EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY GROUPS
	for periods indicated
	volume in 000 metric tons; unit price in U.S.$/m.t.; fob value in million U.S. dollars
																																							2008													January-December								Growth Rates (%)
		Jan-08			Feb-08			Mar-08			Apr-08			May-08			Jun-08			Jul-08			Aug-08			Sep-08			Oct-08			Nov-08			Dec-08				Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4				2008				2007				2008				2007
	C o m m o d i t i e s	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value		Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value	Volume	Price	Value		Volume	Price	Value		Volume	Price	Value		Volume	Price	Value		Volume	Price	Value
	Coconut Products			145			86			99			169			86			158			137			88			86			117			76			101				330			413			312			294				1348				946				42.5				25.0
	Copra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		-	-	-		-	-	-
	Coconut Oil	122	1068	130	60	1098	66	66	1246	82	116	1278	148	47	1364	64	90	1429	129	69	1490	103	39	1349	53	40	1341	54	71	1223	87	52	935	48	79	971	76		248	1123	278	253	1348	341	149	1413	210	201	1051	211		850	1223	1040		889	826	734		-4.4	48.1	41.7		-16.7	52.1	26.8
	Desiccated Coconut	8	1275	10	10	1327	13	8	1351	10	10	1449	15	10	1529	16	14	1624	23	16	1737	28	16	1877	30	14	1869	25	13	1899	25	13	1900	25	11	1893	20		25	1318	33	35	1543	54	46	1825	83	37	1898	70		143	1685	240		131	1219	159		9.2	38.2	50.9		-3.7	19.7	14.4
	Copra Meal/Cake	38	111	4	61	113	7	53	123	6	37	135	5	40	129	5	42	138	6	37	141	5	30	162	5	42	146	6	23	157	4	12	129	2	22	151	3		151	116	18	119	134	16	110	149	16	57	149	8		437	133	58		482	90	43		-9.3	47.8	34.9		12.1	26.8	43.3
	Others			--			--			1			1			1			--			1			1			1			2			1			1				2			2			2			4				10				10				0.0				11.1
	Sugar and Products			1			13			1			5			14			7			7			2			9			10			4			8				15			26			18			22				80				88				-9.1				-10.2
	Centrifugal & Refined	1	380	--	42	292	12	2	380	1	15	289	4	42	301	13	19	299	6	18	318	6	1	480	--	28	305	8	15	588	9	6	328	2	15	380	6		45	297	13	75	298	22	46	312	14	36	458	17		202	329	67		235	330	77		-14.0	-0.3	-13.0		9.3	-14.1	-7.2
	Molasses	..	83	--	7	87	1	0	0	0	6	108	1	6	116	1	10	102	1	7	120	1	20	90	2	6	97	1	9	94	1	21	89	2	21	94	2		8	87	1	22	108	2	33	97	3	50	92	5		113	96	11		63	87	5		79.4	10.3	120.0		-45.7	-14.7	-58.3
	Others			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--				1			1			1			--				3				5				-40.0				66.7
	Fruits and Vegetables			53			61			63			70			69			59			60			65			59			48			55			72				177			198			184			176				735				750				-2.0				3.6
	Canned Pineapple	14	667	9	16	694	11	14	752	10	11	716	8	12	725	9	15	655	10	18	694	12	14	684	10	21	692	15	19	706	13	12	760	9	24	759	18		44	704	31	38	694	26	53	690	37	55	742	41		190	709	135		196	623	122		-3.1	13.8	10.7		5.4	7.4	13.0
	Pineapple Juice	6	418	3	9	433	4	6	445	3	6	431	2	6	422	3	6	437	2	5	418	2	6	435	3	8	415	3	7	427	3	4	458	2	3	549	2		21	432	9	18	430	8	19	422	8	15	464	7		72	435	31		74	423	31		-2.7	2.8	0.0		4.2	33.9	40.9
	Pineapple Concentrates	3	936	3	4	860	3	2	882	2	2	840	2	2	922	1	3	782	2	2	933	2	3	837	2	3	730	2	3	804	2	2	889	2	4	903	4		9	890	8	6	836	5	7	828	6	10	800	8		32	859	28		42	840	35		-23.8	2.3	-20.0		-12.5	8.5	-5.4
	Bananas	148	187	28	175	186	33	155	213	33	220	188	41	224	187	42	182	191	35	176	186	33	217	180	39	155	200	31	122	186	23	180	182	33	198	182	36		479	195	93	626	189	118	548	188	103	500	183	91		2152	188	406		2199	182	401		-2.1	3.3	1.2		-4.9	4.0	-1.0
	Mangoes	1	1006	1	2	783	1	2	934	2	4	897	3	3	1016	3	2	1171	2	2	1018	2	2	888	1	1	788	1	1	755	1	1	984	1	1	1042	1		5	900	4	8	989	8	4	912	4	4	915	3		21	940	20		26	884	23		-19.2	6.3	-13.0		0.0	-3.9	-4.2
	Others			10			9			13			13			12			8			9			10			8			6			8			11				31			33			27			25				116				137				-15.3				7.9
	Other Agro-Based Products			40			45			41			54			51			53			57			55			59			58			53			45				126			159			171			155				612				521				17.5				14.0
	Fish, Fresh or Preserved	6	3046	19	8	2637	21	9	2303	20	9	2803	26	10	2857	28	9	3102	28	9	3138	28	8	3024	25	11	3153	34	9	2842	27	10	2732	29	7	3337	22		23	2619	60	28	2919	83	28	3110	88	27	2925	78		106	2906	308		99	2918	289		7.1	-0.4	6.6		6.5	5.0	12.0
	Of which: Shrimps & Prawns	..	6545	--	..	5264	--	..	5325	--	..	5599	--	..	4947	--	..	6542	--	..	8714	--	..	9770	1	..	7438	--	..	7664	--	..	12710	--	..	14418	--		..	5729	1	..	5489	1	..	8629	1	..	10397	--		..	6935	3		2	6267	14		-	10.7	-78.6		-33.3	0.1	-33.3
	Coffee, Raw, not Roasted	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		..	3573	--		-	-100.0	-		-	-100.0	-
	Abaca Fibers	1	1488	2	1	1464	1	1	1490	1	1	1607	1	1	1657	1	1	1688	2		1683	2	2	1675	3	1	1757	2	1	1688	2	1	1744	2	1	1810	2		3	1482	4	3	1653	5	4	1698	7	4	1743	7		13	1659	22		28	523	15		-53.6	217.2	46.7		100.0	-42.3	15.4
	Tobacco,Unmanufactured	1	3455	3	2	2956	6	2	1550	2	2	2249	4	3	2066	6	2	2171	5	3	3247	9	2	2938	6	2	2375	5	3	3321	10	1	2334	3	1	3280	3		4	2560	11	7	2150	15	7	2884	20	5	3055	17		24	2647	63		19	2274	43		26.3	16.4	46.5		11.8	20.3	30.3
	Natural Rubber	3	1160	4	4	1378	6	3	1363	4	3	1687	6	2	1448	4	2	1479	3		1437	4	3	1664	6	3	1551	5	3	1642	4	3	1338	4	3	1242	4		10	1308	13	8	1557	13	9	1556	14	9	1398	13		36	1448	53		35	1165	41		2.9	24.3	29.3		2.9	-15.1	-12.8
	Ramie Fibers, Raw or Processed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		-	-	-		-	-100.0	-
	Seaweeds, Dried	2	2676	4	2	1362	2	1	1977	3	2	1968	4	1	1685	2	1	1996	3	1	1055	1	1	1446	1	1	2114	2	..	2148	1	1	1888	1	1	1981	1		5	2002	9	5	1890	9	2	1605	4	2	1978	3		13	1887	25		12	1793	21		8.3	5.2	19.0		-36.8	34.3	-16.0
	Rice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		-	-	-		-	-	-
	Others			9			9			11			13			10			12			13			14			11			13			13			13				29			35			39			39				140				112				25.0				36.6
	Forest  Products  1/			3			3			2			2			5			5			2			2			2			2			4			2				8			11			6			8				34				34				0.0				21.4
	Logs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	224	--	..	21	--	..	23	--		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	87	--		..	87	--		..	218	--		-	-60.1	-		-	211.4	-
	Lumber	10	50	1	17	113	2	23	43	1	16	71	1	18	58	1	29	44	1	26	45	1	19	49	1	19	55	1	17	41	1	11	45	1	9	61	1		50	68	3	64	55	3	64	49	3	37	47	2		215	55	12		208	72	15		3.4	-23.6	-20.0		13.0	0.0	15.4
	Plywood	3	776	2	2	628	1	5	100	1	1	452	1	5	632	3	5	630	3	2	330	1	2	454	1	3	372	1	3	271	1	5	716	4	3	498	1		10	377	4	12	614	7	7	386	3	11	539	6		39	494	19		37	406	15		5.4	21.7	26.7		85.0	-15.8	50.0
	Veneer Sheets/Corestocks	1	775	--	..	821	--	1	389	--	..	708	--	..	698	--	..	745	--	..	951	--	0	0	0	..	39	--	..	48	--	..	508	--	1	316	--		1	640	1	1	715	1	..	352	--	1	309	--		3	548	2		6	566	4		-50.0	-3.2	-50.0		0.0	-16.0	0.0
	Others			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--			--				--			--			--			--				1				1				0.0				0.0
	Mineral  Products			185			182			196			237			273			216			254			249			269			210			128			99				563			726			772			437				2498				2605				-4.1				23.9
	Copper Concentrates	8	1013	8	5	1420	7	5	1841	9	10	1790	18	5	1809	9	5	1832	9	11	1944	21	9	1817	16	7	1575	10	7	2479	17	5	806	4	7	585	4		18	1358	25	20	1805	36	26	1808	48	19	1320	25		84	1599	134		81	1696	137		3.7	-5.7	-2.2		30.6	24.2	63.1
	Copper Metal	13	6703	89	13	6529	85	12	7771	95	12	8069	99	18	8425	155	15	8349	122	13	8149	106	17	8112	136	23	7892	178	16	6993	112	15	5301	78	14	3756	53		39	6982	270	45	8304	377	52	8027	420	45	5416	243		181	7226	1309		175	7380	1294		3.4	-2.1	1.2		-4.4	9.7	5.1
	Gold 2/	9	783	7	8	869	7	9	782	7	17	922	15	9	842	8	9	873	8	18	907	16	9	893	8	10	786	8	13	1414	18	10	715	7	10	714	7		25	811	21	35	888	31	37	872	32	33	983	33		130	893	116		140	664	93		-7.1	34.5	24.7		59.1	15.9	86.0
	Iron Ore Agglomerates	209	29	6	410	29	12	478	29	14	553	24	13	437	24	10	434	24	10	401	24	10	412	24	10	457	23	10	373	23	9	168	23	4	238	23	5		1097	29	32	1424	24	34	1270	23	30	779	23	18		4569	25	114		5406	32	172		-15.5	-21.9	-33.7		4.0	10.3	12.4
	Chromium Ore	24	19	--	17	19	--	50	36	2	41	37	2	4	117	--	5	263	1	21	58	1	22	65	1	31	67	2	13	73	1	1	120	--	2	124	--		91	29	3	50	66	3	73	64	5	16	82	1		230	52	12		146	53	8		57.5	-1.9	50.0		97.3	-17.2	60.0
	Nickel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0			0			0			0			--			0			0			0				0			0			--			0				0		0	0	0				-		-	-	-
	Others			74			70			70			89			90			66			100			78			60			54			35			29				214			245			238			117				813				901				-9.8				55.3
	Petroleum   Products			106			124			90			94			89			137			168			168			155			65			29			15				320			320			491			109				1240				1109				11.8				20.8
	Manufactures			3521			3485			3581			3563			3508			3768			3627			3652			3674			3348			3053			2219				10587			10840			10953			8619				40999				42956				-4.6				5.1
	Electronic Products			2609			2457			2448			2519			2474			2632			2560			2531			2592			2336			2010			1335				7514			7624			7682			5682				28502				31085				-8.3				4.8
	Other Electronics			100			120			131			117			107			126			120			111			138			109			143			105				351			350			368			356				1426				1158				23.1				23.1
	Garments			172			177			167			154			150			172			170			173			181			141			134			160				516			475			524			436				1952				2309				-15.5				-13.0
	Textile Yarns/Fabrics			15			18			16			20			16			19			17			17			18			14			12			11				49			55			52			37				194				209				-7.2				-5.0
	Footwear			3			4			3			3			2			3			3			3			2			2			2			2				9			8			8			6				31				31				0.0				24.0
	Travel Goods and Handbags			3			8			11			6			7			7			10			9			6			14			8			5				22			21			25			27				95				104				-8.7				246.7
	Wood Manufactures			56			68			86			71			73			92			79			82			85			73			85			69				210			236			246			227				918				770				19.2				18.3
	Furnitures & Fixtures			17			23			22			21			21			19			17			19			16			17			14			13				62			61			53			45				221				241				-8.3				-12.7
	Chemicals			85			82			128			95			78			98			109			117			78			112			77			73				294			271			303			261				1130				1032				9.5				36.1
	Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures			16			18			18			22			18			16			16			20			22			19			15			12				51			56			59			46				211				223				-5.4				22.5
	Machinery & Transport Equipment			155			165			170			168			189			179			161			210			183			177			228			130				491			536			554			535				2116				1857				13.9				8.4
	Processed Food and Beverages			50			60			74			76			91			79			92			95			90			84			84			70				183			246			277			237				943				728				29.5				35.8
	Iron & Steel			15			25			16			26			18			51			26			24			26			18			8			10				56			95			76			36				263				265				-0.8				8.6
	Baby Carr., Toys, Games & Sporting Goods			10			10			9			13			11			14			15			15			14			10			11			11				29			38			44			32				143				152				-5.9				0.0
	Basketwork, Wickerwork, & Other
	Articles of Plaiting Materials			4			5			5			5			3			3			3			4			3			2			3			3				13			10			10			8				42				56				-25.0				5.7
	Misc. Manufactured Articles, n.e.s.			22			31			30			31			29			33			28			26			29			28			22			23				83			92			82			73				331				342				-3.2				-4.5
	Others			191			216			246			218			221			225			201			195			193			191			196			187				654			664			589			574				2480				2393				3.6				0.0
	Special  Transactions			176			113			128			133			131			123			124			112			133			133			110			115				417			386			369			358				1530				1458				4.9				-0.5
	TOTAL EXPORTS, as per NSO  Foreign Trade Statistics			4231			4112			4200			4327			4225			4527			4437			4394			4446			3990			3513			2675				12543			13079			13277			10178				49077				50465				-2.8				6.4
	Conceptual and coverage adjustments			-91			-70			-77			-67			-71			-75			-61			-59			-67			-72			-67			-47				-238			-213			-187			-186				-824				-953				13.5				-7.9
	TOTAL EXPORTS, BPM5			4140			4042			4123			4260			4154			4452			4376			4335			4379			3918			3446			2628				12305			12866			13090			9992				48253				49512				-2.5				6.4
	..  Less than one thousand metric tons		*/ Value of re-exports were already incorporated in commodity classification which were included in the total value of exports.		1/ Volume in 000 cubic meters; unit price in US$/cu.m.																																					1/ Volume in 000 cubic meters; unit price in US$/cu.m.
	-- Less than one million US$				2/ Volume in 000 troy ounces; unit price in US$/oz t.																																					2/  Volume  in 000 troy ounces; unit price in US$/oz t.
	Components may not add up to total due to rounding.