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

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                                                      2012                   |               2011|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                        June p     Share|      May r    Share|     June     Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                 4,310.11    100.00   4,931.60    100.00  4,134.78    100.00    (12.60)       4.24

 1 Electronic Products                1,886.22     43.76   1,872.47     37.97  2,209.85     53.45      0.73      (14.65)
   a) Components/Devices
          (Semiconductors)            1,502.20     34.85   1,417.42     28.74  1,470.24     35.56      5.98        2.17
   b) Electronic Data Processing        194.17      4.51     259.99      5.27    364.31      8.81    (25.31)     (46.70)
   c) Office Equipment                   46.96      1.09      40.02      0.81     18.61      0.45     17.35      152.38
   d) Consumer Electronics               16.85      0.39      21.08      0.43     19.20      0.46    (20.09)     (12.25)
   e) Telecommunication                  62.92      1.46      70.42      1.43      5.31      0.13    (10.64)   1,085.08
   f) Communication/Radar                22.44      0.52      20.14      0.41     24.56      0.59     11.40       (8.65)
   g) Control and Instrumentation        32.99      0.77      34.83      0.71      2.38      0.06     (5.29)   1,285.12
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation  4.13      0.10       4.47      0.09      2.24      0.05     (7.50)      84.16
   i) Automotive Electronics              3.55      0.08       4.09      0.08    303.00      7.33    (13.33)     (98.83)
 2 Woodcrafts and Furniture             158.25      3.67     175.65      3.56    149.49      3.62     (9.90)       5.86
 3 Metal Components  1/                 149.43      3.47     139.64      2.83     59.10      1.43      7.01      152.85
 4 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
       Accessories                      148.88      3.45     150.59      3.05    160.20      3.87     (1.14)      (7.07)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
       Wiring Sets used in vehicles
       aircrafts and ships 2/           121.78      2.83     128.82      2.61     64.39      1.56     (5.47)      89.14
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                      103.71      2.41     101.27      2.05     67.42      1.63      2.41       53.83
 7 Bananas (Fresh)                       46.46      1.08      57.26      1.16     45.07      1.09    (18.86)       3.10
 8 Gold  4/                              46.08      1.07      52.11      1.06     52.01      1.26    (11.58)     (11.40)
 9 Tuna  5/                              35.19      0.82      33.29      0.68     28.34      0.69      5.68       24.14
10 Pineapple and Pineapple Products      32.04      0.74      36.62      0.74     27.34      0.66    (12.51)      17.20

   Top  Ten  Exports Total            2,728.04     63.29   2,747.73     55.72  2,863.20     69.25     (0.72)      (4.72)

11 Petroleum Products  6/                22.75      0.53      20.87      0.42    106.38      2.57      9.02      (78.61)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits             21.15      0.49      26.39      0.54     26.33      0.64    (19.86)     (19.69)
13 Other Products Manufactured from
      Materials on consignment basis     17.42      0.40      31.42      0.64     31.90      0.77    (44.56)     (45.40)
14 Copper Concentrates                   16.31      0.38      24.83      0.50     24.99      0.60    (34.31)     (34.71)
15 Dessicated Coconut                    15.13      0.35      16.90      0.34     29.58      0.72    (10.48)     (48.86)
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan               12.31      0.29      20.85      0.42     16.46      0.40    (40.97)     (25.24)
17 Iron Ore Agglomerates                 11.26      0.26      13.52      0.27      8.05      0.19    (16.75)      39.79
18 Sugar                                 10.19      0.24       8.49      0.17      0.35      0.01     20.01    2,850.31
19 Fertilizers, Manufactured              9.39      0.22       6.37      0.13      7.89      0.19     47.42       19.06
20 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                 8.31      0.19       6.84      0.14      4.82      0.12     21.49       72.16
21 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 5.19      0.12       7.66      0.16     12.49      0.30    (32.24)     (58.46)
22 Activated Carbon                       4.34      0.10       3.06      0.06      2.59      0.06     41.78       67.49
23 Basketworks                            3.57      0.08       4.57      0.09      4.20      0.10    (21.75)     (14.87)
24 Christmas Decor                        3.28      0.08       2.89      0.06      3.09      0.07     13.69        6.18
25 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
      Chilled or Frozen                   2.70      0.06       3.46      0.07      3.58      0.09    (22.01)     (24.81)
26 Fine Jewelry                           1.84      0.04       2.46      0.05      2.95      0.07    (25.01)     (37.40)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                1.49      0.03       1.09      0.02      1.12      0.03     36.46       33.66
28 Footwear                               0.87      0.02       1.07      0.02      1.00      0.02    (18.40)     (12.88)
29 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                      -         -          -         -     125.48      3.03       -       (100.00)
30 Others                             1,414.57     32.82   1,981.13     40.17    858.33     20.76    (28.60)      64.81

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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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