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

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                                                          2010                  |             2009  |  Growth Rates
    Commodity                                      Percent |            Percent |           Percent |    (Percent)
                                        November p   Share |  October r   Share | November    Share | Monthly   Annual
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              Total                       4,943.64  100.00   4,890.26    100.00   3,654.51   100.00      1.09    35.27

 1 Electronic Products  1/                1,624.85   32.87   1,541.64     31.52   1,220.15    33.39      5.40    33.17
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors) 1,318.27   26.67   1,219.90     24.95     865.94    23.69      8.06    52.24
   b) Electronic Data Processing            163.30    3.30     165.27      3.38     199.36     5.46     (1.19)  (18.09)
   c) Office Equipment                        5.40    0.11       4.74      0.10       6.55     0.18     13.85   (17.55)
   d) Consumer Electronics                   37.03    0.75      31.11      0.64      30.72     0.84     19.05    20.56
   e) Telecommunication                      48.12    0.97      73.16      1.50      84.74     2.32    (34.22)  (43.21)
   f) Communication/Radar                    32.04    0.65      25.07      0.51      14.64     0.40     27.79   118.86
   g) Control and Instrumentation            10.84    0.22      12.21      0.25       8.79     0.24    (11.20)   23.32
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation      8.59    0.17       8.18      0.17       6.90     0.19      5.02    24.49
   i) Automotive Electronics                  1.26    0.03       2.00      0.04       2.52     0.07    (37.22)  (50.07)
 2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
          Related Materials                 866.62   17.53     900.38     18.41     764.56    20.92     (3.75)   13.35
 3 Transport Equipment                      398.41    8.06     370.49      7.58     189.85     5.19      7.54   109.86
 4 Industrial Machinery and Equipment       257.38    5.21     235.34      4.81     175.32     4.80      9.37    46.80
 5 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals          126.46    2.56     143.34      2.93      72.42     1.98    (11.78)   74.62
 6 Iron and Steel                           112.93    2.28      95.89      1.96      94.79     2.59     17.77    19.14
 7 Telecommunication Equipment and
        Electrical Machinery 2/             112.04    2.27     102.18      2.09      77.07     2.11      9.65    45.39
 8 Plastics in Primary  and
         Non-Primary Forms                  105.31    2.13     120.57      2.47      65.33     1.79    (12.65)   61.19
 9 Cereals and Cereal Preparations           93.73    1.90      50.49      1.03      50.71     1.39     85.63    84.83
10 Feeding Stuff For Animals
     (Not Including Unmilled cereals)        79.17    1.60      44.05      0.90      66.33     1.81     79.70    19.36

             Top 10 Imports Total         3,776.91   76.40   3,604.37     73.71   2,776.53    75.98      4.79    36.03

11 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products     72.94    1.48      71.70      1.47      60.67     1.66      1.73    20.23
12 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles       67.60    1.37      58.08      1.19      38.89     1.06     16.39    73.80
13 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s.   67.57    1.37      67.27      1.38      44.43     1.22      0.44    52.08
14 Dairy Products                            67.22    1.36      61.60      1.26      37.20     1.02      9.13    80.70
15 Non-Ferrous Metal                         59.66    1.21      66.07      1.35      39.80     1.09     (9.69)   49.91
16 Paper and Paper Products                  58.06    1.17      57.63      1.18      38.62     1.06      0.74    50.35
17 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up
       Articles and Related products         56.68    1.15      54.74      1.12      41.21     1.13      3.54    37.53
18 Metal Products                            56.37    1.14      48.89      1.00      31.24     0.85     15.31    80.43
19 Professional, scientific and
      controlling instrument,photographic
      and optical goods,not elsewhere
      specified, watches and clocks          45.89    0.93      40.87      0.84      29.11     0.80     12.30    57.68
20 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap        42.78    0.87     189.27      3.87      93.58     2.56    (77.40)  (54.29)
21 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures         35.75    0.72      35.22      0.72      25.01     0.68      1.51    42.91
22 Power Generating and Specialized Mach.    32.17    0.65      29.90      0.61      26.23     0.72      7.58    22.64
23 Fertilizers, Manufactured                 25.47    0.52      12.54      0.26      11.62     0.32    103.09   119.22
24 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials    24.86    0.50      29.46      0.60      17.00     0.47    (15.62)   46.28
25 Rubber Manufacture                        19.57    0.40      21.01      0.43      15.79     0.43     (6.81)   24.00
26 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste              12.24    0.25       9.94      0.20       6.87     0.19     23.13    78.17
27 Office and EDP Machines                    0.37    0.01       0.46      0.01       0.46     0.01    (19.91)  (20.79)
28 Others                                   421.53    8.53     431.24      8.82     320.26     8.76     (2.25)   31.62

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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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