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In 2002-03, Tasmania’s international export trade was dominated by Japan, with $589 million, or 24.0% of the total, followed by Hong Kong ($326 million) and Republic of Korea ($247 million).

TASMANIA’S MAJOR EXPORT MARKETS
		2001-02	2002-03	2002-03 share	Change from 2001-02
Country or country group		$'000	$'000	%	%
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
	Brunei Darussalum	653	629	-	-3.7
	Cambodia	11	11	-	1.7
	Indonesia	120,779	101,076	4.1	-16.3
	Laos	16	7	-	-55.1
	Malaysia	52,452	53,703	2.2	2.4
	Myanmar	38	121	-	222.4
	Philippines	30,349	27,296	1.1	-10.1
	Singapore	32,707	26,674	1.1	-18.4
	Thailand	102,681	87,394	3.6	-14.9
	Vietnam	7,636	4,875	0.2	-36.2
	ASEAN Total	347,321	301,785	12.3	-13.1
European Union (EU)
	Austria	553	1,067	-	92.9
	Belgium-Luxembourg	23,742	10,436	0.4	-56.0
	Denmark	636	2,416	0.1	280.2
	Finland	212	431	-	103.2
	France	5,883	6,309	0.3	7.2
	Germany	34,852	42,208	1.7	21.1
	Greece	1,161	836	-	-28.0
	Ireland	102	281	-	173.8
	Italy	11,837	15,630	0.6	32.0
	Netherlands	7,260	31,670	1.3	336.2
	Portugal	539	754	-	39.9
	Spain	1,623	59,514	2.4	3,566.3
	Sweden	5,122	5,125	0.2	0.1
	United Kingdom	35,702	38,884	1.6	8.9
	EU Total	129,225	215,560	8.8	66.8
Other major trading partners
	China	45,576	80,514	3.3	76.7
	Hong Kong	263,275	326,143	13.3	23.9
	India	95,112	95,602	3.9	0.5
	Japan	547,903	589,203	24.0	7.5
	New Zealand	57,975	58,883	2.4	1.6
	Republic of Korea	223,208	247,169	10.1	10.7
	Taiwan	153,819	149,132	6.1	-3.0
	United States of America	295,301	231,201	9.4	-21.7
Other countries, re-imports		229,090	156,645	6.4	-31.6
Total exports		2,387,806	2,451,837	100.0	2.7
- nil or rounded to zero Source: ABS data available on request, International Trade data base.