Export earnings of Negros Occidental totaled $39.493 million in 2005, statistics of the local office of the Department of Trade and Industry show.

The figures reflect the perfomance summary of both non-traditional and traditional exports. Non-traditional products include garments, processed food, aqua/marine, furniture, gifts, toys and houseware, and metals while traditional, molasses, raw sugar, muscovado sugar and steel scrap.

Total export earnings in January last year reached $5.201 million; February, $17.663 million; March, $980,451; April, $119,875; May, $3.262 million; June, $720,687; July, $7.206 million; August, $2.386 million; September, $878,950; October, $161,788; November, $548,141; and December, $364,160.

First half export earnings in 2005 totaled $27.947 million. Of the amount, $4.393 million was posted by traditional exports while $23.554 million, by non-traditional. Second half figures amounted $11.545 million, $5.591 million for non-traditional while $5.954, for traditional.

For traditional, raw sugar posted the highest export earnings with $24.891 million while for non-traditional, aqua/marine products, $4.766 million.*NLG

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