Electronics imports in March 2025 increased by 17.45% from US$ 2.14 billion in February 2025 to US$ 2.52 billion, which is 23.48% of the country’s US$ 10.72 billion total commodity imports.
A. PH Electronics Imports: (Month-on-Month)
Fig.1: PH Electronics Imports (February 2025 vs March 2025)
The country’s electronics imports rose by 17.45% from US$ 2.14 billion in February 2025 to US$ 2.52 billion in March 2025. See Fig. 1.
All electronics sectors grew, led by Communication/Radar at 61.39%, from US$ 90.46 million to US$ 146.00 million. This was followed by Electronic Data Processing (51.82%), Consumer Electronics (24.14%), Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (23.58%), Office Equipment (20.45%), Automotive Electronics (17.74%),
Semiconductor Components/Devices (11.39%), Control and Instrumentation (8.80%), and Telecommunication (6.44%).
The electronics imports surged by 24.82%, from US$ 2.02 billion in March 2024 to US$ 2.52 billion in March 2025, as shown in Fig. 2.
Seven (7) sectors went up, which was led by Electronic Data Processing at 45.20%, from US$ 193.12 million to US$ 280.42 billion, as shown in Table 2. It was followed by Consumer Electronics (44.65%), Communication/Radar (34.71%), Telecommunication (27.68%), Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (24.93%), Semiconductor Components/Devices (21.37%), and Control and Instrumentation (5.90%).
Two (2) sectors shrunk, namely, Automotive Electronics (26.77%), and Office Equipment (5.88%).
Fig. 2: PH Electronics Imports (March 2024 vs March 2025)
Fig. 3: PH Electronics Exports (January – March 2024 vs. January – March 2025)
Cumulative electronics imports climbed by 16.94%, from US$ 6.14 billion in 2024 to US$ 7.18 billion in 2025. These comprised 22.45% of the total Philippine commodity imports YTD (See Fig. 3).
Seven (7) electronics sectors increased, led by Consumer Electronics at 32.25%, from US$ 310.15 billion to US$ 410.18 billion. It was followed by Telecommunication (21.72%), Semiconductor Components/Devices (18.06%), Electronic Data Processing (12.15%), Communication/Radar (10.65%), Office Equipment (5.50%), and Control and Instrumentation (4.80%). Kindly refer to Table 3.
Meanwhile, Automotive Electronics decreased by 25.23%, from US$ 19.51 million to US$ 14.59 million. This was followed by Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (1.99%).
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN (MARCH 2025)
Table 1 shows that the top five (5) countries of origin of electronics imports in March 2025 were China (31.73%), Japan (11.18%), the USA (9.41%), South Korea (8.95%), and Taiwan (8.08%). These were likewise the countries of origin in the same order in February 2025.
Table 1: Top 5 Countries of Origin for Electronics Imports (February 2025 vs March 2025)
The rest of the top ten countries of origin were Singapore (7.27%), Hong Kong (5.47%), Malaysia (3.93%), Vietnam (3.18%), and Thailand (2.61%).
Fig. 4: Top Imported Products (March 2025)
Fig. 4 shows the top imported electronics products in March 2025. Laptops including notebooks and subnotebooks under electronic data processing imported from China grew by 98.82%. Meanwhile, Materials and accessories for the manufacture of semiconductor devices imported from China declined by 16.80%. See Table 3.
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
