| Table 17.7 : QUANTITY, VALUE AND UNIT VALUES FOR SELECTED EXPORT ITEMS, 2006 - 2011 | |||||||
| Items | Unit | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Quantity | |||||||
| Live reef fish | numbers (in '000) | 436.9 | 427.1 | 408.8 | 453.5 | 465.8 | 456.5 |
| Fresh or chilled tuna | metric tons | 8,983.9 | 7,547.9 | 6,919.6 | 4,408.3 | 2,813.9 | 8,514.2 |
| Fresh or chilled reef fish | metric tons | 316.4 | 317.4 | 340.1 | 470.0 | 550.2 | 716.7 |
| Frozen Reef fish | metric tons | 71.6 | 17.0 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 27.9 | 50.9 |
| Frozen Tuna | metric tons | 86,039.3 | 46,312.4 | 49,346.8 | 26,246.4 | 22,380.6 | 23,392.1 |
| Dried tuna | metric tons | 5,707.0 | 5,102.1 | 3,714.0 | 3,782.0 | 3,856.5 | 2,585.0 |
| Salted dried fish | metric tons | 2,910.0 | 2,383.1 | 2,267.8 | 2,743.4 | 2,468.1 | 1,472.9 |
| Sea cucumber(Fresh,Dried,Frozen, Salted) | metric tons | 87.9 | 113.0 | 84.0 | 62.8 | 209.1 | 321.6 |
| Canned fish | metric tons | 4,727.1 | 3,684.5 | 1,940.2 | 1,844.2 | 1,354.1 | 1,463.4 |
| Fish meal | metric tons | 2,946.9 | 2,248.7 | 1,490.3 | 1,402.0 | 807.5 | 836.4 |
| Value (in '000 USD) | |||||||
| Live reef fish | 1,478.2 | 1,087.3 | 1,440.8 | 1,323.9 | 1,418.6 | 1,429.9 | |
| Fresh or chilled tuna | 34,339.8 | 30,768.8 | 32,642.9 | 25,362.0 | 20,953.5 | 60,806.1 | |
| Fresh or chilled reef fish | 1,280.1 | 1,465.4 | 1,576.5 | 2,192.5 | 2,476.6 | 4,256.8 | |
| Frozen Reef fish | 71.7 | 22.5 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 53.6 | 20.9 | |
| Frozen Tuna | 66,927.2 | 49,009.8 | 68,390.8 | 25,545.8 | 26,084.5 | 44,114.1 | |
| Dried tuna | 8,829.3 | 7,702.2 | 7,255.3 | 9,688.2 | 11,277.4 | 10,496.0 | |
| Salted dried fish | 2,488.0 | 1,626.0 | 1,420.7 | 1,782.0 | 1,863.3 | 1,486.4 | |
| Sea cucumber(Fresh,Dried,Frozen, Salted) | 992.8 | 855.2 | 616.5 | 302.4 | 593.5 | 1,041.9 | |
| Canned fish | 11,426.8 | 10,775.1 | 6,931.7 | 6,524.4 | 5,818.6 | 9,764.1 | |
| Fish meal | 1,581.6 | 1,049.3 | 1,031.6 | 897.8 | 804.4 | 733.6 | |
| Unit Value (in '000 USD) | |||||||
| Live reef fish | numbers (in '000) | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Fresh or chilled tuna | metric tons | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 7.1 |
| Fresh or chilled reef fish | metric tons | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.9 |
| Frozen Reef fish | metric tons | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| Frozen Tuna | metric tons | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Dried tuna | metric tons | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| Salted dried fish | metric tons | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Sea cucumber(Fresh,Dried,Frozen, Salted) | metric tons | 11.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Canned fish | metric tons | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 6.7 |
| Fish meal | metric tons | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Source: Department of National Planning | |||||||
| Maldives Customs Services | |||||||
| Note: the exchange rate used is an average taken from monthly rates used by customs. | |||||||