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

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                                                      2011                   |               2010|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                            May p  Share|    April r    Share|       May    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  4,104.45   100.00  4,302.15     100.00   4,241.42   100.00      (4.60)    (3.23)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,886.37    45.96  1,959.27      45.54   2,554.40    60.23      (3.72)   (26.15)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,407.71    34.30  1,551.60      36.07   1,878.40    44.29      (9.27)   (25.06)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         384.98     9.38    313.90       7.30     496.54    11.71      22.64    (22.47)
   c) Office Equipment                    12.99     0.32     14.94       0.35      19.92     0.47     (13.02)   (34.76)
   d) Consumer Electronics                13.56     0.33     15.50       0.36      28.74     0.68     (12.49)   (52.81)
   e) Telecommunication                    6.85     0.17      6.47       0.15       5.15     0.12       5.83     32.88
   f) Communication/Radar                 28.78     0.70     26.41       0.61      57.51     1.36       8.97    (49.96)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.72     0.07      2.34       0.05       2.83     0.07      16.27     (3.96)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   2.72     0.07      2.82       0.07       2.78     0.07      (3.48)    (2.05)
   i) Automotive Electronics              26.06     0.64     25.30       0.59      62.53     1.47       3.03    (58.32)
 2 Woodcrafts and Furniture              186.33     4.54    127.95       2.97      94.05     2.22      45.63     98.12
 3 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         159.93     3.90    132.27       3.07     150.95     3.56      20.91      5.95
 4 Coconut Oil  1/                       119.99     2.92    194.03       4.51     110.13     2.60     (38.16)     8.95
 5 Petroleum Products  2/                114.25     2.78     43.95       1.02      21.10     0.50     159.94    441.40
 6 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   106.69     2.60    175.58       4.08      48.58     1.15     (39.23)   119.63
 7 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       63.89     1.56     30.30       0.70      55.53     1.31     110.86     15.06
 8 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 3/               57.69     1.41     54.70       1.27      89.52     2.11       5.46    (35.56)
 9 Metal Components  4/                   53.42     1.30     56.68       1.32      68.36     1.61      (5.75)   (21.85)
10 Copper Concentrates                    41.83     1.02     41.00       0.95      13.41     0.32       2.02    211.96

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,790.40    67.98  2,815.75      65.45   3,206.03    75.59      (0.90)   (12.96)

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        36.71     0.89     45.80       1.06      19.16     0.45     (19.84)    91.60
12 Gold  5/                               36.45     0.89     43.34       1.01       4.18     0.10     (15.89)   772.29
13 Sugar                                  30.56     0.74     28.30       0.66       7.17     0.17       7.98    325.94
14 Dessicated Coconut                     27.12     0.66     20.15       0.47      11.21     0.26      34.64    141.86
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              24.65     0.60     19.02       0.44      12.04     0.28      29.59    104.71
16 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       24.35     0.59     21.73       0.51      18.40     0.43      12.03     32.32
17 Tuna  6/                               22.95     0.56     30.22       0.70      29.21     0.69     (24.05)   (21.44)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                19.68     0.48     14.37       0.33       8.40     0.20      36.94    134.31
19 Fertilizers, Manufactured              14.35     0.35     19.35       0.45       2.74     0.06     (25.80)   423.90
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  6.01     0.15      9.10       0.21       6.92     0.16     (34.00)   (13.19)
21 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     5.34     0.13      3.74       0.09       4.65     0.11      42.80     14.79
22 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  5.30     0.13      6.26       0.15      10.64     0.25     (15.37)   (50.20)
23 Basketworks                             4.50     0.11      3.49       0.08       4.32     0.10      28.70      3.96
24 Activated Carbon                        3.84     0.09      4.06       0.09       5.25     0.12      (5.51)   (26.95)
25 Christmas Decor                         3.07     0.07      1.50       0.03       2.70     0.06     104.30     13.42
26 Fine Jewelry                            2.41     0.06      3.75       0.09       3.34     0.08     (35.59)   (27.84)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.55     0.04      0.75       0.02       1.23     0.03     106.88     26.53
28 Footwear                                1.13     0.03      1.01       0.02       0.63     0.01      12.86     80.15
29 Iron Ore Agglomerates                     -        -       8.26       0.19      14.26     0.34    (100.00)  (100.00)
30 Others                              1,044.08    25.44  1,202.20      27.94     868.91    20.49     (13.15)    20.16

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