Electronics imports in August 2025 contracted by 3.73% from US$ 2.85 billion in July 2025 to US$ 2.74 billion, which is 25.84% of the country’s US$ 10.60 billion total commodity imports.
Fig. 1: PH Electronics Imports (July 2025 vs August 2025)
The country’s electronics imports shrunk by 3.73% from US$ 2.85 billion in July 2025 to US$ 2.74 billion in August 2025. See Fig. 1.
Six (6) electronics sectors declined, led by Control and Instrumentation at 22.24%, from US$ 127.05 million to US$ 98.79 million. It was followed by Consumer Electronics (14.04%), Electronic Data Processing (8.00%), Telecommunication (9.70%), Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (9.21%), and Semiconductor Components/Devices (3.14%).
Meanwhile, Communication/Radar increased by 39.30%, from US$ 106.98 million to US$ 149.02 million. This was followed by Automotive Electronics (5.83%), and Office Equipment (0.34%).
The electronics imports grew by 11.73%, from US$ 2.45 billion in August 2024 to US$ 2.74 billion in August 2025, as shown in Fig. 2.
Six (6) sectors rose, which was led by Automotive Electronics at 54.74%, from US$ 3.74 million to US$ 5.79 million, as shown in Table 2. It was followed by Communication/Radar (29.68%), Semiconductor Components/Devices (14.79%), Electronic Data Processing (6.06%), Control and Instrumentation (4.88%), and Office Equipment (1.72%).
Three (3) sectors contracted, namely, Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (18.42%), Telecommunication (6.80%), and Consumer Electronics (5.05%).
Fig. 2: PH Electronics Imports (August 2024 vs August 2025)
Fig. 3: PH Electronics Imports (January – August 2024 vs. January – August 2025)
Cumulative electronics imports increased by 14.00%, from US$ 17.71 billion in 2024 to US$ 20.19 billion in 2025. These comprised 22.92% of the total Philippine commodity imports YTD (See Fig. 3).
Seven (7) electronics sectors went up, led by Semiconductor Components/Devices at 16.52%, from US$ 12.00 billion to US$ 13.98 billion. It was followed by Electronic Data Processing (12.68%), Consumer Electronics (11.82%), Automotive Electronics (9.25%), Control and Instrumentation (8.95%), Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (8.39%), and Telecommunication (8.30%). Kindly refer to Table 3.
Meanwhile, Office Equipment declined by 3.94%, from US$ 141.75 million to US$ 136.16 million. This was followed by Communication/Radar (0.29%).
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN (AUGUST 2025)
Table 1 shows that the top five (5) countries of origin of electronics imports in August 2025 were China (30.09%), South Korea (14.01%), Taiwan (9.57%), Japan (8.62%), and the USA (7.35%).
Table 1: Top 5 Countries of Origin for Electronics Imports (July 2025 vs August 2025)
The rest of the top ten countries of origin were Singapore (7.11%), Hong Kong (5.02%), Malaysia (3.89%), Thailand (3.53%), and Vietnam (2.67%).
Fig. 4: Top Imported Products (August 2025)
Fig. 4 shows the top imported electronics products in August 2025. Materials and accessories for the manufacture of semiconductor devices imported from South Korea rose by 19.14%. Meanwhile, Electronic Integrated Circuits – wafers and discs imported from China contracted by 59.58%. See Table 4.
Table 2: PH Electronics Imports Product by Sector (Month-on-Month and Year-on-Year)
Table 3: PH Electronics Imports Product by Sector (Year-to-date)
Table 4: PH Top Electronics Import Products and Countries of Destination
