Table 1 Philippine Exports to All Countries
March and February 2012 and March 2011
(F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)
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2012 | 2011| Growth Rate
Commodity Percent| Percent| Percent| (Percent)
March p Share| February r Share| March Share| Monthly Annual
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Total 4,302.15 100.00 4,430.45 100.00 4,356.35 100.00 (2.90) (1.24)
1 Electronic Products 2,263.02 52.60 2,334.39 52.69 2,238.60 51.39 (3.06) 1.09
a) Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,671.88 38.86 1,681.42 37.95 1,724.12 39.58 (0.57) (3.03)
b) Electronic Data Processing 459.01 10.67 519.55 11.73 405.95 9.32 (11.65) 13.07
c) Office Equipment 35.20 0.82 27.81 0.63 17.06 0.39 26.58 106.28
d) Consumer Electronics 23.97 0.56 25.80 0.58 18.61 0.43 (7.08) 28.77
e) Telecommunication 29.43 0.68 30.89 0.70 8.93 0.20 (4.73) 229.50
f) Communication/Radar 26.25 0.61 21.35 0.48 33.71 0.77 22.98 (22.12)
g) Control and Instrumentation 5.13 0.12 1.94 0.04 2.69 0.06 164.13 90.79
h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation 4.68 0.11 6.01 0.14 1.91 0.04 (22.03) 145.32
i) Automotive Electronics 7.47 0.17 19.63 0.44 25.62 0.59 (61.92) (70.82)
2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
Accessories 152.28 3.54 146.17 3.30 148.82 3.42 4.18 2.32
3 Woodcrafts and Furniture 151.30 3.52 165.13 3.73 142.34 3.27 (8.38) 6.30
4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
Wiring Sets used in vehicles
aircrafts and ships 1/ 108.97 2.53 109.57 2.47 95.69 2.20 (0.55) 13.87
5 Coconut Oil 2/ 89.99 2.09 64.33 1.45 183.19 4.21 39.88 (50.87)
6 Metal Components 3/ 83.72 1.95 72.20 1.63 68.14 1.56 15.95 22.86
7 Petroleum Products 4/ 63.81 1.48 12.80 0.29 76.43 1.75 398.56 (16.52)
8 Other Products Manufactured from
Materials on consignment basis 52.62 1.22 60.93 1.38 45.08 1.03 (13.63) 16.72
9 Bananas (Fresh) 51.15 1.19 32.03 0.72 34.53 0.79 59.72 48.12
10 Tuna 5/ 38.33 0.89 30.66 0.69 24.57 0.56 25.02 56.04
Top Ten Exports Total 3,055.19 71.02 3,028.21 68.35 3,057.40 70.18 0.89 (0.07)
11 Copper Concentrates 30.20 0.70 31.44 0.71 24.40 0.56 (3.95) 23.80
12 Pineapple and Pineapple Products 27.19 0.63 29.33 0.66 22.28 0.51 (7.30) 22.01
13 Gold 6/ 24.30 0.56 63.40 1.43 29.87 0.69 (61.68) (18.66)
14 Dessicated Coconut 20.56 0.48 25.71 0.58 19.33 0.44 (20.04) 6.36
15 Seaweeds and Carageenan 18.48 0.43 16.92 0.38 17.72 0.41 9.22 4.32
16 Processed Tropical Fruits 17.65 0.41 19.38 0.44 19.30 0.44 (8.91) (8.53)
17 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
Of Refined copper 16.62 0.39 40.32 0.91 135.85 3.12 (58.78) (87.76)
18 Sugar 10.06 0.23 0.15 0.00 0.19 0.00 6,718.83 5,131.64
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates 6.62 0.15 5.28 0.12 5.99 0.14 25.34 10.50
20 Unmanufactured Tobacco 5.65 0.13 4.55 0.10 5.19 0.12 24.29 8.85
21 Activated Carbon 4.57 0.11 5.97 0.13 3.08 0.07 (23.36) 48.56
22 Copra Oil Cake or Meal 4.41 0.10 2.39 0.05 5.25 0.12 84.22 (16.09)
23 Basketworks 4.37 0.10 4.22 0.10 3.37 0.08 3.51 29.52
24 Fine Jewelry 3.58 0.08 3.22 0.07 3.86 0.09 11.10 (7.25)
25 Fertilizers, Manufactured 3.18 0.07 17.73 0.40 26.77 0.61 (82.04) (88.11)
26 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
Chilled or Frozen 3.06 0.07 3.08 0.07 2.56 0.06 (0.66) 19.89
27 Footwear 1.26 0.03 1.20 0.03 0.93 0.02 5.22 35.42
28 Christmas Decor 0.74 0.02 1.28 0.03 1.04 0.02 (42.53) (29.59)
29 Ceramic Tiles and Decor 0.66 0.02 1.03 0.02 1.15 0.03 (35.65) (42.35)
30 Others 1,043.79 24.26 1,125.63 25.41 970.82 22.29 (7.27) 7.52
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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: May 10, 2012
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