Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         January 2012 and December and January 2011
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                2012  |                   2011                 |       Growth Rate
Commodity                                  January p  |      December r    |     January       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly    |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,121,071   100.00   3,407,157   100.00   4,000,440  100.00     20.95        3.02

Total Agro-Based Products            291,479     7.07     318,754     9.36     332,131    8.30     (8.56)     (12.24)

   Agro-Based Products               226,062     5.49     247,003     7.25     260,339    6.51     (8.48)     (13.17)
      Coconut Products               115,950     2.81     124,021     3.64     176,919    4.42     (6.51)     (34.46)
         Copra                           109     0.00          33     0.00           a      -      232.06         -
         Coconut Oil                  88,106     2.14      99,143     2.91     160,184    4.00    (11.13)     (45.00)
         Desiccated Coconut           20,060     0.49      19,685     0.58      13,208    0.33      1.90       51.87
         Copra Meal/Cake               5,599     0.14       4,077     0.12       3,231    0.08     37.33       73.27
         Others                        2,077     0.05       1,083     0.03         296    0.01     91.74      600.63
      Sugar and Products              33,799     0.82      51,993     1.53      17,498    0.44    (34.99)      93.16
         Centrifugal & Refined        30,148     0.73      46,583     1.37      17,175    0.43    (35.28)      75.54
         Molasses                      3,361     0.08       4,748     0.14           a      -     (29.21)        -
         Others                          290     0.01         662     0.02         323    0.01    (56.25)     (10.39)
      Fruits and Vegetables           76,314     1.85      70,989     2.08      65,922    1.65      7.50       15.76
         Canned Pineapple             22,484     0.55      19,001     0.56       7,308    0.18     18.33      207.65
         Pineapple Juice               3,688     0.09       2,489     0.07       1,901    0.05     48.18       93.98
         Pineapple Concentrates        1,186     0.03       2,863     0.08       2,468    0.06    (58.57)     (51.94)
         Bananas                      29,913     0.73      30,085     0.88      39,847    1.00     (0.57)     (24.93)
         Mangoes                       1,174     0.03         798     0.02         566    0.01     47.18      107.55
         Others                       17,868     0.43      15,753     0.46      13,831    0.35     13.42       29.19
   Other Agro-Based Products          65,416     1.59      71,751     2.11      71,792    1.79     (8.83)      (8.88)
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 34,030     0.83      34,591     1.02      30,304    0.76     (1.62)      12.29
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted          a       -            a       -            1    0.00       -       (100.00)
         Abaca Fibers                    407     0.01         584     0.02         767    0.02    (30.24)     (46.93)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured       11,076     0.27       8,834     0.26      11,856    0.30     25.37       (6.58)
         Natural Rubber                2,743     0.07       4,454     0.13       6,837    0.17    (38.43)     (59.88)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -          -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               2,438     0.06       4,351     0.13       3,697    0.09    (43.97)     (34.06)
         Rice                              -       -            1     0.00           1    0.00   (100.00)    (100.00)
         Others                       14,723     0.36      18,936     0.56      18,328    0.46    (22.25)     (19.67)

Forest Products                        2,492     0.06       4,493     0.13       2,603    0.07    (44.55)      (4.27)

         Logs                              a        -           a       -            a      -         -           -
         Lumber                        1,742     0.04       1,937     0.06       1,138    0.03    (10.09)      53.06
         Plywood                         394     0.01       2,113     0.06       1,434    0.04    (81.33)     (72.50)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks          a       -            9     0.00          25    0.00   (100.00)    (100.00)
         Others                          356     0.01         435     0.01           6    0.00    (18.14)   5,981.31

Mineral Products                     168,445     4.09     195,759     5.75     123,340    3.08    (13.95)      36.57

         Copper Concentrates           4,670     0.11      49,962     1.47      15,307    0.38    (90.65)     (69.49)
         Copper Metal                108,026     2.62      33,789     0.99      29,247    0.73    219.71      269.36
         Gold                              a       -       31,003     0.91      15,826    0.40   (100.00)    (100.00)
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         4,499     0.11       7,689     0.23       6,836    0.17    (41.49)     (34.19)
         Chromium Ore                    203     0.00         621     0.02          26    0.00    (67.32)     667.84
         Nickel                            a       -            a       -            a      -         -           -
         Others                       51,046     1.24      72,694     2.13      56,098    1.40    (29.78)      (9.00)

Petroleum Products                    47,282     1.15      40,136     1.18      41,139    1.03     17.81       14.93

Manufactures                       3,481,768    84.49   2,742,355    80.49   3,379,754   84.48     26.96        3.02

         Electronic Products       2,151,535    52.21   1,592,847    46.75   2,141,969   53.54     35.07        0.45
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,559,535    37.84   1,179,188    34.61   1,587,797   39.69     32.25       (1.78)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              465,962    11.31     324,362     9.52     446,956   11.17     43.65        4.25
            Office Equipment          23,840     0.58      25,791     0.76      17,021    0.43     (7.56)      40.07
            Consumer Electronics      23,597     0.57       8,609     0.25      11,988    0.30    174.09       96.83
            Telecommunication         27,733     0.67      14,847     0.44       5,605    0.14     86.79      394.75
            Communication/Radar       23,311     0.57      15,543     0.46      44,088    1.10     49.98      (47.13)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           2,671     0.06       2,336     0.07       2,382    0.06     14.32       12.13
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          5,846     0.14       2,283     0.07       2,570    0.06    156.07      127.46
            Automotive Electronics    19,040     0.46      19,887     0.58      23,561    0.59     (4.26)     (19.19)
         Other Electronics           136,921     3.32     127,153     3.73     126,649    3.17      7.68        8.11
         Garments                    170,870     4.15     148,960     4.37     162,368    4.06     14.71        5.24
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        13,554     0.33      14,535     0.43      14,066    0.35     (6.75)      (3.65)
         Footwear                        981     0.02         965     0.03       1,078    0.03      1.56       (9.01)
         Travel Goods and Handbags     5,633     0.14       1,975     0.06       1,679    0.04    185.13      235.43
         Wood Manufactures           179,116     4.35     118,812     3.49      95,041    2.38     50.76       88.46
         Furniture & Fixtures         10,502     0.25      13,027     0.38      10,620    0.27    (19.38)      (1.10)
         Chemicals                   113,303     2.75     165,597     4.86      90,512    2.26    (31.58)      25.18
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                12,969     0.31      16,047     0.47      15,684    0.39    (19.18)     (17.31)
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 306,354     7.43     168,313     4.94     346,378    8.66     82.01      (11.56)
         Processed food and Beverages 78,034     1.89      91,482     2.68      71,189    1.78    (14.70)       9.62
         Iron & Steel                 14,053     0.34      16,212     0.48       7,951    0.20    (13.32)      76.74
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          12,771     0.31      15,091     0.44      10,231    0.26    (15.37)      24.82
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    3,972     0.10       2,982     0.09       3,615    0.09     33.22        9.90
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     37,460     0.91      34,448     1.01      33,017    0.83      8.74       13.46
         Others                      233,742     5.67     213,907     6.28     247,707    6.19      9.27       (5.64)

Special Transactions                 129,605     3.14     105,661     3.10     121,473    3.04     22.66        6.69

Re-Export                             48,763     1.18      43,133     1.27      60,020    1.50     13.05      (18.76)


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

Notes:   a  - No export data
         -  - No % share / No growth rate
         r  - Revised
         p  - Preliminary

         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding

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