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.
Page last updated: June 14, 2012
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