Merchandise Export Performance : July 2002

Registered earnings for July 2002 increased by 23.0 percent to $3.190 billion from $2.594 billion during the same month a year earlier.

Receipts from merchandise exports for January to July 2002 went up by 6.9 percent to $19.859 billion from $18.582 billion during the same period in 2001.

External Trade Performance : April 2012

Total external trade in goods for April 2012 reached $9.405 billion, representing a 4.3 percent decrease from $9.832 billion recorded during the same month in 2011. This was due to the 13.7 percent decline in total imports from $5.525 billion to $4.770 billion in April 2012. However, exports increased by 7.6 percent to $4.635 billion from $4.306 billion in April 2011. Thus, the balance of trade in goods (BOT-G) for the Philippines in April 2012 registered a deficit of $135 million from $1.219 billion deficit in the same period last year.

Merchandise Export Performance : June 2002

Registered earnings for June 2002 increased by 12.3 percent to $2.894 billion from $2.578 billion during the same month a year ago.

Receipts from merchandise exports for January to June 2002 went up by 4.3 percent to $16.668 billion from $15.988 billion during the same period in 2001.

Merchandise Export Performance : May 2002

Registered earnings for May 2002 increased by 12.2 percent to $2.917 billion from $2.600 billion during the same month a year earlier.

Receipts from merchandise exports for January to May 2002 went up by 2.7 percent to $13.774 billion from $13.410 billion during the same period in 2001.

Merchandise Export Performance : April 2002

Registered earnings for April 2002 went up by 22.4 percent to $2.749 billion from $2.246 billion during the same month a year ago.

Receipts from merchandise exports for January to April 2002 increased by 0.4 percent to $10.857 billion from $10.810 billion during the same period in 2001.

National Statistics Office

Foreign Trade