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

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                                                      2011                   |               2010|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                          April p  Share|    March r    Share|     April    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  4,300.49   100.00   4,353.34    100.00   3,611.61   100.00      (1.21)     19.07

 1 Electronic Products                 2,146.00    49.90   2,238.60     51.42   2,192.56    60.71      (4.14)     (2.12)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,738.37    40.42   1,724.12     39.60   1,613.59    44.68       0.83       7.73
   b) Electronic Data Processing         313.90     7.30     405.95      9.33     436.47    12.09     (22.68)    (28.08)
   c) Office Equipment                    14.94     0.35      17.06      0.39      23.62     0.65     (12.44)    (36.74)
   d) Consumer Electronics                15.50     0.36      18.61      0.43      29.61     0.82     (16.76)    (47.67)
   e) Telecommunication                    6.47     0.15       8.93      0.21       4.95     0.14     (27.53)     30.80
   f) Communication/Radar                 26.36     0.61      33.71      0.77      55.99     1.55     (21.80)    (52.92)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.34     0.05       2.69      0.06       1.96     0.05     (13.04)     18.96
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.82     0.07       1.91      0.04       2.64     0.07      47.82       7.03
   i) Automotive Electronics              25.30     0.59      25.62      0.59      23.73     0.66      (1.25)      6.61
 2 Coconut Oil  1/                       194.03     4.51     183.19      4.21     107.25     2.97       5.92      80.92
 3 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   175.58     4.08     135.85      3.12      57.75     1.60      29.24     204.00
 4 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         132.26     3.08     148.82      3.42     106.65     2.95     (11.13)     24.02
 5 Woodcrafts and Furniture              127.84     2.97     142.34      3.27      70.40     1.95     (10.19)     81.57
 6 Metal Components  2/                   56.68     1.32      68.14      1.57      51.86     1.44     (16.81)      9.31
 7 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 3/               54.70     1.27      95.69      2.20      61.67     1.71     (42.84)    (11.31)
 8 Bananas (Fresh)                        45.80     1.07      34.53      0.79      14.33     0.40      32.63     219.71
 9 Petroleum Products  4/                 43.95     1.02      76.43      1.76      29.83     0.83     (42.50)     47.35
10 Gold  5/                               43.34     1.01      29.87      0.69      23.89     0.66      45.10      81.42

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,020.19    70.23   3,153.47     72.44   2,716.19    75.21      (4.23)     11.19

11 Copper Concentrates                    41.00     0.95      24.40      0.56      23.46     0.65      68.07      74.77
12 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       30.30     0.70      45.08      1.04      47.62     1.32     (32.79)    (36.38)
13 Tuna  6/                               30.22     0.70      24.57      0.56      28.04     0.78      23.02       7.76
14 Sugar                                  28.30     0.66       0.19      0.00       0.17     0.00  14,621.21  16,500.06
15 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       21.73     0.51      20.25      0.47      12.45     0.34       7.33      74.62
16 Dessicated Coconut                     20.15     0.47      19.33      0.44      10.83     0.30       4.24      85.98
17 Fertilizers, Manufactured              19.35     0.45      26.77      0.61       0.59     0.02     (27.72)  3,202.76
18 Processed Tropical Fruits              19.02     0.44      18.32      0.42       9.11     0.25       3.80     108.78
19 Seaweeds and Carageenan                14.37     0.33      17.72      0.41       8.93     0.25     (18.86)     60.96
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  9.10     0.21       5.25      0.12       6.73     0.19      73.31      35.26
21 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   8.26     0.19       5.99      0.14      10.02     0.28      37.76     (17.60)
22 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  6.26     0.15       5.19      0.12       4.36     0.12      20.60      43.57
23 Activated Carbon                        4.06     0.09       3.08      0.07       3.71     0.10      31.85       9.33
24 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.74     0.09       2.56      0.06       3.53     0.10      46.37       6.06
25 Fine Jewelry                            3.50     0.08       3.86      0.09       3.30     0.09      (9.34)      6.20
26 Basketworks                             3.49     0.08       3.37      0.08       2.78     0.08       3.61      25.88
27 Christmas Decor                         1.50     0.03       1.04      0.02       1.18     0.03      43.61      26.79
28 Footwear                                1.01     0.02       0.93      0.02       0.68     0.02       7.65      47.98
29 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 0.75     0.02       1.15      0.03       1.02     0.03     (34.84)    (26.12)
30 Others                              1,014.20    23.58     970.81     22.30     716.91    19.85       4.47      41.47

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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/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         3/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         4/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         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.

Page last updated:  June 10, 2011
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