Table 4a Philippine Imports Performance by Selected Economic Bloc: August 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 (%)
August Share | Jan-Aug Share| August Share| Jan-Aug Share| Current Cumulative
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Total 5,057.24 100.00 40,768.96 100.00 5,076.38 100.00 40,731.14 100.00 (0.4) 0.1
1 East Asia 1/ 1,955.19 38.66 15,799.27 38.75 1,894.36 37.32 15,008.95 36.85 3.2 5.3
2 A S E A N 2/ 1,277.71 25.26 9,533.19 23.38 1,268.77 24.99 9,969.15 24.48 0.7 (4.4)
3 United States of America 3/ 594.15 11.75 4,615.22 11.32 485.43 9.56 4,431.63 10.88 22.4 4.1
4 European Union 4/ 371.84 7.35 3,005.06 7.37 358.01 7.05 3,005.49 7.38 3.9 (0.0)
5 Others 858.35 16.97 7,816.22 19.17 1,069.81 21.07 8,315.92 20.42 (19.8) (6.0)
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Source: Foreign Trade Statistics Section
Industry and Trade Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
Republic of the Philippines
Notes:
1 includes China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, N. Korea, S. Korea, Taiwan
2 includes Brunei Darusalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
3 includes Alaska & Hawaii
4 includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Latvia, and UK Great Britain & N. Ireland
Components may not add up to total due to rounding.
Page last updated: October 25, 2012
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