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

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                                                      2012                   |               2011|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                        July p     Share|     June r    Share|     July     Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                 4,806.52    100.00   4,314.18    100.00  4,460.27    100.00      11.41       7.76

 1 Electronic Products                1,675.48     34.86   1,887.09     43.74  2,253.29     50.52     (11.21)    (25.64)
   a) Components/Devices
          (Semiconductors)            1,343.98     27.96   1,502.87     34.84  1,529.21     34.29     (10.57)    (12.11)
   b) Electronic Data Processing        137.22      2.85     194.19      4.50    357.39      8.01     (29.34)    (61.60)
   c) Office Equipment                   54.98      1.14      47.15      1.09     20.86      0.47      16.61     163.56
   d) Consumer Electronics               19.21      0.40      16.85      0.39     30.27      0.68      14.01     (36.53)
   e) Telecommunication                  56.01      1.17      62.92      1.46      8.04      0.18     (10.99)    596.68
   f) Communication/Radar                24.06      0.50      22.44      0.52     27.84      0.62       7.20     (13.58)
   g) Control and Instrumentation        33.03      0.69      32.99      0.76      2.45      0.06       0.11   1,245.33
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation  4.16      0.09       4.13      0.10      3.02      0.07       0.78      38.11
   i) Automotive Electronics              2.83      0.06       3.55      0.08    274.22      6.15     (20.06)    (98.97)
 2 Metal Components  1/                 647.64     13.47     150.46      3.49     73.30      1.64     330.44     783.58
 3 Woodcrafts and Furniture             176.73      3.68     158.30      3.67    166.12      3.72      11.64       6.39
 4 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
       Accessories                      152.66      3.18     148.82      3.45    189.03      4.24       2.58     (19.24)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
       Wiring Sets used in vehicles
       aircrafts and ships 2/           136.80      2.85     122.00      2.83    103.62      2.32      12.14      32.02
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                      105.02      2.18     103.71      2.40    149.70      3.36       1.26     (29.85)
 7 Bananas (Fresh)                       68.50      1.43      46.46      1.08     43.63      0.98      47.42      57.01
 8 Pineapple and Pineapple Products      46.95      0.98      32.04      0.74     39.96      0.90      46.52      17.51
 9 Activated Carbon                      39.56      0.82       4.34      0.10      3.69      0.08     811.32     973.55
10 Tuna  4/                              27.68      0.58      35.19      0.82     25.83      0.58     (21.33)      7.18

   Top  Ten  Exports Total            3,077.03     64.02   2,688.41     62.32  3,048.16     68.34      14.46       0.95

11 Other Products Manufactured from
      Materials on consignment basis     23.85      0.50      17.55      0.41     50.64      1.14      35.88     (52.90)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits             22.21      0.46      21.18      0.49     26.76      0.60       4.88     (16.99)
13 Dessicated Coconut                    17.47      0.36      15.13      0.35     29.68      0.67      15.44     (41.15)
14 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                11.74      0.24       8.31      0.19      2.97      0.07      41.39     295.10
15 Seaweeds and Carageenan               11.52      0.24      12.31      0.29     19.91      0.45      (6.41)    (42.13)
16 Copper Concentrates                   11.34      0.24      16.31      0.38     25.30      0.57     (30.51)    (55.19)
17 Sugar                                  8.78      0.18      10.19      0.24     43.00      0.96     (13.87)    (79.59)
18 Gold  5/                               7.56      0.16      46.08      1.07     57.84      1.30     (83.58)    (86.92)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  7.02      0.15      11.26      0.26       -         -       (37.65)       -
20 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 6.30      0.13       5.19      0.12      8.11      0.18      21.49     (22.29)
21 Christmas Decor                        5.05      0.11       3.28      0.08      7.78      0.17      53.96     (34.99)
22 Petroleum Products  6/                 3.27      0.07      22.75      0.53     35.08      0.79     (85.62)    (90.67)
23 Basketworks                            2.74      0.06       3.57      0.08      4.59      0.10     (23.18)    (40.17)
24 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
      Chilled or Frozen                   2.04      0.04       2.70      0.06      4.94      0.11     (24.20)    (58.67)
25 Footwear                               1.45      0.03       0.87      0.02      0.91      0.02      66.29      58.70
26 Fine Jewelry                           1.41      0.03       1.84      0.04      4.16      0.09     (23.81)    (66.19)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                1.04      0.02       1.52      0.04      1.19      0.03     (31.32)    (12.48)
28 Fertilizers, Manufactured              0.33      0.01       9.39      0.22     12.54      0.28     (96.44)    (97.33)
29 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                      -         -          -         -      94.95      2.13        -      (100.00)
30 Others                             1,584.35     32.96   1,416.34     32.83    981.78     22.01      11.86      61.38

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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/ includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         5/ extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         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:  September 11, 2012
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