Table 1  Philippine Exports to All Countries
         January 2012 and December and January 2011
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                    2012|                  2011                  |    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                        January p  Share| December r    Share|   January    Share|   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                  4,121.07   100.00    3,407.16   100.00   4,000.44   100.00      20.95     3.02

 1 Electronic Products                 2,151.54    52.21    1,592.85    46.75   2,141.97    53.54      35.07     0.45
   a) Components/Devices
        (Semiconductors)               1,559.53    37.84    1,179.19    34.61   1,587.80    39.69      32.25    (1.78)
   b) Electronic Data Processing         465.96    11.31      324.36     9.52     446.96    11.17      43.65     4.25
   c) Office Equipment                    23.84     0.58       25.79     0.76      17.02     0.43      (7.56)   40.07
   d) Consumer Electronics                23.60     0.57        8.61     0.25      11.99     0.30     174.09    96.83
   e) Telecommunication                   27.73     0.67       14.85     0.44       5.61     0.14      86.79   394.75
   f) Communication/Radar                 23.31     0.57       15.54     0.46      44.09     1.10      49.98   (47.13)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          2.67     0.06        2.34     0.07       2.38     0.06      14.32    12.13
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   5.85     0.14        2.28     0.07       2.57     0.06     156.07   127.46
   i) Automotive Electronics              19.04     0.46       19.89     0.58      23.56     0.59      (4.26)  (19.19)
 2 Woodcrafts and Furniture              189.62     4.60      131.84     3.87     105.66     2.64      43.82    79.46
 3 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
     Accessories                         170.87     4.15      148.96     4.37     162.37     4.06      14.71     5.24
 4 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                   108.03     2.62       33.79     0.99      29.25     0.73     219.71   269.36
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
     Wiring Sets used in vehicles
     aircrafts and ships 1/              105.12     2.55      105.39     3.09      95.88     2.40      (0.26)    9.63
 6 Coconut Oil  2/                        88.11     2.14       99.14     2.91     160.18     4.00     (11.13)  (45.00)
 7 Metal Components  3/                   75.90     1.84       67.01     1.97      62.27     1.56      13.27    21.89
 8 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       54.21     1.32       28.38     0.83      35.51     0.89      91.01    52.67
 9 Petroleum Products  4/                 47.28     1.15       40.14     1.18      41.14     1.03      17.81    14.93
10 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       31.99     0.78       29.56     0.87      14.80     0.37       8.23   116.20

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,022.65    73.35    2,277.05    66.83   2,849.03    71.22      32.74     6.09

11 Tuna  5/                               31.72     0.77       30.43     0.89      23.94     0.60       4.24    32.50
12 Sugar                                  30.15     0.73       46.58     1.37      17.17     0.43     (35.28)   75.54
13 Bananas (Fresh)                        29.91     0.73       30.08     0.88      39.85     1.00      (0.57)  (24.93)
14 Dessicated Coconut                     20.06     0.49       19.69     0.58      13.21     0.33       1.90    51.87
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              16.92     0.41       16.49     0.48      15.43     0.39       2.63     9.66
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                13.37     0.32       18.74     0.55      18.08     0.45     (28.64)  (26.05)
17 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 11.08     0.27        8.83     0.26      11.86     0.30      25.37    (6.58)
18 Gold  6/                               10.60     0.26       52.26     1.53      41.00     1.02     (79.71)  (74.13)
19 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  5.60     0.14        4.08     0.12       3.23     0.08      37.33    73.27
20 Activated Carbon                        4.84     0.12        3.19     0.09       2.31     0.06      51.98   110.01
21 Copper Concentrates                     4.67     0.11       49.96     1.47      15.31     0.38     (90.65)  (69.49)
22 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   4.50     0.11        7.69     0.23       6.84     0.17     (41.49)  (34.19)
23 Basketworks                             4.00     0.10        3.40     0.10       3.67     0.09      17.85     9.01
24 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     2.89     0.07        4.57     0.13       4.52     0.11     (36.84)  (36.11)
25 Fine Jewelry                            2.30     0.06        1.15     0.03       3.09     0.08      99.23   (25.69)
26 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.03     0.03        1.12     0.03       1.61     0.04      (8.24)  (35.93)
27 Footwear                                0.98     0.02        0.97     0.03       1.08     0.03       1.56    (9.01)
28 Christmas Decor                         0.66     0.02        1.04     0.03       0.93     0.02     (36.41)  (28.62)
29 Fertilizers, Manufactured               0.42     0.01        3.15     0.09       4.97     0.12     (86.61)  (91.51)
30 Others                                902.71    21.90      826.68    24.26     923.32    23.08       9.20    (2.23)


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

Notes:   1/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         2/ includes crude and refined.
         3/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         4/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised


         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

Page last updated:  March 13, 2012
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