Table 2  Philippine Imports from All Countries
         October and September 2010 and October 2009
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                          2010                  |             2009  |  Growth Rates
    Commodity                                      Percent |            Percent |           Percent |    (Percent)
                                         October p   Share |September r   Share |  October    Share | Monthly   Annual
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              Total                       4,888.40  100.00   4,573.42    100.00   3,808.29   100.00      6.89    28.36

 1 Electronic Products  1/                1,541.40   31.53   1,632.20     35.69   1,379.74    36.23     (5.56)   11.72
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors) 1,219.72   24.95   1,314.46     28.74   1,014.63    26.64     (7.21)   20.21
   b) Electronic Data Processing            165.21    3.38     193.94      4.24     221.76     5.82    (14.81)  (25.50)
   c) Office Equipment                        4.75    0.10       5.23      0.11       6.37     0.17     (9.23)  (25.52)
   d) Consumer Electronics                   31.11    0.64      31.25      0.68      38.20     1.00     (0.47)  (18.58)
   e) Telecommunication                      73.16    1.50      51.98      1.14      74.91     1.97     40.75    (2.33)
   f) Communication/Radar                    25.07    0.51      15.16      0.33       9.02     0.24     65.32   177.92
   g) Control and Instrumentation            12.21    0.25      10.62      0.23       9.24     0.24     14.90    32.14
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation      8.17    0.17       7.60      0.17       3.58     0.09      7.47   128.50
   i) Automotive Electronics                  2.00    0.04       1.94      0.04       2.04     0.05      3.08    (1.55)
 2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
          Related Materials                 901.52   18.44     734.67     16.06     612.11    16.07     22.71    47.28
 3 Transport Equipment                      370.49    7.58     294.66      6.44     193.74     5.09     25.73    91.24
 4 Industrial Machinery and Equipment       235.15    4.81     209.88      4.59     191.06     5.02     12.04    23.08
 5 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap       189.27    3.87     159.41      3.49      72.96     1.92     18.73   159.43
 6 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals          140.34    2.87     110.78      2.42     101.53     2.67     26.68    38.22
 7 Plastics in Primary  and
         Non-Primary Forms                  120.58    2.47     103.80      2.27      76.11     2.00     16.16    58.41
 8 Telecommunication Equipment and
        Electrical Machinery 2/             102.25    2.09      78.56      1.72      80.64     2.12     30.15    26.79
 9 Iron and Steel                            95.98    1.96      86.04      1.88     106.01     2.78     11.56    (9.46)
10 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products     71.70    1.47      63.18      1.38      52.53     1.38     13.49    36.49

             Top 10 Imports Total         3,768.68   77.09   3,473.19     75.94   2,866.44    75.27      8.51    31.48

11 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s.   67.33    1.38      55.78      1.22      49.78     1.31     20.70    35.25
12 Non-Ferrous Metal                         66.07    1.35      41.99      0.92      54.22     1.42     57.34    21.84
13 Dairy Products                            61.60    1.26      57.15      1.25      45.23     1.19      7.78    36.18
14 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles       58.08    1.19      47.53      1.04      39.19     1.03     22.21    48.23
15 Paper and Paper Products                  57.79    1.18      53.17      1.16      50.17     1.32      8.69    15.18
16 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up
       Articles and Related products         54.74    1.12      51.77      1.13      43.41     1.14      5.75    26.10
17 Cereals and Cereal Preparations           50.49    1.03      74.89      1.64      76.88     2.02    (32.58)  (34.32)
18 Metal Products                            48.95    1.00      41.30      0.90      45.53     1.20     18.53     7.53
19 Feeding Stuff For Animals
     (Not Including Unmilled cereals)        44.05    0.90      59.05      1.29      52.47     1.38    (25.39)  (16.04)
20 Professional, scientific and
      controlling instrument,photographic
      and optical goods,not elsewhere
      specified, watches and clocks          40.87    0.84      50.96      1.11      24.92     0.65    (19.81)   63.96
21 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures         35.22    0.72      26.34      0.58      22.94     0.60     33.69    53.50
22 Power Generating and Specialized Mach.    29.90    0.61      32.42      0.71      27.71     0.73     (7.77)    7.89
23 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials    29.45    0.60      29.17      0.64      23.74     0.62      0.97    24.05
24 Rubber Manufacture                        21.01    0.43      15.17      0.33      13.23     0.35     38.51    58.76
25 Fertilizers, Manufactured                 12.44    0.25      31.38      0.69      33.05     0.87    (60.34)  (62.35)
26 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste               9.94    0.20      10.65      0.23       8.74     0.23     (6.61)   13.77
27 Office and EDP Machines                    0.46    0.01       0.47      0.01       0.34     0.01     (2.55)   33.60
28 Others                                   431.33    8.82     421.06      9.21     330.27     8.67      2.44    30.60

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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


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