PHILIPPINE exports reversed previous gains and dropped 4.10 percent year-on-year in April, hitting a two-year low as weak global demand weighed on eight major commodities, preliminary government figures show.

The fall in April erased the 2.06-percent increase recorded in March and a 1.26-percent expansion in April 2014, according to figures released Wednesday by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

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