Table 4  Philippine Imports Performance by Country:  June 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 (%)
                                         June   Share |  Jan-Jun    Share|     June   Share |  Jan-Jun   Share| Current Cumulative
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                 Total               5,101.21  100.00  30,760.84   100.00  4,503.90  100.00  30,653.43  100.00     13.3        0.4

        Top 10 Countries Total       3,941.33   77.26  23,075.70    75.02  3,080.01   68.39  22,542.14   73.54     28.0        2.4

 1 United States Of America  1/        803.42   15.75   3,519.65    11.44    460.02   10.21   3,485.18   11.37     74.7        1.0
 2 Japan  2/                           608.93   11.94   3,407.22    11.08    417.22    9.26   2,999.86    9.79     46.0       13.6
 3 China, People's Republic of         545.76   10.70   3,158.65    10.27    470.39   10.44   2,867.55    9.35     16.0       10.2
 4 Taiwan                              340.00    6.67   2,172.26     7.06    298.38    6.62   2,364.57    7.71     13.9       (8.1)
 5 Korea, Republic of                  334.98    6.57   2,394.12     7.78    264.38    5.87   2,335.30    7.62     26.7        2.5
 6 Singapore                           323.14    6.33   2,330.25     7.58    331.21    7.35   2,718.25    8.87     (2.4)     (14.3)
 7 Thailand                            320.21    6.28   1,661.75     5.40    260.96    5.79   1,827.10    5.96     22.7       (9.0)
 8 Saudi Arabia                        241.71    4.74   1,853.71     6.03    240.10    5.33   1,361.21    4.44      0.7       36.2
 9 Indonesia                           235.01    4.61   1,291.70     4.20    171.85    3.82   1,170.98    3.82     36.8       10.3
10 Malaysia  3/                        188.15    3.69   1,286.39     4.18    165.49    3.67   1,412.14    4.61     13.7       (8.9)
11 Others                            1,159.88   22.74   7,685.14    24.98  1,423.89   31.61   8,111.29   26.46    (18.5)      (5.3)

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

 Notes:   * Based on June 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.

 Page last updated:  August 28, 2012
 
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