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

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                                                      2010                   |               2009|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                        October p  Share|September r    Share|   October    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  4,738.73   100.00    5,324.59   100.00   3,748.09   100.00     (11.00)     26.43

 1 Electronic Products                 2,987.45    63.04    3,478.24    65.32   2,162.17    57.69     (14.11)     38.17
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               2,368.77    49.99    2,903.61    54.53   1,445.81    38.57     (18.42)     63.84
   b) Electronic Data Processing         479.70    10.12      441.07     8.28     568.09    15.16       8.76     (15.56)
   c) Office Equipment                    20.00     0.42       18.95     0.36      24.89     0.66       5.58     (19.63)
   d) Consumer Electronics                17.90     0.38       15.69     0.29      31.15     0.83      14.05     (42.54)
   e) Telecommunication                   11.22     0.24        5.30     0.10       8.03     0.21     111.51      39.78
   f) Communication/Radar                 48.28     1.02       59.00     1.11      49.89     1.33     (18.16)     (3.22)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.58     0.05        2.16     0.04       4.37     0.12      19.75     (40.92)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.17     0.07        1.87     0.04       3.57     0.10      69.31     (11.23)
   i) Automotive Electronics              35.83     0.76       30.59     0.57      26.37     0.70      17.13      35.87
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         145.13     3.06      146.54     2.75     116.44     3.11      (0.96)     24.64
 3 Coconut Oil  1/                       140.48     2.96       97.78     1.84      77.29     2.06      43.68      81.77
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture              118.26     2.50      113.66     2.13      91.46     2.44       4.04      29.30
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/              100.29     2.12       94.82     1.78      87.27     2.33       5.77      14.92
 6 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       96.53     2.04       97.49     1.83      65.27     1.74      (0.99)     47.90
 7 Metal Components  3/                   81.12     1.71       53.80     1.01      50.96     1.36      50.79      59.19
 8 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    62.35     1.32       80.78     1.52     112.27     3.00     (22.82)    (44.47)
 9 Tuna  4/                               25.47     0.54       31.42     0.59      19.78     0.53     (18.96)     28.76
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        25.19     0.53       31.23     0.59      41.35     1.10     (19.35)    (39.09)

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,782.27    79.82    4,225.78    79.36   2,824.26    75.35     (10.50)     33.92

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       19.26     0.41       23.91     0.45      17.47     0.47     (19.46)     10.28
12 Petroleum Products  5/                 18.92     0.40       22.04     0.41      18.84     0.50     (14.12)      0.44
13 Seaweeds and Carageenan                18.67     0.39       16.00     0.30       8.56     0.23      16.69     117.96
14 Dessicated Coconut                     15.78     0.33       12.24     0.23      12.62     0.34      28.93      25.04
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              13.74     0.29       15.26     0.29      12.07     0.32      (9.95)     13.87
16 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  11.26     0.24        8.79     0.17      10.15     0.27      28.03      10.91
17 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  8.28     0.17        5.99     0.11       8.70     0.23      38.19      (4.82)
18 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     5.88     0.12        5.31     0.10       6.23     0.17      10.66      (5.75)
19 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.31     0.11        5.90     0.11       5.97     0.16      (9.92)    (10.96)
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured               4.45     0.09       16.86     0.32      18.52     0.49     (73.60)    (75.97)
21 Fine Jewelry                            3.98     0.08        3.26     0.06       3.23     0.09      22.20      23.37
22 Copper Concentrates                     3.90     0.08       39.12     0.73      18.91     0.50     (90.03)    (79.38)
23 Basketworks                             3.83     0.08        3.91     0.07       3.91     0.10      (2.14)     (2.05)
24 Activated Carbon                        3.74     0.08        4.78     0.09       3.27     0.09     (21.63)     14.60
25 Gold  6/                                3.21     0.07        3.29     0.06      11.63     0.31      (2.56)    (72.44)
26 Christmas Decor                         2.42     0.05        4.53     0.09       1.67     0.04     (46.57)     44.71
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.81     0.04        0.67     0.01       0.57     0.02     169.88     216.30
28 Footwear                                0.59     0.01        0.53     0.01       1.66     0.04       9.82     (64.67)
29 Sugar                                   0.01     0.00        0.14     0.00      22.07     0.59     (93.53)    (99.96)
30 Others                                811.42    17.12      906.29    17.02     737.79    19.68     (10.47)      9.98

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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.

Page last updated:  December 10, 2010
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