Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         January 2011 and December and January 2010
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                2011  |                   2010                 |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                  January p  |      December r    |     January       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,000,314   100.00   4,201,275   100.00   3,579,440  100.00      (4.78)      11.76

Total Agro-Based Products            332,152     8.30     298,158     7.10     210,434    5.88      11.40       57.84

   Agro-Based Products               260,360     6.51     220,544     5.25     169,182    4.73      18.05       53.89
      Coconut Products               176,919     4.42     132,103     3.14     119,358    3.33      33.93       48.23
         Copra                             a       -            a       -           11    0.00        -       (100.00)
         Coconut Oil                 160,184     4.00     105,325     2.51     102,033    2.85      52.09       56.99
         Desiccated Coconut           13,208     0.33      16,841     0.40       9,057    0.25     (21.57)      45.83
         Copra Meal/Cake               3,231     0.08       8,037     0.19       7,448    0.21     (59.80)     (56.61)
         Others                          296     0.01       1,901     0.05         810    0.02     (84.40)     (63.40)
      Sugar and Products              17,475     0.44       1,019     0.02       4,593    0.13   1,614.46      280.46
         Centrifugal & Refined        17,175     0.43           5     0.00       1,900    0.05 334,886.97      803.94
         Molasses                          a       -          534     0.01       2,450    0.07    (100.00)    (100.00)
         Others                          301     0.01         480     0.01         243    0.01     (37.38)      23.63
      Fruits and Vegetables           65,965     1.65      87,422     2.08      45,230    1.26     (24.54)      45.84
         Canned Pineapple              7,308     0.18      14,751     0.35       6,923    0.19     (50.45)       5.56
         Pineapple Juice               1,901     0.05       3,761     0.09       1,622    0.05     (49.45)      17.23
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,468     0.06       7,813     0.19       2,990    0.08     (68.41)     (17.44)
         Bananas                      39,847     1.00      45,191     1.08      26,716    0.75     (11.83)      49.15
         Mangoes                         566     0.01         732     0.02         760    0.02     (22.67)     (25.56)
         Others                       13,874     0.35      15,173     0.36       6,219    0.17      (8.56)     123.08
   Other Agro-Based Products          71,792     1.79      77,614     1.85      41,253    1.15      (7.50)      74.03
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 30,305     0.76      28,224     0.67      17,256    0.48       7.37       75.62
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          1     0.00           a       -            a      -          -           -
         Abaca Fibers                    767     0.02       1,375     0.03         866    0.02     (44.19)     (11.44)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured       11,856     0.30      18,178     0.43       5,831    0.16     (34.78)     103.32
         Natural Rubber                6,837     0.17       7,788     0.19       6,061    0.17     (12.22)      12.79
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               3,697     0.09       5,649     0.13         491    0.01     (34.55)     653.48
         Rice                              1     0.00           1     0.00           1    0.00      43.20       67.59
         Others                       18,328     0.46      16,398     0.39      10,746    0.30      11.77       70.55

Forest Products                        2,603     0.07       1,932     0.05       2,177    0.06      34.73       19.56

         Logs                              a       -            2     0.00           a      -      (100.00)        -
         Lumber                        1,138     0.03       1,017     0.02       1,024    0.03      11.93       11.16
         Plywood                       1,434     0.04         888     0.02       1,088    0.03      61.52       31.88
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks         25     0.00           a       -           61    0.00        -        (59.17)
         Others                            6     0.00          26     0.00           5    0.00     (77.12)      19.22

Mineral Products                     123,340     3.08     261,904     6.23      87,905    2.46     (52.91)      40.31

         Copper Concentrates          15,307     0.38      30,355     0.72      16,105    0.45     (49.57)      (4.95)
         Copper Metal                 29,247     0.73     139,784     3.33      35,974    1.01     (79.08)     (18.70)
         Gold                         15,826     0.40      31,510     0.75         289    0.01     (49.77)   5,375.78
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         6,836     0.17      11,183     0.27       6,123    0.17     (38.87)      11.63
         Chromium Ore                     26     0.00         351     0.01         633    0.02     (92.48)     (95.83)
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Others                       56,098     1.40      48,721     1.16      28,780    0.80      15.14       94.92

Petroleum Products                    41,139     1.03      72,392     1.72      30,173    0.84     (43.17)      36.34

Manufactures                       3,379,599    84.48   3,429,978    81.64   3,116,072   87.05      (1.47)       8.46

         Electronic Products       2,141,885    53.54   2,255,917    53.70   2,033,934   56.82      (5.05)       5.31
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,587,750    39.69   1,615,721    38.46   1,467,017   40.98      (1.73)       8.23
            Electronic Data
             Processing              446,997    11.17     527,388    12.55     402,323   11.24     (15.24)      11.10
            Office Equipment          17,021     0.43      17,022     0.41      19,969    0.56      (0.01)     (14.77)
            Consumer Electronics      11,988     0.30      16,794     0.40      20,873    0.58     (28.62)     (42.56)
            Telecommunication          5,602     0.14       5,917     0.14       5,119    0.14      (5.33)       9.44
            Communication/Radar       44,014     1.10      41,170     0.98      85,996    2.40       6.91      (48.82)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,382     0.06       2,485     0.06       4,581    0.13      (4.16)     (48.00)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          2,570     0.06       3,136     0.07       3,894    0.11     (18.04)     (34.00)
            Automotive Electronics    23,561     0.59      26,282     0.63      24,163    0.68     (10.36)      (2.49)
         Other Electronics           126,649     3.17     122,923     2.93     129,666    3.62       3.03       (2.33)
         Garments                    162,346     4.06     137,904     3.28     124,937    3.49      17.72       29.94
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        14,083     0.35      14,781     0.35      10,868    0.30      (4.72)      29.58
         Footwear                      1,078     0.03         937     0.02         999    0.03      14.99        7.87
         Travel Goods and Handbags     1,679     0.04       4,421     0.11       5,476    0.15     (62.02)     (69.33)
         Wood Manufactures            95,192     2.38     100,200     2.38      68,525    1.91      (5.00)      38.92
         Furniture & Fixtures         10,635     0.27      12,833     0.31       9,033    0.25     (17.13)      17.73
         Chemicals                    90,165     2.25     194,926     4.64     113,634    3.17     (53.74)     (20.65)
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                15,681     0.39      15,350     0.37      14,162    0.40       2.16       10.72
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 347,610     8.69     181,778     4.33     273,272    7.63      91.23       27.20
         Processed food and Beverages 70,190     1.75      83,766     1.99      59,114    1.65     (16.21)      18.74
         Iron & Steel                  7,951     0.20      12,555     0.30      11,073    0.31     (36.67)     (28.19)
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          10,229     0.26      16,526     0.39       9,019    0.25     (38.10)      13.41
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    3,615     0.09       3,361     0.08       3,065    0.09       7.57       17.94
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     32,999     0.82      27,997     0.67      21,974    0.61      17.87       50.18
         Others                      247,612     6.19     243,806     5.80     227,322    6.35       1.56        8.93

Special Transactions                 121,481     3.04     136,911     3.26     132,679    3.71     (11.27)      (8.44)

Re-Export                             60,020     1.50      51,878     1.23      77,691    2.17      15.69      (22.75)

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

Notes:   a  - No export data
         -  - No % share / No growth rate
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

Page last updated:  March 10, 2011
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