Table 3a  Philippine Imports by Major Type of Goods
          January to March 2010 and 2009
          (FOB in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                                  2010    |       2009     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Mar  |      Jan-Mar   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                             12,734,280,450     9,598,551,404      32.67

Capital Goods                                              3,966,059,479     2,622,406,978      51.24

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                    688,524,704       487,596,477      41.21
  Office & EDP Machines                                      629,961,920       408,074,510      54.37
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                    2,068,803,869     1,312,709,968      57.60
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                          223,572,068       131,792,261      69.64
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                  217,522,780       183,249,358      18.70
  Professional Scientific & Controlling Instruments,
  Photographic Equipment & Optical Goods                     137,674,138        98,984,404      39.09

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                         4,443,262,826     4,281,839,735       3.77

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                  456,943,657       548,129,357     (16.64)
       Wheat                                                 122,581,980       199,049,440     (38.42)
       Corn                                                   11,897,142        44,041,404     (72.99)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                      5,000,494         2,168,635     130.58
       Crude materials, inedible                             283,817,639       267,167,848       6.23
             Pulp & waste paper                               12,095,050        11,235,355       7.65
             Cotton                                            4,000,227         3,434,091      16.49
             Syn. Fibers                                      20,130,342        14,404,675      39.75
             Metalliferous ores                              153,572,498       140,221,092       9.52
             Others                                           94,019,522        97,872,635      (3.94)
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                33,646,402        35,702,030      (5.76)
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                             3,986,319,169     3,733,710,378       6.77
       Feeding stuffs for animals                            134,363,610       131,866,445       1.89
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                         45,339,901        40,327,557      12.43
       Chemical                                            1,182,339,313       978,105,355      20.88
             Chemical compounds                              306,166,518       257,747,906      18.79
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                186,662,511       177,230,002       5.32
             Urea                                             23,780,736        52,165,852     (54.41)
             Fertilizer excl. urea                            71,084,061        25,966,229     173.76
             Artificial resins                               250,551,247       176,389,797      42.04
             Others                                          344,094,240       288,605,569      19.23
       Manufactured goods                                    937,187,619       728,952,585      28.57
             Paper & paper products                          130,911,351       100,931,362      29.70
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles        105,940,310       123,174,180     (13.99)
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures                81,454,355        57,318,778      42.11
             Iron & steel                                    254,658,572       218,259,260      16.68
             Non-ferrous metals                              153,825,923        74,489,396     106.51
             Metal products                                  139,861,984       106,036,840      31.90
             Others                                           70,535,124        48,742,769      44.71
       Embroideries                                           21,123,121        27,148,968     (22.20)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               1,665,965,605     1,821,405,414      (8.53)
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                                     -          5,904,054    (100.00)

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials               2,129,747,231     1,373,208,396      55.09

  Coal, Coke                                                  95,037,590       106,246,703     (10.55)
  Petroleum crude                                          1,178,375,844       283,464,496     315.70
  Others                                                     856,333,797       983,497,197     (12.93)

Consumer Goods                                             2,015,414,323     1,223,142,280      64.77

  Durable                                                    632,413,343       478,270,311      32.23
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                      393,253,387       244,109,085      61.10
       Home appliances                                        60,567,526        68,569,261     (11.67)
       Misc. manufactures                                    178,592,430       165,591,965       7.85
  Non-Durable                                              1,383,000,980       744,871,969      85.67
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                1,348,306,187       713,628,902      88.94
             Dairy products                                  176,816,253       113,071,286      56.38
             Fish & fish preparation                          44,691,938        27,018,169      65.41
             Rice                                            746,934,790       255,145,252     192.75
             Fruits & vegetables                              59,584,145        58,867,813       1.22
             Others                                          320,279,061       259,526,382      23.41
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                            11,661,038         9,231,848      26.31
       Articles of apparel, access.                           23,033,755        22,011,219       4.65

Special Transactions                                         179,796,591        97,954,015      83.55

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                    68,273,570        42,924,198      59.06
  Others                                                     111,523,021        55,029,817     102.66

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Note:    Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

Page last updated:  May 26, 2010
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