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

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                                                    2011                   |       2010        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                               February p    |    January r       |     February      |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                3,864,378   100.00   4,000,440   100.00   3,570,228  100.00      (3.40)       8.24

Total Agro-Based Products            274,230     7.10     332,131     8.30     185,587    5.20     (17.43)      47.76

   Agro-Based Products               214,394     5.55     260,339     6.51     144,658    4.05     (17.65)      48.21
      Coconut Products               150,882     3.90     176,919     4.42      71,278    2.00     (14.72)     111.68
         Copra                             a       -            a       -           11    0.00        -       (100.00)
         Coconut Oil                 123,474     3.20     160,184     4.00      54,606    1.53     (22.92)     126.12
         Desiccated Coconut           20,912     0.54      13,208     0.33      10,055    0.28      58.33      107.97
         Copra Meal/Cake               5,576     0.14       3,231     0.08       6,009    0.17      72.58       (7.20)
         Others                          920     0.02         296     0.01         597    0.02     210.51       54.19
      Sugar and Products               1,925     0.05      17,498     0.44      18,259    0.51     (89.00)     (89.46)
         Centrifugal & Refined           290     0.01      17,175     0.43      13,868    0.39     (98.31)     (97.91)
         Molasses                      1,216     0.03           a       -        4,128    0.12        -        (70.54)
         Others                          418     0.01         323     0.01         264    0.01      29.48       58.71
      Fruits and Vegetables           61,587     1.59      65,922     1.65      55,121    1.54      (6.58)      11.73
         Canned Pineapple             11,427     0.30       7,308     0.18       9,860    0.28      56.36       15.89
         Pineapple Juice               3,024     0.08       1,901     0.05       3,254    0.09      59.05       (7.07)
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,924     0.08       2,468     0.06       2,047    0.06      18.47       42.85
         Bananas                      28,299     0.73      39,847     1.00      30,179    0.85     (28.98)      (6.23)
         Mangoes                       1,301     0.03         566     0.01       1,187    0.03     129.96        9.61
         Others                       14,611     0.38      13,831     0.35       8,593    0.24       5.64       70.03
   Other Agro-Based Products          59,836     1.55      71,792     1.79      40,929    1.15     (16.65)      46.19
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 23,024     0.60      30,304     0.76      22,034    0.62     (24.02)       4.50
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            1     0.00           a      -     (100.00)        -
         Abaca Fibers                  1,379     0.04         767     0.02       1,576    0.04      79.66      (12.55)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        7,800     0.20      11,856     0.30       4,746    0.13     (34.21)      64.34
         Natural Rubber                5,262     0.14       6,837     0.17       1,567    0.04     (23.04)     235.76
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               5,351     0.14       3,697     0.09       1,206    0.03      44.72      343.82
         Rice                              a       -            1     0.00           b    0.00    (100.00)    (100.00)
         Others                       17,021     0.44      18,328     0.46       9,800    0.27      (7.13)      73.69

Forest Products                        1,682     0.04       2,603     0.07       2,245    0.06     (35.39)     (25.09)

         Logs                             34     0.00           a       -            a      -          -           -
         Lumber                          958     0.02       1,138     0.03         791    0.02     (15.82)      21.10
         Plywood                         681     0.02       1,434     0.04       1,329    0.04     (52.52)     (48.76)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks          9     0.00          25     0.00         102    0.00     (64.33)     (91.29)
         Others                            a       -            6     0.00          23    0.00    (100.00)    (100.00)

Mineral Products                     130,816     3.39     123,340     3.08     106,272    2.98       6.06       23.10

         Copper Concentrates          20,148     0.52      15,307     0.38      14,277    0.40      31.63       41.13
         Copper Metal                 61,995     1.60      29,247     0.73      40,851    1.14     111.97       51.76
         Gold                              a       -       15,826     0.40       9,446    0.26    (100.00)    (100.00)
         Iron Ore Agglomerates        10,986     0.28       6,836     0.17       8,706    0.24      60.72       26.19
         Chromium Ore                    338     0.01          26     0.00       2,093    0.06   1,178.35      (83.86)
         Nickel                            a        -           a        -           a      -          -           -
         Others                       37,349     0.97      56,098     1.40      30,898    0.87     (33.42)      20.88

Petroleum Products                    33,355     0.86      41,139     1.03      27,424    0.77     (18.92)      21.63

Manufactures                       3,307,469    85.59   3,379,754    84.48   3,128,831   87.64      (2.14)       5.71

         Electronic Products       2,015,453    52.15   2,141,969    53.54   2,071,490   58.02      (5.91)      (2.71)
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,450,516    37.54   1,587,797    39.69   1,507,633   42.23      (8.65)      (3.79)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              461,563    11.94     446,956    11.17     430,039   12.05       3.27        7.33
            Office Equipment          21,072     0.55      17,021     0.43      24,076    0.67      23.80      (12.47)
            Consumer Electronics      12,027     0.31      11,988     0.30      25,854    0.72       0.32      (53.48)
            Telecommunication          8,108     0.21       5,605     0.14       5,027    0.14      44.64       61.28
            Communication/Radar       33,308     0.86      44,088     1.10      47,366    1.33     (24.45)     (29.68)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,732     0.07       2,382     0.06       5,473    0.15      14.70      (50.09)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          2,384     0.06       2,570     0.06       2,747    0.08      (7.25)     (13.23)
            Automotive Electronics    23,744     0.61      23,561     0.59      23,276    0.65       0.78        2.01
         Other Electronics           135,582     3.51     126,649     3.17     142,153    3.98       7.05       (4.62)
         Garments                    153,420     3.97     162,368     4.06     126,570    3.55      (5.51)      21.21
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        13,917     0.36      14,066     0.35      13,577    0.38      (1.07)       2.50
         Footwear                        955     0.02       1,078     0.03         738    0.02     (11.39)      29.39
         Travel Goods and Handbags       483     0.01       1,679     0.04       5,010    0.14     (71.25)     (90.36)
         Wood Manufactures           124,245     3.22      95,041     2.38      66,518    1.86      30.73       86.78
         Furniture & Fixtures         13,788     0.36      10,620     0.27      12,908    0.36      29.84        6.82
         Chemicals                   205,527     5.32      90,512     2.26     117,603    3.29     127.07       74.76
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                18,612     0.48      15,684     0.39      14,709    0.41      18.67       26.53
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 231,179     5.98     346,378     8.66     226,638    6.35     (33.26)       2.00
         Processed food and Beverages 72,187     1.87      71,189     1.78      72,801    2.04       1.40       (0.84)
         Iron & Steel                 21,897     0.57       7,951     0.20      14,084    0.39     175.40       55.48
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          14,215     0.37      10,231     0.26      12,969    0.36      38.93        9.60
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    4,055     0.10       3,615     0.09       3,593    0.10      12.18       12.88
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     33,407     0.86      33,017     0.83      24,330    0.68       1.18       37.31
         Others                      248,547     6.43     247,707     6.19     203,140    5.69       0.34       22.35

Special Transactions                 116,827     3.02     121,473     3.04     119,869    3.36      (3.83)      (2.54)

Re-Export                             49,949     1.29      60,020     1.50      55,043    1.54     (16.78)      (9.26)

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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
         b  - less than 1,000
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

Page last updated:  April 12, 2011
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