Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  November 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 (%)
                                     November   Share |  Jan-Nov    Share| November   Share |  Jan-Nov   Share| Current Cumulative
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                 Total               4,984.84  100.00  55,506.16   100.00  4,955.78  100.00  49,983.78  100.00     0.59     11.05

        Top 10 Countries Total       3,748.37   75.20  40,235.83    72.49  3,782.20   76.32  36,341.60   72.71    (0.89)    10.72

 1 Japan  1/                           631.60   12.67   5,922.75    10.67    583.07   11.77   6,146.50   12.30     8.32     (3.64)
 2 China, People's Republic of         548.82   11.01   5,474.80     9.86    467.57    9.43   4,143.70    8.29    17.38     32.12
 3 United States Of America  2/        542.80   10.89   5,982.65    10.78    564.92   11.40   5,339.57   10.68    (3.92)    12.04
 4 Singapore                           343.38    6.89   4,562.52     8.22    434.11    8.76   4,778.91    9.56   (20.90)    (4.53)
 5 Saudi Arabia                        325.80    6.54   2,978.73     5.37    163.47    3.30   2,047.71    4.10    99.31     45.47
 6 United Arab Emirates                313.59    6.29   1,720.54     3.10    330.51    6.67   1,300.45    2.60    (5.12)    32.30
 7 Taiwan                              306.70    6.15   3,854.21     6.94    341.94    6.90   3,308.48    6.62   (10.30)    16.49
 8 Korea, Republic of                  300.93    6.04   3,994.29     7.20    368.12    7.43   3,415.98    6.83   (18.25)    16.93
 9 Malaysia  3/                        221.81    4.45   2,464.33     4.44    239.28    4.83   2,275.99    4.55    (7.30)     8.28
10 Thailand                            212.95    4.27   3,281.01     5.91    289.23    5.84   3,584.30    7.17   (26.37)    (8.46)
11 Others                            1,236.47   24.80  15,270.33    27.51  1,173.58   23.68  13,642.17   27.29     5.36     11.93

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

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

          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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