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.

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