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

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                                                    2011                   |       2010        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                               March p       |   February r       |       March       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,349,742   100.00   3,864,879   100.00   4,181,804  100.00      12.55        4.02

Total Agro-Based Products            338,029     7.77     274,230     7.10     225,851    5.40      23.27       49.67

   Agro-Based Products               281,778     6.48     214,394     5.55     171,846    4.11      31.43       63.97
      Coconut Products               208,935     4.80     150,882     3.90     120,686    2.89      38.48       73.12
         Copra                             a       -            a       -           20    0.00        -       (100.00)
         Coconut Oil                 183,188     4.21     123,474     3.19     102,619    2.45      48.36       78.51
         Desiccated Coconut           19,328     0.44      20,912     0.54      11,362    0.27      (7.57)      70.12
         Copra Meal/Cake               5,251     0.12       5,576     0.14       5,351    0.13      (5.83)      (1.85)
         Others                        1,167     0.03         920     0.02       1,335    0.03      26.79      (12.59)
      Sugar and Products               4,018     0.09       1,925     0.05       2,189    0.05     108.74       83.56
         Centrifugal & Refined           192     0.00         290     0.01           1    0.00     (33.78)  27,718.81
         Molasses                      3,378     0.08       1,216     0.03       1,899    0.05     177.80       77.88
         Others                          447     0.01         418     0.01         289    0.01       6.92       54.78
      Fruits and Vegetables           68,826     1.58      61,587     1.59      48,971    1.17      11.75       40.54
         Canned Pineapple              8,835     0.20      11,427     0.30       9,283    0.22     (22.69)      (4.83)
         Pineapple Juice               3,140     0.07       3,024     0.08       2,201    0.05       3.82       42.63
         Pineapple Concentrates        3,676     0.08       2,924     0.08       2,829    0.07      25.71       29.94
         Bananas                      34,533     0.79      28,299     0.73      22,642    0.54      22.03       52.52
         Mangoes                       1,933     0.04       1,301     0.03       1,851    0.04      48.54        4.43
         Others                       16,709     0.38      14,611     0.38      10,165    0.24      14.36       64.38
   Other Agro-Based Products          56,251     1.29      59,836     1.55      54,006    1.29      (5.99)       4.16
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 23,482     0.54      23,024     0.60      27,736    0.66       1.99      (15.34)
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            a       -           27    0.00        -       (100.00)
         Abaca Fibers                  1,065     0.02       1,379     0.04         952    0.02     (22.73)      11.87
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        5,192     0.12       7,800     0.20       7,146    0.17     (33.43)     (27.34)
         Natural Rubber                4,633     0.11       5,262     0.14       2,653    0.06     (11.96)      74.59
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               4,990     0.11       5,351     0.14       1,405    0.03      (6.74)     255.08
         Rice                            236     0.01           a       -            1    0.00         -    17,578.92
         Others                       16,654     0.38      17,021     0.44      14,085    0.34      (2.16)      18.24

Forest Products                        1,791     0.04       1,682     0.04       1,405    0.03       6.51       27.52

         Logs                              a       -           34     0.00           a      -     (100.00)        -
         Lumber                          702     0.02         958     0.02         811    0.02     (26.69)     (13.46)
         Plywood                       1,089     0.03         681     0.02         489    0.01      59.92      122.86
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks          a       -            9     0.00          97    0.00    (100.00)    (100.00)
         Others                            a       -            a       -            7    0.00        -       (100.00)

Mineral Products                     259,254     5.96     130,816     3.38     196,827    4.71      98.18       31.72

         Copper Concentrates          24,395     0.56      20,148     0.52      31,056    0.74      21.08      (21.45)
         Copper Metal                135,848     3.12      61,995     1.60     111,530    2.67     119.13       21.80
         Gold                         15,351     0.35           a       -            a      -          -           -
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         5,994     0.14      10,986     0.28       8,847    0.21     (45.44)     (32.25)
         Chromium Ore                  2,087     0.05         338     0.01          74    0.00     517.61    2,706.98
         Nickel                            a        -           a       -            a      -          -            -
         Others                       75,579     1.74      37,349     0.97      45,320    1.08     102.36       66.77

Petroleum Products                    76,434     1.76      33,355     0.86      18,395    0.44     129.15      315.51

Manufactures                       3,537,208    81.32   3,308,037    85.59   3,606,686   86.25       6.93       (1.93)

         Electronic Products       2,238,356    51.46   2,015,466    52.15   2,416,078   57.78      11.06       (7.36)
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,723,985    39.63   1,450,512    37.53   1,748,667   41.82      18.85       (1.41)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              405,939     9.33     461,580    11.94     506,601   12.11     (12.05)     (19.87)
            Office Equipment          17,063     0.39      21,072     0.55      18,880    0.45     (19.02)      (9.62)
            Consumer Electronics      18,615     0.43      12,027     0.31      30,479    0.73      54.77      (38.93)
            Telecommunication          8,930     0.21       8,108     0.21       7,658    0.18      10.15       16.61
            Communication/Radar       33,611     0.77      33,308     0.86      65,320    1.56       0.91      (48.54)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,686     0.06       2,732     0.07       6,282    0.15      (1.68)     (57.24)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          1,909     0.04       2,384     0.06       4,059    0.10     (19.91)     (52.97)
            Automotive Electronics    25,618     0.59      23,744     0.61      28,133    0.67       7.89       (8.94)
         Other Electronics           123,911     2.85     135,614     3.51     122,236    2.92      (8.63)       1.37
         Garments                    148,812     3.42     153,409     3.97     146,004    3.49      (3.00)       1.92
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        15,875     0.36      13,917     0.36      13,708    0.33      14.07       15.81
         Footwear                        934     0.02         955     0.02         966    0.02      (2.19)      (3.35)
         Travel Goods and Handbags     1,533     0.04         483     0.01      10,570    0.25     217.53      (85.50)
         Wood Manufactures           129,334     2.97     123,942     3.21      81,265    1.94       4.35       59.15
         Furniture & Fixtures         13,004     0.30      13,772     0.36      13,083    0.31      (5.58)      (0.61)
         Chemicals                   204,258     4.70     206,041     5.33     145,741    3.49      (0.87)      40.15
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                13,026     0.30      18,612     0.48      12,456    0.30     (30.01)       4.57
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 190,491     4.38     229,981     5.95     269,173    6.44     (17.17)     (29.23)
         Processed food and Beverages 85,595     1.97      73,316     1.90      89,367    2.14      16.75       (4.22)
         Iron & Steel                 10,053     0.23      21,897     0.57      14,352    0.34     (54.09)     (29.95)
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          12,823     0.29      14,231     0.37      15,987    0.38      (9.89)     (19.79)
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    4,330     0.10       4,057     0.10       4,186    0.10       6.73        3.42
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     33,622     0.77      33,416     0.86      29,765    0.71       0.62       12.96
         Others                      311,252     7.16     248,929     6.44     221,746    5.30      25.04       40.36

Special Transactions                 137,025     3.15     116,759     3.02     132,639    3.17      17.36        3.31

Re-Export                             52,972     1.22      49,949     1.29      50,481    1.21       6.05        4.94

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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:  May 10, 2011
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