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

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                                                                  2010    |       2009     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Jul  |      Jan-Jul   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                             30,910,523,662    24,405,274,091       26.66

Capital Goods                                              9,256,137,918     6,930,963,799       33.55

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                  1,635,522,050     1,150,336,956       42.18
  Office & EDP Machines                                    1,573,844,123     1,191,246,815       32.12
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                    4,911,615,197     3,738,693,606       31.37
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                          506,460,788       354,834,562       42.73
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                  299,984,441       237,107,961       26.52
  Professional Scientific & Controlling Instruments,
   Photographic Equipment & Optical Goods                    328,711,319       258,743,899       27.04

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                        11,167,079,966     9,972,685,475       11.98

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                1,356,766,507     1,342,780,703        1.04
       Wheat                                                 234,185,521       493,479,538      (52.54)
       Corn                                                   51,233,114        83,785,675      (38.85)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                     15,341,432         4,812,916      218.76
       Crude materials, inedible                             976,528,979       646,086,326       51.15
             Pulp & waste paper                               32,327,101        25,277,759       27.89
             Cotton                                           16,406,730        11,158,371       47.04
             Syn. Fibers                                      53,716,516        39,275,489       36.77
             Metalliferous ores                              653,196,709       337,455,049       93.57
             Others                                          220,881,923       232,919,658       (5.17)
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                79,477,461       114,616,248      (30.66)
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                             9,810,313,459     8,629,904,772       13.68
       Feeding stuffs for animals                            344,741,219       329,702,284        4.56
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                         97,546,357        90,414,248        7.89
       Chemical                                            2,910,478,216     2,455,349,376       18.54
             Chemical compounds                              766,923,860       680,712,209       12.66
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                455,035,587       435,729,836        4.43
             Urea                                             74,763,623       114,568,647      (34.74)
             Fertilizer excl. urea                           135,911,508        82,611,637       64.52
             Artificial resins                               640,906,042       424,079,860       51.13
             Others                                          836,937,596       717,647,187       16.62
       Manufactured goods                                  2,320,493,686     1,794,906,974       29.28
             Paper & paper products                          324,956,624       267,398,150       21.53
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles        273,497,319       290,845,094       (5.96)
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures               202,769,612       155,585,750       30.33
             Iron & steel                                    678,223,117       484,982,878       39.84
             Non-ferrous metals                              357,137,726       216,500,801       64.96
             Metal products                                  312,076,194       252,105,411       23.79
             Others                                          171,833,094       127,488,890       34.78
       Embroideries                                           55,392,288        61,979,938      (10.63)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               4,080,813,704     3,884,292,189        5.06
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                                847,989        13,259,763      (93.60)

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials               5,443,678,779     3,906,111,416       39.36

  Coal, Coke                                                 259,470,008       236,460,801        9.73
  Petroleum crude                                          2,967,359,701     1,499,959,258       97.83
  Others                                                   2,216,849,070     2,169,691,357        2.17

Consumer Goods                                             4,546,671,120     3,299,495,912       37.80

  Durable                                                  1,585,294,203     1,247,696,898       27.06
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                      973,078,743       643,542,598       51.21
       Home appliances                                       159,926,410       165,697,818       (3.48)
       Misc. manufactures                                    452,289,050       438,456,482        3.15
  Non-Durable                                              2,961,376,917     2,051,799,014       44.33
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                2,881,768,863     1,979,882,140       45.55
             Dairy products                                  404,404,115       250,759,925       61.27
             Fish & fish preparation                          68,932,885        73,799,495       (6.59)
             Rice                                          1,405,653,783       869,710,620       61.62
             Fruits & vegetables                             125,289,953       126,351,992       (0.84)
             Others                                          877,488,127       659,260,108       33.10
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                            25,773,857        23,546,403        9.46
       Articles of apparel, access.                           53,834,197        48,370,471       11.30

Special Transactions                                         496,955,879       296,017,489       67.88

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                   170,375,302       120,662,503       41.20
  Others                                                     326,580,577       175,354,986       86.24

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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:  September 28, 2010
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