Table 2 Philippine Imports from All Countries
January 2011 and December and January 2010
(F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)
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2011 | 2010 | Growth Rates
Commodity Percent | Percent | Percent | (Percent)
January p Share | December r Share | January Share | Monthly Annual
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Total 5,312.70 100.00 4,949.14 100.00 4,287.36 100.00 7.35 23.92
1 Electronic Products 1/ 1,839.03 34.62 1,706.38 34.48 1,336.74 31.18 7.77 37.58
a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors) 1,530.65 28.81 1,417.61 28.64 980.72 22.87 7.97 56.07
b) Electronic Data Processing 149.82 2.82 143.96 2.91 185.21 4.32 4.07 (19.11)
c) Office Equipment 6.18 0.12 5.43 0.11 5.18 0.12 13.78 19.31
d) Consumer Electronics 32.29 0.61 25.77 0.52 30.09 0.70 25.28 7.30
e) Telecommunication 74.00 1.39 67.61 1.37 114.45 2.67 9.44 (35.35)
f) Communication/Radar 31.77 0.60 25.07 0.51 5.89 0.14 26.75 439.49
g) Control and Instrumentation 8.02 0.15 10.20 0.21 8.35 0.19 (21.39) (3.98)
h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation 5.15 0.10 9.05 0.18 5.01 0.12 (43.13) 2.71
i) Automotive Electronics 1.16 0.02 1.68 0.03 1.85 0.04 (30.80) (37.20)
2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
Related Materials 919.26 17.30 949.56 19.19 828.55 19.33 (3.19) 10.95
3 Transport Equipment 273.37 5.15 374.22 7.56 380.17 8.87 (26.95) (28.09)
4 Industrial Machinery and Equipment 270.29 5.09 236.58 4.78 174.52 4.07 14.25 54.88
5 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap 149.36 2.81 59.18 1.20 89.89 2.10 152.37 66.15
6 Plastics in Primary and
Non-Primary Forms 146.57 2.76 99.43 2.01 86.53 2.02 47.41 69.38
7 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals 137.14 2.58 106.05 2.14 101.60 2.37 29.32 34.99
8 Iron and Steel 120.51 2.27 116.78 2.36 83.57 1.95 3.19 44.20
9 Telecommunication Equipment and
Electrical Machinery 2/ 109.72 2.07 104.33 2.11 76.09 1.77 5.17 44.21
10 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products 81.38 1.53 56.15 1.13 62.81 1.46 44.93 29.58
Top 10 Imports Total 4,046.64 76.17 3,808.67 76.96 3,220.47 75.12 6.25 25.65
11 Non-Ferrous Metal 77.94 1.47 50.41 1.02 49.38 1.15 54.61 57.85
12 Dairy Products 75.37 1.42 57.15 1.15 49.59 1.16 31.88 51.97
13 Cereals and Cereal Preparations 70.15 1.32 32.70 0.66 186.10 4.34 114.53 (62.31)
14 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up
Articles and Related products 70.04 1.32 57.48 1.16 42.72 1.00 21.86 63.95
15 Metal Products 64.08 1.21 71.55 1.45 69.49 1.62 (10.44) (7.78)
16 Feeding Stuff For Animals
(Not Including Unmilled cereals) 63.29 1.19 52.55 1.06 38.52 0.90 20.43 64.31
17 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s. 63.27 1.19 60.64 1.23 49.04 1.14 4.34 29.03
18 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 60.14 1.13 51.36 1.04 41.59 0.97 17.09 44.59
19 Paper and Paper Products 56.47 1.06 52.76 1.07 47.29 1.10 7.04 19.42
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured 43.69 0.82 65.27 1.32 28.90 0.67 (33.07) 51.17
21 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures 37.50 0.71 33.83 0.68 29.15 0.68 10.83 28.64
22 Power Generating and Specialized Mach. 34.97 0.66 41.58 0.84 36.53 0.85 (15.91) (4.27)
23 Professional, scientific and
controlling instrument,photographic
and optical goods,not elsewhere
specified, watches and clocks 33.51 0.63 40.73 0.82 31.37 0.73 (17.72) 6.83
24 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials 31.91 0.60 22.12 0.45 22.30 0.52 44.28 43.08
25 Rubber Manufacture 23.48 0.44 14.48 0.29 16.67 0.39 62.12 40.90
26 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste 10.88 0.20 11.24 0.23 7.20 0.17 (3.16) 51.15
27 Office and EDP Machines 0.55 0.01 0.62 0.01 0.82 0.02 (11.02) (32.85)
28 Others 448.84 8.45 424.02 8.57 320.26 7.47 5.85 40.15
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: 1 Includes consigned and direct importation using the expanded coverage of electronic products
2 Includes telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment
p Preliminary
r Revised
Page last updated: March 25, 2011
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