Table 1a  Total Growth Rate by Month and Year
          2011-2012
          (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
       2011    17.9     23.0     11.8      78.0      17.9     23.0     11.8      78.0
       2012    (0.5)    (3.2)     3.0     (22.3)     (0.5)    (3.2)     3.0     (22.3)
February
       2011    17.8     24.8     10.0     182.4      17.8     23.9     10.9     110.8
       2012     7.1      2.5     12.8     (40.3)      3.2     (0.5)     7.9     (29.9)
March
       2011 r  13.4     21.9      4.2     219.8      16.2     23.2      8.4     139.1
       2012 p  (2.2)    (3.3)    (0.8)    (12.3)      1.3     (1.5)     4.8     (23.8)
April
       2011    20.2     21.0     19.2      27.4      17.2     22.6     11.0      94.5
May
       2011    (0.5)     1.7     (2.9)     35.7      13.4     18.0      8.0      83.2
June
       2011    (1.6)     6.6     (9.3)   (211.3)     10.7     16.2      4.7     120.3
July
       2011     2.9      6.7     (1.0)    196.3       9.5     14.8      3.8     125.2
August
       2011     0.1     13.8    (12.6)   (388.4)      8.3     14.7      1.4     189.4
September
       2011    (9.6)    10.6    (27.0)   (259.5)      6.0     14.2     (2.6)    378.9
October
       2011    (5.3)     2.4    (13.2)    648.9       4.8     12.9     (3.8)    395.6
November
       2011    (7.8)     1.4    (18.8)    104.8       3.6     11.8     (5.1)    308.0
December
       2011   (12.1)    (6.4)   (18.9)     64.0       2.2     10.1     (6.2)    254.9

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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 total due to rounding.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

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