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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