Table 1a  Total Growth Rate by Month and Year
          2010-2011
          (F.O.B. Value in Million US$)

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                                        Balance  |        Cumulative        | Balance
Month/Year    Total  Imports  Exports        of  |  Total                   |      of
              Trade                       Trade  |  Trade  Imports  Exports |   Trade
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January
       2010 r  36.0     31.1     42.4      (6.5)     36.0     31.1     42.4      (6.5)
       2011 p  18.4     23.9     11.8      85.4      18.4     23.9     11.8      85.4
February
       2010    34.3     27.6     42.4     (39.5)     35.2     29.4     42.4     (20.4)
March
       2010    41.2     38.9     43.8      (0.3)     37.3     32.7     42.9     (16.1)
April
       2010    38.7     48.2     28.2     269.8      37.7     36.4     39.1      21.6
May
       2010    34.1     31.4     37.3      (3.0)     36.9     35.3     38.7      16.3
June
       2010    16.7      2.6     33.7    (148.8)     32.8     28.7     37.7     (20.4)
July
       2010    25.1     16.2     35.9     (75.4)     31.6     26.7     37.4     (30.5)
August
       2010    29.9     23.1     37.0    (312.5)     31.4     26.2     37.4     (40.7)
September
       2010    35.4     24.6     46.4  (2,427.8)     31.9     26.0     38.6     (59.7)
October
       2010    27.9     28.4     27.4      89.8      31.4     26.3     37.2     (57.5)
November
       2010    23.3     35.3     11.5  (1,360.0)     30.6     27.1     34.5     (37.1)
December
       2010    26.1     25.7     26.5      21.6      30.2     27.0     33.8     (29.4)

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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.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

Page last updated:  March 25, 2011
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