Export earnings in March 2010 amounted to $4.176 billion, registering a double-digit growth of 43.7 percent from it�s year ago level of $2.907 billion. The same is true with it�s previous month level which rose by 17.0 percent from $3.570 billion in February 2010. Aggregate merchandise exports for the first quarter of 2010 also showed an increase of 42.9 percent to $11.326 billion from $7.926 billion posted during the same three-month period in 2009.

Total external trade in goods for January 2010 reached $7.841 billion, representing a 35.6 percent increase from $5.781 billion recorded during the same month in 2009. This was due to the 30.3 percent upward trend of total imports to $4.261 billion from $3.270 billion in January 2009. The same was true for exports where a 42.5 percent increment was observed to $3.579 billion from $2.511 billion in January 2009. Thus, the balance of trade in goods (BOT-G) for the Philippines in January 2010 registered a lower deficit of $682.00 million from $759.00 million deficit in same period last year.

Export earnings in January 2010 went up by 42.5 percent to $3.578 billion from $2.511 billion in January 2009. Compared with the previous month�s level, it rose by 8.0 percent from $3.312 billion.