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| COUNTRY UNITS | IMPORT | IMPORT | IMPORT | IMPORT | IMPORT | IMPORT |

| | QUANTITY | QUANTITY | QUANTITY | VALUE | VALUE | VALUE |

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North America 

 Canada 31,089,472 29,370,883 29,294,448 20,354,500 23,027,350 24,363,080 

 Mexico 752,381 1,069,831 1,813,592 6,402,851 11,185,755 7,715,682 

 SUBTOTAL North America 31,841,853 30,440,714 31,108,040 26,757,351 34,213,105 32,078,762 

Caribbean 

 Antigua and Barbuda 0 20,000 0 0 31,985 0 

 Jamaica & Dep 15,638 18,964 28,238 18,645 29,453 19,250 

 Trinidad and Tobago 170 0 0 13,598 0 0 

 SUBTOTAL Caribbean 15,808 38,964 28,238 32,243 61,438 19,250 

Central America 

 Costa Rica 11,342 18,251 3,004 1,387,167 1,920,754 381,157 

 El Salvador 0 1,634 1,226 0 2,600 2,386 

 Guatemala 11,886 8,617 1,407 1,846,808 1,976,101 2,572,627 

 Honduras 13 0 0 3,571 0 0 

 Nicaragua 0 142,884 0 0 211,050 0 

 SUBTOTAL Central America 23,241 171,386 5,637 3,237,546 4,110,505 2,956,170 

South America 

 Argentina 92,824 568,686 1,235,766 163,474 1,243,292 2,359,675 

 Bolivia 6,794 0 10,500 12,753 0 21,000 

 Brazil 2,694 3,936 3,935 23,158 45,103 18,902 

 Chile 3,073,356 471,164 369,730 8,760,952 4,827,696 10,438,487 

 Colombia 0 1,922 0 0 1,716 0 

 Ecuador 18,144 0 0 11,009 0 0 

 Peru 576,096 42,108 227,996 858,621 181,883 343,306 

 Uruguay 240 18,000 0 2,434 72,260 0 

 Venezuela 0 2,518 0 0 2,850 0 

 SUBTOTAL South America 3,770,148 1,108,334 1,847,927 9,832,401 6,374,800 13,181,370 

European Union 

 Belgium 23,145 40,983 60,473 92,038 64,905 174,322 

 Denmark 213,274 84,443 235,242 1,900,165 1,841,064 2,878,337 

 Finland 1 0 0 1,335 0 0 
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| COUNTRY UNITS | IMPORT | IMPORT | IMPORT | IMPORT | IMPORT | IMPORT |

| | QUANTITY | QUANTITY | QUANTITY | VALUE | VALUE | VALUE |

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 France 12,822 182,989 122,600 1,256,597 1,842,007 1,467,414 

 Germany 63,594 109,845 91,052 2,096,002 2,221,666 2,356,448 

 Greece 32 0 0 32,583 0 0 

 Ireland 39 0 0 175,200 0 0 

 Italy 130,871 253,816 269,714 1,237,877 1,214,920 938,580 

 Netherlands 250,174 362,503 369,094 8,359,193 8,419,534 7,972,039 

 Portugal 44 0 41,225 2,976 0 242,398 

 Spain 870 307,894 3,033 33,544 194,553 97,497 

 Sweden 898 30,174 10,407 58,545 43,203 19,315 

 United Kingdom 68,557 59,397 38,844 2,594,122 1,446,253 1,550,082 

 SUBTOTAL European Union 764,321 1,432,044 1,241,684 17,840,177 17,288,105 17,696,432 

Other Europe 

 Czech Republic 0 0 400 0 0 3,600 

 Hungary 217,480 13,757 417 316,433 8,698 5,315 

 Iceland 0 0 200 0 0 88,172 

 Poland 10,200 0 0 22,769 0 0 

 Russian Federation 46 69,812 0 1,297 124,722 0 

 Switzerland 5,468 595 401 87,490 57,156 15,246 

 Ukraine 612 1,354 1,392 5,842 11,071 10,148 

 SUBTOTAL Other Europe 233,806 85,518 2,810 433,831 201,647 122,481 

Middle East 

 Israel 45,621 27,885 129,219 1,913,667 2,406,519 3,864,654 

 Jordan 0 2,500 0 0 71,250 0 

 Lebanon 0 17,480 2,180 0 11,362 10,775 

 Saudi Arabia 32 580 0 1,995 4,927 0 

 Syria 0 27,179 0 0 220,654 0 

 Turkey 48,576 12,767 30,673 126,305 36,159 52,096 

 SUBTOTAL Middle East 94,229 88,391 162,072 2,041,967 2,750,871 3,927,525 

North Africa 

 Egypt 52,020 29,038 40,817 95,451 56,228 62,293 

 Morocco 0 0 29 0 0 13,461 

 Sudan 20,000 0 0 14,277 0 0 

 SUBTOTAL North Africa 72,020 29,038 40,846 109,728 56,228 75,754 

Central Africa 
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 Kenya 209 32,934 203 220,000 144,380 82,902 

 Tanzania, United Republic of 0 20,844 0 0 13,066 0 

 SUBTOTAL Central Africa 209 53,778 203 220,000 157,446 82,902 

Southern Africa 

 Madagascar 0 22,307 0 0 22,865 0 

 South Africa, Republic of 26,513 127,913 104,769 148,663 581,538 536,767 

 Zambia 687 324 480 39,441 25,210 44,708 

 Zimbabwe 1,502 1,922 1,262 234,029 78,613 127,151 

 SUBTOTAL Southern Africa 28,702 152,466 106,511 422,133 708,226 708,626 

South Asia 

 Bangladesh 0 0 1 0 0 5,751 

 Burma 341,825 565,897 20,000 221,825 328,015 11,000 

 India 966,179 1,237,756 2,763,464 2,285,793 2,681,610 3,786,977 

 Nepal 84,150 0 344,983 58,650 0 229,780 

 SUBTOTAL South Asia 1,392,154 1,803,653 3,128,448 2,566,268 3,009,625 4,033,508 

Southeast Asia 

 Indonesia 196 261 70 186,522 369,981 55,355 

 Philippines 0 0 94 0 0 30,298 

 Singapore 37,715 0 53 46,859 0 47,064 

 Thailand 313,372 164,957 199,064 1,530,592 1,274,192 1,181,577 

 Vietnam 3,957 20,087 3,305 336,285 510,708 498,294 

 SUBTOTAL Southeast Asia 355,240 185,305 202,586 2,100,258 2,154,881 1,812,588 

Other Asia 

 China, Peoples Republic of 1,531,317 1,695,496 1,668,043 5,255,131 6,671,184 8,339,021 

 Hong Kong 39,449 37,159 72,774 87,745 121,377 221,989 

 Japan 39,030 168,115 54,614 5,430,705 5,154,358 4,552,546 

 Korea, Republic of 2,384 4,332 16,945 161,377 278,211 179,416 

 Taiwan 21,751 13,508 33,842 445,740 643,951 1,269,799 

 SUBTOTAL Other Asia 1,633,931 1,918,610 1,846,218 11,380,698 12,869,081 14,562,771 

Oceania 
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 Australia 1,303,230 1,692,068 1,761,792 2,620,644 3,225,067 3,978,941 

 New Zealand (exc. Cook, Niue, & Tokel 1,400,713 1,229,791 2,296,971 2,272,047 2,606,592 2,833,832 

 Norfolk Island 89 0 0 5,646 0 0 

 SUBTOTAL Oceania 2,704,032 2,921,859 4,058,763 4,898,337 5,831,659 6,812,773 

GRAND TOTAL 42,929,694 40,430,060 43,779,983 81,872,938 89,787,617 98,070,912