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

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                                                    2011                   |       2010        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                            November p       |    October r       |    November       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                3,342,303   100.00   4,087,777   100.00   4,146,074  100.00    (18.24)      (19.39)

Total Agro-Based Products            315,717     9.45     359,892     8.80     225,277    5.43    (12.27)       40.15

   Agro-Based Products               237,166     7.10     273,107     6.68     146,200    3.53    (13.16)       62.22
      Coconut Products                84,394     2.53     133,099     3.26      99,945    2.41    (36.59)      (15.56)
         Copra                            64     0.00          64     0.00           -      -         -            -
         Coconut Oil                  58,811     1.76      96,640     2.36      79,605    1.92    (39.14)      (26.12)
         Desiccated Coconut           20,127     0.60      30,070     0.74      13,826    0.33    (33.07)       45.58
         Copra Meal/Cake               3,874     0.12       4,424     0.11       5,413    0.13    (12.44)      (28.43)
         Others                        1,518     0.05       1,900     0.05       1,101    0.03    (20.10)       37.87
      Sugar and Products              59,482     1.78      50,640     1.24         494    0.01     17.46    11,945.21
         Centrifugal & Refined        57,453     1.72      47,867     1.17           1    0.00     20.03 8,046,606.16
         Molasses                      1,633     0.05       2,332     0.06           a      -     (29.96)         -
         Others                          396     0.01         441     0.01         493    0.01    (10.18)      (19.76)
      Fruits and Vegetables           93,289     2.79      89,369     2.19      45,761    1.10      4.39       103.86
         Canned Pineapple             26,136     0.78      19,801     0.48      10,044    0.24     31.99       160.20
         Pineapple Juice               3,691     0.11       3,217     0.08       3,709    0.09     14.73        (0.48)
         Pineapple Concentrates        3,349     0.10       3,203     0.08       2,314    0.06      4.57        44.74
         Bananas                      41,828     1.25      46,308     1.13      19,623    0.47     (9.67)      113.16
         Mangoes                         925     0.03       1,035     0.03         684    0.02    (10.67)       35.25
         Others                       17,361     0.52      15,805     0.39       9,388    0.23      9.84        84.93
   Other Agro-Based Products          78,551     2.35      86,784     2.12      79,077    1.91     (9.49)       (0.66)
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 36,694     1.10      35,153     0.86      34,013    0.82      4.38         7.88
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          3     0.00           a       -            1    0.00        -        162.36
         Abaca Fibers                  1,056     0.03         899     0.02       1,058    0.03     17.46        (0.23)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured       15,434     0.46      17,925     0.44      15,131    0.36    (13.90)        2.00
         Natural Rubber                5,361     0.16      11,018     0.27       9,857    0.24    (51.35)      (45.62)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Seaweeds, Dried               3,520     0.11       4,364     0.11       4,766    0.11    (19.36)      (26.16)
         Rice                              5     0.00          15     0.00           b    0.00    (68.11)    2,627.37
         Others                       16,479     0.49      17,409     0.43      14,249    0.34     (5.34)       15.65

Forest Products                        7,796     0.23       5,838     0.14       3,007    0.07     33.53       159.24

         Logs                              a       -           60     0.00           a      -    (100.00)         -
         Lumber                        3,267     0.10       3,222     0.08       1,300    0.03      1.38       151.26
         Plywood                       3,972     0.12       2,331     0.06       1,556    0.04     70.43       155.30
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks          a       -            a       -          110    0.00       -        (100.00)
         Others                          557     0.02         225     0.01          41    0.00    147.26     1,256.83

Mineral Products                     191,187     5.72     227,085     5.56     161,916    3.91    (15.81)       18.08

         Copper Concentrates          20,252     0.61      35,274     0.86      31,039    0.75    (42.59)      (34.75)
         Copper Metal                 65,068     1.95      59,378     1.45      35,995    0.87      9.58        80.77
         Gold                         15,616     0.47      31,594     0.77      31,745    0.77    (50.57)      (50.81)
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         4,465     0.13       5,091     0.12       6,501    0.16    (12.29)      (31.32)
         Chromium Ore                    617     0.02         366     0.01         922    0.02     68.61       (33.04)
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Others                       85,169     2.55      95,383     2.33      55,714    1.34    (10.71)       52.87

Petroleum Products                    16,568     0.50      57,456     1.41      72,002    1.74    (71.16)      (76.99)

Manufactures                       2,702,521    80.86   3,305,575    80.86   3,552,994   85.70    (18.24)      (23.94)

         Electronic Products       1,529,459    45.76   1,895,842    46.38   2,333,303   56.28    (19.33)      (34.45)
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,212,875    36.29   1,455,199    35.60   1,720,964   41.51    (16.65)      (29.52)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              221,596     6.63     318,242     7.79     493,416   11.90    (30.37)      (55.09)
            Office Equipment          15,531     0.46      16,466     0.40      17,635    0.43     (5.68)      (11.93)
            Consumer Electronics      24,070     0.72      38,311     0.94      13,690    0.33    (37.17)       75.82
            Telecommunication          8,763     0.26       9,140     0.22       5,039    0.12     (4.13)       73.89
            Communication/Radar       19,897     0.60      27,446     0.67      38,688    0.93    (27.51)      (48.57)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,896     0.09       2,809     0.07       2,154    0.05      3.12        34.44
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          6,477     0.19       6,255     0.15       3,077    0.07      3.55       110.51
            Automotive Electronics    17,354     0.52      21,974     0.54      38,640    0.93    (21.02)      (55.09)
         Other Electronics           130,655     3.91     158,754     3.88     122,611    2.96    (17.70)        6.56
         Garments                    130,760     3.91     172,594     4.22     138,201    3.33    (24.24)       (5.38)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        15,706     0.47      18,173     0.44      16,143    0.39    (13.58)       (2.70)
         Footwear                      1,011     0.03       1,466     0.04         424    0.01    (31.06)      138.20
         Travel Goods and Handbags     6,733     0.20       7,147     0.17       5,128    0.12     (5.79)       31.29
         Wood Manufactures           162,923     4.87     192,088     4.70     123,726    2.98    (15.18)       31.68
         Furniture & Fixtures         11,012     0.33      16,597     0.41      10,437    0.25    (33.65)        5.51
         Chemicals                   116,516     3.49     163,113     3.99     154,089    3.72    (28.57)      (24.38)
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                12,518     0.37      18,731     0.46      14,674    0.35    (33.17)      (14.69)
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 145,280     4.35     205,518     5.03     183,537    4.43    (29.31)      (20.84)
         Processed food and Beverages 96,543     2.89      91,633     2.24      84,675    2.04      5.36        14.02
         Iron & Steel                 13,964     0.42      17,173     0.42      13,740    0.33    (18.68)        1.63
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          13,975     0.42      19,996     0.49      11,893    0.29    (30.11)       17.50
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    3,696     0.11       4,071     0.10       3,287    0.08     (9.22)       12.46
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     34,293     1.03      38,565     0.94      33,164    0.80    (11.08)        3.40
         Others                      277,479     8.30     284,115     6.95     303,962    7.33     (2.34)       (8.71)

Special Transactions                 108,515     3.25     131,932     3.23     130,877    3.16    (17.75)      (17.09)

Re-Export                             53,670     1.61      58,110     1.42      55,435    1.34     (7.64)       (3.18)


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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:  January 10, 2012
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