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

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                                                      2012                   |               2011|    Growth Rate
Commodity                                        Percent|             Percent|            Percent|     (Percent)
                                      August p     Share|     July r    Share|   August     Share|   Monthly     Annual
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Total                                 3,797.84    100.00   4,727.39    100.00  4,172.90    100.00     (19.66)     (8.99)

 1 Electronic Products                1,765.33     46.48   1,675.54     35.44  2,073.88     49.70       5.36     (14.88)
   a) Components/Devices
          (Semiconductors)            1,409.82     37.12   1,343.98     28.43  1,575.54     37.76       4.90     (10.52)
   b) Electronic Data Processing        160.47      4.23     137.22      2.90    376.84      9.03      16.95     (57.42)
   c) Office Equipment                   56.84      1.50      54.98      1.16     25.12      0.60       3.38     126.26
   d) Consumer Electronics               19.89      0.52      19.21      0.41     26.90      0.64       3.52     (26.08)
   e) Telecommunication                  60.12      1.58      56.07      1.19      8.85      0.21       7.24     579.08
   f) Communication/Radar                15.16      0.40      24.06      0.51     33.32      0.80     (37.00)    (54.52)
   g) Control and Instrumentation        32.76      0.86      33.03      0.70      2.40      0.06      (0.79)  1,266.88
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation  4.44      0.12       4.16      0.09      3.76      0.09       6.62      18.18
   i) Automotive Electronics              5.83      0.15       2.83      0.06     21.15      0.51     105.66     (72.44)
 2 Woodcrafts and Furniture             205.65      5.41     176.84      3.74    165.95      3.98      16.29      23.93
 3 Metal Components  1/                 138.55      3.65     647.36     13.69     69.22      1.66     (78.60)    100.16
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other
       Wiring Sets used in vehicles
       aircrafts and ships 2/           103.84      2.73     136.80      2.89    104.79      2.51     (24.10)     (0.91)
 5 Articles of Apparel and Clothing
       Accessories                       77.31      2.04     152.50      3.23    173.44      4.16     (49.30)    (55.42)
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                       47.18      1.24     114.87      2.43     95.32      2.28     (58.93)    (50.51)
 7 Pineapple and Pineapple Products      35.54      0.94      47.02      0.99     37.09      0.89     (24.41)     (4.18)
 8 Copper Concentrates                   35.02      0.92      11.34      0.24     25.29      0.61     208.95      38.45
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                       29.83      0.79      69.82      1.48     35.27      0.85     (57.27)    (15.42)
10 Gold  4/                              28.67      0.76       7.56      0.16     20.39      0.49     279.09      40.65

   Top  Ten  Exports Total            2,466.93     64.96   3,039.65     64.30  2,800.64     67.11     (18.84)    (11.92)

11 Other Products Manufactured from
      Materials on consignment basis     18.51      0.49      23.85      0.50     57.73      1.38     (22.41)    (67.94)
12 Processed Tropical Fruits             14.73      0.39      22.65      0.48     21.73      0.52     (34.98)    (32.22)
13 Sugar                                 14.57      0.38       8.78      0.19     42.52      1.02      66.03     (65.72)
14 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                11.42      0.30      11.75      0.25      6.82      0.16      (2.76)     67.52
15 Iron Ore Agglomerates                  8.79      0.23      13.78      0.29      2.66      0.06     (36.22)    230.35
16 Tuna  5/                               7.64      0.20      27.68      0.59     16.18      0.39     (72.39)    (52.78)
17 Seaweeds and Carageenan                7.24      0.19      11.54      0.24     13.32      0.32     (37.29)    (45.67)
18 Dessicated Coconut                     5.69      0.15      17.73      0.38     32.12      0.77     (67.93)    (82.30)
19 Activated Carbon                       4.73      0.12      39.73      0.84      3.01      0.07     (88.11)     57.04
20 Christmas Decor                        3.37      0.09       5.03      0.11      7.20      0.17     (33.07)    (53.22)
21 Fine Jewelry                           1.65      0.04       1.41      0.03      3.14      0.08      17.21     (47.54)
22 Fertilizers, Manufactured              1.60      0.04      34.96      0.74     39.54      0.95     (95.42)    (95.95)
23 Basketworks                            1.10      0.03       2.74      0.06      4.69      0.11     (60.06)    (76.64)
24 Footwear                               0.78      0.02       1.45      0.03      1.24      0.03     (46.25)    (37.26)
25 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh,
      Chilled or Frozen                   0.58      0.02       2.05      0.04      6.01      0.14     (71.80)    (90.41)
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 0.47      0.01       6.30      0.13     12.51      0.30     (92.47)    (96.21)
27 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                0.45      0.01       1.04      0.02      1.00      0.02     (56.40)    (54.42)
28 Petroleum Products  6/                 0.08      0.00       3.27      0.07     24.48      0.59     (97.46)    (99.66)
29 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,
     Of Refined copper                      -         -          -         -     112.25      2.69        -      (100.00)
30 Others                             1,227.51     32.32   1,451.98     30.71    964.10     23.10     (15.46)     27.32

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

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