Table 5. Philippine Exports of Electronics and Components by Destination:  March 1999 & 2000

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              COUNTRY                    2000                      1999          Year-on-Year Change
                                FOB Value     %           FOB Value     %          FOB Value    %
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               TOTAL        1,522,768,014    100.0    1,433,451,268    100.0     89,316,746      6.2

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1/   386,112,795     25.4      426,671,000     29.8    (40,558,205)    (9.5)
NETHERLANDS                   188,440,478     12.4      194,015,845     13.5     (5,575,367)    (2.9)
SINGAPORE                     169,737,518     11.1      140,491,876      9.8     29,245,642     20.8
JAPAN 2/                      165,828,382     10.9      129,166,947      9.0     36,661,435     28.4
TAIWAN                        127,979,219      8.4      127,321,292      8.9        657,927      0.5
UK OF GREAT BRITAIN           101,005,764      6.6       75,585,603      5.3     25,420,161     33.6
HONGKONG                       78,294,191      5.1       71,119,246      5.0      7,174,945     10.1
MALAYSIA 3/                    70,390,685      4.6       71,056,355      5.0       (665,670)    (0.9)
KOREA, REP. OF                 67,448,570      4.4       41,257,914      2.9     26,190,656     63.5
COSTA RICA                     50,035,917      3.3       32,316,757      2.3     17,719,160     54.8
GERMANY                        40,891,039      2.7       31,769,916      2.2      9,121,123     28.7
THAILAND                       14,230,025      0.9       26,581,936      1.9    (12,351,911)   (46.5)
IRELAND                        10,526,945      0.7       22,548,126      1.6    (12,021,181)   (53.3)
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REP. OF        10,330,341      0.7       10,808,605      0.8       (478,264)    (4.4)
HUNGARY                         7,338,916      0.5        6,679,593      0.5        659,323      9.9
OTHERS                         34,177,229      2.2       26,060,257      1.8      8,116,972     31.1

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 1/ - includes Alaska and Hawaii
 2/ - includes Okinawa
 3/ - includes Sabah and Sarawak

Source:  Trade Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines