Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         March and February 2011 and March 2010
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                      2011                   |               2010|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                          March p  Share| February r    Share|     March    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  4,349.74   100.00  3,864.88     100.00   4,181.80   100.00      12.55       4.02

 1 Electronic Products                 2,238.36    51.46  2,015.47      52.15   2,416.08    57.78      11.06      (7.36)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,723.99    39.63  1,450.51      37.53   1,748.67    41.82      18.85      (1.41)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         405.94     9.33    461.58      11.94     506.60    12.11     (12.05)    (19.87)
   c) Office Equipment                    17.06     0.39     21.07       0.55      18.88     0.45     (19.02)     (9.62)
   d) Consumer Electronics                18.61     0.43     12.03       0.31      30.48     0.73      54.77     (38.93)
   e) Telecommunication                    8.93     0.21      8.11       0.21       7.66     0.18      10.15      16.61
   f) Communication/Radar                 33.61     0.77     33.31       0.86      65.32     1.56       0.91     (48.54)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.69     0.06      2.73       0.07       6.28     0.15      (1.68)    (57.24)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   1.91     0.04      2.38       0.06       4.06     0.10     (19.91)    (52.97)
   i) Automotive Electronics              25.62     0.59     23.74       0.61      28.13     0.67       7.89      (8.94)
 2 Coconut Oil  1/                       183.19     4.21    123.47       3.19     102.62     2.45      48.36      78.51
 3 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         148.81     3.42    153.41       3.97     146.00     3.49      (3.00)      1.92
 4 Woodcrafts and Furniture              142.34     3.27    137.72       3.56      94.35     2.26       3.35      50.86
 5 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   135.85     3.12     62.00       1.60     111.53     2.67     119.13      21.80
 6 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 2/               95.69     2.20    103.98       2.69      97.94     2.34      (7.96)     (2.29)
 7 Petroleum Products  3/                 76.43     1.76     33.36       0.86      18.40     0.44     129.15     315.51
 8 Metal Components  4/                   68.13     1.57     76.15       1.97      75.98     1.82     (10.53)    (10.34)
 9 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       45.17     1.04     43.29       1.12      59.18     1.42       4.35     (23.68)
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        34.53     0.79     28.30       0.73      22.64     0.54      22.03      52.52

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,168.50    72.84  2,777.13      71.86   3,144.72    75.20      14.09       0.76

11 Gold  5/                               29.87     0.69      4.19       0.11       3.82     0.09     613.27     682.08
12 Fertilizers, Manufactured              26.77     0.62     12.60       0.33       6.19     0.15     112.51     332.50
13 Tuna  6/                               24.57     0.56     20.04       0.52      32.49     0.78      22.59     (24.40)
14 Copper Concentrates                    24.40     0.56     20.15       0.52      31.06     0.74      21.08     (21.45)
15 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       20.25     0.47     21.46       0.56      17.18     0.41      (5.67)     17.85
16 Dessicated Coconut                     19.33     0.44     20.91       0.54      11.36     0.27      (7.57)     70.12
17 Processed Tropical Fruits              18.32     0.42     16.64       0.43      12.93     0.31      10.08      41.71
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                17.70     0.41     19.37       0.50      10.61     0.25      (8.67)     66.86
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   5.99     0.14     10.99       0.28       8.85     0.21     (45.44)    (32.25)
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.25     0.12      5.58       0.14       5.35     0.13      (5.83)     (1.85)
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  5.19     0.12      7.80       0.20       7.15     0.17     (33.43)    (27.34)
22 Fine Jewelry                            3.86     0.09      4.31       0.11       3.13     0.07     (10.38)     23.43
23 Basketworks                             3.37     0.08      3.84       0.10       3.83     0.09     (12.10)    (12.06)
24 Activated Carbon                        3.08     0.07      4.02       0.10       3.28     0.08     (23.39)     (6.09)
25 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     2.56     0.06      2.52       0.07       2.76     0.07       1.41      (7.25)
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.15     0.03      1.68       0.04       1.75     0.04     (31.23)    (34.21)
27 Christmas Decor                         1.04     0.02      0.75       0.02       1.13     0.03      39.36      (8.05)
28 Footwear                                0.93     0.02      0.95       0.02       0.97     0.02      (2.19)     (3.35)
29 Sugar                                   0.19     0.00      0.29       0.01       0.00     0.00     (33.78) 27,718.81
30 Others                                967.42    22.24    909.67      23.54     873.25    20.88       6.35      10.78

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

Notes:   1/ includes crude and refined.
         2/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         4/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         5/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         6/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised



         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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