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

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                                                      2011                   |               2010|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                        October p  Share|September r    Share|   October    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  4,088.60   100.00    3,896.95   100.00   4,788.45   100.00       4.92     (14.62)

 1 Electronic Products                 1,895.84    46.37    1,812.73    46.52   2,987.62    62.39       4.59     (36.54)
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,455.20    35.59    1,451.45    37.25   2,369.95    49.49       0.26     (38.60)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         318.24     7.78      266.75     6.84     478.82    10.00      19.31     (33.54)
   c) Office Equipment                    16.47     0.40       19.34     0.50      20.00     0.42     (14.84)    (17.68)
   d) Consumer Electronics                38.31     0.94       17.89     0.46      17.90     0.37     114.17     114.03
   e) Telecommunication                    9.14     0.22       10.04     0.26      10.78     0.23      (8.95)    (15.20)
   f) Communication/Radar                 27.45     0.67       23.36     0.60      48.59     1.01      17.51     (43.52)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.81     0.07        1.92     0.05       2.57     0.05      46.49       9.43
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   6.25     0.15        3.89     0.10       3.17     0.07      60.79      97.40
   i) Automotive Electronics              21.97     0.54       18.11     0.46      35.83     0.75      21.34     (38.68)
 2 Woodcrafts and Furniture              208.70     5.10      153.01     3.93     118.26     2.47      36.40      76.47
 3 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         172.55     4.22      163.29     4.19     145.14     3.03       5.67      18.89
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 1/              125.41     3.07       94.66     2.43     100.29     2.09      32.48      25.04
 5 Coconut Oil  2/                        96.64     2.36       77.54     1.99     140.48     2.93      24.63     (31.21)
 6 Metal Components  3/                   73.64     1.80       66.89     1.72      79.72     1.66      10.09      (7.63)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    59.38     1.45      128.09     3.29      62.35     1.30     (53.64)     (4.76)
 8 Petroleum Products  4/                 57.46     1.41       58.31     1.50      18.92     0.40      (1.46)    203.60
 9 Sugar                                  47.87     1.17       40.02     1.03       0.01     0.00      19.61 547,580.39
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        46.31     1.13       43.57     1.12      25.19     0.53       6.27      83.85

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             2,783.79    68.09    2,638.11    67.70   3,677.98    76.81       5.52     (24.31)

11 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       44.27     1.08       69.06     1.77      96.53     2.02     (35.90)    (54.14)
12 Gold  5/                               35.78     0.88        9.25     0.24       3.21     0.07     286.74   1,016.06
13 Copper Concentrates                    35.27     0.86       13.70     0.35       7.70     0.16     157.54     358.10
14 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       30.96     0.76       32.51     0.83      20.09     0.42      (4.75)     54.16
15 Dessicated Coconut                     30.07     0.74       24.85     0.64      15.78     0.33      21.00      90.52
16 Processed Tropical Fruits              19.90     0.49       19.06     0.49      13.80     0.29       4.42      44.25
17 Fertilizers, Manufactured              19.64     0.48       25.49     0.65      16.05     0.34     (22.95)     22.34
18 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 17.93     0.44       19.64     0.50       8.28     0.17      (8.71)    116.46
19 Seaweeds and Carageenan                17.52     0.43       19.86     0.51      18.67     0.39     (11.79)     (6.17)
20 Tuna  6/                               16.20     0.40       20.99     0.54      25.47     0.53     (22.80)    (36.37)
21 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     7.92     0.19        5.68     0.15       5.88     0.12      39.54      34.85
22 Activated Carbon                        6.88     0.17        3.56     0.09       3.74     0.08      93.57      83.97
23 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   5.09     0.12        2.65     0.07      11.26     0.24      92.05     (54.77)
24 Fine Jewelry                            4.69     0.11        3.46     0.09       3.98     0.08      35.24      17.58
25 Basketworks                             4.49     0.11        3.66     0.09       3.83     0.08      22.89      17.35
26 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  4.42     0.11        2.64     0.07       5.31     0.11      67.75     (16.74)
27 Christmas Decor                         2.89     0.07        3.75     0.10       2.42     0.05     (22.85)     19.62
28 Footwear                                1.47     0.04        0.79     0.02       0.59     0.01      86.44     149.67
29 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 0.99     0.02        0.46     0.01       1.80     0.04     113.78     (44.78)
30 Others                                998.42    24.42      977.80    25.09     846.10    17.67       2.11      18.00

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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:  December 13, 2011
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