Table 2  Philippine Imports from All Countries
         June and May 2012 and June 2011
         (F.O.B. Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                          2012                  |             2011  |  Growth Rates
    Commodity                                      Percent |            Percent |           Percent |    (Percent)
                                            June p   Share |      May r   Share |     June    Share | Monthly   Annual
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                   Total                  5,101.21  100.00   5,385.84    100.00   4,503.90   100.00      (5.3)    13.3

 1 Electronic Products  1/                1,458.13   28.58   1,440.41     26.74   1,147.00    25.47       1.2     27.1
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors) 1,138.79   22.32   1,101.05     20.44     856.51    19.02       3.4     33.0
   b) Electronic Data Processing            173.51    3.40     179.60      3.33     151.58     3.37      (3.4)    14.5
   c) Office Equipment                        3.95    0.08       3.54      0.07       5.26     0.12      11.6    (25.0)
   d) Consumer Electronics                   29.25    0.57      27.03      0.50      29.28     0.65       8.2     (0.1)
   e) Telecommunication                      61.04    1.20      84.50      1.57      66.14     1.47     (27.8)    (7.7)
   f) Communication/Radar                    33.53    0.66      24.73      0.46      21.24     0.47      35.5     57.8
   g) Control and Instrumentation            10.91    0.21      12.33      0.23       9.17     0.20     (11.5)    19.0
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation      5.77    0.11       6.20      0.12       6.76     0.15      (6.8)   (14.6)
   i) Automotive Electronics                  1.38    0.03       1.43      0.03       1.04     0.02      (3.6)    33.0
 2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
        Related Materials                   814.42   15.97   1,290.06     23.95   1,039.63    23.08     (36.9)   (21.7)
 3 Transport Equipment                      639.48   12.54     367.70      6.83     213.03     4.73      73.9    200.2
 4 Industrial Machinery and Equipment       293.20    5.75     268.47      4.98     225.47     5.01       9.2     30.0
 5 Cereals and Cereal Preparations          132.04    2.59     175.21      3.25     166.53     3.70     (24.6)   (20.7)
 6 Plastics in Primary  and
       Non-Primary Forms                    126.59    2.48     144.36      2.68     121.86     2.71     (12.3)     3.9
 7 Iron and Steel                           113.59    2.23     116.78      2.17      85.06     1.89      (2.7)    33.5
 8 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals          110.54    2.17     135.39      2.51     144.15     3.20     (18.4)   (23.3)
 9 Telecommunication Equipment and
      Electrical Machinery 2/               105.75    2.07     104.33      1.94      89.31     1.98       1.4     18.4
10 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products     72.04    1.41      83.48      1.55      71.61     1.59     (13.7)     0.6

           Top 10 Imports Total           3,865.77   75.78   4,126.19     76.61   3,303.66    73.35     (6.31)   17.01

11 Feeding Stuff For Animals
      (Not Including Unmilled cereals)       69.02    1.35      82.46      1.53      41.05     0.91     (16.3)    68.2
12 Dairy Products                            65.60    1.29      66.11      1.23      77.93     1.73      (0.8)   (15.8)
13 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s.   64.14    1.26      70.48      1.31      62.43     1.39      (9.0)     2.7
14 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures         62.60    1.23      46.13      0.86      35.82     0.80      35.7     74.8
15 Non-Ferrous Metal                         62.19    1.22      64.92      1.21      77.89     1.73      (4.2)   (20.2)
16 Paper and Paper Products                  60.82    1.19      72.71      1.35      67.05     1.49     (16.4)    (9.3)
17 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles       58.05    1.14      61.99      1.15      64.18     1.42      (6.4)    (9.5)
18 Metal Products                            57.23    1.12      54.16      1.01      51.12     1.14       5.7     12.0
19 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up Articles
     and Related Products                    56.98    1.12      64.09      1.19      65.77     1.46     (11.1)   (13.4)
20 Power Generating and Specialized Mach.    48.99    0.96      37.04      0.69      26.17     0.58      32.3     87.2
21 Fertilizers, Manufactured                 45.86    0.90      46.05      0.86      47.72     1.06      (0.4)    (3.9)
22 Professional, scientific and
      controlling instrument,photographic
      and optical goods,not elsewhere
      specified, watches and clocks          34.90    0.68      37.08      0.69      33.76     0.75      (5.9)     3.4
23 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials    24.79    0.49      22.37      0.42      24.83     0.55      10.8     (0.1)
24 Rubber Manufacture                        22.76    0.45      23.98      0.45      19.18     0.43      (5.1)    18.6
25 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste              10.64    0.21       7.90      0.15      14.64     0.32      34.8    (27.3)
26 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap         3.02    0.06       2.00      0.04      13.69     0.30      50.7    (78.0)
27 Office and EDP Machines                    0.77    0.02       0.64      0.01       0.40     0.01      20.7     91.2
28 Others                                   487.07    9.55     499.53      9.27     476.62    10.58      (2.5)     2.2

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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


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