Table 2 Philippine Imports from All Countries
January 2010 and December and January 2009
(F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)
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2010 | 2009 | Growth Rates
Commodity Percent | Percent | Percent | (Percent)
January p Share | December r Share | January Share | Monthly Annual
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Total 4,261.45 100.00 3,896.42 100.00 3,269.94 100.00 9.37 30.32
1 Electronic Products 1/ 1,336.73 31.37 1,231.23 31.60 1,308.25 40.01 8.57 2.18
a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors) 980.81 23.02 877.17 22.51 1,049.46 32.09 11.81 (6.54)
b) Electronic Data Processing 185.07 4.34 205.80 5.28 138.48 4.24 (10.08) 33.64
c) Office Equipment 5.19 0.12 4.00 0.10 5.63 0.17 29.96 (7.82)
d) Consumer Electronics 30.10 0.71 33.30 0.85 32.64 1.00 (9.63) (7.79)
e) Telecommunication 114.46 2.69 83.10 2.13 56.20 1.72 37.74 103.65
f) Communication/Radar 5.89 0.14 11.61 0.30 9.80 0.30 (49.27) (39.91)
g) Control and Instrumentation 8.35 0.20 8.09 0.21 10.34 0.32 3.19 (19.25)
h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation 5.01 0.12 6.50 0.17 3.66 0.11 (22.88) 36.91
i) Automotive Electronics 1.85 0.04 1.65 0.04 2.02 0.06 12.24 (8.65)
2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
Related Materials 827.92 19.43 755.96 19.40 421.93 12.90 9.52 96.22
3 Transport Equipment 380.22 8.92 210.20 5.39 198.34 6.07 80.89 91.70
4 Cereals and Cereal Preparations 180.69 4.24 88.98 2.28 80.72 2.47 103.08 123.86
5 Industrial Machinery and Equipment 174.51 4.10 198.40 5.09 165.33 5.06 (12.04) 5.56
6 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals 101.61 2.38 82.83 2.13 80.92 2.47 22.68 25.58
7 Plastics in Primary and
Non-Primary Forms 86.54 2.03 67.74 1.74 65.24 2.00 27.75 32.65
8 Iron and Steel 83.57 1.96 61.05 1.57 84.33 2.58 36.88 (0.90)
9 Telecommunication Equipment and
Electrical Machinery 2/ 76.25 1.79 72.37 1.86 50.31 1.54 5.36 51.55
10 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap 70.80 1.66 223.83 5.74 37.90 1.16 (68.37) 86.83
Top 10 Imports Total 3,318.85 77.88 2,992.58 76.80 2,493.26 76.25 10.90 33.11
11 Metal Products 69.20 1.62 45.64 1.17 33.07 1.01 51.64 109.24
12 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products 62.81 1.47 52.72 1.35 63.63 1.95 19.15 (1.29)
13 Dairy Products 49.60 1.16 57.31 1.47 36.37 1.11 (13.44) 36.36
14 Non-Ferrous Metal 49.38 1.16 32.94 0.85 27.45 0.84 49.91 79.90
15 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s. 49.04 1.15 45.45 1.17 40.46 1.24 7.90 21.22
16 Paper and Paper Products 47.29 1.11 34.02 0.87 38.50 1.18 39.02 22.83
17 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up
Articles and Related products 42.72 1.00 33.51 0.86 54.96 1.68 27.49 (22.26)
18 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 41.60 0.98 38.31 0.98 38.17 1.17 8.59 8.98
19 Feeding Stuff For Animals
(Not Including Unmilled cereals) 38.52 0.90 46.59 1.20 37.75 1.15 (17.31) 2.06
20 Power Generating and Specialized Mach. 36.54 0.86 33.34 0.86 25.06 0.77 9.61 45.82
21 Professional, scientific and
controlling instrument,photographic
and optical goods,not elsewhere
specified, watches and clocks 31.37 0.74 38.11 0.98 25.30 0.77 (17.67) 24.00
22 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures 29.15 0.68 22.19 0.57 22.39 0.68 31.39 30.17
23 Fertilizers, Manufactured 28.08 0.66 35.25 0.90 21.88 0.67 (20.34) 28.34
24 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials 22.30 0.52 19.76 0.51 21.50 0.66 12.89 3.72
25 Rubber Manufacture 16.67 0.39 12.66 0.32 9.40 0.29 31.63 77.37
26 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste 7.20 0.17 7.67 0.20 6.73 0.21 (6.16) 6.95
27 Office and EDP Machines 0.82 0.02 0.51 0.01 0.46 0.01 59.10 78.73
28 Others 320.29 7.52 347.88 8.93 273.59 8.37 (7.93) 17.07
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: 1 Includes consigned and direct importation using the expanded coverage of electronic products
2 Includes telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment
p Preliminary
r Revised
Page last updated: March 25, 2010
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