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    7,890    4,310    3,579     (731)    7,890    4,310    3,579    (731)
       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    7,476    3,906    3,570     (336)   15,366    8,217    7,150  (1,067)
       2011    8,626    4,761    3,865     (896)   17,928   10,063    7,865  (2,198)
March
       2009    6,177    3,270    2,907     (363)   17,525    9,599    7,926  (1,673)
       2010    8,738    4,556    4,182     (374)   24,104   12,772   11,331  (1,441)
       2011    9,903    5,549    4,353   (1,196)   27,831   15,612   12,219  (3,394)
April
       2009    5,861    3,057    2,804     (253)   23,386   12,656   10,730  (1,926)
       2010    8,180    4,568    3,612     (957)   32,284   17,341   14,943  (2,398)
       2011    9,799    5,497    4,302   (1,195)   37,630   21,109   16,521  (4,588)
May
       2009    6,705    3,617    3,088     (529)   30,090   16,272   13,818  (2,455)
       2010    9,053    4,812    4,241     (570)   41,337   22,152   19,185  (2,968)
       2011    8,997    4,888    4,108     (780)   46,627   25,998   20,629  (5,369)
June
       2009    7,514    4,107    3,407     (700)   37,604   20,379   17,225  (3,155)
       2010    8,782    4,225    4,557      332    50,119   26,377   23,741  (2,636)
       2011    8,631    4,503    4,128     (376)   55,257   30,501   24,757  (5,744)
July
       2009    7,339    4,026    3,313     (713)   44,943   24,405   20,538  (3,867)
       2010 r  9,193    4,688    4,505     (183)   59,312   31,065   28,246  (2,819)
       2011 p  9,429    4,999    4,429     (570)   64,686   35,500   29,186  (6,314)
August
       2009    7,090    3,617    3,473     (144)   52,034   28,023   24,011  (4,012)
       2010    9,236    4,461    4,774      313    68,547   35,526   33,021  (2,505)
September
       2009    7,308    3,670    3,638      (32)   59,341   31,692   27,649  (4,044)
       2010    9,938    4,597    5,341      744    78,485   40,124   38,362  (1,762)
October
       2009    7,556    3,808    3,748      (60)   66,897   35,501   31,397  (4,104)
       2010    9,693    4,904    4,788     (116)   88,178   45,028   43,150  (1,878)
November
       2009    7,372    3,655    3,718       63    74,270   39,155   35,115  (4,041)
       2010    9,102    4,956    4,146     (810)   97,280   49,984   47,296  (2,688)
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)  106,430   54,933   51,498  (3,435)

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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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