Table C  Imports and Exports Weights by Commodity Section: Third Quarter 2006

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                                            Weights     |                Po Qn
Code/Description                       Import    Export |         Import          Export
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    All Commodities                    100.00    100.00   10,451,920,784  10,869,774,069

 0  Food and live animals                8.02      4.35      837,986,519     472,813,877
 1  Beverages and tobacco                0.93      0.57       97,053,290      61,965,460
 2  Crude materials, inedible,
      except fuels                       2.86      2.43      298,444,914     264,271,820
 3  Mineral fuels, lubricants
      and related materials              6.29      0.89      657,355,690      96,595,844
 4  Animal and vegetable oils,
      fats, and waxes                    0.67      1.34       69,815,511     145,257,543
 5  Chemicals and related
      products, not elsewhere
      specified                         11.24      1.78    1,174,602,069     193,115,422
 6  Manufactured goods classified
      chiefly by materials              12.61      7.92    1,318,183,067     860,456,503
 7  Machinery and transport
      equipment                         37.79     47.17    3,949,535,395   5,126,894,297
 8  Miscellaneous manufactured
      articles                           4.37      7.41      456,891,864     805,071,355
 9  Commodities and transactions
      not elsewhere classified
      in the pscc                       15.23     26.16    1,592,052,465   2,843,331,948

    Electronic products                 33.86     61.70    3,538,549,228   6,706,793,910
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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

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