PH Oct trade weakens further as imports enter seventh month of decline

Philippine merchandise trade registered its seventh consecutive month of decline in October 2019 as imports continued its decline during the period, data from the…

PH exports, imports fall in Sept

Philippine merchandise trade hit its sixth consecutive month of decline in September 2019 as both imports and exports recorded decreases during the period, data…

PH trade down 7% in Aug

The Philippines’ total merchandise trade dipped for the fifth consecutive month in August, based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The total…

PH Q1 domestic trade volume up 8.4% but value down slightly

Philippine domestic trade in the first quarter of 2019 grew for the eighth quarter in a row in terms of volume, but declined in…

PH exports rebound slightly, imports dip in April

The Philippines’ merchandise trade in goods in April 2019 amounted to US$14.51 billion, a 1% decrease from the $14.66 billion external trade in the…

Jan PH imports up 5.8% but exports down 1.7%

The Philippines’ merchandise trade in January 2019 reached US$14.31 billion, a 2.9% increase from the $13.91 billion year-on-year largely due to the growth in…

PH exports fall, imports’ growth slows in Nov

The Philippines’ merchandise trade amounted to US$15.04 billion in November 2018, up 4.1% from $14.45 billion year-on-year, as continuous albeit slower growth in imports…

PH domestic trade sustains growth momentum in Q3

Philippine domestic trade has booked growth for six quarters in a row, registering a 3.9% increase in volume and 10.6% in value in the…

PH trade surges 14% in Oct on robust imports, export recovery

Philippine merchandise trade reached US$16.43 billion in October 2018, an increase of 14% from $14.41 billion in the same month last year, propelled by…

PH exports up 0.3% in July after 5 months of decline

Philippine merchandise trade grew 17.5% in July 2018, reaching US$15.25 billion from $12.97 billion in the same month last year, backed by double-digit growth…

PH exports dip 0.1% as imports balloon 24% in June

Philippine merchandise trade grew 13.5% in June 2018, reaching US$14.8 billion from $12.99 billion in the same month last year, backed by a double-digit…

PH trade up 5% in May even as exports falter

Despite the continued decline in exports, the Philippines’ total external trade in goods increased 5.1% in May 2018, boosted by the double-digit growth of…

PH exports fall for third straight month in April

Despite the continued drop in exports, Philippine total merchandise trade still rose 8.8% to US$13.84 billion in April 2018 on the back of growth…

PH domestic trading volume up, value down in Q4 2017

Philippine domestic trade recorded 6.48 million tons in the fourth quarter of 2017, up 4.2% from 6.21 million tons during the same quarter in…

PH goods trade up 9.9% in 2017

Total merchandise trade for the Philippines for full-year 2017 increased by 9.9% as imports and exports both posted positive growth rates that are higher…

PH exports up for 9th straight month, boost trade in Aug

  Philippine external trade grew 10% in August 2017 as a result of the positive performances of both imports and exports, according to the…

Trade in July up 2.2%; manufacturing down 1.1%

The Philippines’ total trade grew 2.2% in July 2017, recovering from a decline in June and backed by continuous improvement in the country’s exports,…

PH domestic trade rallied 25% in 2016, from a downturn in 2015

The Philippines’ domestic trade maintained a positive performance in 2016, increasing 25% in quantity to 24.35 million tons from 19.49 million tons in 2015,…

PH imports up 16.6% and exports, 13.7% in May

Philippine trade in May 2017 grew 15.4% to US$13.7 billion from $11.9 billion in May 2016, owing to double-digit increases in both imports and…

Robust exports lift PH trade 14.2% in Jan 2017

Philippine trade grew 14.2% in January 2017, backed by the surge in export receipts from most of the country’s traditional markets, according to the…