PHILIPPINE ELECTRONICS IMPORT PERFORMANCE NOVEMBER 2025
Electronics imports in November 2025 shrunk by 4.63% from US$ 3.01 billion in October 2025 to US$ 2.87 billion, which is 27.56% of the country’s US$ 10.42 billion total commodity imports.
Fig. 1: PH Electronics Imports (October 2025 vs November 2025)
The country’s electronics imports declined by 4.63% from US$ 3.01 billion in October 2025 to US$ 2.87 billion in November 2025. See Fig. 1.
Three (3) electronics sectors contracted, led by Office Equipment at 37.27%, from US$ 25.26 million to US$ 15.85 million. It was followed by Electronic Data Processing (13.18%), and Semiconductor Components/Devices (8.75%).
Meanwhile, Consumer Electronics went up by 54.43%, from US$ 80.51 million to US$ 124.32 million. It was followed by Communication/Radar (35.99%), Automotive Electronics (21.85%), Telecommunication (7.11%), Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (6.40%), and Control and Instrumentation (3.22%).
The electronics imports grew by 16.56%, from US$ 2.46 billion in November 2024 to US$ 2.87 billion in November 2025, as shown in Fig. 2.
Five (5) sectors increased, which was led by Automotive Electronics at 31.08%, from US$ 3.37 million to US$ 4.42 million, as shown in Table 2. This was followed by Control and Instrumentation (30.89%), Semiconductor Components/Devices (28.47%), Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (10.37%), and Electronic Data Processing (1.47%).
Four (4) sectors declined, namely, Telecommunication (17.97%), Communication/Radar (13.90%), Consumer Electronics (12.12%), and Office Equipment (10.10%).
Fig. 2: PH Electronics Imports (November 2024 vs November 2025)
Fig. 3: PH Electronics Imports (January – November 2024 vs. January – November 2025)
Cumulative electronics imports climbed by 15.62%, from US$ 25.27 billion in 2024 to US$ 29.21 billion in 2025. These comprised 23.83% of the total Philippine commodity imports YTD (See Fig. 3).
Imports in all sectors went up, led by Semiconductor Components/Devices at 18.80%, from US$ 17.05 billion to US$ 20.26 billion. This was followed by Communication/Radar (16.40%), Control and Instrumentation (14.06%), Electronic Data Processing (11.33%), Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (11.26%), Automotive Electronics (6.85%), Office Equipment (2.38%), Consumer Electronics (1.83%), and Telecommunication (0.83%). Kindly refer to Table 3.
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN (NOVEMBER 2025)
Table 1 shows that the top five (5) countries of origin of electronics imports in November 2025 were China (29.11%), South Korea (18.88%), Japan (9.10%), Taiwan (8.19%), and the USA (7.57%).
Table 1: Top 5 Countries of Origin for Electronics Imports (October 2025 vs November 2025)
The rest of the top ten countries of origin were Singapore (7.33%), Malaysia (4.18%), Hong Kong (4.09%), Thailand (2.41%), and Germany (2.08%).
Fig. 4: Top Imported Products (November 2025)
Fig. 4 shows the top imported electronics products in November 2025. Materials and accessories for the manufacture of semiconductor devices imported from South Korea increased by 102.67%. Meanwhile, Multi-component Integrated Circuits (MCO) imported from China declined by 55.19%. 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
