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

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                                                      2012                   |               2011|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       February p  Share|  January r    Share|  February    Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                  4,430.57   100.00   4,123.42    100.00   3,864.88   100.00       7.45      14.64

 1 Electronic Products                 2,333.45    52.67   2,152.99     52.21   2,015.47    52.15       8.38      15.78
   a) Components/Devices
         (Semiconductors)              1,681.02    37.94   1,559.53     37.82   1,450.51    37.53       7.79      15.89
   b) Electronic Data Processing         519.55    11.73     467.41     11.34     461.58    11.94      11.16      12.56
   c) Office Equipment                    27.81     0.63      23.85      0.58      21.07     0.55      16.60      31.96
   d) Consumer Electronics                25.80     0.58      23.60      0.57      12.03     0.31       9.32     114.47
   e) Telecommunication                   30.35     0.69      27.73      0.67       8.11     0.21       9.45     274.39
   f) Communication/Radar                 21.35     0.48      23.31      0.57      33.31     0.86      (8.42)    (35.91)
   g) Control and Instrumentation          1.94     0.04       2.67      0.06       2.73     0.07     (27.31)    (28.93)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation   6.01     0.14       5.85      0.14       2.38     0.06       2.75     152.00
   i) Automotive Electronics              19.63     0.44      19.04      0.46      23.74     0.61       3.10     (17.32)
 2 Woodcrafts and Furniture              165.53     3.74     189.55      4.60     137.72     3.56     (12.67)     20.19
 3 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
      Accessories                        146.19     3.30     171.23      4.15     153.41     3.97     (14.62)     (4.70)
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
      Wiring Sets used in vehicles
      aircrafts and ships 1/             109.57     2.47     105.12      2.55     103.98     2.69       4.24       5.38
 5 Metal Components  2/                   72.20     1.63      75.90      1.84      76.15     1.97      (4.87)     (5.18)
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                        64.33     1.45      88.11      2.14     123.47     3.19     (26.98)    (47.90)
 7 Gold  4/                               63.40     1.43      10.60      0.26       4.19     0.11     497.88   1,414.05
 8 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis       60.93     1.38      54.21      1.31      43.29     1.12      12.39      40.75
 9 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    40.32     0.91     108.03      2.62      62.00     1.60     (62.68)    (34.96)
10 Bananas (Fresh)                        32.04     0.72      29.91      0.73      28.30     0.73       7.10      13.20

   Top  Ten  Exports Total             3,087.96    69.70   2,985.64     72.41   2,747.96    71.10       3.43      12.37

11 Copper Concentrates                    31.44     0.71       4.67      0.11      20.15     0.52     573.26      56.06
12 Tuna  5/                               30.66     0.69      31.72      0.77      20.04     0.52      (3.34)     53.01
13 Pineapple and Pineapple Products       29.33     0.66      31.99      0.78      21.46     0.56      (8.33)     36.64
14 Dessicated Coconut                     25.71     0.58      20.06      0.49      20.91     0.54      28.17      22.95
15 Processed Tropical Fruits              19.42     0.44      16.92      0.41      16.64     0.43      14.74      16.65
16 Fertilizers, Manufactured              17.73     0.40       0.42      0.01      12.60     0.33   4,101.23      40.73
17 Seaweeds and Carageenan                16.92     0.38      13.68      0.33      19.37     0.50      23.71     (12.67)
18 Petroleum Products  6/                 12.80     0.29      47.28      1.15      33.36     0.86     (72.93)    (61.63)
19 Activated Carbon                        5.97     0.13       4.84      0.12       4.02     0.10      23.21      48.49
20 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   5.28     0.12       4.50      0.11      10.99     0.28      17.46     (51.90)
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                  4.55     0.10      11.08      0.27       7.80     0.20     (58.94)    (41.70)
22 Basketworks                             4.22     0.10       4.00      0.10       3.84     0.10       5.38       9.98
23 Fine Jewelry                            3.22     0.07       2.30      0.06       4.31     0.11      40.20     (25.21)
24 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                     3.08     0.07       2.89      0.07       2.52     0.07       6.75      22.39
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                  2.39     0.05       5.60      0.14       5.58     0.14     (57.28)    (57.11)
26 Christmas Decor                         1.28     0.03       0.66      0.02       0.75     0.02      93.21      71.09
27 Footwear                                1.20     0.03       0.98      0.02       0.95     0.02      22.59      25.88
28 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                 1.03     0.02       1.03      0.03       1.68     0.04       0.16     (38.38)
29 Sugar                                   0.15     0.00      30.15      0.73       0.29     0.01     (99.51)    (49.20)
30 Others                              1,126.22    25.42     903.01     21.90     909.67    23.54      24.72      23.81


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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/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         3/ includes crude and refined.
         4/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised



         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

Page last updated:  April 12, 2012
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