Philippine Imports Performance by Goods

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   Philippine Imports Performance by Goods:
   December 1997 & 1998

	1998		1997	Growth Rate		Jan - Dec
Commodity Group	December	November	December	%		1998
	FOB Value	FOB Value	FOB Value	Monthly	Annual	FOB Value

Total Imports	2,061,611	2,373,401	2,792,733	-13.14	-26.18	29,659,874

Capital Goods	780,493	958,340	1,184,591	-18.56	-34.11	12,185,035
Power Generating & Specialized Machines	177,350	178,749	306,511	-0.78	-42.14	2,567,951
Office & EDP Machines	108,916	127,281	144,931	-14.43	-24.85	1,581,425
Telecommunication Eqpt.& Elect. Mach.	427,762	562,950	598,169	-24.01	-28.49	6,868,834
Land Transport Eqpt. excl. Passenger
Cars & Motorized Cycle	32,544	52,214	43,455	-37.67	-25.11	444,968
Aircraft, Ships and Boats	7,154	10,660	53,364	-32.89	-86.59	331,850
Prof.Sci.& Cont. Inst., Photographic Eqpt.
& Optical Goods	26,767	26,485	38,161	1.06	-29.86	390,007
Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods	864,162	914,418	1,042,971	-5.5	-17.14	11,585,197
Unprocessed Raw Materials	85,952	94,082	147,290	-8.64	-41.64	1,170,053
Wheat	29,119	22,096	51,784	31.78	-43.77	248,697
Corn	101	298	3,803	-66.15	-97.35	78,317
Unmilled cereals excl. rice & corn	68	65	171	4.64	-59.95	1,377
Crude materials, inedible	53,942	60,765	84,441	-11.23	-36.12	767,235
Pulp & waste paper	4,987	4,479	6,743	11.36	-26.04	67,481
Cotton	6,691	4,651	5,804	43.87	15.29	60,215
Syn. Fibers	6,766	4,566	5,380	48.17	25.76	82,318
Metalliferous ores	14,884	28,066	42,251	-46.97	-64.77	229,877
Others	20,614	19,003	24,262	8.48	-15.04	327,343
Tobacco, unmanufactured	2,722	10,858	7,091	-74.93	-61.62	74,427
Semi-Processed Raw Materials	778,210	820,335	895,681	-5.14	-13.12	10,415,143
Feeding stuffs for animals	20,885	28,842	5,677	-27.59	267.89	282,845
Animal & vegetable oils & fats	3,780	6,671	2,051	-43.35	84.29	58,773
Chemical	190,804	167,925	170,527	13.62	11.89	2,205,536
Chemical compounds	42,285	47,161	47,448	-10.34	-10.88	559,146
Medicinal & pharmaceutical chem.	27,467	22,700	20,953	21	31.09	310,651
Urea	7,834	3,766	4,890	108.01	60.22	67,851
Fertilizer excl. urea	18,219	4,341	4,145	319.66	339.58	93,923
Artificial resins	45,333	42,977	45,695	5.48	-0.79	568,258
Others	49,666	46,979	47,396	5.72	4.79	605,707
Manufactured goods	171,980	192,099	248,753	-10.47	-30.86	2,807,464
Paper & paper products	18,026	19,334	17,812	-6.76	1.2	266,067
Textile yarn, fabrics & made-up articles	50,201	58,731	54,993	-14.52	-8.71	789,427
Non-metallic mineral manufactures	12,125	10,242	22,836	18.39	-46.9	144,089
Iron & steel	36,476	39,571	65,967	-7.82	-44.71	763,749
Non-ferrous metals	20,484	23,093	26,126	-11.3	-21.59	283,544
Metal products	18,682	25,756	43,119	-27.47	-56.67	371,414
Others	15,986	15,371	17,899	4	-10.69	189,175
Embroideries	23,040	29,633	27,774	-22.25	-17.04	345,936
Mat/Acc for the mftr. of elect. eqpt.	357,887	393,237	435,942	-8.99	-17.9	4,633,512
Iron ore, not agglomerated	9,834	1,928	4,958	409.96	98.35	81,076
Mineral Fuel & Lubricant	124,743	134,925	235,244	-7.55	-46.97	2,019,761
Coal, Coke	12,419	5,043	24,202	146.29	-48.69	110,016
Petroleum crude	82,896	104,064	179,173	-20.34	-53.73	1,432,724
Others	29,428	25,819	31,868	13.98	-7.66	477,021
Consumer Goods	213,893	247,890	220,527	-13.71	-3.01	2,623,789
Durable	64,735	83,828	108,119	-22.78	-40.13	902,442
Passenger cars & motorized cycle	16,910	22,382	51,574	-24.45	-67.21	234,876
Home appliances	8,998	11,873	5,937	-24.21	51.57	90,346
Misc. manufactures	38,826	49,574	50,609	-21.68	-23.28	577,220
Non-Durable	149,158	164,062	112,408	-9.08	32.69	1,721,347
Food & live animals chiefly for food	132,922	150,692	100,456	-11.79	32.32	1,602,844
Dairy products	23,292	30,253	26,741	-23.01	-12.9	300,287
Fish & fish preparation	3,121	6,160	7,108	-49.33	-56.09	57,017
Rice	32,814	30,671	3,716	6.99	783.04	585,867
Fruits & vegetables	14,191	13,363	15,629	6.2	-9.21	108,075
Others	59,505	70,245	47,262	-15.29	25.91	551,597
Beverages & tobacco mfture.	13,001	7,337	7,005	77.18	85.59	64,450
Articles of apparel, access.	3,235	6,032	4,946	-46.36	-34.59	54,053
Special Transactions	78,321	117,828	109,401	-33.53	-28.41	1,246,092
Articles temporarily imported & exported	59,202	88,386	86,809	-33.02	-31.8	878,633
Others	19,119	29,442	22,592	-35.06	-15.37	367,459