Table 1   Total Trade by Month and Year
          2009 - 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
       2009    5,783    3,270    2,513    (757)     5,783    3,270    2,513    (757)
       2010    7,867    4,287    3,579    (708)     7,867    4,287    3,579    (708)
       2011    9,303    5,302    4,000  (1,302)     9,303    5,302    4,000  (1,302)
February
       2009    5,565    3,059    2,506    (552)    11,348    6,329    5,019  (1,309)
       2010 r  7,475    3,904    3,570    (334)    15,341    8,192    7,150  (1,042)
       2011 p  8,553    4,688    3,865    (823)    17,856    9,991    7,865  (2,125)
March
       2009    6,177    3,270    2,907    (363)    17,525    9,599    7,926  (1,673)
       2010    8,723    4,543    4,181    (362)    24,065   12,734   11,330  (1,404)
April
       2009    5,861    3,057    2,804    (253)    23,386   12,656   10,730  (1,926)
       2010    8,126    4,532    3,595    (937)    32,191   17,266   14,925  (2,341)
May
       2009    6,705    3,617    3,088    (529)    30,090   16,272   13,818  (2,455)
       2010    8,994    4,753    4,241    (513)    41,185   22,019   19,166  (2,854)
June
       2009    7,514    4,107   3,407     (700)    37,604   20,379   17,225  (3,155)
       2010    8,769    4,213   4,555      342     49,954   26,233   23,721  (2,512)
July
       2009    7,339    4,026   3,313     (713)    44,943   24,405   20,538  (3,867)
       2010    9,183    4,679   4,504     (175)    59,137   30,912   28,225  (2,687)
August
       2009    7,090    3,617   3,473     (144)    52,034   28,023   24,011  (4,012)
       2010    9,211    4,452   4,759      307     68,348   35,364   32,984  (2,380)
September
       2009    7,308    3,670   3,638      (32)    59,341   31,692   27,649  (4,044)
       2010    9,898    4,573   5,325      751     78,246   39,938   38,308  (1,629)
October
       2009    7,556    3,808   3,748      (60)    66,897   35,501   31,397  (4,104)
       2010    9,666    4,890   4,776     (114)    87,912   44,828   43,084  (1,744)
November
       2009    7,372    3,655   3,718       63     74,270   39,155   35,115  (4,041)
       2010    9,090    4,944   4,146     (798)    97,002   49,772   47,230  (2,541)
December
       2009    7,258    3,936   3,321     (615)    81,527   43,092   38,436  (4,656)
       2010    9,150    4,949   4,201     (748)   106,153   54,721   51,432  (3,289)

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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 totals due to rounding.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

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