Table 1   Total Trade by Month and Year
          2010 - 2012
          (F.O.B. Value in Million US$)
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                                        Balance  |       Cumulative        |Balance
Month/Year     Total  Imports  Exports       of  |  Total                  |     of
               Trade                      Trade  |  Trade  Imports  Exports|  Trade
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January
       2010    7,890    4,310    3,579     (731)    7,890    4,310    3,579    (731)
       2011    9,303    5,302    4,000   (1,302)    9,303    5,302    4,000  (1,302)
       2012    9,257    5,134    4,123   (1,010)    9,257    5,134    4,123  (1,010)
February
       2010    7,476    3,906    3,570     (336)   15,366    8,217    7,150  (1,067)
       2011 r  8,626    4,761    3,865     (896)   17,928   10,063    7,865  (2,198)
       2012 p  9,423    4,993    4,430     (562)   18,680   10,126    8,554  (1,572)
March
       2010    8,738    4,556    4,182     (374)   24,104   12,772   11,331  (1,441)
       2011    9,903    5,549    4,353   (1,196)   27,831   15,612   12,219  (3,394)
April
       2010    8,180    4,568    3,612     (957)   32,284   17,341   14,943  (2,398)
       2011    9,799    5,497    4,302   (1,195)   37,630   21,109   16,521  (4,588)
May
       2010    9,053    4,812    4,241     (570)   41,337   22,152   19,185  (2,968)
       2011    8,997    4,888    4,108     (780)   46,627   25,998   20,629  (5,369)
June
       2010    8,782    4,225    4,557      332    50,119   26,377   23,741  (2,636)
       2011    8,631    4,503    4,128     (376)   55,257   30,501   24,757  (5,744)
July
       2010    9,193    4,688    4,505     (183)   59,312   31,065   28,246  (2,819)
       2011    9,429    4,999    4,429     (570)   64,686   35,500   29,186  (6,314)
August
       2010    9,236    4,461    4,774      313    68,547   35,526   33,021  (2,505)
       2011    9,048    4,925    4,123     (803)   73,734   40,425   33,308  (7,117)
September
       2010    9,938    4,597    5,341      744    78,485   40,124   38,362  (1,762)
       2011    8,973    5,076    3,897   (1,179)   82,707   45,502   37,205  (8,296)
October
       2010    9,693    4,904    4,788     (116)   88,178   45,028   43,150  (1,878)
       2011    9,107    5,019    4,088     (932)   91,815   50,521   41,293  (9,228)
November
       2010    9,102    4,956    4,146     (810)   97,280   49,984   47,296  (2,688)
       2011    8,331    4,990    3,342   (1,648)  100,146   55,511   44,635 (10,876)
December
       2010    9,150    4,949    4,201     (748)  106,430   54,933   51,498  (3,435)
       2011    8,040    4,633    3,407   (1,226)  108,186   60,144   48,042 (12,102)

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

Note:    Components may not add up to totals due to rounding.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

Page last updated:  April 27, 2012
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