Table 4a  Philippine Imports Performance by Selected Economic Bloc:  March 2010 and 2009
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                              2 0 1 0                |               2 0 0 9                |  Annual Growth
Country of Origin                        Percent |           Percent |         Percent  |            Percent|    Rate (%)
                                  March     Share|   Jan-Mar    Share|     March   Share|    Jan-Mar   Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total          4,542.58    100.00  12,734.28   100.00   3,269.83  100.00    9,598.55  100.00    38.92     32.67

1 Eastern Asia 1/              1,628.91     35.86   4,768.06    37.44   1,238.14   37.87    3,591.39   37.42    31.56     32.76
2 A S E A N 2/                 1,296.80     28.55   3,739.92    29.37     909.31   27.81    2,615.60   27.25    42.61     42.99
3 United  States of America 3/   452.98      9.97   1,458.18    11.45     399.01   12.20    1,395.58   14.54    13.52      4.49
4 European  Union 4/             313.42      6.90     857.29     6.73     287.03    8.78      900.49    9.38     9.19     (4.80)
5 Others                         850.47     18.72   1,910.82    15.01     436.34   13.34    1,095.49   11.41    94.91     74.43

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

 Notes:
 1  includes China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, N. Korea, S. Korea, Taiwan
 2  includes Brunei Darusalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
 3  includes Alaska & Hawaii
 4  includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
      Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
      Spain, Sweden, Latvia,  and UK Great Britain & N. Ireland

    Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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