Table 2 Philippine Imports from All Countries
May and April 2012 and May 2011
(F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)
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2012 | 2011 | Growth Rates
Commodity Percent | Percent | Percent | (Percent)
May p Share | April r Share | May Share | Monthly Annual
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Total 5,386.08 100.00 4,772.79 100.00 4,892.57 100.00 12.8 10.1
1 Electronic Products 1/ 1,440.49 26.74 1,318.39 27.62 1,700.08 34.75 9.3 (15.3)
a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors) 1,101.04 20.44 1,020.89 21.39 1,422.31 29.07 7.9 (22.6)
b) Electronic Data Processing 179.63 3.34 158.47 3.32 144.42 2.95 13.4 24.4
c) Office Equipment 3.54 0.07 4.27 0.09 13.13 0.27 (17.1) (73.0)
d) Consumer Electronics 27.09 0.50 33.09 0.69 34.37 0.70 (18.1) (21.2)
e) Telecommunication 84.50 1.57 60.66 1.27 44.90 0.92 39.3 88.2
f) Communication/Radar 24.73 0.46 22.54 0.47 18.73 0.38 9.7 32.0
g) Control and Instrumentation 12.34 0.23 11.75 0.25 14.57 0.30 5.0 (15.3)
h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation 6.20 0.12 5.29 0.11 6.52 0.13 17.2 (5.0)
i) Automotive Electronics 1.43 0.03 1.44 0.03 1.13 0.02 (0.5) 26.8
2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
Related Materials 1,290.05 23.95 1,055.04 22.11 685.91 14.02 22.3 88.1
3 Transport Equipment 367.73 6.83 226.26 4.74 217.79 4.45 62.5 68.8
4 Industrial Machinery and Equipment 268.46 4.98 255.81 5.36 247.05 5.05 4.9 8.7
5 Cereals and Cereal Preparations 175.21 3.25 102.37 2.14 190.37 3.89 71.2 (8.0)
6 Plastics in Primary and
Non-Primary Forms 144.36 2.68 135.61 2.84 122.83 2.51 6.5 17.5
7 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals 135.39 2.51 107.60 2.25 141.86 2.90 25.8 (4.6)
8 Iron and Steel 116.78 2.17 119.52 2.50 103.31 2.11 (2.3) 13.0
9 Telecommunication Equipment and
Electrical Machinery 2/ 104.28 1.94 107.78 2.26 88.71 1.81 (3.2) 17.6
10 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products 83.48 1.55 79.41 1.66 80.51 1.65 5.1 3.7
Top 10 Imports Total 4,126.25 76.61 3,507.79 73.50 3,578.41 73.14 17.63 15.31
11 Feeding Stuff For Animals
(Not Including Unmilled cereals) 82.46 1.53 79.52 1.67 90.66 1.85 3.7 (9.0)
12 Paper and Paper Products 72.71 1.35 62.32 1.31 64.45 1.32 16.7 12.8
13 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s. 70.48 1.31 65.06 1.36 62.68 1.28 8.3 12.4
14 Dairy Products 66.11 1.23 71.75 1.50 84.85 1.73 (7.9) (22.1)
15 Non-Ferrous Metal 65.32 1.21 63.21 1.32 73.59 1.50 3.3 (11.2)
16 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up Articles
and Related Products 64.29 1.19 68.23 1.43 68.38 1.40 (5.8) (6.0)
17 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 61.59 1.14 62.38 1.31 70.73 1.45 (1.3) (12.9)
18 Metal Products 54.16 1.01 60.71 1.27 63.45 1.30 (10.8) (14.6)
19 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures 46.13 0.86 40.59 0.85 35.71 0.73 13.6 29.2
20 Fertilizers, Manufactured 46.05 0.86 30.96 0.65 41.41 0.85 48.8 11.2
21 Professional, scientific and
controlling instrument,photographic
and optical goods,not elsewhere
specified, watches and clocks 37.08 0.69 30.47 0.64 38.97 0.80 21.7 (4.8)
22 Power Generating and Specialized Mach. 37.04 0.69 30.97 0.65 37.85 0.77 19.6 (2.1)
23 Rubber Manufacture 23.93 0.44 25.33 0.53 24.42 0.50 (5.5) (2.0)
24 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials 22.37 0.42 28.67 0.60 27.62 0.56 (22.0) (19.0)
25 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste 7.90 0.15 7.14 0.15 15.33 0.31 10.6 (48.5)
26 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap 2.00 0.04 2.29 0.05 21.12 0.43 (12.6) (90.5)
27 Office and EDP Machines 0.64 0.01 0.45 0.01 0.53 0.01 42.7 20.2
28 Others 499.55 9.27 534.96 11.21 492.40 10.06 (6.6) 1.5
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes: 1 Includes consigned and direct importation using the expanded coverage of electronic products
2 Includes telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment
p Preliminary
r Revised
Page last updated: July 25, 2012
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