Table 8. Philippine Exports of Petroleum Products 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        42,087,442   100.0    8,680,329   100.0     33,407,113     384.9

CHINA, PEOPLE'S REP. OF     17,944,034    42.6      888,080    10.2     17,055,954   1,920.5
SINGAPORE                   12,067,102    28.7          -        *      12,067,102       *
JAPAN 1/                     7,916,162    18.8    2,689,160    31.0      5,227,002     194.4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2/    760,204     1.8      676,193     7.8         84,011      12.4
GERMANY                        720,507     1.7      354,246     4.1        366,261     103.4
KOREA, REP. OF                 606,744     1.4    2,390,571    27.5     (1,783,827)    (74.6)
AUSTRALIA                      598,862     1.4      255,861     2.9        343,001     134.1
SAUDI ARABIA                   464,556     1.1       99,889     1.2        364,667     365.1
THAILAND                       325,714     0.8      244,241     2.8         81,473      33.4
PAKISTAN, ISLAMIC REP. OF      117,447     0.3       87,185     1.0         30,262      34.7
EGYPT ARAB REPUBLIC            103,922     0.2       52,418     0.6         51,504      98.3
TAIWAN                          96,927     0.2      332,284     3.8       (235,357)    (70.8)
DENMARK                         52,182     0.1       66,169     0.8        (13,987)    (21.1)
GUAM                            46,633     0.1       62,922     0.7        (16,289)    (25.9)
UK OF GREAT BRITAIN             44,159     0.1       68,734     0.8        (24,575)    (35.8)
VIETNAM                         41,217     0.1        8,286     0.1         32,931     397.4
PAPUA NEW GUINEA                32,697     0.1       22,183     0.3         10,514      47.4
OTHERS                         148,373     0.4      381,907     4.4       (233,534)    (61.1)

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  *  - not computed
 1/ - includes Okinawa
 2/ - includes Alaska and Hawaii


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