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PHILIPPINE ELECTRONICS EXPORT PERFORMANCE AUGUST 2025

 
Electronics exports declined by 1.50% in August 2025 to US$ 4.17 billion, which is 59.09% of the US$ 7.06 billion total Philippine exports.
 

 A.  PH Electronics Exports: (Month-on-Month) 

Fig. 1: PH Electronics Exports (July 2025 vs August 2025)

Electronics exports went down by 1.50% from US$ 4.24 billion in July 2025 to US$ 4.17 billion in August 2025, as shown in Fig. 1.

 

Exports in four (4) sectors contracted as shown in Table 2. It was led by Telecommunication at 31.97%, from US$ 102.40 million to US$ 69.66 million, followed by Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (25.20%), Office Equipment (19.85%), and Electronic Data Processing (12.47%).

 

Automotive Electronics increased by 7.92%, from US$ 6.79 million to US$ 7.32 million. It was followed by Consumer Electronics (7.13%), Semiconductor Components/Devices (2.05%), Communication/Radar (1.96%), and Control and Instrumentation (1.10%).

B. PH Electronics Exports: (Year-on-Year)

The Philippine Electronics exports improved by 7.57%, from US$ 3.88 billion in August 2024 to US$ 4.17 billion in August 2025, as shown in Fig. 2. 

 

Exports in six (6) sectors grew, led by Medical/Industrial Instrumentation at 45.08%, from US$ 26.30 million to US$ 38.16 million. This was followed by Automotive Electronics (29.10%), Control and Instrumentation (26.46%), Office Equipment (15.64%), and Semiconductor Components/Devices (11.96%). Kindly refer to Table 2.

 

Meanwhile, Communication/Radar decreased by 49.10%, from US$ 45.59 million to US$ 23.20 million. It was followed by Consumer Electronics (13.75%), Telecommunication (10.78%), and Electronic Data Processing (1.33%).

Fig. 2: PH Electronics Exports (August 2024 vs August 2025)

C.  PH Electronics Exports (Year-to-Date)

Fig. 3: PH Electronics Exports (January – August 2024 vs. January – August 2025)

Year-to-date electronics exports increased by 7.33%, from US$ 29.79 billion in 2024 to US$ 31.97 billion in 2025, which is equivalent to 57.40% of the total Philippine exports. Please see Fig. 3.

 

Exports from eight (8) sectors climbed from last year’s YTD figures, led by Automotive Electronics at 45.41%, from US$ 43.44 million to US$ 63.17 million. This was followed by Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (42.51%), Office Equipment (39.95%), Control and Instrumentation (20.69%), Telecommunication (17.90%), Electronic Data Processing (16.19%), Consumer Electronics (12.81%), and Semiconductor Components/Devices (4.89%). Please see Table 3.

 

Meanwhile, Communication/Radar contracted by 29.48%, from US$ 376.50 million to US$ 265.51 million. 

COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION (AUGUST 2025)

Table 1 shows the top five (5) export destinations in August 2025, namely, Hong Kong (22.02%), the USA (13.11%), China (9.44%), Japan (6.38%), and Taiwan (6.12%).

Table 1: Top 5 Destination Countries for Electronics Exports (July 2025 vs August 2025)

The other destinations in the top ten were Singapore (5.76%), Germany (5.44%), Thailand (3.94%), the Netherlands (3.85%), and South Korea (3.39%). 

Fig. 4: Top Exported Products, August 2025

The top exported electronics products in August 2025 are in Fig. 4. Integrated Circuits bound for the Hong Kong increased by 51.91%. Meanwhile, Multi-component Integrated Circuits (MCO) bound for USA declined by 16.97%. See Table 4.

Table 2: PH Electronics Exports Product by Sector (Month-on-Month and Year-on-Year)

Table 3: PH Top Electronics Export Products by Sector (Year-to-date)

Table 4: PH Top Electronics Export Products and Countries of Destination