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

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                                                      2012                   |               2011|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                       April p     Share|    March r    Share|    April     Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                 4,635.66    100.00   4,322.55    100.00  4,306.44    100.00       7.24       7.64

 1 Electronic Products                1,634.97     35.27   2,263.06     52.35  2,146.04     49.83     (27.75)    (23.81)
   a) Components/Devices
         (Semiconductors)             1,227.93     26.49   1,671.88     38.68  1,738.37     40.37     (26.55)    (29.36)
   b) Electronic Data Processing        237.02      5.11     459.01     10.62    313.90      7.29     (48.36)    (24.49)
   c) Office Equipment                   34.67      0.75      35.20      0.81     14.94      0.35      (1.51)    132.04
   d) Consumer Electronics               15.43      0.33      23.97      0.55     15.50      0.36     (35.62)     (0.42)
   e) Telecommunication                  61.94      1.34      29.43      0.68      6.47      0.15     110.50     857.14
   f) Communication/Radar                19.48      0.42      26.25      0.61     26.41      0.61     (25.78)    (26.21)
   g) Control and Instrumentation        33.61      0.72       5.16      0.12      2.34      0.05     551.31   1,337.78
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation  3.51      0.08       4.68      0.11      2.82      0.07     (24.95)     24.54
   i) Automotive Electronics              1.37      0.03       7.47      0.17     25.30      0.59     (81.67)    (94.58)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
      Accessories                       151.20      3.26     153.05      3.54    132.27      3.07      (1.21)     14.31
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture             137.55      2.97     151.30      3.50    127.95      2.97      (9.09)      7.50
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
      Wiring Sets used in vehicles
      aircrafts and ships 1/            134.53      2.90     108.97      2.52     54.70      1.27      23.46     145.92
 5 Metal Components  2/                 120.69      2.60      83.75      1.94     56.61      1.31      44.11     113.20
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                       89.41      1.93      89.99      2.08    194.03      4.51      (0.65)    (53.92)
 7 Gold  4/                              78.00      1.68      24.30      0.56     43.34      1.01     221.01      79.95
 8 Bananas (Fresh)                       55.02      1.19      51.15      1.18     45.80      1.06       7.56      20.12
 9 Petroleum Products  5/                41.31      0.89      63.81      1.48     43.95      1.02     (35.26)     (6.02)
10 Pineapple and Pineapple Products      30.50      0.66      27.19      0.63     22.71      0.53      12.18      34.29

   Top  Ten  Exports Total            2,473.16     53.35   3,016.56     69.79  2,867.42     66.58     (18.01)    (13.75)

11 Tuna  6/                              29.97      0.65      38.33      0.89     30.22      0.70     (21.81)     (0.82)
12 Sugar                                 26.44      0.57      10.06      0.23     28.30      0.66     162.89      (6.57)
13 Dessicated Coconut                    21.70      0.47      20.56      0.48     20.15      0.47       5.57       7.73
14 Processed Tropical Fruits             20.88      0.45      17.65      0.41     19.49      0.45      18.29       7.11
15 Other Products Manufactured from
     Materials on consignment basis      19.62      0.42      52.62      1.22     30.30      0.70     (62.71)    (35.23)
16 Copper Concentrates                   18.73      0.40      30.20      0.70     41.00      0.95     (37.97)    (54.31)
17 Seaweeds and Carageenan               18.65      0.40      18.48      0.43     14.37      0.33       0.94      29.77
18 Fertilizers, Manufactured             18.58      0.40       3.18      0.07     21.22      0.49     483.64     (12.46)
19 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                    8.13      0.18      16.62      0.38    175.58      4.08     (51.10)    (95.37)
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                 6.72      0.15       4.41      0.10      9.10      0.21      52.58     (26.13)
21 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
     Chilled or Frozen                    5.85      0.13       3.06      0.07      3.74      0.09      90.92      56.38
22 Activated Carbon                       5.44      0.12       4.57      0.11      4.06      0.09      18.89      33.96
23 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 5.00      0.11       5.65      0.13      6.22      0.14     (11.47)    (19.57)
24 Basketworks                            4.31      0.09       4.37      0.10      3.49      0.08      (1.27)     23.41
25 Fine Jewelry                           1.36      0.03       3.58      0.08      3.75      0.09     (62.15)    (63.81)
26 Christmas Decor                        1.34      0.03       0.74      0.02      1.50      0.03      82.31     (10.62)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                1.30      0.03       0.66      0.02      0.75      0.02      96.05      73.47
28 Footwear                               1.00      0.02       1.26      0.03      1.01      0.02     (21.32)     (1.02)
29 Iron Ore Agglomerates                   -         -         6.62      0.15      8.26      0.19    (100.00)   (100.00)
30 Others                             1,947.46     42.01   1,063.35     24.60  1,016.51     23.60      83.14      91.58

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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 refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         6/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised



         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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