Table  15.5 :   MARINE PRODUCT EXPORTS BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR 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	2008
Total	########	576,203.25	701,897.25	848,786.57	728,857.57	833,356.02	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	21.63	21.81	20.93	-14.13	14.34
Thailand	########	151,851.38	131,224.31	160,533.00	172,727.52	248,339.03	26.35	18.70	18.91	23.70	29.80	114.02	-13.58	22.33	7.60	43.78
Sri Lanka	########	176,536.12	184,922.18	195,343.90	191,572.44	138,312.66	30.64	26.35	23.01	26.28	16.60	-3.03	4.75	5.64	-1.93	-27.80
France	5,000.36	22,727.70	38,114.12	61,508.79	82,787.45	118,303.98	3.94	5.43	7.25	11.36	14.20	354.52	67.70	61.38	34.59	42.90
Italy	847.08	1,329.55	3,093.51	11,899.76	27,334.29	98,598.11	0.23	0.44	1.40	3.75	11.83	56.96	132.67	284.67	129.70	260.71
U.K	4,760.68	14,213.81	18,388.93	49,345.30	57,032.55	63,188.26	2.47	2.62	5.81	7.82	7.58	198.57	29.37	168.34	15.58	10.79
Iran	-	-	-	21,904.66	39,056.51	46,127.54	0.00	0.00	2.58	5.36	5.54	0.00	0.00	0.00	78.30	18.10
Netherland	169.06	3,522.12	12,982.40	16,217.27	14,786.63	26,343.04	0.61	1.85	1.91	2.03	3.16	1,983.39	268.60	24.92	-8.82	78.15
U.S.A.	4,530.49	8,897.77	2,668.07	12,944.93	15,940.56	19,349.73	1.54	0.38	1.53	2.19	2.32	96.40	-70.01	385.18	23.14	21.39
Japan	########	125,562.50	198,304.20	189,561.56	55,133.69	16,940.69	21.79	28.25	22.33	7.56	2.03	4.98	57.93	-4.41	-70.92	-69.27
Germany	2,945.82	8,347.12	9,878.89	14,334.72	13,697.82	15,922.26	1.45	1.41	1.69	1.88	1.91	183.35	18.35	45.10	-4.44	16.24
Hong Kong	########	9,612.20	10,335.23	12,131.46	7,928.34	12,665.87	1.67	1.47	1.43	1.09	1.52	-63.62	7.52	17.38	-34.65	59.75
Spain	33.68	377.39	128.17	38.20	840.57	11,403.60	0.07	0.02	0.00	0.12	1.37	1,020.51	-66.04	-70.20	2,100.64	1,256.65
Denmark	-	4.32	-	2,045.08	1,395.15	6,491.01	0.00	0.00	0.24	0.19	0.78	0.00	-100.00	0.00	-31.78	365.25
Taiwan	516.28	60.97	52,074.18	39,817.72	1,310.69	5,997.36	0.01	7.42	4.69	0.18	0.72	-88.19	85,306.81	-23.54	-96.71	357.57
Singapore	########	41,323.18	23,848.84	20,572.41	10,140.49	2,189.48	7.17	3.40	2.42	1.39	0.26	17.53	-42.29	-13.74	-50.71	-78.41
Malaysia	########	8,076.69	6,436.78	1,572.58	697.79	802.66	1.40	0.92	0.19	0.10	0.10	-39.05	-20.30	-75.57	-55.63	15.03
U.A.E	18.75	191.95	5.78	14,833.42	7.58	623.98	0.03	0.00	1.75	0.00	0.07	923.76	-96.99	256,519.77	-99.95	8,128.41
Sweden	-	-	-	-	341.43	577.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	69.04
South Africa	-	-	-	-	11.57	425.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3,582.68
Others	7,473.01	3,568.47	9,491.67	24,181.80	36,114.51	753.69	0.62	1.35	2.85	4.95	0.09	-52.25	165.99	154.77	49.35	-97.91
Source:  Maldives Custom Services