Philippines Trade Trends September 2025

According to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority, the country’s international trade showed the following trend in September 2025, with exports increasing by 15.9 per cent year-on-year, while imports grew by 2.1 per cent.

By commodity group, electronic products remained the Philippines’ leading export, generating USD 4 billion, which accounted for around half of total exports, followed by

gold, machinery and transport equipment.

From January to September, exports rose 13.1 per cent to USD 63 billion, while imports increased 5.3 per cent to USD 100 billion.

The United States remained the Philippines’ top export market, while China was the country’s largest supplier of imported goods.

According to the latest projections from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Philippine economy is expected to grow by 5.4 per cent in 2025.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic union of ten members, has 667 million people and a territory of 4.5 million Km2; is currently the third largest economy in Asia-Pacific and the fifth largest in the World. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has a combined GDP of USD 4.2 trillion, according to estimates for 2025.