Philippine Tobacco Exports

PHILIPPINE TOBACCO EXPORTS 15.9% 29.9 % About 20 percent of the export value was accounted for by manufactured products such as cigarettes and cigars, with earn- ings jumping by 15.9 percent to $113 million. The National Tobacco Adminis- tration (NTA) reported that the value of outbound shipments of tobacco rose by 29.9 percent year on year in the first six months to $188.8 million. 23.5% In terms of volume, exports im- proved by 23.5 percent to 39.9 million kilograms 58.5% 6.2% Manufactured exports showed a 6.2-percent rise in volume, which reached 13.7 million kilos The rest of the cargoes were unmanufactured products, mainly tobacco leaves, with earnings rocketing 58.5 percent to $75.8 million. 35% About two-thirds of the ship- ments represent unmanufac- tured products, with the volume rising by 35 percent to INFOGRAPHICS BY: INQUIRER.net 26.2 million kilos SOURCE: ARTICLE BY RONNEL W. DOMINGO http://business.inquirer.net/142063/ph-tobacco-exports-up-by-30