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11 OVERSEAS FILIPINOS' REMITTANCES                                              
        BY COUNTRY, BY SOURCE                                                  
          for the periods indicated                                                    
          in thousand U.S. dollars                                                            
                                                                 
       
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec   January - May Growth  
  Country/Worker 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008   2008 2007 Rate (%)  
   
                                                                 
    T O T A L  * 5,741,835 7,367,989 6,021,219 6,050,450 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 1,410,210 1,429,832 #VALUE! 6,790,523 5,918,425 14.74  
     Sea-based 257,612 274,549 786,472 926,677 1,093,349 1,199,183 1,298,223 1,464,930 1,669,358 1,949,290 2,236,363 170,037 293,040 295,607 298,661 247,440 0 1,304,785 920,972 41.67  
     Land-based 5,484,223 7,093,440 5,234,747 5,123,773 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 1,111,549 1,182,392 #VALUE! 5,485,738 4,997,453 9.77  
   
    A S I A 454,791 401,419 645,566 831,779 1,049,551 1,116,336 894,310 918,329 1,172,373 1,496,120 1,543,180 139,586 154,591 161,030 148,900 141,246 #VALUE! 745,353 650,158 14.64  
     Sea-based 20,537 17,426 86,233 81,418 54,036 59,486 65,567 95,105 111,650 278,573 270,149 27,026 30,962 31,353 37,501 22,489 149,331 153,263 -2.57  
     Land-based 434,254 383,993 559,333 750,361 995,515 1,056,850 828,743 823,224 1,060,723 1,217,547 1,273,031 112,560 123,629 129,677 111,399 118,757 #VALUE! 596,022 496,895 19.95  
   
        of  which:  
  Japan 131,375 107,807 273,831 370,097 391,871 490,435 346,057 308,128 356,659 453,398 401,612 40,673 42,489 41,235 39,758 36,066 #VALUE! 200,221 196,835 1.72  
     Sea-based 8,873 7,333 43,820 46,739 18,248 25,402 41,499 48,567 55,709 174,035 148,251 17,824 18,186 17,978 20,469 10,773 85,230 91,527 -6.88  
     Land-based 122,502 100,474 230,011 323,358 373,623 465,033 304,558 259,561 300,950 279,363 253,361 22,849 24,303 23,257 19,289 25,293 #VALUE! 114,991 105,308 9.19  
     
  Hong Kong 189,230 171,353 176,738 146,831 248,337 275,155 238,198 273,812 338,895 413,723 383,160 29,558 35,810 42,815 39,436 37,028 #VALUE! 184,647 152,464 21.11  
     Sea-based 9,076 7,955 27,286 20,334 12,739 18,886 14,681 18,123 20,476 32,908 23,823 3,997 1,875 1,798 2,743 1,707 12,120 13,607 -10.93  
     Land-based 180,154 163,398 149,452 126,497 235,598 256,269 223,517 255,689 318,419 380,815 359,337 25,561 33,935 41,017 36,693 35,321 #VALUE! 172,527 138,857 24.25  
     
  Singapore 93,329 69,288 80,180 105,351 194,711 178,133 137,166 182,567 240,149 285,126 386,409 38,176 43,957 40,237 44,013 43,028 #VALUE! 209,411 130,275 60.75  
     Sea-based 2,259 1,540 10,364 11,987 13,838 10,550 6,103 20,547 23,183 50,024 65,556 3,163 7,741 7,508 10,437 5,890 34,739 34,290 1.31  
     Land-based 91,070 67,748 69,816 93,364 180,873 167,583 131,063 162,020 216,966 235,102 320,853 35,013 36,216 32,729 33,576 37,138 #VALUE! 174,672 95,985 81.98  
     
    A M E R I C A S 4,127,656 6,443,587 4,505,232 4,000,022 3,300,327 3,537,768 4,370,705 5,023,803 6,605,231 7,198,212 8,244,349 709,797 644,130 756,076 815,698 857,866 #VALUE! 3,783,567 3,201,111 18.20  
     Sea-based 183,678 202,335 551,827 734,460 949,341 1,030,462 1,133,604 1,202,270 1,392,010 1,163,286 1,399,808 81,783 183,663 183,383 192,174 183,994 824,997 449,398 83.58  
     Land-based 3,943,978 6,241,252 3,953,405 3,265,562 2,350,986 2,507,306 3,237,101 3,821,533 5,213,221 6,034,926 6,844,541 628,014 460,467 572,693 623,524 673,872 #VALUE! 2,958,570 2,751,713 7.52  
   
        of  which:  
  USA 4,109,430 6,403,215 4,444,440 3,944,639 3,202,230 3,443,547 4,299,850 4,904,302 6,424,848 6,526,429 7,564,887 611,340 551,687 681,576 708,366 728,963 #VALUE! 3,281,932 2,890,167 13.56  
     Sea-based 183,509 202,260 550,173 733,199 944,871 1,028,878 1,132,785 1,197,303 1,382,444 1,149,670 1,385,231 81,064 183,047 179,901 191,822 183,625 819,459 443,796 84.65  
     Land-based 3,925,921 6,200,955 3,894,267 3,211,440 2,257,359 2,414,669 3,167,065 3,706,999 5,042,404 5,376,759 6,179,656 530,276 368,640 501,675 516,544 545,338 #VALUE! 2,462,473 2,446,371 0.66  
   
  Canada 18,226 25,010 51,053 47,410 62,386 52,490 27,072 67,338 117,061 590,627 595,079 90,875 85,545 67,523 100,491 124,105 #VALUE! 468,539 277,103 69.08  
     Sea-based 169 75 997 306 547 446 148 3,011 7,416 9,174 13,447 533 428 3,065 43 22 4,091 4,946 -17.29  
     Land-based 18,057 24,935 50,056 47,104 61,839 52,044 26,924 64,327 109,645 581,453 581,632 90,342 85,117 64,458 100,448 124,083 #VALUE! 464,448 272,157 70.65  
   
   
    O C E A N I A 19,396 17,060 87,336 21,360 21,188 34,793 44,470 42,600 54,573 85,610 121,418 14,408 10,090 14,001 11,158 14,164 #VALUE! 63,821 48,791 30.80  
     Sea-based 192 86 42,530 644 691 605 253 2,415 3,911 3,918 7,175 566 67 967 571 900 3,071 2,577 19.17  
     Land-based 19,204 16,974 44,806 20,716 20,497 34,188 44,217 40,185 50,662 81,692 114,243 13,842 10,023 13,034 10,587 13,264 #VALUE! 60,750 46,214 31.45  
   
        of  which:  
  Australia 17,934 13,924 22,276 16,255 10,023 32,031 41,633 38,566 49,919 68,572 92,205 11,249 8,214 11,739 9,666 12,659 #VALUE! 53,527 37,502 42.73  
     Sea-based 192 74 1,059 626 680 561 233 2,257 3,884 3,596 6,354 566 67 934 570 895 3,032 1,933 56.85  
     Land-based 17,742 13,850 21,217 15,629 9,343 31,470 41,400 36,309 46,035 64,976 85,851 10,683 8,147 10,805 9,096 11,764 #VALUE! 50,495 35,569 41.96  
     
    E U R O P E 436,050 329,317 457,671 534,675 406,194 889,094 1,040,562 1,286,130 1,433,904 2,061,067 2,351,691 213,561 244,888 272,049 250,617 204,807 #VALUE! 1,185,922 1,036,714 14.39  
     Sea-based 48,555 50,505 98,330 105,009 73,975 103,582 93,047 158,813 153,432 490,646 544,466 59,618 76,145 79,583 67,211 38,102 320,659 308,499 3.94  
     Land-based 387,495 278,812 359,341 429,666 332,219 785,512 947,515 1,127,317 1,280,472 1,570,421 1,807,225 153,943 168,743 192,466 183,406 166,705 #VALUE! 865,263 728,215 18.82  
     
        of  which:    
  Italy 49,396 54,464 142,335 160,787 83,409 324,537 309,774 449,287 430,071 574,662 635,939 57,821 64,696 76,388 62,999 57,626 #VALUE! 319,530 259,873 22.96  
     Sea-based 25 1 305 138 657 1,097 2,939 40,772 22,589 23,003 16,505 835 4,034 4,330 5,273 631 15,103 10,561 43.01  
     Land-based 49,371 54,463 142,030 160,649 82,752 323,440 306,835 408,515 407,482 551,659 619,434 56,986