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

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                                                                  2010    |       2009     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Oct  |      Jan-Oct   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                             44,826,112,362    35,500,761,855      26.27

Capital Goods                                             13,463,197,440    10,465,822,321      28.64

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                  2,370,727,875     1,708,799,581      38.74
  Office & EDP Machines                                    2,135,900,639     1,858,511,405      14.93
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                    7,240,038,312     5,709,347,222      26.81
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                          755,055,923       550,592,381      37.14
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                  471,980,065       260,078,570      81.48
  Professional Scientific & Controlling Instruments,
   Photographic Equipment & Optical Goods                    489,494,626       378,493,162      29.33

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                        16,681,368,344    14,183,427,918      17.61

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                2,179,687,385     1,857,966,562      17.32
       Wheat                                                 373,374,921       643,447,599     (41.97)
       Corn                                                   62,435,746        89,475,781     (30.22)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                     17,256,787         5,751,145     200.06
       Crude materials, inedible                           1,629,743,750       967,461,344      68.46
             Pulp & waste paper                               46,587,248        39,984,834      16.51
             Cotton                                           24,214,140        18,077,212      33.95
             Syn. Fibers                                      74,016,798        56,566,521      30.85
             Metalliferous ores                            1,136,894,114       531,690,843     113.83
             Others                                          348,031,450       321,141,934       8.37
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                96,876,181       151,830,693     (36.19)
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                            14,501,680,959    12,325,461,356      17.66
       Feeding stuffs for animals                            487,311,457       489,033,801      (0.35)
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                        145,726,804       126,069,985      15.59
       Chemical                                            4,295,096,937     3,552,024,794      20.92
             Chemical compounds                            1,141,905,852       975,584,258      17.05
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                654,308,556       609,331,048       7.38
             Urea                                            113,370,876       159,417,121     (28.88)
             Fertilizer excl. urea                           180,646,323       130,965,152      37.93
             Artificial resins                               972,754,456       635,191,941      53.14
             Others                                        1,232,110,874     1,041,535,274      18.30
       Manufactured goods                                  3,410,567,628     2,716,678,302      25.54
             Paper & paper products                          487,318,422       405,315,974      20.23
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles        407,829,785       402,581,310       1.30
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures               293,917,331       228,644,240      28.55
             Iron & steel                                    991,916,203       764,334,848      29.78
             Non-ferrous metals                              515,447,149       364,545,846      41.39
             Metal products                                  444,542,136       362,314,399      22.70
             Others                                          269,596,602       188,941,685      42.69
       Embroideries                                           73,206,641        78,780,100      (7.07)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               6,088,923,503     5,349,614,611      13.82
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                                847,989        13,259,763     (93.60)

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials               7,715,538,282     5,835,904,095      32.21

  Coal, Coke                                                 368,684,177       339,592,534       8.57
  Petroleum crude                                          4,265,709,683     2,490,413,297      71.29
  Others                                                   3,081,144,422     3,005,898,264       2.50

Consumer Goods                                             6,252,274,358     4,561,503,433      37.07

  Durable                                                  2,375,410,074     1,927,330,263      23.25
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                    1,436,652,802     1,057,884,217      35.80
       Home appliances                                       229,950,159       229,352,221       0.26
       Misc. manufactures                                    708,807,113       640,093,825      10.73
  Non-Durable                                              3,876,864,284     2,634,173,170      47.18
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                3,749,749,798     2,521,342,776      48.72
             Dairy products                                  590,648,902       362,453,010      62.96
             Fish & fish preparation                          90,206,575       115,226,201     (21.71)
             Rice                                          1,495,382,242       918,701,077      62.77
             Fruits & vegetables                             184,488,592       173,389,293       6.40
             Others                                        1,389,023,487       951,573,195      45.97
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                            43,624,331        43,820,515      (0.45)
       Articles of apparel, access.                           83,490,155        69,009,879      20.98

Special Transactions                                         713,733,938       454,104,088      57.17

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                   238,781,209       197,492,762      20.91
  Others                                                     474,952,729       256,611,326      85.09

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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:  December 23, 2010
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