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

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                                                                  2010    |       2009     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Aug  |      Jan-Aug   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                             35,324,421,254    28,022,567,289       26.06

Capital Goods                                             10,484,397,725     8,061,070,532       30.06

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                  1,859,523,284     1,306,557,076       42.32
  Office & EDP Machines                                    1,766,004,113     1,405,895,400       25.61
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                    5,605,778,432     4,379,543,101       28.00
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                          571,619,803       426,333,272       34.08
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                  306,766,431       243,416,815       26.03
  Professional Scientific & Controlling Instruments,
   Photographic Equipment & Optical Goods                    374,705,662       299,324,868       25.18

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                        13,038,334,365    11,343,531,988       14.94

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                1,577,963,302     1,539,263,151        2.51
       Wheat                                                 285,802,146       547,765,832      (47.82)
       Corn                                                   52,982,139        84,564,657      (37.35)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                     15,927,034         5,154,307      209.00
       Crude materials, inedible                           1,140,330,946       771,052,751       47.89
             Pulp & waste paper                               37,574,999        30,627,965       22.68
             Cotton                                           18,909,551        12,760,935       48.18
             Syn. Fibers                                      60,406,601        46,114,714       30.99
             Metalliferous ores                              767,107,766       426,419,935       79.89
             Others                                          256,332,029       255,129,202        0.47
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                82,921,037       130,725,604      (36.57)
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                            11,460,371,063     9,804,268,837       16.89
       Feeding stuffs for animals                            384,229,467       377,377,962        1.82
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                        108,831,944       102,151,861        6.54
       Chemical                                            3,360,953,835     2,826,250,894       18.92
             Chemical compounds                              889,815,814       785,989,251       13.21
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                519,449,242       495,439,564        4.85
             Urea                                             96,658,092       129,324,197      (25.26)
             Fertilizer excl. urea                           148,421,666        96,712,111       53.47
             Artificial resins                               748,210,990       489,498,952       52.85
             Others                                          958,398,031       829,286,819       15.57
       Manufactured goods                                  2,695,487,732     2,079,141,269       29.64
             Paper & paper products                          376,788,330       310,009,190       21.54
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles        312,762,441       322,148,660       (2.91)
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures               232,312,557       179,920,028       29.12
             Iron & steel                                    809,953,601       577,893,587       40.16
             Non-ferrous metals                              407,390,464       262,143,524       55.41
             Metal products                                  354,284,201       281,315,215       25.94
             Others                                          201,996,138       145,711,065       38.63
       Embroideries                                           60,711,568        67,877,085      (10.56)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               4,849,308,528     4,338,210,003       11.78
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                                847,989        13,259,763      (93.60)

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials               6,078,484,059     4,536,285,936       34.00

  Coal, Coke                                                 292,209,935       275,567,891        6.04
  Petroleum crude                                          3,249,664,075     1,812,845,779       79.26
  Others                                                   2,536,610,049     2,447,872,266        3.63

Consumer Goods                                             5,150,385,295     3,734,765,618       37.90

  Durable                                                  1,841,082,683     1,475,646,085       24.76
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                    1,117,998,270       782,103,985       42.95
       Home appliances                                       183,620,375       188,111,943       (2.39)
       Misc. manufactures                                    539,464,038       505,430,157        6.73
  Non-Durable                                              3,309,302,612     2,259,119,533       46.49
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                3,215,847,229     2,175,809,490       47.80
             Dairy products                                  471,819,415       292,942,361       61.06
             Fish & fish preparation                          75,884,198        87,105,964      (12.88)
             Rice                                          1,493,251,842       893,214,471       67.18
             Fruits & vegetables                             143,323,876       141,164,108        1.53
             Others                                        1,031,567,898       761,382,586       35.49
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                            29,874,439        28,591,927        4.49
       Articles of apparel, access.                           63,580,944        54,718,116       16.20

Special Transactions                                         572,819,810       346,913,215       65.12

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                   195,491,209       139,162,267       40.48
  Others                                                     377,328,601       207,750,948       81.63

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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:  October 26, 2010
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