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    5,783    3,270    2,513     (757)    5,783    3,270    2,513    (757)
       2010    7,867    4,287    3,579     (708)    7,867    4,287    3,579    (708)
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)   11,348    6,329    5,019  (1,309)
       2010    7,475    3,904    3,570     (334)   15,341    8,192    7,150  (1,042)
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)   17,525    9,599    7,926  (1,673)
       2010    8,723    4,543    4,181     (362)   24,065   12,734   11,330  (1,404)
April
       2008    9,184    4,857    4,327     (529)   36,337   19,467   16,870  (2,597)
       2009    5,861    3,057    2,804     (253)   23,386   12,656   10,730  (1,926)
       2010    8,126    4,532    3,595     (937)   32,191   17,266   14,925  (2,341)
May
       2008    9,001    4,776    4,225     (550)   45,338   24,243   21,096  (3,147)
       2009    6,705    3,617    3,088     (529)   30,090   16,272   13,818  (2,455)
       2010    8,994    4,753    4,241     (513)   41,185   22,019   19,166  (2,854)
June
       2008    9,849    5,322    4,527     (795)   55,188   29,565   25,623  (3,943)
       2009    7,514    4,107    3,407     (700)   37,604   20,379   17,225  (3,155)
       2010    8,769    4,213    4,555      342    49,954   26,233   23,721  (2,512)
July
       2008   10,320    5,882    4,437   (1,445)   65,507   35,447   30,060  (5,388)
       2009    7,339    4,026    3,313     (713)   44,943   24,405   20,538  (3,867)
       2010    9,183    4,679    4,504     (175)   59,137   30,912   28,225  (2,687)
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)   52,034   28,023   24,011  (4,012)
       2010    9,211    4,452    4,759      307    68,348   35,364   32,984  (2,380)
September
       2008    9,337    4,891    4,446     (445)   84,283   45,383   38,900  (6,483)
       2009    7,308    3,670    3,638      (32)   59,341   31,692   27,649  (4,044)
       2010    9,898    4,573    5,325      751    78,246   39,938   38,308  (1,629)
October
       2008    8,568    4,578    3,990     (588)   92,850   49,960   42,890  (7,070)
       2009    7,556    3,808    3,748      (60)   66,897   35,501   31,397  (4,104)
       2010    9,666    4,890    4,776     (114)   87,912   44,828   43,084  (1,744)
November
       2008    6,998    3,485    3,513       28    99,848   53,445   46,403  (7,042)
       2009 r  7,372    3,655    3,718       63    74,270   39,155   35,115  (4,041)
       2010 p  9,090    4,944    4,146     (798)   97,002   49,772   47,230  (2,541)
December
       2008    5,976    3,301    2,675     (626)  105,824   56,746   49,078  (7,669)
       2009    7,258    3,936    3,321     (615)   81,527   43,092   38,436  (4,656)

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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

Page last updated:  January 25, 2011
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