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

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                                                      2010                   |               2009|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                         August p  Share|     July r    Share|    August    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  4,744.99   100.00   4,504.12    100.00   3,472.89   100.00     5.35        36.63

 1 Electronic Products                 2,989.26    63.00   2,861.89     63.54   2,057.86    59.25     4.45        45.26
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               2,413.98    50.87   2,298.16     51.02   1,433.36    41.27     5.04        68.41
   b) Electronic Data Processing         429.59     9.05     407.91      9.06     499.91    14.39     5.31       (14.07)
   c) Office Equipment                    21.13     0.45      20.76      0.46      27.81     0.80     1.74       (24.04)
   d) Consumer Electronics                19.19     0.40      33.98      0.75      19.09     0.55   (43.53)        0.50
   e) Telecommunication                    6.13     0.13       7.17      0.16       7.69     0.22   (14.54)      (20.33)
   f) Communication/Radar                 61.00     1.29      62.21      1.38      43.05     1.24    (1.94)       41.70
   g) Control and Instrumentation          3.87     0.08       2.23      0.05       3.91     0.11    73.90        (1.03)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.62     0.06       3.04      0.07       2.68     0.08   (13.57)       (2.10)
   i) Automotive Electronics              31.75     0.67      26.43      0.59      20.35     0.59    20.13        56.05
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         180.92     3.81     145.31      3.23     137.54     3.96    24.50        31.54
 3 Coconut Oil  1/                       132.27     2.79     138.02      3.06      46.97     1.35    (4.17)      181.59
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/              107.23     2.26     102.96      2.29      73.29     2.11     4.15        46.31
 5 Woodcrafts and Furniture               97.21     2.05      98.34      2.18      94.18     2.71    (1.16)        3.21
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       77.95     1.64      67.23      1.49      60.40     1.74    15.95        29.05
 7 Metal Components  3/                   70.65     1.49      60.68      1.35      46.58     1.34    16.43        51.69
 8 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    41.95     0.88      63.66      1.41      47.84     1.38   (34.10)      (12.30)
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                        29.49     0.62      30.02      0.67      20.73     0.60    (1.78)       42.27
10 Petroleum Products  4/                 27.68     0.58      28.54      0.63       6.59     0.19    (3.03)      319.79

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,754.61    79.13   3,596.68     79.85   2,591.98    74.63     4.39        44.85

11 Tuna  5/                               27.18     0.57      28.54      0.63      26.52     0.76    (4.76)        2.51
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       22.43     0.47      23.39      0.52      28.48     0.82    (4.10)      (21.25)
13 Seaweeds and Carageenan                17.67     0.37      13.30      0.30      10.83     0.31    32.89        63.19
14 Copper Concentrates                    17.51     0.37      15.41      0.34      10.74     0.31    13.67        63.08
15 Gold  6/                               17.37     0.37      15.50      0.34      10.91     0.31    12.04        59.21
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              16.69     0.35      15.06      0.33      13.51     0.39    10.77        23.56
17 Dessicated Coconut                     14.74     0.31      12.16      0.27      11.69     0.34    21.21        26.05
18 Sugar                                  14.05     0.30       0.14      0.00          b     0.00 9,987.98 3,902,322.78
19 Fertilizers, Manufactured              12.58     0.27       4.92      0.11       4.22     0.12   155.60       197.77
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  6.90     0.15       4.87      0.11       2.88     0.08    41.55       139.42
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  6.72     0.14       7.03      0.16      12.80     0.37    (4.31)      (47.47)
22 Activated Carbon                        5.63     0.12       3.33      0.07       2.32     0.07    68.83       142.34
23 Christmas Decor                         5.55     0.12       5.55      0.12       7.71     0.22    (0.04)      (28.08)
24 Basketworks                             5.14     0.11       3.36      0.07       4.23     0.12    53.10        21.48
25 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   4.48     0.09       7.23      0.16       7.27     0.21   (38.04)      (38.41)
26 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.97     0.08       3.47      0.08       5.10     0.15    14.25       (22.17)
27 Fine Jewelry                            2.27     0.05       3.86      0.09       1.43     0.04   (41.20)       59.26
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 2.16     0.05       1.26      0.03       1.19     0.03    71.42        81.00
29 Footwear                                0.78     0.02       0.61      0.01       2.10     0.06    27.63       (62.82)
30 Others                                786.57    16.58     738.45     16.39     716.98    20.65     6.52         9.71

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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
         b  less than 1,000


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

Page last updated:  October 12, 2010
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