Table 5  Balance of Trade by Major Trading Partners: January 2010
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                                   Balance
    Country                      Total Trade   Imports   Exports        of
                                                                     Trade
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                Total               7,840.89  4,261.45  3,579.44   (682.00)
 
 1 United States Of America  1/     1,145.55    570.72    574.83      4.11
 2 Japan  2/                        1,071.76    491.79    579.98     88.19
 3 Singapore                          894.11    540.01    354.09   (185.92)
 4 China, People's Republic of        662.66    365.98    296.69    (69.29)
 5 Korea, Republic of                 480.66    294.53    186.13   (108.41)
 6 Taiwan                             410.45    309.59    100.86   (208.73)
 7 Germany                            380.98     81.87    299.11    217.24
 8 Hong Kong                          377.55    138.22    239.34    101.12
 9 Malaysia  3/                       370.22    256.12    114.10   (142.02)
10 Thailand                           348.64    238.01    110.63   (127.37)
11 Netherlands                        267.63     21.42    246.21    224.79
12 Indonesia                          175.96    149.65     26.31   (123.35)
13 Vietnam                            174.54    129.33     45.21    (84.12)
14 Saudi Arabia                       159.60    156.17      3.44   (152.73)

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 Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1 Includes Alaska and Hawaii
         2 Includes Okinawa
         3 Includes Sabah and Sarawak
         Components may not add up to total due to rounding

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