Table 3a  Philippine Imports by Major Type of Goods
          January to March 2011 and 2010
          (FOB in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                                  2011    |       2010     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Mar  |      Jan-Mar   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                             15,586,190,117    12,772,330,024       22.03

Capital Goods                                              3,683,625,911     3,967,561,985       (7.16)

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                    859,810,808       689,937,891       24.62
  Office & EDP Machines                                      409,485,155       630,051,012      (35.01)
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                    1,894,609,686     2,068,743,736       (8.42)
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                          298,659,756       223,590,237       33.57
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                   91,099,419       217,552,065      (58.13)
  Professional Scientific & Controlling Instruments,
   Photographic Equipment & Optical Goods                    129,961,087       137,687,044       (5.61)

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                         7,312,157,223     4,465,384,192       63.75

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                  705,602,539       473,634,091       48.98
       Wheat                                                 193,407,892       138,378,554       39.77
       Corn                                                    8,387,592        11,896,736      (29.50)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                      2,909,532         5,000,257      (41.81)
       Crude materials, inedible                             469,260,163       284,713,312       64.82
             Pulp & waste paper                               23,772,955        12,094,415       96.56
             Cotton                                           11,197,033         4,000,045      179.92
             Syn. Fibers                                      25,600,134        20,129,424       27.18
             Metalliferous ores                              273,871,998       153,560,612       78.35
             Others                                          134,818,043        94,928,816       42.02
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                31,637,360        33,645,232       (5.97)
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                             6,606,554,684     3,991,750,101       65.51
       Feeding stuffs for animals                            194,864,067       134,428,801       44.96
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                         97,469,157        45,337,122      114.99
       Chemical                                            1,657,719,758     1,187,811,838       39.56
             Chemical compounds                              446,889,658       305,724,858       46.17
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                246,342,675       186,688,430       31.95
             Urea                                             49,430,690        28,827,841       71.47
             Fertilizer excl. urea                            65,923,325        71,764,693       (8.14)
             Artificial resins                               413,514,714       250,466,192       65.10
             Others                                          435,618,696       344,339,824       26.51
       Manufactured goods                                  1,376,679,429       937,661,921       46.82
             Paper & paper products                          197,948,464       130,905,345       51.21
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles        175,344,606       105,942,005       65.51
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures               105,609,375        81,464,955       29.64
             Iron & steel                                    339,354,574       254,554,097       33.31
             Non-ferrous metals                              252,679,559       153,817,400       64.27
             Metal products                                  193,425,327       140,440,424       37.73
             Others                                          112,317,524        70,537,695       59.23
       Embroideries                                           11,980,627        21,122,027      (43.28)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               3,267,841,646     1,665,388,392       96.22
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                                     -                  -         -

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials               2,801,350,153     2,144,125,079       30.65

  Coal, Coke                                                 129,888,505        99,976,229       29.92
  Petroleum crude                                          1,792,388,592     1,186,007,034       51.13
  Others                                                     879,073,056       858,141,816        2.44

Consumer Goods                                             1,599,342,421     2,015,433,683      (20.65)

  Durable                                                    768,538,243       632,397,651       21.53
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                      437,016,857       393,233,590       11.13
       Home appliances                                        74,319,577        60,564,111       22.71
       Misc. manufactures                                    257,201,809       178,599,950       44.01
  Non-Durable                                                830,804,178     1,383,036,032      (39.93)
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                  776,573,600     1,348,332,474      (42.40)
             Dairy products                                  208,029,642       176,810,248       17.66
             Fish & fish preparation                          40,029,472        44,746,158      (10.54)
             Rice                                              3,317,630       746,904,105      (99.56)
             Fruits & vegetables                              71,918,185        59,597,626       20.67
             Others                                          453,278,671       320,274,337       41.53
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                            13,577,624        11,669,826       16.35
       Articles of apparel, access.                           40,652,954        23,033,732       76.49

Special Transactions                                         189,714,409       179,825,085        5.50

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                    51,868,439        68,174,697      (23.92)
  Others                                                     137,845,970       111,650,388       23.46

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

Note:    Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

Page last updated:  May 25, 2011
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