Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
May and April 2010 and May 2009
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2010 | 2009 | Growth Rate
Commodity May p | April r | May | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,239,084 100.00 3,594,578 100.00 3,088,030 100.00 17.93 37.27
Total Agro-Based Products 242,066 5.71 208,250 5.79 156,508 5.07 16.24 54.67
Agro-Based Products 182,410 4.30 161,392 4.49 117,624 3.81 13.02 55.08
Coconut Products 129,500 3.05 125,699 3.50 53,677 1.74 3.02 141.26
Copra 18 0.00 a - a - - -
Coconut Oil 110,128 2.60 107,250 2.98 38,137 1.23 2.68 188.77
Desiccated Coconut 11,275 0.27 10,833 0.30 10,840 0.35 4.08 4.01
Copra Meal/Cake 6,919 0.16 6,729 0.19 3,847 0.12 2.83 79.84
Others 1,160 0.03 886 0.02 853 0.03 30.80 35.97
Sugar and Products 7,371 0.17 1,589 0.04 8,411 0.27 363.97 (12.37)
Centrifugal & Refined 7,174 0.17 170 0.00 2,407 0.08 4,108.35 198.05
Molasses 18 0.00 1,230 0.03 5,716 0.19 (98.51) (99.68)
Others 178 0.00 188 0.01 288 0.01 (5.18) (38.12)
Fruits and Vegetables 45,539 1.07 34,105 0.95 55,535 1.80 33.53 (18.00)
Canned Pineapple 9,460 0.22 6,359 0.18 11,639 0.38 48.75 (18.73)
Pineapple Juice 2,833 0.07 2,299 0.06 4,101 0.13 23.25 (30.91)
Pineapple Concentrates 2,534 0.06 1,980 0.06 2,393 0.08 27.99 5.91
Bananas 19,139 0.45 14,326 0.40 24,710 0.80 33.60 (22.54)
Mangoes 2,292 0.05 2,358 0.07 2,540 0.08 (2.77) (9.73)
Others 9,280 0.22 6,783 0.19 10,153 0.33 36.82 (8.59)
Other Agro-Based Products 59,656 1.41 46,858 1.30 38,884 1.26 27.31 53.42
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 29,540 0.70 26,529 0.74 22,085 0.72 11.35 33.76
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - 6 0.00 a - (100.00) -
Abaca Fibers 1,015 0.02 601 0.02 739 0.02 68.90 37.31
Tobacco Unmanufactured 10,641 0.25 4,361 0.12 5,564 0.18 143.98 91.24
Natural Rubber 5,924 0.14 3,206 0.09 2,028 0.07 84.81 192.12
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 1,963 0.05 1,809 0.05 688 0.02 8.51 185.14
Rice 1 0.00 19 0.00 2 0.00 (94.23) (56.14)
Others 10,572 0.25 10,327 0.29 7,777 0.25 2.36 35.94
Forest Products 5,158 0.12 2,383 0.07 2,837 0.09 116.41 81.81
Logs 46 0.00 98 0.00 a - (53.38) -
Lumber 944 0.02 879 0.02 863 0.03 7.40 9.43
Plywood 3,900 0.09 1,176 0.03 1,906 0.06 231.59 104.66
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 194 0.00 106 0.00 69 0.00 83.41 182.00
Others 75 0.00 125 0.00 a - (40.17) -
Mineral Products 130,994 3.09 138,018 3.84 137,556 4.45 (5.09) (4.77)
Copper Concentrates 13,409 0.32 23,460 0.65 9,880 0.32 (42.84) 35.72
Copper Metal 48,579 1.15 42,952 1.19 85,830 2.78 13.10 (43.40)
Gold a - 20,915 0.58 8,848 0.29 (100.00) (100.00)
Iron Ore Agglomerates 14,262 0.34 10,020 0.28 5,185 0.17 42.33 175.10
Chromium Ore 403 0.01 17 0.00 35 0.00 2,343.05 1,065.92
Nickel a - a - a - - -
Others 54,341 1.28 40,653 1.13 27,779 0.90 33.67 95.62
Petroleum Products 21,103 0.50 29,830 0.83 33,776 1.09 (29.25) (37.52)
Manufactures 3,695,048 87.17 3,109,335 86.50 2,637,433 85.41 18.84 40.10
Electronic Products 2,554,338 60.26 2,192,559 61.00 1,811,296 58.66 16.50 41.02
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,878,256 44.31 1,613,590 44.89 1,317,973 42.68 16.40 42.51
Electronic Data
Processing 496,625 11.72 436,470 12.14 367,245 11.89 13.78 35.23
Office Equipment 19,783 0.47 23,618 0.66 16,553 0.54 (16.23) 19.51
Consumer Electronics 28,736 0.68 29,614 0.82 23,730 0.77 (2.96) 21.10
Telecommunication 5,154 0.12 4,946 0.14 3,173 0.10 4.20 62.43
Communication/Radar 57,510 1.36 55,992 1.56 22,464 0.73 2.71 156.01
Control and
Instrumentation 2,963 0.07 1,965 0.05 2,535 0.08 50.79 16.86
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 2,781 0.07 2,637 0.07 2,236 0.07 5.48 24.39
Automotive Electronics 62,529 1.48 23,728 0.66 55,386 1.79 163.53 12.90
Other Electronics 114,054 2.69 83,246 2.32 108,150 3.50 37.01 5.46
Garments 150,973 3.56 106,650 2.97 110,280 3.57 41.56 36.90
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 14,258 0.34 12,046 0.34 12,137 0.39 18.36 17.48
Footwear 630 0.01 679 0.02 2,148 0.07 (7.30) (70.67)
Travel Goods and Handbags 4,998 0.12 4,144 0.12 4,291 0.14 20.61 16.48
Wood Manufactures 79,441 1.87 58,899 1.64 70,844 2.29 34.88 12.14
Furniture & Fixtures 14,547 0.34 11,505 0.32 7,949 0.26 26.44 83.00
Chemicals 124,556 2.94 107,985 3.00 72,028 2.33 15.35 72.93
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 14,675 0.35 11,242 0.31 11,677 0.38 30.53 25.67
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 183,767 4.34 151,880 4.23 121,784 3.94 20.99 50.90
Processed food and Beverages 79,085 1.87 67,481 1.88 78,911 2.56 17.19 0.22
Iron & Steel 21,523 0.51 15,255 0.42 9,345 0.30 41.09 130.32
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 16,513 0.39 10,633 0.30 10,485 0.34 55.29 57.48
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 4,309 0.10 3,125 0.09 3,505 0.11 37.89 22.92
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 28,814 0.68 28,191 0.78 21,867 0.71 2.21 31.77
Others 288,568 6.81 243,814 6.78 180,736 5.85 18.36 59.66
Special Transactions 144,715 3.41 106,761 2.97 119,920 3.88 35.55 20.68
Re-Export 69,146 1.63 41,736 1.16 67,423 2.18 65.68 2.56
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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
- - No % share / No growth rate
r - Revised
p - Preliminary
Components may not add up to totals due to rounding
Page last updated: July 13, 2010
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