Electronics imports in May 2025 contracted by 0.82% from US$ 2.37 billion in April 2025 to US$ 2.35 billion, which is 22.18% of the country’s US$ 10.58 billion total commodity imports.
Fig.1: PH Electronics Imports (April 2025 vs May 2025)
The country’s electronics imports shrunk by 0.82% from US$ 2.37 billion in April 2025 to US$ 2.35 billion in May 2025. See Fig. 1.
Four (4) electronics sectors went down, led by Communication/Radar at 19.06%, from US$ 109.44 million to US$ 88.59 million. This was followed by Automotive Electronics (16.36%), Electronic Data Processing (9.26%), and Consumer Electronics (0.31%).
Meanwhile, Telecommunication grew by 9.35%, from US$ 105.91 million to US$ 115.81 million. It was followed by Office Equipment (7.04%), Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (6.90%), Control and Instrumentation (4.85%), and Semiconductor Components/Devices (0.76%).
The electronics imports increased by 8.04%, from US$ 2.17 billion in May 2024 to US$ 2.35 billion in May 2025, as shown in Fig. 2.
Eight (8) sectors went up, which was led by Medical/Industrial Instrumentation at 24.80%, from US$ 16.08 million to US$ 20.06 million, as shown in Table 2. This was followed by Electronic Data Processing (21.67%), Control and Instrumentation (13.13%), Automotive Electronics (7.26%), Semiconductor Components/Devices (6.94%), Consumer Electronics (6.12%), Telecommunication (2.98%), and Communication/Radar (0.51%).
Meanwhile, Office Equipment contracted by 13.59, from US$ 17.65 million to US$ 15.25 million.
Fig. 2: PH Electronics Imports (May 2024 vs May 2025)
Fig. 3: PH Electronics Exports (January – May 2024 vs. January – May 2025)
Cumulative electronics imports climbed by 13.85%, from US$ 10.49 billion in 2024 to US$ 11.94 billion in 2025. These comprised 22.17% of the total Philippine commodity imports YTD (See Fig. 3).
Six (6) electronics sectors increased, led by Consumer Electronics at 22.31%, from US$ 542.84 million to US$ 663.94 million. This was followed by Semiconductor Components/Devices (14.80%), Electronic Data Processing (14.52%), Telecommunication (12.23%), Control and Instrumentation (7.53%), and Communication/Radar (5.50%). Kindly refer to Table 3.
Three (3) sectors declined, namely, Office Equipment (7.99%), Automotive Electronics (6.47%), and Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (1.58%).
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN (MAY 2025)
Table 1 shows that the top five (5) countries of origin of electronics imports in May 2025 were China (29.18%), South Korea (11.79%), Japan (10.86%), Taiwan (9.47%), and the USA (8.30%).
Table 1: Top 5 Countries of Origin for Electronics Imports (April 2025 vs May 2025)
The rest of the top ten countries of origin were Singapore (8.19%), Hong Kong (4.65%), Malaysia (4.35%), Thailand (2.72%), and Germany (2.18%).
Fig. 4: Top Imported Products (May 2025
Fig. 4 shows the top imported electronics products in May 2025. Materials and accessories for the manufacture of semiconductor devices imported from South Korea increased by 15.27%. Meanwhile, Materials and accessories for the manufacture of semiconductor devices imported from China declined by 33.13%. 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
