Products 208,116 5.83 225,851 5.40 154,990 5.53 (7.85) 34.28
Agro-Based Products 161,415 4.52 171,846 4.11 118,276 4.22 (6.07) 36.47
Coconut Products 125,698 3.52 120,686 2.89 40,698 1.45 4.15 208.85
Copra a - 20 0.00 a - - -
Coconut Oil 107,250 3.00 102,829 2.46 22,724 0.81 4.30 371.96
Desiccated Coconut 10,832 0.30 11,362 0.27 12,306 0.44 (4.66) (11.98)
Copra Meal/Cake 6,729 0.19 5,141 0.12 4,538 0.16 30.89 48.28
Others 886 0.02 1,335 0.03 1,130 0.04 (33.60) (21.53)
Sugar and Products 1,589 0.04 2,189 0.05 9,344 0.33 (27.42) (83.00)
Centrifugal & Refined 170 0.00 1 0.00 5,756 0.21 24,570.19 (97.04)
Molasses 1,230 0.03 1,899 0.05 3,347 0.12 (35.23) (63.25)
Others 188 0.01 289 0.01 241 0.01 (34.90) (22.08)
Fruits and Vegetables 34,129 0.96 48,971 1.17 68,233 2.43 (30.31) (49.98)
Canned Pineapple 6,359 0.18 9,283 0.22 6,328 0.23 (31.50) 0.50
Pineapple Juice 2,299 0.06 2,201 0.05 3,833 0.14 4.42 (40.02)
Pineapple Concentrates 1,980 0.06 2,829 0.07 2,544 0.09 (30.00) (22.16)
Bananas 14,326 0.40 22,642 0.54 38,608 1.38 (36.73) (62.89)
Mangoes 2,358 0.07 1,851 0.04 2,883 0.10 27.38 (18.22)
Others 6,807 0.19 10,165 0.24 14,038 0.50 (33.04) (51.51)
Other Agro-Based Products 46,700 1.31 54,006 1.29 36,714 1.31 (13.53) 27.20
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 26,529 0.74 27,736 0.66 20,384 0.73 (4.35) 30.15
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted 6 0.00 27 0.00 b 0.00 (77.50) 3,926.00
Abaca Fibers 601 0.02 952 0.02 489 0.02 (36.91) 22.91
Tobacco Unmanufactured 4,361 0.12 7,146 0.17 4,477 0.16 (38.96) (2.57)
Natural Rubber 3,206 0.09 2,653 0.06 2,281 0.08 20.81 40.55
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 1,809 0.05 1,405 0.03 1,045 0.04 28.72 73.11
Rice 19 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 1,293.40 1,480.77
Others 10,170 0.28 14,085 0.34 8,038 0.29 (27.80) 26.52
Forest Products 2,383 0.07 1,405 0.03 3,138 0.11 69.68 (24.06)
Logs 98 0.00 a - a - - -
Lumber 879 0.02 811 0.02 809 0.03 8.35 8.66
Plywood 1,176 0.03 489 0.01 2,257 0.08 140.68 (47.88)
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 106 0.00 97 0.00 60 0.00 8.56 77.23
Others 125 0.00 7 0.00 13 0.00 1,631.47 842.79
Mineral Products 134,086 3.75 196,827 4.71 115,515 4.12 (31.88) 16.08
Copper Concentrates 19,460 0.54 31,056 0.74 5,327 0.19 (37.34) 265.27
Copper Metal 42,952 1.20 111,530 2.67 62,418 2.23 (61.49) (31.19)
Gold 20,915 0.59 a - 7,993 0.29 - 161.68
Iron Ore Agglomerates 10,020 0.28 8,847 0.21 4,554 0.16 13.26 120.02
Chromium Ore 17 0.00 74 0.00 546 0.02 (77.81) (96.98)
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 40,722 1.14 45,320 1.08 34,676 1.24 (10.15) 17.43
Petroleum Products 29,830 0.83 18,395 0.44 52,661 1.88 62.16 (43.35)
Manufactures 3,096,884 86.69 3,605,588 86.25 2,388,187 85.18 (14.11) 29.68
Electronic Products 2,182,808 61.10 2,416,078 57.79 1,683,549 60.05 (9.65) 29.66
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,603,804 44.89 1,748,667 41.83 1,238,248 44.16 (8.28) 29.52
Electronic Data
Processing 436,443 12.22 506,601 12.12 307,440 10.97 (13.85) 41.96
Office Equipment 23,608 0.66 18,880 0.45 15,083 0.54 25.04 56.52
Consumer Electronics 29,553 0.83 30,479 0.73 30,146 1.08 (3.04) (1.97)
Telecommunication 5,078 0.14 7,658 0.18 5,038 0.18 (33.69) 0.80
Communication/Radar 55,988 1.57 65,320 1.56 24,086 0.86 (14.29) 132.45
Control and
Instrumentation 1,969 0.06 6,282 0.15 2,272 0.08 (68.66) (13.36)
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 2,637 0.07 4,059 0.10 1,869 0.07 (35.04) 41.08
Automotive Electronics 23,728 0.66 28,133 0.67 59,367 2.12 (15.66) (60.03)
Other Electronics 83,246 2.33 122,236 2.92 103,289 3.68 (31.90) (19.41)
Garments 106,628 2.98 146,011 3.49 100,429 3.58 (26.97) 6.17
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 12,046 0.34 13,708 0.33 9,013 0.32 (12.13) 33.66
Footwear 679 0.02 966 0.02 2,383 0.09 (29.69) (71.49)
Travel Goods and Handbags 4,144 0.12 10,570 0.25 4,865 0.17 (60.80) (14.83)
Wood Manufactures 58,947 1.65 81,265 1.94 44,644 1.59 (27.46) 32.04
Furniture & Fixtures 11,495 0.32 13,083 0.31 6,632 0.24 (12.14) 73.32
Chemicals 107,963 3.02 144,527 3.46 68,855 2.46 (25.30) 56.80
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 11,242 0.31 12,456 0.30 10,134 0.36 (9.75) 10.93
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 151,228 4.23 269,289 6.44 99,019 3.53 (43.84) 52.73
Processed food and Beverages 66,050 1.85 89,367 2.14 61,156 2.18 (26.09) 8.00
Iron & Steel 15,298 0.43 14,334 0.34 7,368 0.26 6.73 107.64
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 10,625 0.30 15,987 0.38 6,680 0.24 (33.54) 59.07
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 3,119 0.09 4,186 0.10 2,178 0.08 (25.49) 43.20
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 28,195 0.79 29,782 0.71 20,404 0.73 (5.33) 38.18
Others 243,171 6.81 221,739 5.30 157,588 5.62 9.67 54.31
Special Transactions 101,229 2.83 132,524 3.17 89,281 3.18 (23.61) 13.38
Re-Export 41,736 1.17 50,481 1.21 46,030 1.64 (17.32) (9.33)
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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: June 10, 2010
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