Filipina - Ekspor

Exports from the Philippines inched higher 0.1 percent from a year earlier to USD 6.32 billion in October 2019, reversing from a downwardly revised 1.2 percent fall in September. Sales increased for travel goods and handbags (155.9%); other mineral products (84.9%); gold (52.9%); bananas (15.7%); other manufactured goods (4.6%); ignition wiring set and other wiring sets used in vehicles, aircraft and ships (2%). Also, sales of electronic products, the country’s top exports, rose 7.0%. By contrast, exports shrank for machinery and transport equipment (-42.7%); chemicals (-18.4%), and metal component (-16.7%). Export grew to the US (7.9%), Japan (4.5%), South Korea (31.2%), Hong Kong (13.8%), and Malaysia (1.6%). Conversely, sales decreased to China (-0.9%), Singapore (-8.7%), Thailand (-8.6%), and Netherlands (-7.9%).

Exports from the Philippines fell by 2.6 percent from a year earlier to USD 5.90 billion in September 2019, reversing from an upwardly revised 0.8 percent growth in August. This was the first yearly fall in exports since March, as sales shrank for metal components (-25.8%); articles of apparel and clothing (-20.7%); machinery and transport equipment (-20%); miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s. (-8.1%); ignition wiring set and other wiring sets used in vehicles, aircraft and ships (-7%); other manufactured goods (-6.3%); and gold (-1.8%). In contrast, exports grew for other mineral products (89.6%), and bananas (55.5%). Also, sales of electronic products, the country’s top exports, rose 3.8%. Export dropped to the US (-7.1%), Singapore (-17.1%), Thailand (-16.1%), Taiwan (-12.6%), Netherlands (-27%), the ASEAN countries (-17%), and the EU (-4.8%). In contrast, sales rose to Japan (19.1%), Hong Kong (5.3%), China (0.9%), and South Korea (64.1%).

Exports from Philippines rose by 0.6 percent from a year earlier to USD 6.25 billion in August 2019, after a 3.5 percent gain in the previous month. It was the fifth straight month of increase in exports, but the smallest growth, as sales advanced for gold (93.2%), ignition wiring set and other wiring sets used in vehicles, aircraft and ships (7.6%). Also, sales of electronic products, the country's the country's top exports, rose by 6.6 percent. In contrast, sales fell for cathodes and sections of cathodes, of refined copper (-39.2%); metal components (-3.7%); chemicals (-16.1%); bananas (-1.3%); machinery and transport (-10.8%); other mineral products (-8.3%), other manufacture goods (-17.7%). Among the Philippines' major trading partners sales advanced to the US (7.0%), China (1.6%), South Korea (38.7%). Conversely, exports contracted to Japan (-2.9%), the EU countries (-3.2%). and the ASEAN countries (-5.4%).

Exports from the Philippines rose by 1.5 percent year-on-year to USD 6.01 billion in June 2019, following a 1.0 percent gain in May. It was the third straight month of increase in exports, and the fastest growth, as sales advanced for cathodes & sections of cathodes, of refined copper(41.7%); bananas (24.4%); ignition wiring set and other wiring sets used in vehicles, aircrafts and ships (17.6%); gold (10.1%); and machinery and transport equipment (3.0%). Also, sales of electronic products, the country's the country's top exports, rose by 4.3 percent. In contrast, sales fell for metal components (-11.0%); other manufactured products (-5.7%). Among the Philippines' major trading partners sales advanced to the US (9.2%), China (5.7%), Japan (2.0%). Conversely, exports contracted to, Singapore (-14.4%), Taiwan (-17.4%), the EU countries (-3.5%), and the ASEAN countries (-4.4%). Considering January to June, exports fell 0.8 percent from the same period of 2018.

Exports from the Philippines rose by 1.0 percent year-on-year to USD 6.15 billion in May 2019, unchanged from an upwardly revised figure in April. It was the second straight month of increase in exports, as sales advanced for copper concentrates (192.1%); ignition wiring set and other wiring sets used in vehicles, aircrafts and ships (31.7%); bananas (28.6%); chemicals (20.1%); metal components (14.0%), gold (8.3%), other mineral products (7.0%). Also, sales of electronic products, the country's the country's top exports, rose by 6.2 percent. In contrast, sales fell for machinery and transport equipment (-59.2%); other manufactured products (-5.4%). Among the Philippines' major trading partners sales advanced to the US (23.1%), China (11.5%), Thailand (8.1%), Germany (5%), Japan (1.2%).In contrast, exports contracted to South Korea (-19.7%), Singapore (-14.7%), Taiwan (-13.4%), Netherlands (-8.1%), Hong Kong (-4.4%), the EU countries (-17.5%), and the ASEAN countries (-1.2%).

Exports from the Philippines grew by 0.4 percent year-on-year to USD 5.51 billion in April 2019, reversing from a downwardly revised 1.8 percent decline in March. It was the first increase in overseas sales in five months, as sales advanced for bananas (76.7%); gold (36.1%); machinery and transport equipment (28.5%); coconut oil (18.1%); ignition wiring set and other wiring sets used in vehicles, aircrafts and ships (14.5%); and other manufactured products (4%). Also, sales of electronic products, the country's the country's top exports, increased by 3 percent. In contrast, sales fell for metal components (-27.2%), chemicals (-12.9%), and other mineral products (-11.9%). Among the Philippines' major trading partners sales advanced to the US (10.6%), China (20.4%), South Korea (46.5%), and Thailand (9.7%). In contrast, exports contracted to Japan (-2.4%), Hong Kong (-16.2%), Singapore (-25.2%), the ASEAN countries (-5.1%), and the EU countries (-9%).