Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  March 2011 and 2010
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                   2 0 1 1               |               2 0 1 0              |  Annual Growth
Country of Origin                             Percent |           Percent|         Percent  |          Percent|    Rate (%)
                                        March   Share |  Jan-Mar    Share|    March   Share |  Jan-Mar   Share| Current Cumulative
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                 Total               5,523.06  100.00  15,586.19   100.00  4,555.82  100.00  12,772.33  100.00    21.23      22.03

         Top 10 Countries Total      4,197.24   75.99  11,749.56    75.38  3,271.62   71.81   9,663.70   75.66    28.29      21.58

 1 United States Of America  1/        636.48   11.52   1,722.00    11.05    453.04    9.94   1,475.85   11.56    40.49      16.68
 2 Japan  2/                           576.83   10.44   1,661.89    10.66    598.85   13.14   1,611.68   12.62    (3.68)      3.12
 3 Singapore                           524.31    9.49   1,488.86     9.55    354.29    7.78   1,236.62    9.68    47.99      20.40
 4 China, People's Republic of         503.66    9.12   1,341.59     8.61    309.84    6.80     994.50    7.79    62.55      34.90
 5 Taiwan                              481.36    8.72   1,204.79     7.73    256.16    5.62     854.40    6.69    87.91      41.01
 6 Korea, Republic of                  360.40    6.53   1,383.62     8.88    339.76    7.46     938.70    7.35     6.08      47.40
 7 Thailand                            355.47    6.44     916.10     5.88    304.25    6.68     859.19    6.73    16.83       6.62
 8 Malaysia  3/                        322.46    5.84     798.29     5.12    138.13    3.03     540.59    4.23   133.44      47.67
 9 Saudi Arabia                        225.89    4.09     613.18     3.93    294.33    6.46     615.81    4.82   (23.25)     (0.43)
10 Indonesia                           210.38    3.81     619.24     3.97    222.96    4.89     536.34    4.20    (5.64)     15.46
11 Others                            1,325.82   24.01   3,836.63    24.62  1,284.21   28.19   3,108.63   24.34     3.24      23.42

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

 Notes:   * Based on March 2011 ranking.
          1 includes Alaska and Hawaii
          2 includes Okinawa
          3 includes Sabah and Sarawak

          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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