Table 19.16: IMPORTS OF FRESH AGRICULTURAL CROPS MAINLY PRODUCED IN MALDIVES, 2008
(Value in Rf)
Agricultural crops	Srilanka	India	U.A.E	Australia	Thailand	Other Countries	Total
Banana ( Fresh Or Dried )	1,473,014	7,137,952	1,463,197	16,757	110,716	20,961	10,222,597
Beans, Fresh Or Chilled	6,803,449	1,450,539	961,463	436,778	345,263	563,343	10,560,835
Bitter Gourd ( Fresh Or Chilled )	601,960	112,141	9,720	-	5,401	1,129	730,351
Bottle Gourd ( Fresh Or Chilled )	119,162	98,632	1,052	-	2,381	280	221,507
Bread Fruit ( Fresh Or Chilled)	154,240	153	3,599	440	100	5,425	163,957
Cabbage ( Fresh Or Chilled )	6,481,163	10,191,117	934,052	443,528	318,607	403,117	18,771,583
Cassava & Manioc ( Fresh , Chilled Or Frozen )	172,913	46,920	5,713	-	228	203	225,976
Chillies( Fresh Or Chilled )	2,058,043	3,663,341	257,704	55,794	550,759	38,675	6,624,316
Cucumber ( Fresh Or Chilled )	3,557,453	270,119	1,683,401	785,577	176,515	204,019	6,677,085
Drumstick ( Fresh Or Chilled )	442,832	1,173,694	5,479	-	4,703	55,831	1,682,540
Guava ( Fresh Or Dried )	1,107,113	493,909	573,302	6,122	1,200,070	1,985,815	5,366,331
Lettuce, Fresh Or Chilled, (Excl. Cabbage Lettuce)	1,044,189	2,572,183	12,429,135	7,744,014	669,923	2,230,187	26,689,632
Mango ( Fresh Or Dried )	4,617,939	1,262,929	4,058,269	565,134	5,658,579	2,654,113	18,816,964
Melons, Fresh, (Excl.Watermelons)	883,249	266,697	9,996,365	8,177,290	2,051,346	1,079,591	22,454,538
Papaws (Papayas), Fresh	2,198,600	11,567	115,979	22,613	236,096	28,425	2,613,279
Passion Fruit ( Fresh Or Dried )	3,305,495	8,385	900,254	258,669	414,395	257,276	5,144,474
Pumpkin ( Gfresh Or Chilled)	537,394	1,007,239	60,532	74,695	23,560	11,173	1,714,594
Sapodilla (Fresh)	38,561	18,162	10,796	769	189,571	3,656	261,515
Snake Gourd ( Fresh Or Chilled )	800,138	40,930	12,049	-	1,186	-	854,303
Sweet Potato ( Fresh , Chilled Or Frozen )	874,266	715,227	59,400	109,080	34,926	23,314	1,816,213
Watermelons, Fresh	173,840	755,057	12,640	60,077	699,681	899,995	2,601,290
Source: Ministry of Fisheries  and Agriculture