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

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                                                    2010                   |       2009        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                               December p    |    November r      |     December      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,162,111   100.00   4,145,995   100.00   3,321,243  100.00       0.39       25.32

Total Agro-Based Products            297,178     7.14     225,237     5.43     213,764    6.44      31.94       39.02

   Agro-Based Products               219,689     5.28     146,161     3.53     168,073    5.06      50.31       30.71
      Coconut Products               132,103     3.17      99,945     2.41     102,564    3.09      32.18       28.80
         Copra                             a       -            a       -           19    0.00        -       (100.00)
         Coconut Oil                 105,325     2.53      79,605     1.92      87,397    2.63      32.31       20.51
         Desiccated Coconut           16,841     0.40      13,826     0.33       9,066    0.27      21.81       85.76
         Copra Meal/Cake               8,037     0.19       5,413     0.13       5,393    0.16      48.47       49.04
         Others                        1,901     0.05       1,101     0.03         690    0.02      72.59      175.64
      Sugar and Products               1,008     0.02         494     0.01      12,449    0.37     104.18      (91.90)
         Centrifugal & Refined             5     0.00           1     0.00       9,894    0.30     534.03      (99.95)
         Molasses                        534     0.01           a       -        2,274    0.07        -        (76.52)
         Others                          470     0.01         493     0.01         282    0.01      (4.73)      66.82
      Fruits and Vegetables           86,578     2.08      45,722     1.10      53,059    1.60      89.36       63.17
         Canned Pineapple             14,323     0.34      10,005     0.24      12,027    0.36      43.16       19.09
         Pineapple Juice               3,677     0.09       3,709     0.09       3,784    0.11      (0.85)      (2.84)
         Pineapple Concentrates        7,481     0.18       2,314     0.06       3,801    0.11     223.35       96.83
         Bananas                      45,191     1.09      19,623     0.47      23,462    0.71     130.30       92.61
         Mangoes                         732     0.02         684     0.02         622    0.02       7.02       17.63
         Others                       15,173     0.36       9,388     0.23       9,363    0.28      61.62       62.05
   Other Agro-Based Products          77,489     1.86      79,077     1.91      45,692    1.38      (2.01)      69.59
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 28,225     0.68      34,013     0.82      23,796    0.72     (17.02)      18.61
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            1     0.00           a      -     (100.00)        -
         Abaca Fibers                  1,375     0.03       1,058     0.03       1,631    0.05      29.88      (15.71)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured       18,178     0.44      15,131     0.36       7,145    0.22      20.14      154.41
         Natural Rubber                7,788     0.19       9,857     0.24       2,846    0.09     (20.99)     173.63
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               5,649     0.14       4,766     0.11       1,240    0.04      18.52      355.51
         Rice                              1     0.00           b     0.00           2    0.00     253.07      (71.39)
         Others                       16,272     0.39      14,249     0.34       9,031    0.27      14.20       80.18

Forest Products                        1,932     0.05       3,007     0.07       2,061    0.06     (35.75)      (6.26)

         Logs                              2     0.00           a       -            a      -          -           -
         Lumber                        1,017     0.02       1,300     0.03         853    0.03     (21.81)      19.22
         Plywood                         888     0.02       1,556     0.04       1,015    0.03     (42.92)     (12.49)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks          a       -          110     0.00         119    0.00    (100.00)    (100.00)
         Others                           26     0.00          41     0.00          75    0.00     (37.74)     (65.75)

Mineral Products                     261,616     6.29     161,916     3.91     104,942    3.16      61.57      149.29

         Copper Concentrates          30,355     0.73      31,039     0.75      35,331    1.06      (2.20)     (14.08)
         Copper Metal                139,784     3.36      35,995     0.87      26,893    0.81     288.34      419.78
         Gold                         31,510     0.76      31,745     0.77      10,399    0.31      (0.74)     203.02
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        11,183     0.27       6,501     0.16       6,440    0.19      72.01       73.64
         Chromium Ore                    351     0.01         922     0.02         207    0.01     (61.87)      70.02
         Nickel                            a      -             a       -            a      -          -           -
         Others                       48,432     1.16      55,714     1.34      25,673    0.77     (13.07)      88.65

Petroleum Products                    72,392     1.74      72,002     1.74      34,949    1.05       0.54      107.14

Manufactures                       3,401,954    81.74   3,552,955    85.70   2,817,820   84.84      (4.25)      20.73

         Electronic Products       2,255,903    54.20   2,333,289    56.28   1,888,944   56.87      (3.32)      19.43
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,615,799    38.82   1,720,950    41.51   1,302,239   39.21      (6.11)      24.08
            Electronic Data
             Processing              527,388    12.67     493,416    11.90     463,225   13.95       6.89       13.85
            Office Equipment          17,045     0.41      17,635     0.43      25,807    0.78      (3.35)     (33.95)
            Consumer Electronics      16,794     0.40      13,690     0.33      26,114    0.79      22.68      (35.69)
            Telecommunication          5,917     0.14       5,039     0.12       4,813    0.14      17.42       22.95
            Communication/Radar       41,056     0.99      38,688     0.93      37,091    1.12       6.12       10.69
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,485     0.06       2,154     0.05       3,547    0.11      15.35      (29.94)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          3,136     0.08       3,077     0.07       3,672    0.11       1.93      (14.61)
            Automotive Electronics    26,282     0.63      38,640     0.93      22,435    0.68     (31.98)      17.15
         Other Electronics           122,966     2.95     122,611     2.96     135,447    4.08       0.29       (9.21)
         Garments                    137,910     3.31     138,201     3.33     131,511    3.96      (0.21)       4.87
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        14,792     0.36      16,143     0.39      13,440    0.40      (8.37)      10.06
         Footwear                        937     0.02         424     0.01         783    0.02     120.85       19.76
         Travel Goods and Handbags     4,421     0.11       5,128     0.12       4,504    0.14     (13.79)      (1.84)
         Wood Manufactures           100,200     2.41     123,726     2.98      55,023    1.66     (19.01)      82.10
         Furniture & Fixtures         12,847     0.31      10,437     0.25      13,188    0.40      23.09       (2.58)
         Chemicals                   165,304     3.97     154,089     3.72      83,430    2.51       7.28       98.13
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                15,352     0.37      14,674     0.35      14,457    0.44       4.62        6.19
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 185,279     4.45     183,537     4.43     160,570    4.83       0.95       15.39
         Processed food and Beverages 82,787     1.99      84,650     2.04      72,270    2.18      (2.20)      14.55
         Iron & Steel                 12,555     0.30      13,740     0.33       8,527    0.26      (8.63)      47.23
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          16,526     0.40      11,893     0.29      14,825    0.45      38.95       11.47
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    3,362     0.08       3,287     0.08       3,188    0.10       2.31        5.46
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     28,043     0.67      33,164     0.80      25,591    0.77     (15.44)       9.58
         Others                      242,772     5.83     303,962     7.33     192,123    5.78     (20.13)      26.36

Special Transactions                 127,039     3.05     130,877     3.16     147,706    4.45      (2.93)     (13.99)

Re-Export                             51,878     1.25      55,435     1.34      67,748    2.04      (6.42)     (23.42)

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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:  February 10, 2011
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