Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  April 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 (%)
                                        April   Share |  Jan-Apr    Share|    April   Share |  Jan-Apr   Share| Current Cumulative
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                Total                4,769.88  100.00  20,270.87   100.00  5,525.44  100.00  21,256.96  100.00    (13.7)     (4.6)

        Top 10 Countries Total       3,700.13   77.57  14,840.22    73.21  3,761.06   68.07  15,646.26   73.61     (1.6)     (5.2)

 1 United States Of America  1/        567.84   11.90   2,063.43    10.18    609.43   11.03   2,365.34   11.13     (6.8)    (12.8)
 2 Japan  2/                           539.85   11.32   2,311.61    11.40    440.58    7.97   2,106.66    9.91     22.5       9.7
 3 China, People's Republic of         471.08    9.88   2,014.76     9.94    517.19    9.36   1,877.64    8.83     (8.9)      7.3
 4 Singapore                           420.06    8.81   1,580.10     7.79    460.06    8.33   1,950.89    9.18     (8.7)    (19.0)
 5 Taiwan                              400.23    8.39   1,355.82     6.69    453.66    8.21   1,718.93    8.09    (11.8)    (21.1)
 6 Korea, Republic of                  391.99    8.22   1,494.32     7.37    319.56    5.78   1,714.61    8.07     22.7     (12.8)
 7 Saudi Arabia                        274.53    5.76   1,365.71     6.74    238.64    4.32     851.83    4.01     15.0      60.3
 8 Indonesia                           233.76    4.90     861.71     4.25    197.84    3.58     819.14    3.85     18.2       5.2
 9 Thailand                            230.19    4.83   1,010.29     4.98    304.52    5.51   1,219.57    5.74    (24.4)    (17.2)
10 Malaysia  3/                        170.58    3.58     782.46     3.86    219.58    3.97   1,021.66    4.81    (22.3)    (23.4)
11 Others                            1,069.75   22.43   5,430.66    26.79  1,764.37   31.93   5,610.70   26.39    (39.4)     (3.2)

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

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

          Components may not add up to total due to rounding.

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