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

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                                                      2011                   |               2010|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                      September p  Share|   August r    Share| September    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  3,876.50   100.00   4,122.55    100.00   5,340.85   100.00     (5.97)     (27.42)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,812.77    46.76   2,073.88     50.31   3,478.24    65.13    (12.59)     (47.88)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,451.44    37.44   1,575.54     38.22   2,903.61    54.37     (7.88)     (50.01)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         266.75     6.88     376.84      9.14     441.07     8.26    (29.22)     (39.52)
   c) Office Equipment                    19.34     0.50      25.12      0.61      18.95     0.35    (23.03)       2.05
   d) Consumer Electronics                17.89     0.46      26.90      0.65      15.69     0.29    (33.50)      13.98
   e) Telecommunication                   10.09     0.26       8.85      0.21       5.30     0.10     14.00       90.30
   f) Communication/Radar                 23.36     0.60      33.32      0.81      59.00     1.10    (29.91)     (60.41)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          1.92     0.05       2.40      0.06       2.16     0.04    (20.01)     (11.06)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   3.89     0.10       3.76      0.09       1.87     0.04      3.54      107.86
   i) Automotive Electronics              18.11     0.47      21.15      0.51      30.59     0.57    (14.38)     (40.81)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         163.30     4.21     173.44      4.21     146.54     2.74     (5.85)      11.44
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture              153.02     3.95     165.95      4.03     113.66     2.13     (7.79)      34.63
 4 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   128.09     3.30     112.25      2.72      80.78     1.51     14.11       58.56
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 1/               94.66     2.44     104.79      2.54      94.82     1.78     (9.67)      (0.17)
 6 Coconut Oil  2/                        77.54     2.00      95.32      2.31      97.78     1.83    (18.65)     (20.69)
 7 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       69.06     1.78      57.73      1.40      97.49     1.83     19.63      (29.16)
 8 Metal Components  3/                   66.88     1.73      69.22      1.68      53.80     1.01     (3.37)      24.33
 9 Petroleum Products  4/                 58.31     1.50      24.48      0.59      22.04     0.41    138.19      164.59
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        42.58     1.10      35.27      0.86      31.23     0.58     20.72       36.34

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,666.22    68.78   2,912.33     70.64   4,216.39    78.95     (8.45)     (36.77)

11 Sugar                                  40.01     1.03      42.52      1.03       0.14     0.00     (5.89)  29,511.58
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       32.51     0.84      37.09      0.90      23.91     0.45    (12.36)      35.93
13 Dessicated Coconut                     24.86     0.64      32.12      0.78      12.24     0.23    (22.62)     103.08
14 Tuna  5/                               20.99     0.54      16.18      0.39      31.42     0.59     29.69      (33.21)
15 Seaweeds and Carageenan                19.86     0.51      13.32      0.32      16.00     0.30     49.04       24.12
16 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 19.64     0.51      12.51      0.30       5.99     0.11     56.96      227.65
17 Processed Tropical Fruits              19.01     0.49      21.73      0.53      15.26     0.29    (12.53)      24.56
18 Copper Concentrates                    13.70     0.35      25.29      0.61      39.12     0.73    (45.85)     (64.99)
19 Gold  6/                                9.25     0.24      20.39      0.49       3.29     0.06    (54.62)     181.20
20 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     5.68     0.15       6.01      0.15       5.31     0.10     (5.56)       6.94
21 Fertilizers, Manufactured               4.99     0.13      29.82      0.72      16.86     0.32    (83.26)     (70.37)
22 Christmas Decor                         3.76     0.10       7.20      0.17       4.53     0.08    (47.77)     (16.88)
23 Basketworks                             3.66     0.09       4.69      0.11       3.91     0.07    (22.11)      (6.51)
24 Activated Carbon                        3.56     0.09       3.01      0.07       4.78     0.09     18.21      (25.51)
25 Fine Jewelry                            3.46     0.09       3.14      0.08       3.26     0.06     10.34        6.24
26 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   2.65     0.07       2.66      0.06       8.79     0.16     (0.37)     (69.85)
27 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  2.64     0.07       6.82      0.17       5.90     0.11    (61.33)     (55.29)
28 Footwear                                0.79     0.02       1.24      0.03       0.53     0.01    (36.68)      47.06
29 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 0.46     0.01       1.00      0.02       0.67     0.01    (53.37)     (30.64)
30 Others                                978.81    25.25     923.46     22.40     922.55    17.27      5.99        6.10

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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/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised



         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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