Editing Economy of the Philippines (section)

===Electronics===
[[File:Siemens NTBBA 40 183 340-100 - Texas Instruments TNETD3100GFN-3314.jpg|thumb|A Texas Instruments integrated circuit]]

A [[Texas Instruments]] plant in [[Baguio]] has been operating for 20 years and is the largest producer of [[digital signal processor|DSP chips]] in the world.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gatdula |first1=Donnabelle |title=TransCo installs 50-MVA transformer in Benguet |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2006/01/30/319205/transco-installs-50-mva-transformer-benguet |access-date=April 23, 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=January 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423144951/https://www.philstar.com/business/2006/01/30/319205/transco-installs-50-mva-transformer-benguet |archive-date=April 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |last1=Chiu |first1=Rey Anthony |title=Intel Phils manager debunks negative perception |url=http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070713.htm&no=60 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |work=[[Philippine Information Agency]] |date=July 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423145202/http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070713.htm&no=60 |archive-date=April 23, 2023}}</ref> Texas Instruments' Baguio plant produces all the chips used in [[Nokia]] [[mobile phone|cell phones]] and 80% of chips used in [[Ericsson]] cell phones in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Texas Instruments in Baguio retrenches 392 employees |date=January 9, 2009 |url=http://www.cn-c114.net/577/a376549.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706052822/http://www.cn-c114.net/577/a376549.html |archive-date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=October 12, 2012 |work=C114 - China Communication Network}}</ref> [[Toshiba]] [[hard disk drives]] are manufactured in [[Santa Rosa, Laguna]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Osorio |first1=Ma. Elisa |title=Toshiba unit to expand RP operations |url=https://www.philstar.com/business/2009/02/20/441440/toshiba-unit-expand-rp-operations |access-date=April 23, 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=February 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126134714/https://www.philstar.com/business/2009/02/20/441440/toshiba-unit-expand-rp-operations |archive-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref> Printer manufacturer [[Lexmark]] has a factory in [[Cebu City]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Lexmark |url=https://www.lexmark.com/en_ph/contact-lexmark.html |website=[[Lexmark|Lexmark Philippines]] |access-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206174820/https://www.lexmark.com/en_ph/contact-lexmark.html |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Electronics and other light industries are concentrated in Laguna, [[Cavite]], [[Batangas]] and other [[Calabarzon]] provinces with sizable numbers found in Southern Philippines that account for most of the country's export.<ref>{{cite report |editor-last1=Intarakumnerd |title=Fostering Production and Science and Technology Linkages to Stimulates Innovation in ASEAN |last1=Reyes-Macasaquit |first1=Mari-Len |url=https://www.eria.org/uploads/media/Research-Project-Report/RPR_FY2009_7-4_Chapter_4.pdf |chapter=4: Case Study of the Electronics Industry in the Philippines: Linkages and Innovation |publisher=[[Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia]] |access-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819054705/https://www.eria.org/uploads/media/Research-Project-Report/RPR_FY2009_7-4_Chapter_4.pdf |archive-date=August 19, 2019 |pages=146–147 |date=2010}}</ref>

The Philippine Electronics Industry is classified into (73%) Semiconductor Manufacturing Services (SMS) and (27%) Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) according to SEIPI, the largest organization of foreign and Filipino electronics companies in the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.seipi.org.ph/homepage/ |website=Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation |title=Homepage &#124; |access-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920145022/https://www.seipi.org.ph/homepage/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Electronic products continued to be the country's top export with total earnings of US$45.66&nbsp;billion and accounted for 57.8 percent of the total export of goods in 2022.<ref name="extIntTrade-2022">{{Cite press release |title=Highlights of the 2022 Annual International Merchandise Trade Statistics of the Philippines|url=https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/annual-foreign-trade/node/1684041680 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803045603/https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/annual-foreign-trade/node/1684041680 |access-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |website=[[Philippine Statistics Authority|PSA]]}}</ref>