Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  March 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 (%)
                                        March   Share |  Jan-Mar    Share|    March   Share |  Jan-Mar   Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total                5,371.10  100.00  15,501.13   100.00  5,552.51  100.00  15,731.53  100.00    (3.3)       (1.5)

       Top 10 Countries Total        3,868.37   72.02  10,910.01    70.38  3,909.62   70.41  11,099.94   70.56    (1.1)       (1.7)

 1 Japan  1/                           583.43   10.86   1,771.59    11.43    576.12   10.38   1,666.08   10.59     1.3         6.3
 2 China, People's Republic of         562.49   10.47   1,543.69     9.96    504.69    9.09   1,360.45    8.65    11.5        13.5
 3 Saudi Arabia                        507.85    9.46   1,091.18     7.04    225.91    4.07     613.18    3.90   124.8        78.0
 4 United States Of America  2/        489.94    9.12   1,495.70     9.65    640.72   11.54   1,755.92   11.16   (23.5)      (14.8)
 5 Singapore                           363.54    6.77   1,160.06     7.48    524.12    9.44   1,490.83    9.48   (30.6)      (22.2)
 6 Korea, Republic of                  341.78    6.36   1,102.09     7.11    360.47    6.49   1,395.05    8.87    (5.2)      (21.0)
 7 Taiwan                              314.69    5.86     955.65     6.17    503.77    9.07   1,265.27    8.04   (37.5)      (24.5)
 8 Thailand                            263.89    4.91     779.93     5.03    355.11    6.40     915.05    5.82   (25.7)      (14.8)
 9 Qatar                               223.21    4.16     382.18     2.47      5.49    0.10      16.82    0.11 3,962.4     2,172.2
10 Indonesia                           217.55    4.05     627.94     4.05    213.20    3.84     621.29    3.95     2.0         1.1
11 Others                            1,502.73   27.98   4,591.11    29.62  1,642.89   29.59   4,631.59   29.44    (8.5)       (0.9)

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

 Notes:   * Based on March 2012 ranking.
          1 includes Okinawa
          2 includes Alaska and Hawaii


          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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