Table 1a  Philippine Exports to all Countries
          January to June 2012 and 2011
          (F.O.B. Value in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                           2012     |        2011     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Jun p   |      Jan-Jun    |   Rate
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                                  Total            26,753,301,402     24,845,953,293       7.68

 1 Electronic Products                             12,144,592,697     12,637,909,638      (3.90)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)           9,060,401,843      9,378,561,783      (3.39)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    2,137,149,118      2,377,550,273     (10.11)
   c) Office Equipment                                208,876,402        101,698,835     105.39
   d) Consumer Electronics                            126,727,097         90,888,623      39.43
   e) Telecommunication                               283,453,884         41,264,962     586.91
   f) Communication/Radar                             132,980,595        190,719,277     (30.27)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                     111,199,334         15,292,288     627.16
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               28,651,625         14,653,540      95.53
   i) Automotive Electronics                           55,152,799        427,280,057     (87.09)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories       921,122,119        917,065,011       0.44
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
   Imported on consignment basis                      236,219,929        249,963,746      (5.50)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             208,818,037        415,718,749     (49.77)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
   Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          708,785,733        472,654,733      49.96
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    536,816,834        848,288,475     (36.72)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, Of Refined Copper 173,096,926        674,207,399     (74.33)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                           977,111,588        849,501,046      15.02
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    271,831,477        230,264,236      18.05
10 Metal Components  4/                               641,692,520        376,112,499      70.61
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                   187,671,458        134,160,567      39.89
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                          122,365,479        121,970,795       0.32
13 Dessicated Coconut                                 120,063,595        130,303,773      (7.86)
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        21,037,376         22,358,365      (5.91)
15 Tuna  5/                                           199,165,822        150,059,122      32.72
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                            100,892,085        105,506,996      (4.37)
17 Christmas Decor                                     10,186,787         10,377,006      (1.83)
18 Basketworks                                         25,037,541         23,063,044       8.56
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               41,188,757         40,127,251       2.65
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           55,673,610         87,804,440     (36.59)
21 Gold  6/                                           274,487,210        206,857,617      32.69
22 Footwear                                             6,383,005          6,107,718       4.51
23 Activated Carbon                                    28,230,822         19,895,171      41.90
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              6,621,094          7,899,788     (16.19)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              34,262,830         33,991,445       0.80
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              39,121,596         48,855,554     (19.92)
27 Fine Jewelry                                        14,765,394         20,368,327     (27.51)
28 Copper Concentrates                                126,192,089        167,693,107     (24.75)
29 Sugar                                               85,474,656         76,857,704      11.21
30 Others                                           8,434,392,336      5,760,009,971      46.43

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

Notes:   1/ Includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         2/ Consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ Includes crude and refined.
         4/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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