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

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                                                    2012                   |       2011        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                            February p       |    January r       |    February       |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,430,567   100.00   4,123,421   100.00   3,864,879  100.00       7.45      14.64

Total Agro-Based Products            239,388     5.40     291,743     7.08     274,230    7.10     (17.95)    (12.71)

   Agro-Based Products               173,638     3.92     226,061     5.48     214,394    5.55     (23.19)    (19.01)
      Coconut Products                94,621     2.14     115,950     2.81     150,882    3.90     (18.40)    (37.29)
         Copra                           127     0.00         109     0.00           a      -       15.81        -
         Coconut Oil                  64,333     1.45      88,106     2.14     123,474    3.19     (26.98)    (47.90)
         Desiccated Coconut           25,711     0.58      20,060     0.49      20,912    0.54      28.17      22.95
         Copra Meal/Cake               2,392     0.05       5,599     0.14       5,576    0.14     (57.28)    (57.11)
         Others                        2,059     0.05       2,077     0.05         920    0.02      (0.86)    123.69
      Sugar and Products               2,373     0.05      33,799     0.82       1,925    0.05     (92.98)     23.30
         Centrifugal & Refined           147     0.00      30,148     0.73         290    0.01     (99.51)    (49.20)
         Molasses                      1,786     0.04       3,361     0.08       1,216    0.03     (46.87)     46.84
         Others                          440     0.01         290     0.01         418    0.01      51.98       5.19
      Fruits and Vegetables           76,643     1.73      76,313     1.85      61,587    1.59       0.43      24.45
         Canned Pineapple             17,628     0.40      22,484     0.55      11,427    0.30     (21.60)     54.27
         Pineapple Juice               4,956     0.11       3,688     0.09       3,024    0.08      34.37      63.89
         Pineapple Concentrates        1,918     0.04       1,186     0.03       2,924    0.08      61.72     (34.40)
         Bananas                      32,036     0.72      29,913     0.73      28,299    0.73       7.10      13.20
         Mangoes                       1,179     0.03       1,174     0.03       1,301    0.03       0.37      (9.41)
         Others                       18,926     0.43      17,867     0.43      14,611    0.38       5.92      29.53
   Other Agro-Based Products          65,750     1.48      65,681     1.59      59,836    1.55       0.11       9.88
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 34,190     0.77      34,020     0.83      23,024    0.60       0.50      48.50
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted         10     0.00           a       -            a      -          -          -
         Abaca Fibers                    703     0.02         407     0.01       1,379    0.04      72.57     (49.02)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        4,547     0.10      11,076     0.27       7,800    0.20     (58.94)    (41.70)
         Natural Rubber                5,140     0.12       2,743     0.07       5,262    0.14      87.42      (2.31)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted      a       -            a       -            a      -          -          -
         Seaweeds, Dried               4,632     0.10       2,443     0.06       5,351    0.14      89.60     (13.43)
         Rice                              a       -            a       -            a      -          -          -
         Others                       16,528     0.37      14,992     0.36      17,021    0.44      10.24      (2.90)

Forest Products                        3,249     0.07       2,492     0.06       1,682    0.04      30.39      93.19

         Logs                              1     0.00         -        -            34    0.00        -       (97.21)
         Lumber                        2,440     0.06       1,742     0.04         958    0.02      40.08     154.70
         Plywood                         441     0.01         394     0.01         681    0.02      11.78     (35.25)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks          a       -            a       -            9    0.00        -      (100.00)
         Others                          367     0.01         356     0.01           a      -        3.28        -

Mineral Products                     184,198     4.16     169,691     4.12     130,816    3.38       8.55      40.81

         Copper Concentrates          31,444     0.71       4,670     0.11      20,148    0.52     573.26      56.06
         Copper Metal                 40,321     0.91     108,026     2.62      61,995    1.60     (62.68)    (34.96)
         Gold                         30,370     0.69           a       -            a      -          -          -
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         5,284     0.12       4,499     0.11      10,986    0.28      17.46     (51.90)
         Chromium Ore                    635     0.01         203     0.00         338    0.01     212.72      87.84
         Nickel                            a       -            a      -             a      -          -          -
         Others                       76,145     1.72      52,293     1.27      37,349    0.97      45.61     103.87

Petroleum Products                    12,799     0.29      47,282     1.15      33,355    0.86     (72.93)    (61.63)

Manufactures                       3,844,309    86.77   3,482,897    84.47   3,308,037   85.59      10.38      16.21

         Electronic Products       2,333,453    52.67   2,152,990    52.21   2,015,466   52.15       8.38      15.78
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,681,019    37.94   1,559,535    37.82   1,450,512   37.53       7.79      15.89
            Electronic Data
             Processing              519,551    11.73     467,409    11.34     461,580   11.94      11.16      12.56
            Office Equipment          27,807     0.63      23,848     0.58      21,072    0.55      16.60      31.96
            Consumer Electronics      25,795     0.58      23,597     0.57      12,027    0.31       9.32     114.47
            Telecommunication         30,354     0.69      27,733     0.67       8,108    0.21       9.45     274.39
            Communication/Radar       21,348     0.48      23,311     0.57      33,308    0.86      (8.42)    (35.91)
            Control and
             Instrumentation           1,941     0.04       2,671     0.06       2,732    0.07     (27.31)    (28.93)
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          6,007     0.14       5,846     0.14       2,384    0.06       2.75     152.00
            Automotive Electronics    19,630     0.44      19,040     0.46      23,744    0.61       3.10     (17.32)
         Other Electronics           146,162     3.30     136,921     3.32     135,614    3.51       6.75       7.78
         Garments                    146,192     3.30     171,227     4.15     153,409    3.97     (14.62)     (4.70)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        14,993     0.34      13,558     0.33      13,917    0.36      10.59       7.74
         Footwear                      1,202     0.03         981     0.02         955    0.02      22.59      25.88
         Travel Goods and Handbags     6,656     0.15       5,633     0.14         483    0.01      18.17   1,278.78
         Wood Manufactures           152,529     3.44     179,118     4.34     123,942    3.21     (14.84)     23.07
         Furniture & Fixtures         12,980     0.29      10,429     0.25      13,772    0.36      24.45      (5.75)
         Chemicals                   134,581     3.04     113,315     2.75     206,041    5.33      18.77     (34.68)
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                14,840     0.33      13,002     0.32      18,612    0.48      14.13     (20.27)
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 433,090     9.78     306,354     7.43     229,981    5.95      41.37      88.32
         Processed food and Beverages 98,321     2.22      77,385     1.88      73,316    1.90      27.05      34.11
         Iron & Steel                 15,385     0.35      14,053     0.34      21,897    0.57       9.48     (29.74)
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          16,172     0.37      12,771     0.31      14,231    0.37      26.63      13.64
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    4,617     0.10       3,971     0.10       4,057    0.10      16.27      13.82
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     38,781     0.88      37,461     0.91      33,416    0.86       3.52      16.06
         Others                      274,356     6.19     233,730     5.67     248,929    6.44      17.38      10.21

Special Transactions                 146,624     3.31     129,316     3.14     116,759    3.02      13.38      25.58

Re-Export                             66,665     1.50      48,763     1.18      49,949    1.29      36.71      33.47


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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

Page last updated:  April 12, 2012
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