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

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                                                                  2010    |       2009     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Dec  |      Jan-Dec   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                             54,701,859,441    43,091,535,881       26.94

Capital Goods                                             16,440,887,744    12,897,083,172       27.48

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                  2,948,148,556     2,151,230,694       37.04
  Office & EDP Machines                                    2,455,179,295     2,276,383,040        7.85
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                    8,767,864,858     7,023,024,683       24.84
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                          969,569,523       661,878,553       46.49
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                  704,425,705       321,072,639      119.40
  Professional Scientific & Controlling Instruments,
   Photographic Equipment & Optical Goods                    595,699,807       463,493,563       28.52

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                        20,482,684,375    16,830,567,201       21.70

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                2,501,931,423     2,364,656,296        5.81
       Wheat                                                 448,556,982       718,687,442      (37.59)
       Corn                                                   72,768,550        95,153,146      (23.52)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                     18,415,916         7,033,551      161.83
       Crude materials, inedible                           1,845,486,545     1,359,596,125       35.74
             Pulp & waste paper                               58,448,152        49,080,164       19.09
             Cotton                                           30,443,475        20,631,176       47.56
             Syn. Fibers                                      89,200,041        67,746,224       31.67
             Metalliferous ores                            1,238,874,034       849,093,638       45.91
             Others                                          428,520,843       373,044,923       14.87
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                               116,703,430       184,186,032      (36.64)
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                            17,980,752,952    14,465,910,905       24.30
       Feeding stuffs for animals                            616,232,573       601,946,453        2.37
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                        183,153,053       152,145,926       20.38
       Chemical                                            5,207,270,842     4,196,878,028       24.07
             Chemical compounds                            1,377,689,051     1,131,435,320       21.76
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                783,460,917       722,705,173        8.41
             Urea                                            148,481,878       183,021,871      (18.87)
             Fertilizer excl. urea                           235,379,033       154,695,233       52.16
             Artificial resins                             1,177,512,726       768,460,614       53.23
             Others                                        1,484,747,237     1,236,559,817       20.07
       Manufactured goods                                  4,217,627,718     3,254,206,755       29.61
             Paper & paper products                          597,129,055       477,253,784       25.12
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up artic           511,578,407       468,199,751        9.26
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures               363,563,069       276,083,492       31.69
             Iron & steel                                  1,221,913,664       920,213,999       32.79
             Non-ferrous metals                              625,678,602       437,375,380       43.05
             Metal products                                  568,860,282       439,307,339       29.49
             Others                                          328,904,639       235,773,010       39.50
       Embroideries                                           84,533,983        89,404,618       (5.45)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               7,671,086,794     6,158,069,362       24.57
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                                847,989        13,259,763      (93.60)

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials               9,521,967,800     7,361,002,773       29.36

  Coal, Coke                                                 446,377,029       381,905,257       16.88
  Petroleum crude                                          5,399,470,955     3,296,586,644       63.79
  Others                                                   3,676,119,816     3,682,510,872       (0.17)

Consumer Goods                                             7,395,532,989     5,422,581,708       36.38

  Durable                                                  2,954,147,463     2,330,701,581       26.75
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                    1,762,637,543     1,287,886,738       36.86
       Home appliances                                       285,728,157       273,649,212        4.41
       Misc. manufactures                                    905,781,763       769,165,631       17.76
  Non-Durable                                              4,441,385,526     3,091,880,127       43.65
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                4,266,541,140     2,953,733,845       44.45
             Dairy products                                  715,192,613       457,047,263       56.48
             Fish & fish preparation                         118,524,316       147,885,317      (19.85)
             Rice                                          1,499,222,790       952,740,091       57.36
             Fruits & vegetables                             252,311,867       227,141,749       11.08
             Others                                        1,681,289,554     1,168,919,425       43.83
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                            64,556,191        53,740,826       20.13
       Articles of apparel, access.                          110,288,195        84,405,456       30.66

Special Transactions                                         860,786,533       580,301,027       48.33

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                   275,391,192       264,368,927        4.17
  Others                                                     585,395,341       315,932,100       85.29
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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:  February 25, 2011
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