PHILIPPINE ELECTRONICS IMPORT PERFORMANCE FEBRUARY 2026
Electronics imports in February 2026 declined by 1.63% to US$ 2.99 billion, which is 27.11% of the country’s US$ 11.01 billion total commodity imports.
Fig. 1: PH Electronics Imports (January 2026 vs February 2026
The country’s electronics imports went down by 1.63% from US$ 3.04 billion in January 2026 to US$ 2.99 billion in February 2026. See Fig. 1.
Four (4) electronics sectors shrunk, led by Electronic Data Processing at 20.16%, from US$ 326.41 million to US$ 260.60 million. This was followed by Control and Instrumentation (19.13%), Telecommunication (2.13%), Consumer Electronics (1.27%),
Communication/Radar increased by 27.57%, from US$ 106.18 million to US$ 135.46 million. It was followed by Office Equipment (14.62%), Automotive Electronics (6.89%), Medical/Industrial Instrumentation (2.70%), and Semiconductor Components/Devices (0.42%).
The electronics imports grew by 39.30%, from US$ 2.14 billion in January 2025 to US$ 2.99 billion in February 2026, as shown in Fig. 2.
Imports in all sectors went up, led by Medical/Industrial Instrumentation at 58.62%, from US$ 19.30 million to US$ 30.62 million, as shown in Table 2. It was followed by Communication/Radar (49.73%), Semiconductor Components/Devices (44.60%), Electronic Data Processing (41.09%), Automotive Electronics (35.74%), Office Equipment (26.35%), Consumer Electronics (15.40%), Control and Instrumentation (8.90%), and Telecommunication (4.09%).
Fig. 2: PH Electronics Imports (February 2025 vs February 2026)
Fig. 3: PH Electronics Imports (January – February 2025 vs. January – February 2026)
Cumulative electronics imports climbed by 29.11%, from US$ 4.66 billion in 2025 to US$ 6.02 billion in 2025. These comprised 26.85% of the total Philippine commodity imports YTD (See Fig. 3).
Imports in seven (7) sectors rose from last year’s YTD figures, led by Medical/Industrial Instrumentation at 66.19%, from US$ 36.36 million to US$ 60.43 million. This was followed by Semiconductor Components/Devices (36.77%), Electronic Data Processing (26.72%), Control and Instrumentation (10.90%), Communication/Radar (9.14%), Automotive Electronics (6.02%), and Telecommunication (2.63%). Kindly refer to Table 3.
Meanwhile, two (2) sectors contracted, namely, Office Equipment (11.59%), and Consumer Electronics (2.96%).
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN (FEBRUARY 2026)
Table 1 shows that the top five (5) countries of origin of electronics imports in February 2026 were China (34.08%), South Korea (18.18%), Japan (8.46%), Taiwan (8.01%), and the USA (6.38%). This was the same order for the countries of origin in January 2026.
Table 1: Top 5 Countries of Origin for Electronics Imports (January 2026 vs February 2026)
The rest of the top ten countries of origin were Singapore (6.31%), Malaysia (3.83%), Hong Kong (3.56%), Thailand (2.14%), and Germany (2.03%).
Fig. 4: Top Imported Products (February 2026)
Fig. 4 shows the top imported electronics products in February 2026. Multi-component Integrated Circuits (MCO) imported from China rose by 373.97%. Meanwhile, Materials and accessories for the manufacture of semiconductor devices imported from the South Korea decreased by 54.06%. See Table 4.
Table 2: PH Electronics Imports Product by Sector (Month-on-Month and Year-on-Year)
Table 3: PH Top Electronics Import Products and Countries of Destination
Table 4: PH Top Electronics Import Products and Countries of Destination
