Table 2 Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
June and May 2012 and June 2011
(FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)
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2012 | 2011 | Growth Rate
Commodity June p | May r | June | Percent
FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | FOB Value % Share | Monthly | Annual
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Total Exports 4,310,115 100.00 4,931,596 100.00 4,134,782 100.00 (12.60) 4.24
Total Agro-Based Products 299,672 6.95 330,311 6.70 267,914 6.48 (9.28) 11.85
Agro-Based Products 232,640 5.40 249,585 5.06 195,958 4.74 (6.79) 18.72
Coconut Products 129,303 3.00 128,235 2.60 102,731 2.48 0.83 25.87
Copra 32 0.00 64 0.00 26 0.00 (50.00) 21.97
Coconut Oil 103,709 2.41 101,269 2.05 67,417 1.63 2.41 53.83
Desiccated Coconut 15,131 0.35 16,901 0.34 29,584 0.72 (10.48) (48.86)
Copra Meal/Cake 8,306 0.19 6,837 0.14 4,825 0.12 21.49 72.16
Others 2,125 0.05 3,163 0.06 879 0.02 (32.83) 141.72
Sugar and Products 10,873 0.25 9,092 0.18 2,478 0.06 19.60 338.84
Centrifugal & Refined 10,192 0.24 8,492 0.17 345 0.01 20.01 2,850.31
Molasses a - a - 1,758 0.04 - (100.00)
Others 682 0.02 599 0.01 374 0.01 13.78 82.13
Fruits and Vegetables 92,464 2.15 112,259 2.28 90,749 2.19 (17.63) 1.89
Canned Pineapple 17,042 0.40 20,842 0.42 11,445 0.28 (18.23) 48.91
Pineapple Juice 2,657 0.06 3,397 0.07 3,747 0.09 (21.80) (29.11)
Pineapple Concentrates 3,949 0.09 4,427 0.09 3,515 0.09 (10.79) 12.36
Bananas 46,463 1.08 57,261 1.16 45,068 1.09 (18.86) 3.10
Mangoes 1,824 0.04 2,076 0.04 1,741 0.04 (12.14) 4.78
Others 20,530 0.48 24,255 0.49 25,234 0.61 (15.36) (18.64)
Other Agro-Based Products 67,032 1.56 80,725 1.64 71,957 1.74 (16.96) (6.84)
Fish, Fresh or Preserved
Of Which:shrimps and prawns 40,534 0.94 41,110 0.83 29,385 0.71 (1.40) 37.94
Coffee, Raw, not Roasted a - 6 0.00 a - (100.00) -
Abaca Fibers 391 0.01 786 0.02 1,191 0.03 (50.32) (67.21)
Tobacco Unmanufactured 5,188 0.12 7,656 0.16 12,488 0.30 (32.24) (58.46)
Natural Rubber 4,450 0.10 5,562 0.11 8,302 0.20 (19.99) (46.40)
Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted a - a - a - - -
Seaweeds, Dried 1,335 0.03 3,379 0.07 5,024 0.12 (60.49) (73.43)
Rice a - a - 6 0.00 - (100.00)
Others 15,135 0.35 22,227 0.45 15,560 0.38 (31.91) (2.73)
Forest Products 5,753 0.13 3,293 0.07 5,212 0.13 74.69 10.39
Logs b 0.00 4 0.00 a - (97.53) -
Lumber 1,736 0.04 1,963 0.04 1,850 0.04 (11.56) (6.15)
Plywood 2,864 0.07 223 0.00 3,360 0.08 1,185.51 (14.78)
Veneer Sheets/Corestocks a - 104 0.00 2 0.00 (100.00) (100.00)
Others 1,153 0.03 1,000 0.02 a - 15.32 -
Mineral Products 189,599 4.40 207,330 4.20 269,865 6.53 (8.55) (29.74)
Copper Concentrates 16,313 0.38 24,832 0.50 24,985 0.60 (34.31) (34.71)
Copper Metal a - a - 125,480 3.03 - (100.00)
Gold 15,034 0.35 13,879 0.28 30,108 0.73 8.32 (50.07)
Iron Ore Agglomerates 11,259 0.26 13,524 0.27 8,054 0.19 (16.75) 39.79
Chromium Ore 304 0.01 1,218 0.02 854 0.02 (75.03) (64.38)
Nickel 1 0.00 b 0.00 a - 250.00 -
Others 146,689 3.40 153,877 3.12 80,383 1.94 (4.67) 82.49
Petroleum Products 22,752 0.53 20,870 0.42 106,375 2.57 9.02 (78.61)
Manufactures 3,551,921 82.41 4,229,408 85.76 3,362,507 81.32 (16.02) 5.63
Electronic Products 1,886,219 43.76 1,872,468 37.97 2,209,853 53.45 0.73 (14.65)
Components/Devices
(Semiconductors) 1,502,202 34.85 1,417,425 28.74 1,470,240 35.56 5.98 2.17
Electronic Data
Processing 194,171 4.51 259,985 5.27 364,306 8.81 (25.31) (46.70)
Office Equipment 46,963 1.09 40,021 0.81 18,608 0.45 17.35 152.38
Consumer Electronics 16,849 0.39 21,085 0.43 19,202 0.46 (20.09) (12.25)
Telecommunication 62,925 1.46 70,419 1.43 5,310 0.13 (10.64) 1,085.08
Communication/Radar 22,440 0.52 20,144 0.41 24,565 0.59 11.40 (8.65)
Control and
Instrumentation 32,990 0.77 34,831 0.71 2,382 0.06 (5.29) 1,285.12
Medical/Industrial
Instrumentations 4,132 0.10 4,467 0.09 2,244 0.05 (7.50) 84.16
Automotive Electronics 3,546 0.08 4,091 0.08 302,997 7.33 (13.33) (98.83)
Other Electronics 225,781 5.24 223,303 4.53 90,527 2.19 1.11 149.41
Garments 148,877 3.45 150,592 3.05 160,199 3.87 (1.14) (7.07)
Textile Yarns/Fabrics 14,679 0.34 16,297 0.33 13,897 0.34 (9.93) 5.62
Footwear 872 0.02 1,068 0.02 1,001 0.02 (18.40) (12.88)
Travel Goods and Handbags 1,601 0.04 3,713 0.08 1,530 0.04 (56.89) 4.63
Wood Manufactures 143,183 3.32 151,350 3.07 136,340 3.30 (5.40) 5.02
Furniture & Fixtures 14,880 0.35 24,236 0.49 13,164 0.32 (38.60) 13.04
Chemicals 162,422 3.77 164,306 3.33 107,572 2.60 (1.15) 50.99
Non-Metallic Mineral
Manufactures 12,137 0.28 10,876 0.22 13,426 0.32 11.59 (9.60)
Machinery & Transport
Equipment 417,256 9.68 716,568 14.53 180,583 4.37 (41.77) 131.06
Processed food and
Beverages 82,011 1.90 106,079 2.15 93,831 2.27 (22.69) (12.60)
Iron & Steel 27,078 0.63 32,462 0.66 12,877 0.31 (16.59) 110.28
Baby Carr., Toys, Games
and sporting goods 19,749 0.46 18,859 0.38 13,775 0.33 4.72 43.37
Basketwork, Wickerwork &
Other Articles of plaiting
materials 3,294 0.08 4,381 0.09 4,024 0.10 (24.80) (18.13)
Misc.Manufactured Articles,
not elsewhere specified 39,851 0.92 410,962 8.33 30,427 0.74 (90.30) 30.97
Others 352,032 8.17 321,886 6.53 279,482 6.76 9.37 25.96
Special Transactions 240,417 5.58 140,383 2.85 122,909 2.97 71.26 95.61
Re-Export 23,521 0.55 27,437 0.56 54,789 1.33 (14.27) (57.07)
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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: August 10, 2012
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