Table  15.4 :   EXPORTS BY COUNTRY OF DESTINATION, 2004 - 2008
	Value ( in Rf ' 000)						% Share					% Change Over Previous Year
Country	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total	1,445,921.95	1,572,277.15	1,334,059.58	1,735,722.34	1,384,588.60	1,617,451.60	100.00	100.00	99.99	100.00	100.00	8.74	-15.15	30.11	-20.23
Europe	227,667.37	305,996.71	352,329.64	427,133.72	405,176.85	501,890.46	19.46	26.41	24.61	29.26	31.03	34.41	15.14	21.23	-5.14
France	7,269.48	36,289.35	52,684.41	88,149.98	102,118.17	141,451.09	2.31	3.95	5.08	7.38	8.75	399.20	45.18	67.32	15.85
Italy	11,497.33	26,967.88	25,537.64	63,823.59	58,306.33	134,426.36	1.72	1.91	3.68	4.21	8.31	134.56	-5.30	149.92	-8.64
U.K	140,226.35	153,662.97	183,635.94	168,865.25	158,540.01	123,445.26	9.77	13.77	9.73	11.45	7.63	9.58	19.51	-8.04	-6.11
Germany	55,127.47	77,192.21	70,964.54	66,325.58	21,994.62	43,164.36	4.91	5.32	3.82	1.59	2.67	40.02	-8.07	-6.54	-66.84
Netherland	6,340.27	7,133.55	16,781.18	33,239.62	57,391.87	26,543.31	0.45	1.26	1.92	4.15	1.64	12.51	135.24	98.08	72.66
Spain	45.27	377.39	128.17	3,054.93	840.57	25,133.82	0.02	0.01	0.18	0.06	1.55	733.72	-66.04	2,283.50	-72.48
Denmark	0.00	4.32	1,903.09	2,417.60	1,395.15	6,491.01	0.00	0.14	0.14	0.10	0.40	0.00	43,977.38	27.04	-42.29
Others	7,161.20	4,369.07	694.66	1,257.18	4,590.12	1,235.25	0.28	0.05	0.07	0.33	0.08	-38.99	-84.10	80.98	265.11
Africa	0.00	594.32	2.47	8,378.01	2,058.73	1,475.05	0.04	0.00	0.48	0.15	0.09	0.00	-99.58	339,475.51	-75.43
America	481,150.80	416,906.88	11,107.86	15,696.15	16,789.65	19,422.23	26.52	0.83	0.90	1.21	1.20	-13.35	-97.34	41.31	6.97
U.S.A.	466,817.25	416,676.36	11,107.86	13,904.57	15,968.31	19,349.73	26.50	0.83	0.80	1.15	1.20	-10.74	-97.33	25.18	14.84
Others	14,333.55	230.52	0.00	1,791.58	821.34	72.50	0.01	0.00	0.10	0.06	0.00	-98.39	-100.00	0.00	-54.16
Oceania	0.00	27.25	23.91	180.79	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	-12.28	1.00	-100.00
Asia	736,982.01	847,600.66	970,014.64	1,178,313.52	906,441.21	1,047,633.38	53.91	72.71	67.89	65.47	64.77	15.01	14.44	21.47	-23.07
Thailand	236,958.24	368,871.10	290,968.84	452,121.16	566,511.97	792,374.70	23.46	21.81	26.05	40.92	48.99	55.67	-21.12	55.38	25.30
Sri Lanka	196,404.68	193,544.60	206,513.42	222,886.43	206,929.15	153,947.84	12.31	15.48	12.84	14.95	9.52	-1.46	6.70	7.93	-7.16
Japan	149,645.59	184,093.35	288,251.24	261,195.92	63,083.40	46,273.11	11.71	21.61	15.05	4.56	2.86	23.02	56.58	-9.39	-75.85
India	4,458.67	5,861.95	13,045.73	16,131.83	25,340.83	25,025.01	0.37	0.98	0.93	1.83	1.55	31.47	122.55	23.66	57.09
Hong Kong	26,419.83	9,612.20	10,335.23	12,131.46	8,562.74	13,705.63	0.61	0.77	0.70	0.62	0.85	-63.62	7.52	17.38	-29.42
Others	123,095.00	85,617.47	160,900.18	213,846.72	36,013.12	16,307.10	5.45	12.06	12.32	2.60	1.01	-30.45	87.93	32.91	-83.16
Middle East	121.76	1,151.33	581.07	106,020.15	54,122.16	47,030.48	0.07	0.04	6.11	3.91	2.91	845.61	-49.53	18,145.70	-48.95
Iran	0.00	0.00	0.00	30,243.99	39,056.51	46,127.54	0.00	0.00	1.74	2.82	2.85	0.00	0.00	0.00	29.14
U.A.E.	18.75	191.95	5.78	64,859.86	1,742.33	893.19	0.01	0.00	3.74	0.13	0.06	923.75	-96.99	1,121,982.75	-97.31
others	103.01	959.38	575.29	10,916.30	13,323.32	9.75	0.06	0.04	0.63	0.96	0.00	831.39	-40.04	1,797.53	22.05
Source:  Maldives Customs Services