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    9,304    5,302    4,002   (1,301)    9,304    5,302    4,002  (1,301)
       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    8,804    4,877    3,928     (949)   18,109   10,179    7,930  (2,249)
       2012    9,427    4,996    4,430     (566)   18,684   10,130    8,554  (1,576)
March
       2010    8,738    4,556    4,182     (374)   24,104   12,772   11,331  (1,441)
       2011 r  9,909    5,553    4,356   (1,196)   28,018   15,732   12,286  (3,445)
       2012 p  9,694    5,371    4,323   (1,049)   28,378   15,501   12,876  (2,625)
April
       2010    8,180    4,568    3,612     (957)   32,284   17,341   14,943  (2,398)
       2011    9,832    5,525    4,306   (1,219)   37,849   21,257   16,592  (4,664)
May
       2010    9,053    4,812    4,241     (570)   41,337   22,152   19,185  (2,968)
       2011    9,011    4,893    4,119     (774)   46,861   26,150   20,711  (5,438)
June
       2010    8,782    4,225    4,557      332    50,119   26,377   23,741  (2,636)
       2011    8,639    4,504    4,135     (369)   55,499   30,653   24,846  (5,807)
July
       2010    9,193    4,688    4,505     (183)   59,312   31,065   28,246  (2,819)
       2011    9,462    5,001    4,460     (541)   64,961   35,655   29,306  (6,349)
August
       2010    9,236    4,461    4,774      313    68,547   35,526   33,021  (2,505)
       2011    9,249    5,076    4,173     (903)   74,210   40,731   33,479  (7,252)
September
       2010    9,938    4,597    5,341      744    78,485   40,124   38,362  (1,762)
       2011    8,980    5,083    3,897   (1,186)   83,190   45,814   37,376  (8,438)
October
       2010    9,693    4,904    4,788     (116)   88,178   45,028   43,150  (1,878)
       2011    9,180    5,024    4,156     (869)   92,370   50,839   41,532  (9,307)
November
       2010    9,102    4,956    4,146     (810)   97,280   49,984   47,296  (2,688)
       2011    8,390    5,024    3,366   (1,658)  100,760   55,863   44,898 (10,965)
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)  108,801   60,496   48,305 (12,191)

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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:  May 25, 2012
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