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

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                                                    2011                   |       2010        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                            December p       |   November r       |    December       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                3,332,023   100.00   3,341,823   100.00   4,201,275  100.00     (0.29)      (20.69)

Total Agro-Based Products            318,705     9.56     315,357     9.44     298,158    7.10      1.06         6.89

   Agro-Based Products               247,003     7.41     237,089     7.09     220,544    5.25      4.18        12.00
      Coconut Products               124,021     3.72      84,318     2.52     132,103    3.14     47.09        (6.12)
         Copra                            33     0.00          64     0.00           a      -     (48.88)         -
         Coconut Oil                  99,143     2.98      58,811     1.76     105,325    2.51     68.58        (5.87)
         Desiccated Coconut           19,685     0.59      20,050     0.60      16,841    0.40     (1.82)       16.89
         Copra Meal/Cake               4,077     0.12       3,874     0.12       8,037    0.19      5.23       (49.27)
         Others                        1,083     0.03       1,518     0.05       1,901    0.05    (28.66)      (43.01)
      Sugar and Products              51,993     1.56      59,482     1.78       1,019    0.02    (12.59)    5,000.86
         Centrifugal & Refined        46,583     1.40      57,453     1.72           5    0.00    (18.92)  908,489.35
         Molasses                      4,748     0.14       1,633     0.05         534    0.01    190.69       789.06
         Others                          662     0.02         396     0.01         480    0.01     67.30        37.86
      Fruits and Vegetables           70,989     2.13      93,289     2.79      87,422    2.08    (23.90)      (18.80)
         Canned Pineapple             19,001     0.57      26,136     0.78      14,751    0.35    (27.30)       28.81
         Pineapple Juice               2,489     0.07       3,691     0.11       3,761    0.09    (32.56)      (33.83)
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,863     0.09       3,349     0.10       7,813    0.19    (14.50)      (63.35)
         Bananas                      30,085     0.90      41,828     1.25      45,191    1.08    (28.07)      (33.43)
         Mangoes                         798     0.02         925     0.03         732    0.02    (13.71)        9.05
         Others                       15,753     0.47      17,361     0.52      15,173    0.36     (9.26)        3.82
   Other Agro-Based Products          71,703     2.15      78,268     2.34      77,614    1.85     (8.39)       (7.62)
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 34,581     1.04      36,693     1.10      28,224    0.67     (5.76)       22.52
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            3     0.00           a      -    (100.00)         -
         Abaca Fibers                    584     0.02       1,056     0.03       1,375    0.03    (44.73)      (57.54)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        8,834     0.27      15,152     0.45      18,178    0.43    (41.69)      (51.40)
         Natural Rubber                4,454     0.13       5,361     0.16       7,788    0.19    (16.90)      (42.81)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a        -           a      -         -             -
         Seaweeds, Dried               4,358     0.13       3,520     0.11       5,649    0.13     23.83       (22.85)
         Rice                              1     0.00           5     0.00           1    0.00    (86.52)        4.11
         Others                       18,890     0.57      16,479     0.49      16,398    0.39     14.63        15.20

Forest Products                        4,493     0.13       7,663     0.23       1,932    0.05    (41.36)      132.58

         Logs                              a       -            a        -           2    0.00       -        (100.00)
         Lumber                        1,937     0.06       3,134     0.09       1,017    0.02    (38.18)       90.55
         Plywood                       2,113     0.06       3,972     0.12         888    0.02    (46.81)      137.90
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks          9     0.00           a       -            a      -         -            -
         Others                          435     0.01         557     0.02          26    0.00    (21.99)    1,600.04

Mineral Products                     195,759     5.88     191,187     5.72     261,904    6.23      2.39       (25.26)

         Copper Concentrates          49,962     1.50      20,252     0.61      30,355    0.72    146.71        64.59
         Copper Metal                 33,789     1.01      65,068     1.95     139,784    3.33    (48.07)      (75.83)
         Gold                         31,003     0.93      15,616     0.47      31,510    0.75     98.54        (1.61)
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         7,689     0.23       4,465     0.13      11,183    0.27     72.19       (31.25)
         Chromium Ore                    621     0.02         617     0.02         351    0.01      0.62        76.73
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -            -
         Others                       72,694     2.18      85,169     2.55      48,721    1.16    (14.65)       49.20

Petroleum Products                    40,136     1.20      16,568     0.50      72,392    1.72    142.25       (44.56)

Manufactures                       2,667,917    80.07   2,702,513    80.87   3,429,978   81.64     (1.28)      (22.22)

         Electronic Products       1,518,877    45.58   1,529,509    45.77   2,255,917   53.70     (0.70)      (32.67)
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,120,065    33.62   1,212,925    36.30   1,615,721   38.46     (7.66)      (30.68)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              324,594     9.74     221,596     6.63     527,388   12.55     46.48       (38.45)
            Office Equipment          25,791     0.77      15,531     0.46      17,022    0.41     66.06        51.51
            Consumer Electronics       8,604     0.26      24,068     0.72      16,794    0.40    (64.25)      (48.77)
            Telecommunication         14,245     0.43       8,764     0.26       5,917    0.14     62.53       140.73
            Communication/Radar       15,440     0.46      19,897     0.60      41,170    0.98    (22.40)      (62.50)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,336     0.07       2,896     0.09       2,485    0.06    (19.34)       (5.99)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          2,283     0.07       6,477     0.19       3,136    0.07    (64.75)      (27.20)
            Automotive Electronics     5,519     0.17      17,354     0.52      26,282    0.63    (68.20)      (79.00)
         Other Electronics           127,152     3.82     130,655     3.91     122,923    2.93     (2.68)        3.44
         Garments                    148,982     4.47     130,756     3.91     137,904    3.28     13.94         8.03
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        14,535     0.44      15,702     0.47      14,781    0.35     (7.43)       (1.66)
         Footwear                        965     0.03       1,011     0.03         937    0.02     (4.49)        3.01
         Travel Goods and Handbags     1,975     0.06       6,733     0.20       4,421    0.11    (70.66)      (55.31)
         Wood Manufactures           118,812     3.57     162,923     4.88     100,200    2.38    (27.07)       18.57
         Furniture & Fixtures         13,060     0.39      10,981     0.33      12,833    0.31     18.93         1.77
         Chemicals                   165,553     4.97     116,593     3.49     194,926    4.64     41.99       (15.07)
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                16,047     0.48      12,518     0.37      15,350    0.37     28.19         4.54
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 167,967     5.04     145,279     4.35     181,778    4.33     15.62        (7.60)
         Processed food and Beverages 91,482     2.75      96,543     2.89      83,766    1.99     (5.24)        9.21
         Iron & Steel                 16,212     0.49      13,964     0.42      12,555    0.30     16.10        29.13
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          15,089     0.45      13,947     0.42      16,526    0.39      8.19        (8.69)
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    2,986     0.09       3,694     0.11       3,361    0.08    (19.16)      (11.13)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     34,420     1.03      34,290     1.03      27,997    0.67      0.38        22.95
         Others                      213,801     6.42     277,415     8.30     243,806    5.80    (22.93)      (12.31)

Special Transactions                 105,012     3.15     108,535     3.25     136,911    3.26     (3.25)      (23.30)

Re-Export                             43,133     1.29      53,670     1.61      51,878    1.23    (19.63)      (16.86)


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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
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

Page last updated:  February 10, 2012
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