Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  February 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|         Percent  |          Percent|    Rate (%)
                                     February   Share |  Jan-Feb    Share| February   Share |  Jan-Feb   Share| Current Cumulative
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                 Total               4,992.62  100.00  10,126.17   100.00  4,760.69  100.00  10,063.13  100.00     4.87       0.63

        Top 10 Countries Total       3,852.11   77.16   7,299.32    72.08  3,532.65   74.20   7,552.32   75.05     9.04      (3.35)

 1 Japan  1/                           667.15   13.36   1,188.09    11.73    524.51   11.02   1,085.06   10.78    27.19       9.50
 2 United States Of America  2/        542.76   10.87   1,005.60     9.93    501.60   10.54   1,085.52   10.79     8.21      (7.36)
 3 China, People's Republic of         445.37    8.92     980.99     9.69    367.52    7.72     837.92    8.33    21.18      17.07
 4 Singapore                           424.26    8.50     796.62     7.87    467.37    9.82     964.55    9.59    (9.22)    (17.41)
 5 Korea, Republic of                  358.00    7.17     760.29     7.51    439.97    9.24   1,023.22   10.17   (18.63)    (25.70)
 6 Saudi Arabia                        352.46    7.06     583.33     5.76    195.17    4.10     387.28    3.85    80.59      50.62
 7 Taiwan                              340.79    6.83     640.84     6.33    289.12    6.07     723.44    7.19    17.87     (11.42)
 8 Thailand                            277.93    5.57     516.17     5.10    290.92    6.11     560.64    5.57    (4.47)     (7.93)
 9 Malaysia  3/                        224.93    4.51     417.09     4.12    261.88    5.50     475.82    4.73   (14.11)    (12.34)
10 Indonesia                           218.47    4.38     410.30     4.05    194.57    4.09     408.86    4.06    12.28       0.35
11 Others                            1,140.51   22.84   2,826.85    27.92  1,228.04   25.80   2,510.82   24.95    (7.13)     12.59


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

 Notes:   * Based on February 2012 ranking.
          1 includes Okinawa
          2 includes Alaska and Hawaii
          3 includes Sabah and Sarawak

          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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