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

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                                                                  2011    |       2010     | Growth Rate
Commodity Group                                                  Jan-Jul  |      Jan-Jul   |     (%)
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Total Imports                                             35,500,383,664    31,065,157,439      14.28

Capital Goods                                              8,343,298,190     9,318,213,070     (10.46)

  Power Generating & Specialized Machines                  1,965,332,339     1,653,395,365      18.87
  Office & EDP Machines                                    1,008,377,710     1,573,831,088     (35.93)
  Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.                    4,215,071,404     4,911,265,066     (14.18)
  Land transport equipment excluding passenger Cars
    motorized cycle                                          594,123,589       508,141,975      16.92
  Aircraft, Ships and Boats                                  240,364,143       342,009,301     (29.72)
  Professional Scientific & Controlling Instruments,
   Photographic Equipment & Optical Goods                    320,029,005       329,570,275      (2.90)

Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods                        15,343,599,418    11,208,135,693      36.90

  Unprocessed Raw Materials                                1,387,568,555     1,373,658,162       1.01
       Wheat                                                 449,102,416       249,979,256      79.66
       Corn                                                   24,935,988        51,228,507     (51.32)
       Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn                      6,423,835        15,340,294     (58.12)
       Crude materials, inedible                             823,140,321       977,638,305     (15.80)
             Pulp & waste paper                               53,552,036        32,324,655      65.67
             Cotton                                           34,035,936        16,405,526     107.47
             Syn. Fibers                                      60,680,857        53,712,826      12.97
             Metalliferous ores                              357,508,586       653,121,809     (45.26)
             Others                                          317,362,906       222,073,489      42.91
       Tobacco, unmanufactured                                83,965,995        79,471,800       5.66
  Semi-Processed Raw Materials                            13,956,030,863     9,834,477,531      41.91
       Feeding stuffs for animals                            449,293,942       344,806,774      30.30
       Animal & vegetable oils & fats                        306,861,138        97,607,501     214.38
       Chemical                                            3,766,452,535     2,925,499,762      28.75
             Chemical compounds                            1,012,040,291       766,672,133      32.00
             Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.                556,689,861       455,122,592      22.32
             Urea                                            118,989,163        82,969,919      43.41
             Fertilizer excl. urea                           168,039,461       138,364,405      21.45
             Artificial resins                               923,049,210       641,128,359      43.97
             Others                                          987,644,549       841,242,354      17.40
       Manufactured goods                                  3,155,367,781     2,330,940,764      35.37
             Paper & paper products                          453,032,464       325,889,190      39.01
             Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles        439,089,653       273,502,737      60.54
             Non-metallic mineral manufactures               252,365,142       202,766,614      24.46
             Iron & steel                                    752,837,146       683,635,018      10.12
             Non-ferrous metals                              570,883,558       357,143,635      59.85
             Metal products                                  424,195,531       316,174,412      34.17
             Others                                          262,964,287       171,829,158      53.04
       Embroideries                                           29,529,176        55,388,073     (46.69)
       Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.               6,248,526,291     4,079,386,698      53.17
       Iron ore, not agglomerated                                    -             847,959    (100.00)

Mineral Fuels, Lubricant & Related Materials               7,255,843,368     5,492,984,506      32.09

  Coal, Coke                                                 338,521,298       270,187,826      25.29
  Petroleum crude                                          4,633,515,472     3,000,745,148      54.41
  Others                                                   2,283,806,598     2,222,051,532       2.78

Consumer Goods                                             4,084,420,327     4,548,559,522     (10.20)

  Durable                                                  1,765,448,183     1,585,763,483      11.33
       Passenger cars & motorized cycle                      899,223,761       973,008,503      (7.58)
       Home appliances                                       179,863,906       159,979,743      12.43
       Misc. manufactures                                    686,360,516       452,775,237      51.59
  Non-Durable                                              2,318,972,144     2,962,796,039     (21.73)
       Food & live animals chiefly for food                2,182,865,721     2,882,850,953     (24.28)
             Dairy products                                  534,444,472       404,388,562      32.16
             Fish & fish preparation                          90,094,500        68,997,213      30.58
             Rice                                            292,958,672     1,405,563,914     (79.16)
             Fruits & vegetables                             160,203,216       125,556,246      27.59
             Others                                        1,105,164,861       878,345,018      25.82
       Beverages & tobacco mfture.                            30,111,413        26,102,328      15.36
       Articles of apparel, access.                          105,995,010        53,842,758      96.86

Special Transactions                                         473,222,361       497,264,648      (4.83)

  Articles temporarily imported & exported                   159,777,156       170,413,564      (6.24)
  Others                                                     313,445,205       326,851,084      (4.10)
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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:  September 27, 2011
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