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

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                                                      2010                   |               2009|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                            May p  Share|    April r    Share|       May    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,239.08   100.00   3,594.58    100.00   3,088.03   100.00      17.93    37.27

 1 Electronic Products                 2,554.34    60.26   2,192.56     61.00   1,811.30    58.66      16.50    41.02
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,878.26    44.31   1,613.59     44.89   1,317.97    42.68      16.40    42.51
   b) Electronic Data Processing         496.63    11.72     436.47     12.14     367.25    11.89      13.78    35.23
   c) Office Equipment                    19.78     0.47      23.62      0.66      16.55     0.54     (16.23)   19.51
   d) Consumer Electronics                28.74     0.68      29.61      0.82      23.73     0.77      (2.96)   21.10
   e) Telecommunication                    5.15     0.12       4.95      0.14       3.19     0.10       4.17    61.81
   f) Communication/Radar                 57.51     1.36      55.99      1.56      22.45     0.73       2.71   156.15
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.96     0.07       1.96      0.05       2.54     0.08      50.79    16.86
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.78     0.07       2.64      0.07       2.24     0.07       5.48    24.39
   i) Automotive Electronics              62.53     1.48      23.73      0.66      55.39     1.79     163.53    12.90
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         150.97     3.56     106.65      2.97     110.28     3.57      41.56    36.90
 3 Coconut Oil  1/                       110.13     2.60     107.25      2.98      38.14     1.23       2.68   188.77
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture               93.99     2.22      70.40      1.96      78.79     2.55      33.50    19.29
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               89.41     2.11      61.67      1.72      57.11     1.85      44.98    56.56
 6 Metal Components  3/                   68.36     1.61      51.85      1.44      34.62     1.12      31.84    97.49
 7 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       55.53     1.31      47.62      1.32      53.00     1.72      16.61     4.78
 8 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    48.58     1.15      42.95      1.19      85.83     2.78      13.10   (43.40)
 9 Tuna  4/                               29.21     0.69      28.04      0.78      30.70     0.99       4.18    (4.85)
10 Petroleum Products  5/                 21.10     0.50      29.83      0.83      33.78     1.09     (29.25)  (37.52)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,221.63    76.00   2,738.83     76.19   2,333.53    75.57      17.63    38.06

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        19.14     0.45      14.33      0.40      24.71     0.80      33.60   (22.54)
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       18.40     0.43      12.45      0.35      22.33     0.72      47.84   (17.60)
13 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  14.26     0.34      10.02      0.28       5.18     0.17      42.33   175.10
14 Copper Concentrates                    13.41     0.32      23.46      0.65       9.88     0.32     (42.84)   35.72
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              12.05     0.28       9.11      0.25      14.69     0.48      32.32   (17.92)
16 Dessicated Coconut                     11.27     0.27      10.83      0.30      10.84     0.35       4.08     4.01
17 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 10.64     0.25       4.36      0.12       5.56     0.18     143.98    91.24
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                 8.40     0.20       8.93      0.25       6.63     0.21      (5.93)   26.79
19 Sugar                                   7.17     0.17       0.17      0.00       2.41     0.08   4,108.35   198.05
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  6.92     0.16       6.73      0.19       3.85     0.12       2.83    79.84
21 Activated Carbon                        5.25     0.12       3.71      0.10       3.11     0.10      41.43    68.85
22 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     4.65     0.11       3.53      0.10       3.72     0.12      31.95    25.13
23 Basketworks                             4.32     0.10       2.78      0.08       3.86     0.13      55.84    12.03
24 Gold  6/                                4.18     0.10      23.89      0.66      13.49     0.44     (82.51)  (69.01)
25 Fine Jewelry                            3.34     0.08       3.30      0.09       2.62     0.08       1.43    27.70
26 Fertilizers, Manufactured               2.74     0.06       0.59      0.02       9.15     0.30     367.74   (70.04)
27 Christmas Decor                         2.70     0.06       1.18      0.03       1.70     0.06     128.37    58.83
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.23     0.03       1.02      0.03       2.17     0.07      20.79   (43.31)
29 Footwear                                0.63     0.01       0.68      0.02       2.15     0.07      (7.30)  (70.67)
30 Others                                866.73    20.45     714.69     19.88     606.47    19.64      21.27    42.91

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


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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