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

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                                                      2010                   |               2009|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                      September p  Share|   August r    Share| September    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  5,314.17   100.00   4,758.87    100.00   3,637.64   100.00      11.67      46.09

 1 Electronic Products                 3,478.06    65.45   2,989.37     62.82   2,249.95    61.85      16.35      54.58
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               2,903.55    54.64   2,413.98     50.73   1,607.84    44.20      20.28      80.59
   b) Electronic Data Processing         441.07     8.30     429.71      9.03     507.75    13.96       2.65     (13.13)
   c) Office Equipment                    18.95     0.36      21.11      0.44      23.73     0.65     (10.23)    (20.16)
   d) Consumer Electronics                15.69     0.30      19.21      0.40      28.22     0.78     (18.29)    (44.40)
   e) Telecommunication                    5.32     0.10       6.13      0.13      11.73     0.32     (13.15)    (54.63)
   f) Communication/Radar                 58.86     1.11      61.00      1.28      42.10     1.16      (3.50)     39.81
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.16     0.04       3.87      0.08       4.79     0.13     (44.33)    (54.97)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   1.87     0.04       2.62      0.06       2.83     0.08     (28.66)    (33.91)
   i) Automotive Electronics              30.59     0.58      31.75      0.67      20.95     0.58      (3.65)     46.04
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         146.59     2.76     180.92      3.80     114.62     3.15     (18.97)     27.89
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture              113.66     2.14      97.19      2.04      88.53     2.43      16.95      28.39
 4 Coconut Oil  1/                        97.78     1.84     132.27      2.78      65.18     1.79     (26.08)     50.00
 5 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       97.49     1.83      77.95      1.64      63.10     1.73      25.07      54.50
 6 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               94.82     1.78     107.23      2.25      80.08     2.20     (11.57)     18.42
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    80.78     1.52      41.95      0.88      24.24     0.67      92.56     233.25
 8 Metal Components  3/                   53.23     1.00      70.58      1.48      50.92     1.40     (24.59)      4.53
 9 Copper Concentrates                    39.12     0.74      17.51      0.37      12.98     0.36     123.35     201.45
10 Tuna  4/                               31.42     0.59      27.18      0.57      21.67     0.60      15.61      44.98

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             4,232.97    79.65   3,742.16     78.64   2,771.27    76.18      13.12      52.74

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        31.23     0.59      29.49      0.62      21.64     0.59       5.91      44.36
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       23.91     0.45      22.43      0.47      25.14     0.69       6.63      (4.88)
13 Petroleum Products  5/                 21.92     0.41      29.04      0.61      28.16     0.77     (24.53)    (22.18)
14 Fertilizers, Manufactured              16.86     0.32      12.58      0.26       3.20     0.09      33.98     427.04
15 Seaweeds and Carageenan                16.00     0.30      17.67      0.37       8.04     0.22      (9.47)     98.96
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              15.26     0.29      16.69      0.35      11.06     0.30      (8.58)     37.95
17 Dessicated Coconut                     12.24     0.23      14.74      0.31      12.19     0.34     (16.94)      0.41
18 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   8.79     0.17       4.48      0.09       9.84     0.27      96.39     (10.69)
19 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  5.99     0.11       6.72      0.14      10.74     0.30     (10.87)    (44.23)
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.90     0.11       6.90      0.14       4.26     0.12     (14.50)     38.35
21 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     5.31     0.10       3.97      0.08       4.26     0.12      33.83      24.71
22 Activated Carbon                        4.74     0.09       5.63      0.12       2.43     0.07     (15.85)     94.86
23 Christmas Decor                         4.53     0.09       5.55      0.12       3.22     0.09     (18.36)     40.45
24 Basketworks                             3.91     0.07       5.12      0.11       3.10     0.09     (23.58)     26.23
25 Gold  6/                                3.29     0.06      17.37      0.36      12.05     0.33     (81.06)    (72.69)
26 Fine Jewelry                            3.26     0.06       2.27      0.05       4.10     0.11      43.55     (20.43)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 0.67     0.01       2.16      0.05       0.66     0.02     (69.03)      0.90
28 Footwear                                0.53     0.01       0.78      0.02       1.09     0.03     (31.57)    (51.00)
29 Sugar                                   0.14     0.00      14.11      0.30      13.17     0.36     (99.04)    (98.97)
30 Others                                896.73    16.87     799.02     16.79     688.00    18.91      12.23      30.34

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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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