Total earnings for merchandise export in August 2010 amounted to $4.745 billion, higher by 36.6 percent from it's year ago level of $3.473 billion. Compared to previous month level, it recorded an increase of 5.4 percent from $4.504 billion posted in July 2010. Meanwhile, aggregate merchandise exports for the period January to August 2010 increased by 37.3 percent to $32.970 billion from $24.011 billion registered during the same eight - month period in 2009.