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

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                                                          2012                  |             2011  |  Growth Rates
    Commodity                                      Percent |            Percent |           Percent |    (Percent)
                                            July p   Share |     June r   Share |     July    Share | Monthly   Annual
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                     Total                4,963.58  100.00   5,088.93    100.00   5,001.32   100.00      (2.5)    (0.8)

 1 Electronic Products  1/                1,222.52   24.63   1,458.25     28.66   1,166.94    23.33     (16.2)     4.8
   a) Components/Devices (Semiconductors)   902.66   18.19   1,138.89     22.38     846.49    16.93     (20.7)     6.6
   b) Electronic Data Processing            161.58    3.26     173.53      3.41     153.93     3.08      (6.9)     5.0
   c) Office Equipment                        3.42    0.07       3.95      0.08       5.40     0.11     (13.4)   (36.6)
   d) Consumer Electronics                   33.74    0.68      29.25      0.57      32.49     0.65      15.4      3.8
   e) Telecommunication                      73.18    1.47      61.04      1.20      75.85     1.52      19.9     (3.5)
   f) Communication/Radar                    28.94    0.58      33.53      0.66      33.77     0.68     (13.7)   (14.3)
   g) Control and Instrumentation            12.06    0.24      10.91      0.21      11.78     0.24      10.5      2.3
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation      5.46    0.11       5.78      0.11       5.28     0.11      (5.4)     3.4
   i) Automotive Electronics                  1.48    0.03       1.38      0.03       1.94     0.04       6.9    (24.1)
 2 Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and
        Related Materials                 1,151.80   23.20     813.43     15.98   1,312.86    26.25      41.6    (12.3)
 3 Industrial Machinery and Equipment       297.64    6.00     293.24      5.76     232.25     4.64       1.5     28.2
 4 Transport Equipment                      293.61    5.92     639.53     12.57     290.42     5.81     (54.1)     1.1
 5 Cereals and Cereal Preparations          207.37    4.18     132.05      2.59     171.73     3.43      57.0     20.8
 6 Organic and Inorganic Chemicals          139.86    2.82     110.54      2.17     127.61     2.55      26.5      9.6
 7 Plastics in Primary  and
       Non-Primary Forms                    132.57    2.67     126.59      2.49     133.28     2.66       4.7     (0.5)
 8 Telecommunication Equipment and
      Electrical Machinery 2/               107.23    2.16     105.85      2.08     114.02     2.28       1.3     (6.0)
 9 Iron and Steel                            99.30    2.00     113.60      2.23      94.81     1.90     (12.6)     4.7
10 Chemical Materials and Products, n.e.s.   81.54    1.64      64.16      1.26      60.71     1.21      27.1     34.3

               Top 10 Imports Total       3,733.44   75.22   3,857.25     75.80   3,704.63    74.07      (3.21)    0.78

11 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products     79.30    1.60      72.05      1.42      77.39     1.55      10.1      2.5
12 Paper and Paper Products                  63.96    1.29      60.83      1.20      57.05     1.14       5.2     12.1
13 Dairy Products                            61.35    1.24      65.60      1.29      89.41     1.79      (6.5)   (31.4)
14 Fertilizers, Manufactured                 57.13    1.15      45.87      0.90      57.05     1.14      24.6      0.1
15 Metal Products                            56.50    1.14      57.23      1.12      51.14     1.02      (1.3)    10.5
16 Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Up Articles
     and Related Products                    56.41    1.14      56.95      1.12      66.79     1.34      (0.9)   (15.5)
17 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles       56.37    1.14      58.13      1.14      62.98     1.26      (3.0)   (10.5)
18 Feeding Stuff For Animals
      (Not Including Unmilled cereals)       53.33    1.07      69.03      1.36      43.49     0.87     (22.7)    22.6
19 Non-Ferrous Metal                         51.88    1.05      62.11      1.22      99.17     1.98     (16.5)   (47.7)
20 Power Generating and Specialized Mach.    49.14    0.99      49.00      0.96      49.46     0.99       0.3     (0.6)
21 Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures         48.86    0.98      51.07      1.00      37.05     0.74      (4.3)    31.9
22 Professional, scientific and
      controlling instrument,photographic
      and optical goods,not elsewhere
      specified, watches and clocks          46.48    0.94      34.90      0.69      36.14     0.72      33.2     28.6
23 Rubber Manufacture                        24.85    0.50      22.76      0.45      24.86     0.50       9.2     (0.0)
24 Dyeing, Tanning and Coloring Materials    23.24    0.47      24.79      0.49      27.26     0.55      (6.3)   (14.8)
25 Textiles Fiber & Their Waste              14.09    0.28      10.65      0.21      19.07     0.38      32.3    (26.1)
26 Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap         2.99    0.06       3.02      0.06      25.84     0.52      (0.8)   (88.4)
27 Office and EDP Machines                    0.80    0.02       0.77      0.02       0.43     0.01       4.0     88.0
28 Others                                   483.46    9.74     486.93      9.57     472.11     9.44      (0.7)     2.4


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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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