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

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                                                      2011                   |               2010|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                         August p  Share|     July r    Share|    August    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  4,052.97   100.00   4,429.43    100.00   4,774.45   100.00      (8.50)   (15.11)

 1 Electronic Products                 2,073.93    51.17   2,253.29     50.87   2,989.37    62.61      (7.96)   (30.62)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,575.54    38.87   1,529.21     34.52   2,413.98    50.56       3.03    (34.73)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         376.84     9.30     357.39      8.07     429.71     9.00       5.44    (12.30)
   c) Office Equipment                    25.12     0.62      20.86      0.47      21.11     0.44      20.43     19.01
   d) Consumer Electronics                26.90     0.66      30.27      0.68      19.21     0.40     (11.12)    40.06
   e) Telecommunication                    8.90     0.22       8.04      0.18       6.13     0.13      10.72     45.22
   f) Communication/Radar                 33.32     0.82      27.84      0.63      61.00     1.28      19.71    (45.37)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.40     0.06       2.46      0.06       3.87     0.08      (2.47)   (38.11)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.76     0.09       3.02      0.07       2.62     0.05      24.60     43.21
   i) Automotive Electronics              21.15     0.52     274.22      6.19      31.75     0.67     (92.29)   (33.39)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         173.44     4.28     189.03      4.27     180.92     3.79      (8.25)    (4.13)
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture              165.94     4.09     166.12      3.75      97.19     2.04      (0.11)    70.74
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 1/              104.79     2.59     103.62      2.34     107.23     2.25       1.13     (2.28)
 5 Coconut Oil  2/                        95.32     2.35     149.70      3.38     132.27     2.77     (36.33)   (27.93)
 6 Metal Components  3/                   69.22     1.71      73.30      1.65      70.58     1.48      (5.56)    (1.93)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    64.30     1.59      94.95      2.14      48.56     1.02     (32.28)    32.42
 8 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       57.73     1.42      50.64      1.14      77.95     1.63      14.01    (25.94)
 9 Sugar                                  42.52     1.05      43.00      0.97      14.11     0.30      (1.13)   201.30
10 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       37.09     0.92      39.96      0.90      22.43     0.47      (7.18)    65.37

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,884.28    71.16   3,163.61     71.42   3,740.61    78.35      (8.83)   (22.89)

11 Bananas (Fresh)                        35.27     0.87      43.63      0.98      29.49     0.62     (19.15)    19.61
12 Dessicated Coconut                     32.12     0.79      29.68      0.67      14.74     0.31       8.24    117.99
13 Copper Concentrates                    25.29     0.62      25.30      0.57      17.51     0.37      (0.01)    44.42
14 Petroleum Products  4/                 24.48     0.60      35.08      0.79      29.04     0.61     (30.22)   (15.70)
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              21.73     0.54      26.76      0.60      16.69     0.35     (18.79)    30.21
16 Gold  5/                               20.39     0.50      57.84      1.31      17.37     0.36     (64.75)    17.38
17 Tuna  6/                               16.18     0.40      25.83      0.58      27.18     0.57     (37.34)   (40.46)
18 Seaweeds and Carageenan                13.32     0.33      19.91      0.45      17.67     0.37     (33.08)   (24.62)
19 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 12.51     0.31       8.11      0.18       6.72     0.14      54.24     86.07
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured               8.75     0.22      12.54      0.28      12.58     0.26     (30.19)   (30.43)
21 Christmas Decor                         7.20     0.18       7.78      0.18       5.55     0.12      (7.35)    29.90
22 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  6.82     0.17       2.97      0.07       6.90     0.14     129.44     (1.15)
23 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     6.03     0.15       4.94      0.11       3.97     0.08      21.92     51.88
24 Basketworks                             4.69     0.12       4.59      0.10       5.12     0.11       2.32     (8.31)
25 Fine Jewelry                            3.14     0.08       4.16      0.09       2.27     0.05     (24.46)    38.21
26 Activated Carbon                        3.01     0.07       3.69      0.08       5.63     0.12     (18.35)   (46.55)
27 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   2.66     0.07         -         -        4.48     0.09          -    (40.57)
28 Footwear                                1.24     0.03       0.91      0.02       0.78     0.02      35.97     59.06
29 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.00     0.02       1.19      0.03       2.16     0.05     (16.27)   (53.93)
30 Others                                922.85    22.77     950.94     21.47     807.99    16.92      (2.95)    14.21

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

Notes:   1/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         2/ includes crude and refined.
         3/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         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:  October 11, 2011
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