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	OVERSEAS FILIPINOS' REMITTANCES 1/
	BY COUNTRY, BY SOURCE
	for the periods indicated
	in thousand U.S. dollars
		dec	dec																					#VALUE!
		12	12	#VALUE!	#VALUE!	#VALUE!	#VALUE!			Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	January - March			Growth
	Country/Worker	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007 p/		2008 p/												2008 p/		2007 p/	Rate (%)
T O T A L  *		6,031,271	6,886,156	7,578,458	8,550,371	10,689,005	12,761,308	14,449,928		1,264,036	1,258,638	1,427,807	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,950,481		3,489,745	13.20
	Sea-based	1,093,349	1,199,183	1,298,223	1,464,930	1,669,358	1,949,290	2,236,363		170,037	293,040	295,607	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	758,684		533,678	42.16
	Land-based	4,937,922	5,686,973	6,280,235	7,085,441	9,019,647	10,812,018	12,213,565		1,093,999	965,598	1,132,200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,191,797		2,956,067	7.97
	Earnings of Res. Aliens			0	0	0	0	0																	#DIV/0!
	employed w/ supranationals**			0	0	0	0	0																	#DIV/0!
A S I A		1,049,551	1,116,336	894,310	918,329	1,172,373	1,496,120	1,543,180		139,586	154,591	161,030	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	455,207		398,059	14.36
	Sea-based	54,036	59,486	65,567	95,105	111,650	278,573	270,149		27,026	30,962	31,353	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	89,341		92,699	-3.62
	Land-based	995,515	1,056,850	828,743	823,224	1,060,723	1,217,547	1,273,031		112,560	123,629	129,677	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	365,866		305,360	19.81
of  which:
	Japan	391,871	490,435	346,057	308,128	356,659	453,398	401,612		40,673	42,489	41,235	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	124,397		118,072	5.36
	Sea-based	18,248	25,402	41,499	48,567	55,709	174,035	148,251		17,824	18,186	17,978	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53,988		55,099	-2.02
	Land-based	373,623	465,033	304,558	259,561	300,950	279,363	253,361		22,849	24,303	23,257	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70,409		62,973	11.81
	Hong Kong	248,337	275,155	238,198	273,812	338,895	413,723	383,160		29,558	35,810	42,815	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	108,183		103,074	4.96
	Sea-based	12,739	18,886	14,681	18,123	20,476	32,908	23,823		3,997	1,875	1,798	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,670		8,764	-12.48
	Land-based	235,598	256,269	223,517	255,689	318,419	380,815	359,337		25,561	33,935	41,017	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100,513		94,310	6.58
	Singapore	194,711	178,133	137,166	182,567	240,149	285,126	386,409		38,176	43,957	40,237	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	122,370		74,039	65.28
	Sea-based	13,838	10,550	6,103	20,547	23,183	50,024	65,556		3,163	7,741	7,508	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18,412		18,929	-2.73
	Land-based	180,873	167,583	131,063	162,020	216,966	235,102	320,853		35,013	36,216	32,729	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	103,958		55,110	88.64
A M E R I C A S		3,300,327	3,537,768	4,370,705	5,023,803	6,605,231	7,198,212	8,244,349		709,797	644,130	756,076	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,110,003		1,882,971	12.06
	Sea-based	949,341	1,030,462	1,133,604	1,202,270	1,392,010	1,163,286	1,399,808		81,783	183,663	183,383	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	448,829		255,406	75.73
	Land-based	2,350,986	2,507,306	3,237,101	3,821,533	5,213,221	6,034,926	6,844,541		628,014	460,467	572,693	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,661,174		1,627,565	2.06
of  which:
	USA	3,202,230	3,443,547	4,299,850	4,904,302	6,424,848	6,526,429	7,564,887		611,340	551,687	681,576	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,844,603		1,659,767	11.14
	Sea-based	944,871	1,028,878	1,132,785	1,197,303	1,382,444	1,149,670	1,385,231		81,064	183,047	179,901	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	444,012		251,249	76.72
	Land-based	2,257,359	2,414,669	3,167,065	3,706,999	5,042,404	5,376,759	6,179,656		530,276	368,640	501,675	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,400,591		1,408,518	-0.56
	Canada	62,386	52,490	27,072	67,338	117,061	590,627	595,079		90,875	85,545	67,523	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	243,943		203,031	20.15
	Sea-based	547	446	148	3,011	7,416	9,174	13,447		533	428	3,065	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,026		3,748	7.42
	Land-based	61,839	52,044	26,924	64,327	109,645	581,453	581,632		90,342	85,117	64,458	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	239,917		199,283	20.39
O C E A N I A		21,188	34,793	44,470	42,600	54,573	85,610	121,418		14,408	10,090	14,001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38,499		27,297	41.04
	Sea-based	691	605	253	2,415	3,911	3,918	7,175		566	67	967	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,600		1,468	8.99
	Land-based	20,497	34,188	44,217	40,185	50,662	81,692	114,243		13,842	10,023	13,034	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36,899		25,829	42.86
of  which:
	Australia	10,023	32,031	41,633	38,566	49,919	68,572	92,205		11,249	8,214	11,739	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31,202		21,489	45.20
	Sea-based	680	561	233	2,257	3,884	3,596	6,354		566	67	934	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,567		1,372	14.21
	Land-based	9,343	31,470	41,400	36,309	46,035	64,976	85,851		10,683	8,147	10,805	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29,635		20,117	47.31
E U R O P E		406,194	889,094	1,040,562	1,286,130	1,433,904	2,061,067	2,351,691		213,561	244,888	272,049	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	730,498		608,172	20.11
	Sea-based	73,975	103,582	93,047	158,813	153,432	490,646	544,466		59,618	76,145	79,583	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	215,346		179,784	19.78
	Land-based	332,219	785,512	947,515	1,127,317	1,280,472	1,570,421	1,807,225		153,943	168,743	192,466	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	515,152		428,388	20.25
of  which:
	Italy	83,409	324,537	309,774	449,287	430,071	574,662	635,939		57,821	64,696	76,388	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	198,905		156,276	27.28
	Sea-based	657	1,097	2,939	40,772	22,589	23,003	16,505		835	4,034	4,330	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,199		5,427	69.50
	Land-based	82,752	323,440	306,835	408,515	407,482	551,659	619,434		56,986	60,662	72,058	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	189,706		150,849	25.76
	Germany	59,955	93,979	95,526	108,124	142,530	162,020	207,935		20,468	23,516	25,099	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69,083		58,111	18.88
	Sea-based	21,433	32,524	29,929	21,389	24,496	64,474	100,584		11,710	15,396	16,204	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43,310		32,911	31.60
	Land-based	38,522	61,455	65,597	86,735	118,034	97,546	107,351		8,758	8,120	8,895	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25,773		25,200	2.27
	Fed.Rep.of Germany	37,475	81,030	84,978	96,461	134,804	97,522	95,018		9,341	8,408	8,594	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26,343		22,029	19.58
	Sea-based	11,954	21,897	22,475	19,883	24,073	16,193	16,642		1,300	1,056	621	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,977		3,510	-15.19
	Land-based	25,521	59,133	62,503	76,578	110,731	81,329	78,376		8,041	7,352	7,973	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23,366		18,519	26.17
	Dem.Rep.of Germany	22,480	12,949	10,548	11,663	7,726	64,498	112,917		11,127	15,108	16,505	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42,740		36,082	18.45
	Sea-based	9,479	10,627	7,454	1,506	423	48,281	83,942		10,410	14,340	15,583	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40,333		29,401	37.18
	Land-based	13,001	2,322	3,094	10,157	7,303	16,217	28,975		717	768	922	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,407		6,681	-63.97