Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         October and September 2011 and October 2010
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                    2011                   |       2010        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                             October p       |  September r       |    October        |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,088,604   100.00   3,896,952   100.00   4,788,452  100.00       4.92      (14.62)

Total Agro-Based Products            359,900     8.80     319,739     8.20     282,737    5.90      12.56       27.29

   Agro-Based Products               273,115     6.68     236,275     6.06     214,863    4.49      15.59       27.11
      Coconut Products               133,107     3.26     106,912     2.74     161,834    3.38      24.50      (17.75)
         Copra                            64     0.00           a       -            a      -          -           -
         Coconut Oil                  96,640     2.36      77,543     1.99     140,485    2.93      24.63      (31.21)
         Desiccated Coconut           30,070     0.74      24,851     0.64      15,783    0.33      21.00       90.52
         Copra Meal/Cake               4,424     0.11       2,637     0.07       5,314    0.11      67.75      (16.74)
         Others                        1,908     0.05       1,880     0.05         252    0.01       1.47      658.01
      Sugar and Products              50,640     1.24      41,095     1.05         332    0.01      23.23   15,166.20
         Centrifugal & Refined        47,867     1.17      40,020     1.03           9    0.00      19.61  547,580.39
         Molasses                      2,332     0.06         695     0.02           a      -      235.56          -
         Others                          441     0.01         380     0.01         323    0.01      15.93       36.39
      Fruits and Vegetables           89,369     2.19      88,268     2.27      52,697    1.10       1.25       69.59
         Canned Pineapple             19,801     0.48      19,253     0.49      11,117    0.23       2.84       78.12
         Pineapple Juice               3,217     0.08       3,754     0.10       2,756    0.06     (14.31)      16.71
         Pineapple Concentrates        3,203     0.08       3,454     0.09       3,355    0.07      (7.27)      (4.55)
         Bananas                      46,308     1.13      43,574     1.12      25,187    0.53       6.27       83.85
         Mangoes                       1,035     0.03       1,239     0.03       1,035    0.02     (16.42)       0.04
         Others                       15,805     0.39      16,994     0.44       9,247    0.19      (6.99)      70.93
   Other Agro-Based Products          86,784     2.12      83,464     2.14      67,874    1.42       3.98       27.86
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 35,153     0.86      32,725     0.84      32,049    0.67       7.42        9.69
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            3     0.00           a      -     (100.00)        -
         Abaca Fibers                    899     0.02       1,258     0.03       1,354    0.03     (28.52)     (33.59)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured       17,925     0.44      19,635     0.50       8,281    0.17      (8.71)     116.46
         Natural Rubber               11,018     0.27       6,460     0.17       3,524    0.07      70.57      212.65
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               4,364     0.11       6,260     0.16       4,967    0.10     (30.28)     (12.13)
         Rice                             15     0.00           b     0.00           a      -   15,846.88         -
         Others                       17,409     0.43      17,124     0.44      17,700    0.37       1.66       (1.65)

Forest Products                        5,838     0.14       3,969     0.10       1,603    0.03      47.09      264.09

         Logs                             60     0.00          19     0.00           1    0.00     209.97    4,700.00
         Lumber                        3,222     0.08       2,727     0.07         838    0.02      18.14      284.71
         Plywood                       2,331     0.06       1,207     0.03         746    0.02      93.15      212.43
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks          a       -            a       -           12    0.00        -       (100.00)
         Others                          225     0.01          16     0.00           7    0.00   1,338.77    3,125.96

Mineral Products                     227,085     5.55     222,203     5.70     147,377    3.08       2.20       54.08

         Copper Concentrates          35,274     0.86      13,696     0.35       7,700    0.16     157.54      358.10
         Copper Metal                 59,378     1.45     128,089     3.29      62,348    1.30     (53.64)      (4.76)
         Gold                         31,594     0.77           a       -            a      -          -           -
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         5,091     0.12       2,651     0.07      11,257    0.24      92.05      (54.77)
         Chromium Ore                    366     0.01       1,524     0.04       4,794    0.10     (75.99)     (92.36)
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Others                       95,383     2.33      76,243     1.96      61,278    1.28      25.10       55.66

Petroleum Products                    57,456     1.41      58,308     1.50      18,925    0.40      (1.46)     203.60

Manufactures                       3,306,394    80.87   3,188,955    81.83   4,221,423   88.16       3.68      (21.68)

         Electronic Products       1,895,842    46.37   1,812,728    46.52   2,987,616   62.39       4.59      (36.54)
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,455,199    35.59   1,451,446    37.25   2,369,953   49.49       0.26      (38.60)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              318,242     7.78     266,746     6.84     478,821   10.00      19.31      (33.54)
            Office Equipment          16,466     0.40      19,336     0.50      20,004    0.42     (14.84)     (17.68)
            Consumer Electronics      38,311     0.94      17,889     0.46      17,900    0.37     114.17      114.03
            Telecommunication          9,140     0.22      10,036     0.26      10,721    0.22      (8.93)     (14.75)
            Communication/Radar       27,446     0.67      23,359     0.60      48,649    1.02      17.50      (43.58)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,809     0.07       1,917     0.05       2,567    0.05      46.49        9.43
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          6,255     0.15       3,890     0.10       3,169    0.07      60.79       97.40
            Automotive Electronics    21,974     0.54      18,110     0.46      35,834    0.75      21.34      (38.68)
         Other Electronics           158,754     3.88     119,681     3.07     133,709    2.79      32.65       18.73
         Garments                    172,552     4.22     163,294     4.19     145,136    3.03       5.67       18.89
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        18,070     0.44      15,526     0.40      14,135    0.30      16.38       27.83
         Footwear                      1,466     0.04         786     0.02         587    0.01      86.44      149.67
         Travel Goods and Handbags     7,147     0.17       6,067     0.16       8,345    0.17      17.80      (14.36)
         Wood Manufactures           192,084     4.70     138,304     3.55     105,114    2.20      38.89       82.74
         Furniture & Fixtures         16,612     0.41      14,702     0.38      13,128    0.27      12.99       26.54
         Chemicals                   163,113     3.99     174,804     4.49     129,488    2.70      (6.69)      25.97
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                18,723     0.46       9,983     0.26      13,806    0.29      87.55       35.62
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 205,639     5.03     306,379     7.86     268,547    5.61     (32.88)     (23.43)
         Processed food and Beverages 91,633     2.24      80,875     2.08      77,563    1.62      13.30       18.14
         Iron & Steel                 17,173     0.42      16,473     0.42      10,831    0.23       4.25       58.56
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          20,001     0.49      18,894     0.48      12,417    0.26       5.86       61.08
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    4,071     0.10       3,311     0.08       3,320    0.07      22.97       22.64
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     38,607     0.94      40,144     1.03      29,954    0.63      (3.83)      28.89
         Others                      284,906     6.97     267,005     6.85     267,727    5.59       6.70        6.42

Special Transactions                 131,932     3.23     103,778     2.66     116,387    2.43      27.13       13.36

Re-Export                             58,110     1.42      54,066     1.39      38,186    0.80       7.48       52.18

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

Notes:   a  - No export data
         -  - No % share / No growth rate
         b  - Less than 1000
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

Page last updated:  December 13, 2011
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