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
Page last updated: January 25, 2011
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