Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         November and October 2010 and November 2009
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                    2010                   |       2009        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                               November p    |     October r      |     November      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,136,065   100.00   4,775,996   100.00   3,717,829  100.00     (13.40)      11.25

Total Agro-Based Products            225,002     5.44     281,900     5.90     145,473    3.91     (20.18)      54.67

   Agro-Based Products               145,907     3.53     214,025     4.48      93,497    2.51     (31.83)      56.06
      Coconut Products                99,945     2.42     161,834     3.39      53,748    1.45     (38.24)      85.95
         Copra                             a       -            a       -           17    0.00        -       (100.00)
         Coconut Oil                  79,605     1.92     140,485     2.94      36,426    0.98     (43.34)     118.54
         Desiccated Coconut           13,826     0.33      15,783     0.33      10,632    0.29     (12.40)      30.04
         Copra Meal/Cake               5,413     0.13       5,314     0.11       5,641    0.15       1.87       (4.03)
         Others                        1,101     0.03         252     0.01       1,032    0.03     337.51        6.75
      Sugar and Products                 494     0.01         332     0.01       3,706    0.10      48.87      (86.68)
         Centrifugal & Refined             1     0.00           9     0.00       1,946    0.05     (91.83)     (99.96)
         Molasses                          a       -            a        -       1,400    0.04        -       (100.00)
         Others                          493     0.01         323     0.01         361    0.01      52.68       36.68
      Fruits and Vegetables           45,469     1.10      51,860     1.09      36,043    0.97     (12.32)      26.15
         Canned Pineapple              9,977     0.24      10,480     0.22      12,763    0.34      (4.80)     (21.83)
         Pineapple Juice               3,647     0.09       2,680     0.06       3,068    0.08      36.07       18.87
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,314     0.06       3,244     0.07       2,997    0.08     (28.69)     (22.79)
         Bananas                      19,644     0.47      25,187     0.53      11,513    0.31     (22.01)      70.62
         Mangoes                         684     0.02       1,035     0.02         640    0.02     (33.93)       6.88
         Others                        9,204     0.22       9,233     0.19       5,063    0.14      (0.32)      81.79
   Other Agro-Based Products          79,094     1.91      67,874     1.42      51,976    1.40      16.53       52.17
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 34,032     0.82      32,049     0.67      25,399    0.68       6.19       33.99
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          1     0.00           a       -            a      -          -           -
         Abaca Fibers                  1,058     0.03       1,354     0.03         852    0.02     (21.81)      24.20
         Tobacco Unmanufactured       15,131     0.37       8,281     0.17       9,844    0.26      82.71       53.71
         Natural Rubber                9,857     0.24       3,524     0.07       2,731    0.07     179.71      261.01
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               4,766     0.12       4,967     0.10       2,187    0.06      (4.03)     117.94
         Rice                              b     0.00           a       -           77    0.00         -       (99.77)
         Others                       14,248     0.34      17,700     0.37      10,887    0.29     (19.51)      30.87

Forest Products                        3,007     0.07       1,603     0.03       4,178    0.11      87.54      (28.03)

         Logs                              a       -            1     0.00           2    0.00    (100.00)    (100.00)
         Lumber                        1,300     0.03         838     0.02         976    0.03      55.23       33.17
         Plywood                       1,556     0.04         746     0.02       2,962    0.08     108.57      (47.48)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks        110     0.00          12     0.00          89    0.00     840.96       24.06
         Others                           41     0.00           7     0.00         149    0.00     487.87      (72.50)

Mineral Products                      60,566     3.88     135,832     2.84     143,013    3.85      18.21       12.27

         Copper Concentrates          31,039     0.75       7,700     0.16      17,637    0.47     303.10       75.98
         Copper Metal                 35,995     0.87      62,348     1.31      74,994    2.02     (42.27)     (52.00)
         Gold                         31,745     0.77           a       -        9,142    0.25        -        247.25
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         6,501     0.16      11,257     0.24      10,884    0.29     (42.25)     (40.27)
         Chromium Ore                    922     0.02       1,003     0.02           5    0.00      (8.13)  19,102.33
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Others                       54,364     1.31      53,524     1.12      30,350    0.82       1.57       79.12

Petroleum Products                    72,002     1.74      18,925     0.40      26,077    0.70     280.46      176.12

Manufactures                       3,544,233    85.69   4,221,348    88.39   3,256,395   87.59     (16.04)       8.84

         Electronic Products       2,333,220    56.41   2,987,584    62.55   2,149,655   57.82     (21.90)       8.54
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,720,950    41.61   2,369,920    49.62   1,439,288   38.71     (27.38)      19.57
            Electronic Data
             Processing              493,422    11.93     478,821    10.03     545,801   14.68       3.05       (9.60)
            Office Equipment          17,629     0.43      20,004     0.42      25,985    0.70     (11.87)     (32.16)
            Consumer Electronics      13,584     0.33      17,900     0.37      28,677    0.77     (24.11)     (52.63)
            Telecommunication          5,017     0.12      10,721     0.22       5,882    0.16     (53.21)     (14.71)
            Communication/Radar       38,738     0.94      48,649     1.02      68,188    1.83     (20.37)     (43.19)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,163     0.05       2,567     0.05       4,664    0.13     (15.74)     (53.63)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          3,077     0.07       3,169     0.07       3,332    0.09      (2.90)      (7.66)
            Automotive Electronics    38,641     0.93      35,834     0.75      27,839    0.75       7.83       38.80
         Other Electronics           122,602     2.96     133,709     2.80     143,925    3.87      (8.31)     (14.82)
         Garments                    138,196     3.34     145,136     3.04     134,905    3.63      (4.78)       2.44
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        16,139     0.39      14,135     0.30      13,567    0.36      14.18       18.96
         Footwear                        424     0.01         587     0.01       1,199    0.03     (27.74)     (64.61)
         Travel Goods and Handbags     5,128     0.12       8,345     0.17       7,761    0.21     (38.55)     (33.93)
         Wood Manufactures           123,725     2.99     105,114     2.20      75,459    2.03      17.71       63.96
         Furniture & Fixtures         10,492     0.25      13,128     0.27      12,110    0.33     (20.08)     (13.36)
         Chemicals                   146,104     3.53     129,488     2.71      96,302    2.59      12.83       51.72
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                14,674     0.35      13,806     0.29      14,554    0.39       6.29        0.82
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 185,014     4.47     268,547     5.62     228,828    6.15     (31.11)     (19.15)
         Processed food and Beverages 82,666     2.00      77,521     1.62      78,952    2.12       6.64        4.70
         Iron & Steel                 13,740     0.33      10,831     0.23      11,111    0.30      26.87       23.66
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          11,892     0.29      12,417     0.26      11,401    0.31      (4.23)       4.30
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    3,287     0.08       3,320     0.07       2,966    0.08      (1.01)      10.82
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     33,151     0.80      29,954     0.63      29,335    0.79      10.67       13.01
         Others                      303,779     7.34     267,727     5.61     244,363    6.57      13.47       24.31

Special Transactions                 131,254     3.17     116,387     2.44     142,693    3.84      12.77       (8.02)

Re-Export                             55,435     1.34      38,186     0.80      64,840    1.74      45.17      (14.51)

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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
         b  - less than 1,000
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

Page last updated:  January 12, 2011
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