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.
Page last updated: July 10, 2012
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