Table 1a  Philippine Exports to all Countries
          January to August 2012 and 2011
          (F.O.B. Value in U.S. Dollars)

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                                                           2012     |        2011     |  Growth
Commodity Group                                         Jan-Aug p   |      Jan-Aug    |   Rate
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                                  Total            35,282,600,372    33,479,126,365       5.39

 1 Electronic Products                             15,586,332,124    16,965,078,215      (8.13)
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)          11,814,876,024    12,483,302,791      (5.35)
   b) Electronic Data Processing                    2,434,857,907     3,111,782,400     (21.75)
   c) Office Equipment                                320,878,128       147,680,144     117.28
   d) Consumer Electronics                            165,824,078       148,058,809      12.00
   e) Telecommunication                               399,641,011        58,157,739     587.17
   f) Communication/Radar                             172,192,828       251,876,817     (31.64)
   g) Control and Instrumentation                     176,989,751        20,144,175     778.62
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation               37,256,039        21,425,815      73.88
   i) Automotive Electronics                           63,816,358       722,649,525     (91.17)
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories     1,150,880,595     1,279,536,492     (10.05)
 3 Other Products Manufactured from Materials
   Imported on consignment basis                      278,709,489       358,330,180     (22.22)
 4 Petroleum Products  1/                             212,172,772       475,281,136     (55.36)
 5 Ignition Wiring Set and Other Wiring Sets
   Used in Vehicles, aircrafts and ships  2/          949,643,745       681,069,307      39.43
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                                    698,866,841     1,093,312,844     (36.08)
 7 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes,Of Refined Copper  173,096,926       881,398,263     (80.36)
 8 Woodcrafts and Furniture                         1,359,649,016     1,181,569,610      15.07
 9 Bananas (Fresh)                                    371,488,814       309,163,085      20.16
10 Metal Components  4/                             1,428,633,044       518,630,180     175.46
11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products                   270,232,485       211,205,447      27.95
12 Processed Tropical Fruits                          159,772,551       170,456,126      (6.27)
13 Dessicated Coconut                                 143,484,021       192,108,931     (25.31)
14 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, Chilled or Frozen        23,659,003        33,314,077     (28.98)
15 Tuna  5/                                           234,489,743       192,070,469      22.09
16 Seaweeds and Carageenan                            119,674,094       138,736,756     (13.74)
17 Christmas Decor                                     18,593,335        25,356,764     (26.67)
18 Basketworks                                         28,877,839        32,342,692     (10.71)
19 Iron Ore Agglomerates                               63,759,786        42,788,040      49.01
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured                           92,233,555       139,881,642     (34.06)
21 Gold  6/                                           310,725,786       285,083,396       8.99
22 Footwear                                             8,611,982         8,263,238       4.22
23 Activated Carbon                                    72,690,578        26,589,196     173.38
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                              8,138,147        10,085,250     (19.31)
25 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                              57,437,594        43,783,787      31.18
26 Unmanufactured Tobacco                              45,898,589        69,475,513     (33.94)
27 Fine Jewelry                                        17,817,497        27,664,544     (35.59)
28 Copper Concentrates                                172,549,095       218,284,581     (20.95)
29 Sugar                                              108,825,960       162,379,900     (32.98)
30 Others                                          11,115,655,366     7,705,886,704      44.25


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Source:  Foreign Trade Statistics Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1/ Includes refined petroleum products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         2/ Consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ Includes crude and refined.
         4/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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