Table 2  Philippine Imports from All Countries
         May and April 2011 and May 2010
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                          2011                  |             2010  |  Growth Rates
    Commodity                                      Percent |            Percent |           Percent |    (Percent)
                                             May p   Share |    April r   Share |      May    Share | Monthly   Annual
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              Total                       4,888.29  100.00   5,496.86    100.00   4,811.76   100.00    (11.07)    1.59

 1 Electronic Products  1/                1,700.41   34.79   1,690.21     30.75   1,528.63    31.77      0.60    11.24
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors) 1,422.38   29.10   1,437.57     26.15   1,152.46    23.95     (1.06)   23.42
   b) Electronic Data Processing            144.66    2.96     119.22      2.17     243.44     5.06     21.34   (40.57)
   c) Office Equipment                       13.13    0.27       4.36      0.08       5.80     0.12    200.91   126.24
   d) Consumer Electronics                   34.37    0.70      26.19      0.48      31.10     0.65     31.23    10.52
   e) Telecommunication                      44.91    0.92      50.34      0.92      65.64     1.36    (10.79)  (31.59)
   f) Communication/Radar                    18.73    0.38      34.38      0.63       7.31     0.15    (45.51)  156.22
   g) Control and Instrumentation            14.57    0.30       8.30      0.15      10.93     0.23     75.54    33.31
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation      6.52    0.13       8.28      0.15       9.23     0.19    (21.26)  (29.32)
   i) Automotive Electronics                  1.13    0.02       1.57      0.03       2.72     0.06    (28.25)  (58.56)
 2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
        Related Materials                   685.95   14.03   1,392.96     25.34   1,032.11    21.45    (50.76)  (33.54)
 3 Industrial Machinery and Equipment       246.90    5.05     234.70      4.27     202.07     4.20      5.20    22.19
 4 Transport Equipment                      217.47    4.45     184.54      3.36     243.82     5.07     17.84   (10.81)
 5 Cereals and Cereal Preparations          190.38    3.89     107.39      1.95     234.50     4.87     77.28   (18.81)
 6 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals          141.82    2.90     151.46      2.76     108.82     2.26     (6.37)   30.32
 7 Plastics in Primary  and
       Non-Primary Forms                    121.88    2.49     132.89      2.42      96.36     2.00     (8.28)   26.48
 8 Iron and Steel                           103.35    2.11     130.43      2.37     114.04     2.37    (20.76)   (9.38)
 9 Feeding Stuff For Animals
      (Not Including Unmilled cereals)       90.67    1.85      79.25      1.44      41.30     0.86     14.40   119.56
10 Telecommunication Equipment and
       Electrical Machinery 2/               88.70    1.81      96.49      1.76      71.19     1.48     (8.08)   24.59

                 Top 10 Imports Total     3,587.53   73.39   4,200.34     76.41   3,672.84    76.33    (14.59)   (2.32)
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11 Dairy Products                            84.85    1.74      73.85      1.34      71.08     1.48     14.89    19.38
12 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products     80.26    1.64      80.53      1.47      67.58     1.40     (0.34)   18.76
13 Non-Ferrous Metal                         72.98    1.49      68.38      1.24      50.21     1.04      6.72    45.35
14 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles       70.65    1.45      61.52      1.12      40.79     0.85     14.85    73.20
15 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up
       Articles and Related products         67.25    1.38      78.15      1.42      52.19     1.08    (13.94)   28.85
16 Paper and Paper Products                  64.12    1.31      68.87      1.25      45.11     0.94     (6.90)   42.15
17 Metal Products                            63.31    1.30      65.06      1.18      41.65     0.87     (2.69)   52.01
18 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s.   62.47    1.28      72.02      1.31      54.72     1.14    (13.25)   14.17
19 Fertilizers, Manufactured                 41.41    0.85      25.59      0.47       7.21     0.15     61.81   473.99
20 Professional, scientific and
      controlling instrument,photographic
      and optical goods,not elsewhere
      specified, watches and clocks          40.61    0.83      38.93      0.71      37.10     0.77      4.31     9.47
21 Power Generating and Specialized Mach.    37.85    0.77      34.26      0.62      35.93     0.75     10.49     5.35
22 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures         35.72    0.73      37.92      0.69      31.40     0.65     (5.82)   13.74
23 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials    27.61    0.56      31.66      0.58      24.44     0.51    (12.78)   13.00
24 Rubber Manufacture                        24.41    0.50      22.41      0.41      14.84     0.31      8.94    64.48
25 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap        21.12    0.43      23.02      0.42     212.07     4.41     (8.22)  (90.04)
26 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste              15.33    0.31      13.99      0.25       9.66     0.20      9.57    58.76
27 Office and EDP Machines                    0.53    0.01       0.38      0.01       0.68     0.01     38.04   (22.11)
28 Others                                   490.27   10.03     499.98      9.10     342.26     7.11     (1.94)   43.24


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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


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