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

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                                                          2011                  |             2010  |  Growth Rates
    Commodity                                      Percent |            Percent |           Percent |    (Percent)
                                        December p   Share | November r   Share | December    Share | Monthly   Annual
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                   Total                  4,627.79  100.00   4,989.65    100.00   4,949.14   100.00     (7.25)   (6.49)

 1 Electronic Products  1/                1,264.74   27.33   1,380.97     27.68   1,706.38    34.48     (8.42)  (25.88)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)   892.77   19.29   1,072.09     21.49   1,417.61    28.64    (16.73)  (37.02)
   b) Electronic Data Processing            131.82    2.85     143.02      2.87     143.96     2.91     (7.83)   (8.43)
   c) Office Equipment                        4.87    0.11       5.65      0.11       5.43     0.11    (13.80)  (10.22)
   d) Consumer Electronics                   26.06    0.56      37.96      0.76      25.77     0.52    (31.34)    1.12
   e) Telecommunication                     128.96    2.79      80.27      1.61      67.61     1.37     60.65    90.74
   f) Communication/Radar                    58.24    1.26      21.14      0.42      25.07     0.51    175.46   132.37
   g) Control and Instrumentation            13.68    0.30      12.26      0.25      10.20     0.21     11.55    34.09
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation      6.53    0.14       7.21      0.14       9.05     0.18     (9.43)  (27.91)
   i) Automotive Electronics                  1.81    0.04       1.37      0.03       1.68     0.03     32.43     8.00
 2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
        Related Materials                 1,049.50   22.68   1,130.75     22.66     949.56    19.19     (7.19)   10.52
 3 Industrial Machinery and Equipment       251.21    5.43     256.19      5.13     236.58     4.78     (1.95)    6.18
 4 Transport Equipment                      239.06    5.17     271.08      5.43     374.22     7.56    (11.81)  (36.12)
 5 Cereals and Cereal Preparations          174.72    3.78     102.98      2.06      32.70     0.66     69.66   434.35
 6 Plastics in Primary  and
       Non-Primary Forms                    125.88    2.72     136.36      2.73      99.43     2.01     (7.69)   26.60
 7 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals          117.34    2.54     146.64      2.94     106.05     2.14    (19.98)   10.64
 8 Iron and Steel                           112.18    2.42     104.74      2.10     116.78     2.36      7.10    (3.94)
 9 Telecommunication Equipment and
      Electrical Machinery 2/                96.10    2.08     102.25      2.05     104.33     2.11     (6.02)   (7.89)
10 Feeding Stuff For Animals
      (Not Including Unmilled cereals)       66.07    1.43      76.96      1.54      52.55     1.06    (14.16)   25.73

            Top 10 Imports Total          3,496.80   75.56   3,708.93     74.33   3,778.58    76.35     (5.72)   (7.46)

11 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products     64.92    1.40      65.81      1.32      56.15     1.13     (1.35)   15.61
12 Metal Products                            61.59    1.33      59.21      1.19      71.55     1.45      4.02   (13.92)
13 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up Articles
     and Related Products                    59.56    1.29      66.73      1.34      57.48     1.16    (10.76)    3.62
14 Fertilizers, Manufactured                 58.14    1.26      45.62      0.91      65.27     1.32     27.45   (10.92)
15 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles       56.35    1.22      70.04      1.40      51.36     1.04    (19.54)    9.72
16 Paper and Paper Products                  54.44    1.18      50.90      1.02      52.76     1.07      6.96     3.18
17 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s.   52.76    1.14      62.84      1.26      60.64     1.23    (16.03)  (12.99)
18 Non-Ferrous Metal                         47.37    1.02      55.05      1.10      50.41     1.02    (13.96)   (6.04)
19 Dairy Products                            45.26    0.98      74.22      1.49      57.15     1.15    (39.02)  (20.80)
20 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures         41.44    0.90      38.29      0.77      33.83     0.68      8.23    22.48
21 Power Generating and Specialized Mach.    40.06    0.87      47.09      0.94      41.58     0.84    (14.92)   (3.66)
22 Professional, scientific and
      controlling instrument,photographic
      and optical goods,not elsewhere
      specified, watches and clocks          27.92    0.60      38.95      0.78      40.73     0.82    (28.32)  (31.45)
23 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap        23.02    0.50      47.43      0.95      59.18     1.20    (51.46)  (61.10)
24 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials    20.29    0.44      25.71      0.52      22.12     0.45    (21.08)   (8.27)
25 Rubber Manufacture                        18.15    0.39      20.04      0.40      14.48     0.29     (9.46)   25.28
26 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste              11.49    0.25      10.00      0.20      11.24     0.23     14.84     2.24
27 Office and EDP Machines                    0.55    0.01       0.45      0.01       0.62     0.01     24.05   (10.32)
28 Others                                   447.68    9.67     502.33     10.07     424.02     8.57    (10.88)    5.58

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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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