Table 1   Total Trade by Month and Year
          2008 - 2010
          (F.O.B. Value in Million US$)
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                                        Balance  |       Cumulative        |Balance
Month/Year     Total  Imports  Exports       of  |  Total                  |     of
               Trade                      Trade  |  Trade  Imports  Exports|  Trade
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January
       2008    9,226    4,996    4,231     (765)    9,226    4,996    4,231    (765)
       2009 r  5,781    3,270    2,511     (759)    5,781    3,270    2,511    (759)
       2010 p  7,841    4,261    3,579     (682)    7,841    4,261    3,579    (682)
February
       2008    8,603    4,491    4,112     (379)   17,830    9,487    8,343  (1,145)
       2009    5,565    3,059    2,506     (552)   11,346    6,329    5,017  (1,311)
March
       2008    9,323    5,123    4,200     (923)   27,153   14,610   12,543  (2,068)
       2009    6,177    3,270    2,907     (363)   17,523    9,599    7,924  (1,674)
April
       2008    9,184    4,857    4,327     (529)   36,337   19,467   16,870  (2,597)
       2009    5,845    3,042    2,803     (239)   23,368   12,640   10,727  (1,913)
May
       2008    9,001    4,776    4,225     (550)   45,338   24,243   21,096  (3,147)
       2009    6,704    3,617    3,088     (529)   30,072   16,257   13,815  (2,442)
June
       2008    9,849    5,322    4,527     (795)   55,188   29,565   25,623  (3,943)
       2009    7,513    4,107    3,406     (701)   37,585   20,364   17,221  (3,143)
July
       2008   10,320    5,882    4,437   (1,445)   65,507   35,447   30,060  (5,388)
       2009    7,337    4,026    3,311     (715)   44,922   24,390   20,532  (3,858)
August
       2008    9,439    5,044    4,394     (650)   74,946   40,492   34,454  (6,037)
       2009    7,090    3,617    3,473     (144)   52,012   28,007   24,005  (4,002)
September
       2008    9,337    4,891    4,446     (445)   84,283   45,383   38,900  (6,483)
       2009    7,306    3,670    3,636      (34)   59,318   31,677   27,641  (4,036)
October
       2008    8,568    4,578    3,990     (588)   92,850   49,960   42,890  (7,070)
       2009    7,478    3,808    3,670     (138)   66,796   35,485   31,311  (4,175)
November
       2008    6,998    3,485    3,513       28    99,848   53,445   46,403  (7,042)
       2009    7,338    3,626    3,712       85    74,134   39,112   35,022  (4,090)
December
       2008    5,976    3,301    2,675     (626)  105,824   56,746   49,078  (7,669)
       2009    7,209    3,896    3,312     (584)   81,343   43,008   38,335  (4,674)

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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 totals due to rounding.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

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