Table 2  Philippine Exports by Commodity Group
         July and June 2012 and July 2011
         (FOB in Thousand U.S. Dollars)

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                                                    2012                   |       2011        |       Growth Rate
Commodity                             July p          |       June r       |       July        |         Percent
                                   FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value  % Share | FOB Value % Share |  Monthly   |  Annual
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      Total Exports                4,806,518   100.00   4,314,179   100.00   4,460,270  100.00      11.41        7.76

Total Agro-Based Products            338,560     7.04     299,698     6.95     409,842    9.19      12.97      (17.39)

   Agro-Based Products               272,177     5.66     232,638     5.39     332,374    7.45      17.00      (18.11)
      Coconut Products               137,070     2.85     129,311     3.00     183,201    4.11       6.00      (25.18)
         Copra                            87     0.00          32     0.00          55    0.00     171.43       59.79
         Coconut Oil                 105,016     2.18     103,709     2.40     149,704    3.36       1.26      (29.85)
         Desiccated Coconut           17,467     0.36      15,131     0.35      29,680    0.67      15.44      (41.15)
         Copra Meal/Cake              11,744     0.24       8,306     0.19       2,972    0.07      41.39      295.10
         Others                        2,756     0.06       2,133     0.05         789    0.02      29.21      249.09
      Sugar and Products              10,018     0.21      10,873     0.25      48,021    1.08      (7.87)     (79.14)
         Centrifugal & Refined         8,778     0.18      10,192     0.24      43,003    0.96     (13.87)     (79.59)
         Molasses                      1,017     0.02           a       -        4,593    0.10        -        (77.86)
         Others                          223     0.00         682     0.02         425    0.01     (67.32)     (47.59)
      Fruits and Vegetables          125,089     2.60      92,454     2.14     101,151    2.27      35.30       23.67
         Canned Pineapple             25,588     0.53      17,044     0.40      26,035    0.58      50.13       (1.72)
         Pineapple Juice               3,756     0.08       2,657     0.06       4,312    0.10      41.40      (12.88)
         Pineapple Concentrates        2,477     0.05       3,949     0.09       2,606    0.06     (37.27)      (4.96)
         Bananas                      68,496     1.43      46,463     1.08      43,626    0.98      47.42       57.01
         Mangoes                         666     0.01       1,820     0.04       1,331    0.03     (63.41)     (49.96)
         Others                       24,106     0.50      20,522     0.48      23,242    0.52      17.47        3.72
   Other Agro-Based Products          66,383     1.38      67,060     1.55      77,468    1.74      (1.01)     (14.31)
         Fish, Fresh or Preserved
          Of Which:shrimps and prawns 35,777     0.74      40,534     0.94      31,464    0.71     (11.73)      13.71
         Coffee, Raw, not Roasted        107     0.00           a       -            4    0.00         -     2,702.66
         Abaca Fibers                    810     0.02         391     0.01       1,625    0.04     107.35      (50.16)
         Tobacco Unmanufactured        6,302     0.13       5,188     0.12       8,110    0.18      21.49      (22.29)
         Natural Rubber                6,214     0.13       4,450    0.10       10,682    0.24      39.65      (41.83)
         Ramie Fibers, Raw or Roasted     36     0.00           a       -            a      -          -           -
         Seaweeds, Dried               1,329     0.03       1,335     0.03       5,285    0.12      (0.46)     (74.86)
         Rice                             15     0.00           a       -            b    0.00         -    14,185.71
         Others                       15,793     0.33      15,163     0.35      20,298    0.46       4.15      (22.19)

Forest Products                        6,423     0.13       5,753     0.13       4,409    0.10      11.65       45.70

         Logs                            426     0.01           b     0.00           a      -  463,465.22          -
         Lumber                        2,925     0.06       1,736     0.04       2,496    0.06      68.49       17.16
         Plywood                         923     0.02       2,864     0.07       1,912    0.04     (67.77)     (51.73)
         Veneer Sheets/Corestocks         29     0.00           a       -            a      -          -           -
         Others                        2,120     0.04       1,153     0.03           a      -       83.83          -

Mineral Products                     225,017     4.68     189,599     4.39     276,300    6.19      18.68      (18.56)

         Copper Concentrates          11,336     0.24      16,313     0.38      25,297    0.57     (30.51)     (55.19)
         Copper Metal                      a       -            a       -       94,945    2.13        -       (100.00)
         Gold                          3,254     0.07      15,034     0.35      31,604    0.71     (78.35)     (89.70)
         Iron Ore Agglomerates         7,020     0.15      11,259     0.26           a      -      (37.65)        -
         Chromium Ore                    633     0.01         304     0.01         669    0.02     108.08       (5.46)
         Nickel                            a       -            1     0.00           a      -     (100.00)         -
         Others                      202,774     4.22     146,689     3.40     123,785    2.78      38.23       63.81

Petroleum Products                     3,272     0.07      22,752     0.53      35,082    0.79     (85.62)     (90.67)

Manufactures                       4,127,774    85.88   3,555,849    82.42   3,595,366   80.61      16.08       14.81

         Electronic Products       1,675,484    34.86   1,887,086    43.74   2,253,288   50.52     (11.21)     (25.64)
            Components/Devices
            (Semiconductors)       1,343,983    27.96   1,502,871    34.84   1,529,206   34.29     (10.57)     (12.11)
            Electronic Data
             Processing              137,221     2.85     194,186     4.50     357,389    8.01     (29.34)     (61.60)
            Office Equipment          54,979     1.14      47,147     1.09      20,860    0.47      16.61      163.56
            Consumer Electronics      19,210     0.40      16,849     0.39      30,269    0.68      14.01      (36.53)
            Telecommunication         56,003     1.17      62,925     1.46       8,039    0.18     (11.00)     596.61
            Communication/Radar       24,062     0.50      22,440     0.52      27,837    0.62       7.23      (13.56)
            Control and
             Instrumentation          33,026     0.69      32,990     0.76       2,455    0.06       0.11    1,245.33
            Medical/Industrial
             Instrumentations          4,164     0.09       4,132     0.10       3,015    0.07       0.78       38.11
            Automotive Electronics     2,834     0.06       3,546     0.08     274,218    6.15     (20.06)     (98.97)
         Other Electronics           227,542     4.73     226,006     5.24     134,815    3.02       0.68       68.78
         Garments                    152,660     3.18     148,820     3.45     189,031    4.24       2.58      (19.24)
         Textile Yarns/Fabrics        15,859     0.33      14,908     0.35      17,624    0.40       6.37      (10.01)
         Footwear                      1,450     0.03         872     0.02         913    0.02      66.29       58.70
         Travel Goods and Handbags     2,511     0.05       1,601     0.04       5,096    0.11      56.91      (50.72)
         Wood Manufactures           161,590     3.36     143,232     3.32     150,581    3.38      12.82        7.31
         Furniture & Fixtures         15,128     0.31      14,880     0.34      15,527    0.35       1.67       (2.57)
         Chemicals                   312,191     6.50     162,637     3.77     162,091    3.63      91.96       92.60
         Non-Metallic Mineral
          Manufactures                17,149     0.36      12,159     0.28      14,986    0.34      41.04       14.43
         Machinery & Transport
           Equipment                 870,657    18.11     418,647     9.70     242,992    5.45     107.97      258.31
         Processed food and
           Beverages                  91,139     1.90      82,044     1.90      90,061    2.02      11.09        1.20
         Iron & Steel                 34,104     0.71      27,082     0.63      15,683    0.35      25.93      117.46
         Baby Carr., Toys, Games
          and sporting goods          20,785     0.43      19,748     0.46      20,097    0.45       5.25        3.42
         Basketwork, Wickerwork &
          Other Articles of plaiting
          materials                    2,429     0.05       3,294     0.08       4,175    0.09     (26.25)     (41.82)
         Misc.Manufactured Articles,
          not elsewhere specified     45,414     0.94      39,821     0.92      38,653    0.87      14.04       17.49
         Others                      481,684    10.02     353,013     8.18     239,752    5.38      36.45      100.91

Special Transactions                 105,472     2.19     240,527     5.58     139,271    3.12     (56.15)     (24.27)

Re-Export                             16,109     0.34      23,520     0.55      84,871    1.90     (31.51)     (81.02)

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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:  September 11, 2012
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