Philippine Imports Climb 10.8% YoY in June

Imports to the Philippines climbed by 10.8% year-on-year to USD 11 billion in June 2025, rebounding from a downwardly revised 1.1% fall in the previous month.

This marked the highest inbound shipments since March, mainly driven by higher purchases of transport equipment (66.1%), telecommunication equipment and electrical machinery (69.6%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (20.4%), and electronic products (14.9%), particularly medical/industrial instrumentation.

Conversely, imports declined for mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials (-10.7%), other food and live animals (-4.5%), and industrial machinery and equipment (-1.7%).

Among the largest trading partners, arrivals increased from Taiwan (40.7%), China (19.2%), South Korea (18.7%), Thailand (13%), and Japan (10.7%).

Considering the January to June period, imports were 6% higher compared to the same period last year.