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

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                                                      2012                   |               2011|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                         May p     Share|    April r    Share|      May     Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                 4,930.99    100.00   4,635.17    100.00  4,118.69    100.00       6.38      19.72

 1 Electronic Products                1,872.46     37.97   1,635.47     35.28  1,886.30     45.80      14.49      (0.73)
   a) Components/Devices
          (Semiconductors)            1,417.38     28.74   1,227.93     26.49  1,407.58     34.18      15.43       0.70
   b) Electronic Data Processing        259.99      5.27     237.02      5.11    384.98      9.35       9.69     (32.47)
   c) Office Equipment                   40.02      0.81      35.04      0.76     12.99      0.32      14.22     207.98
   d) Consumer Electronics               21.08      0.43      15.43      0.33     13.56      0.33      36.64      55.49
   e) Telecommunication                  70.46      1.43      62.06      1.34      6.85      0.17      13.52     928.73
   f) Communication/Radar                20.14      0.41      19.48      0.42     28.78      0.70       3.38     (30.00)
   g) Control and Instrumentation        34.83      0.71      33.61      0.73      2.77      0.07       3.65   1,156.63
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation  4.47      0.09       3.51      0.08      2.72      0.07      27.09      63.98
   i) Automotive Electronics              4.09      0.08       1.37      0.03     26.06      0.63     198.55     (84.30)
 2 Woodcrafts and Furniture             175.67      3.56     137.23      2.96    186.34      4.52      28.01      (5.72)
 3 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
       Accessories                      150.46      3.05     151.21      3.26    159.93      3.88      (0.49)     (5.92)
 4 Metal Components  1/                 140.28      2.84     120.78      2.61     53.46      1.30      16.15     162.40
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
       Wiring Sets used in vehicles
       aircrafts and ships 2/           128.79      2.61     134.53      2.90     58.01      1.41      (4.27)    122.00
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                      101.25      2.05      89.41      1.93    119.99      2.91      13.25     (15.62)
 7 Bananas (Fresh)                       57.26      1.16      55.02      1.19     36.71      0.89       4.08      55.97
 8 Gold  4/                              52.11      1.06      78.00      1.68     36.45      0.89     (33.19)     42.95
 9 Pineapple and Pineapple Products      36.62      0.74      30.50      0.66     24.35      0.59      20.08      50.42
10 Tuna  5/                              33.29      0.68      29.97      0.65     22.95      0.56      11.08      45.06

   Top  Ten  Exports Total            2,748.19     55.73   2,462.10     53.12  2,584.49     62.75      11.62       6.33

11 Other Products Manufactured from
      Materials on consignment basis     31.35      0.64      19.62      0.42     63.89      1.55      59.75     (50.93)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits             26.35      0.53      20.88      0.45     24.71      0.60      26.21       6.64
13 Copper Concentrates                   24.41      0.50      18.73      0.40     41.83      1.02      30.33     (41.63)
14 Petroleum Products  6/                20.87      0.42      41.31      0.89    114.25      2.77     (49.48)    (81.73)
15 Seaweeds and Carageenan               20.85      0.42      18.65      0.40     19.64      0.48      11.79       6.19
16 Dessicated Coconut                    16.90      0.34      21.70      0.47     27.12      0.66     (22.12)    (37.69)
17 Iron Ore Agglomerates                 13.52      0.27        -         -         -         -          -          -
18 Sugar                                  8.49      0.17      26.44      0.57     30.56      0.74     (67.88)    (72.21)
19 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 7.66      0.16       5.00      0.11      5.30      0.13      53.02      44.48
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                 6.84      0.14       6.72      0.15      6.01      0.15       1.69      13.82
21 Fertilizers, Manufactured              6.37      0.13      18.58      0.40     14.35      0.35     (65.71)    (55.62)
22 Basketworks                            4.57      0.09       4.31      0.09      4.49      0.11       5.92       1.66
23 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
      Chilled or Frozen                   3.46      0.07       5.85      0.13      5.44      0.13     (40.91)    (36.42)
24 Activated Carbon                       3.06      0.06       5.44      0.12      3.84      0.09     (43.71)    (20.20)
25 Christmas Decor                        2.89      0.06       1.34      0.03      3.07      0.07     115.24      (5.84)
26 Fine Jewelry                           2.46      0.05       1.36      0.03      2.41      0.06      81.38       1.96
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                1.09      0.02       1.30      0.03      1.55      0.04     (16.03)    (29.59)
28 Footwear                               1.07      0.02       1.00      0.02      1.13      0.03       7.35      (5.86)
29 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                      -         -        8.13      0.18    106.69      2.59    (100.00)   (100.00)
30 Others                             1,980.59     40.17   1,946.70     42.00  1,057.92     25.69       1.74      87.22

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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1/ excluding brakes & servo-brakes.
         2/ consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ includes crude and refined.
         4/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         5/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         p  preliminary
         r  revised



         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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