Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
May and April 2012 and May 2011
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2012 | 2011 | Growth Rate
Commodity May p | April r | May | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,930,994 100.00 4,635,172 100.00 4,118,691 100.00 6.38 19.72
Total Agro-Based Products 330,286 6.70 327,969 7.08 339,535 8.24 0.71 (2.72)
Agro-Based Products 249,566 5.06 252,932 5.46 269,279 6.54 (1.33) (7.32)
Coconut Products 128,216 2.60 120,068 2.59 153,579 3.73 6.79 (16.51)
Copra 64 0.00 32 0.00 34 0.00 100.00 92.15
Coconut Oil 101,250 2.05 89,408 1.93 119,988 2.91 13.25 (15.62)
Desiccated Coconut 16,901 0.34 21,703 0.47 27,125 0.66 (22.12) (37.69)
Copra Meal/Cake 6,837 0.14 6,723 0.15 6,007 0.15 1.69 13.82
Others 3,163 0.06 2,202 0.05 426 0.01 43.64 642.26
Sugar and Products 9,092 0.18 27,619 0.60 35,768 0.87 (67.08) (74.58)
Centrifugal & Refined 8,492 0.17 26,438 0.57 30,557 0.74 (67.88) (72.21)
Molasses a - 732 0.02 4,599 0.11 (100.00) (100.00)
Others 599 0.01 449 0.01 613 0.01 33.42 (2.22)
Fruits and Vegetables 112,258 2.28 105,244 2.27 79,932 1.94 6.66 40.44
Canned Pineapple 20,842 0.42 13,603 0.29 12,885 0.31 53.22 61.76
Pineapple Juice 3,397 0.07 5,010 0.11 3,717 0.09 (32.19) (8.62)
Pineapple Concentrates 4,427 0.09 3,276 0.07 3,669 0.09 35.12 20.64
Bananas 57,261 1.16 55,019 1.19 36,713 0.89 4.08 55.97
Mangoes 2,076 0.04 2,783 0.06 2,637 0.06 (25.39) (21.24)
Others 24,255 0.49 25,554 0.55 20,311 0.49 (5.08) 19.42
Other Agro-Based Products 80,720 1.64 75,036 1.62 70,256 1.71 7.58 14.89
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 41,110 0.83 41,063 0.89 33,002 0.80 0.12 24.57
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted 6 0.00 a - 5 0.00 - 9.88
Abaca Fibers 786 0.02 488 0.01 1,328 0.03 60.99 (40.81)
Tobacco Unmanufactured 7,656 0.16 5,003 0.11 5,299 0.13 53.02 44.48
Natural Rubber 5,562 0.11 5,201 0.11 5,548 0.13 6.94 0.25
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - b 0.00 a - (100.00) -
Seaweeds, Dried 3,379 0.07 3,340 0.07 5,696 0.14 1.16 (40.68)
Rice a - 136 0.00 a - (100.00) -
Others 22,222 0.45 19,805 0.43 19,378 0.47 12.20 14.67
Forest Products 3,293 0.07 3,577 0.08 2,869 0.07 (7.92) 14.81
Logs 4 0.00 a - 5 0.00 - (23.86)
Lumber 1,963 0.04 2,650 0.06 2,033 0.05 (25.93) (3.44)
Plywood 223 0.00 260 0.01 758 0.02 (14.39) (70.62)
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks 104 0.00 157 0.00 73 0.00 (33.95) 42.95
Others 1,000 0.02 509 0.01 a - 96.33 -
Mineral Products 206,913 4.20 182,330 3.93 247,961 6.02 13.48 (16.55)
Copper Concentrates 24,415 0.50 18,733 0.40 41,830 1.02 30.33 (41.63)
Copper Metal a - 8,128 0.18 106,694 2.59 (100.00) (100.00)
Gold 13,879 0.28 30,228 0.65 13,812 0.34 (54.09) 0.48
Iron Ore Agglomerates 13,524 0.27 a - a - - -
Chromium Ore 1,218 0.02 1,238 0.03 504 0.01 (1.64) 141.47
Nickel b 0.00 a - a - - -
Others 153,877 3.12 124,003 2.68 85,121 2.07 24.09 80.78
Petroleum Products 20,870 0.42 41,307 0.89 114,254 2.77 (49.48) (81.73)
Manufactures 4,229,200 85.77 3,956,903 85.37 3,279,859 79.63 6.88 28.94
Electronic Products 1,872,458 37.97 1,635,465 35.28 1,886,296 45.80 14.49 (0.73)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,417,377 28.74 1,227,932 26.49 1,407,582 34.18 15.43 0.70
Electronic Data
Processing 259,985 5.27 237,024 5.11 384,975 9.35 9.69 (32.47)
Office Equipment 40,021 0.81 35,039 0.76 12,995 0.32 14.22 207.98
Consumer Electronics 21,085 0.43 15,430 0.33 13,560 0.33 36.64 55.49
Telecommunication 70,456 1.43 62,064 1.34 6,849 0.17 13.52 928.73
Communication/Radar 20,144 0.41 19,485 0.42 28,776 0.70 3.38 (30.00)
Control and
Instrumentation 34,831 0.71 33,606 0.73 2,772 0.07 3.65 1,156.63
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 4,467 0.09 3,515 0.08 2,724 0.07 27.09 63.98
Automotive Electronics 4,091 0.08 1,370 0.03 26,064 0.63 198.55 (84.30)
Other Electronics 223,266 4.53 234,981 5.07 90,281 2.19 (4.99) 147.30
Garments 150,462 3.05 151,205 3.26 159,930 3.88 (0.49) (5.92)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 15,635 0.32 13,810 0.30 14,386 0.35 13.22 8.68
Footwear 1,068 0.02 995 0.02 1,135 0.03 7.35 (5.86)
Travel Goods and Handbags 3,786 0.08 4,363 0.09 1,292 0.03 (13.23) 193.05
Wood Manufactures 151,350 3.07 121,158 2.61 171,829 4.17 24.92 (11.92)
Furniture & Fixtures 24,256 0.49 16,005 0.35 14,522 0.35 51.56 67.03
Chemicals 164,306 3.33 297,828 6.43 188,977 4.59 (44.83) (13.05)
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 10,920 0.22 14,215 0.31 14,134 0.34 (23.18) (22.74)
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 717,236 14.55 421,967 9.10 266,947 6.48 69.97 168.68
Processed food and
Beverages 106,041 2.15 95,512 2.06 84,023 2.04 11.02 26.20
Iron & Steel 32,462 0.66 17,961 0.39 7,567 0.18 80.74 328.97
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 18,859 0.38 18,847 0.41 15,371 0.37 0.07 22.70
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 4,379 0.09 4,298 0.09 4,328 0.11 1.88 1.19
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 410,954 8.33 134,565 2.90 38,569 0.94 205.39 965.50
Others 321,762 6.53 773,728 16.69 320,272 7.78 (58.41) 0.47
Special Transactions 140,432 2.85 123,087 2.66 134,214 3.26 14.09 4.63
Re-Export 27,437 0.56 36,190 0.78 63,190 1.53 (24.19) (56.58)
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: a - No export data
- - No % share / No growth rate
b - Less than 1,000
r - Revised
p - Preliminary
Components may not add up to totals due to rounding
Page last updated: July 10, 2012
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