Table 3  Philippine Exports Performance by Country
         August 2012 and 2011
         (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                 2012                  |                2011                 | Annual Growth Rate
Country                                     Percent|            Percent|           Percent|           Percent|     (Percent)
                                   August p   Share|  Jan-Aug p   Share|    August   Share|   Jan-Aug   Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total             3,797.84   100.00   35,282.60  100.00   4,172.90  100.00  33,479.13  100.00    (8.99)      5.39

         Top 10 Countries Total   3,249.21    85.55   29,786.09   84.42   3,461.21   82.94  27,800.80   83.04    (6.12)      7.14

 1 Japan  1/                        686.71    18.08    6,223.30   17.64     656.28   15.73   6,005.33   17.94     4.64       3.63
 2 Singapore                        561.99    14.80    3,598.34   10.20     343.57    8.23   3,283.01    9.81    63.57       9.60
 3 United States Of America  2/     499.27    13.15    5,252.53   14.89     614.25   14.72   4,939.89   14.76   (18.72)      6.33
 4 China, People's Republic of      376.55     9.91    4,293.45   12.17     649.46   15.56   4,141.52   12.37   (42.02)      3.67
 5 Hong Kong                        306.97     8.08    3,015.84    8.55     341.95    8.19   2,670.65    7.98   (10.23)     12.93
 6 Korea, Republic of               246.13     6.48    1,902.92    5.39     209.77    5.03   1,532.67    4.58    17.33      24.16
 7 Thailand                         218.54     5.75    1,748.38    4.96     183.71    4.40   1,363.77    4.07    18.96      28.20
 8 Taiwan                           120.36     3.17    1,216.74    3.45     155.37    3.72   1,409.54    4.21   (22.53)    (13.68)
 9 Netherlands                      119.03     3.13    1,100.49    3.12     160.24    3.84   1,242.83    3.71   (25.72)    (11.45)
10 Germany                          113.67     2.99    1,434.10    4.06     146.60    3.51   1,211.60    3.62   (22.46)     18.36
11 Others                           548.63    14.45    5,496.51   15.58     711.69   17.06   5,678.32   16.96   (22.91)     (3.20)

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


Notes:   *  Based on August 2012 ranking.
         1/ Includes Okinawa.
         2/ Includes Alaska and Hawaii.
         p  Preliminary


         Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.

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