Table 4a  Philippine Imports Performance by Selected Economic Bloc:  January 2012 and 2011
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                         2 0 1 2 |           2 0 1 1 |  Annual Growth
Country of Origin                        Percent |           Percent |     Rate (%)
                               January     Share |   January    Share|
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                 Total        5,133.54    100.00    5,302.44   100.00      (3.19)

1 East Asia 1/                1,892.34     36.86    2,170.59    40.94     (12.82)
2 A S E A N 2/                1,043.70     20.33    1,236.14    23.31     (15.57)
3 United States of America 3/   462.82      9.02      583.92    11.01     (20.74)
4 European  Union 4/            370.26      7.21      398.95     7.52      (7.19)
5 Others                      1,364.42     26.58      912.83    17.22      49.47

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

 Notes:
 1  includes China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, N. Korea, S. Korea, Taiwan
 2  includes Brunei Darusalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
 3  includes Alaska & Hawaii
 4  includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
      Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
      Spain, Sweden, Latvia,  and UK Great Britain & N. Ireland

    Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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