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U.S. top export market for Indonesia seafood U.S. top export market for Indonesia seafood

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02 August, 2012 - The United States is the main export destination of Indonesia’s fishery products, buying USD 1.07 billion or 30.4 percent of the country’s overall fishery exports last year, the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry said.



Japan came in second with USD 806 million (22.9 percent) and Europe in third with USD 459.8 million (13.1 percent), ANTARA quoted Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sharif C. Sutardjo as saying in an e-mailed statement on Wednesday.



Data from the ministry revealed that Indonesia exported US$D .5 billion worth of fishery products last year, up 22.95 percent from a year earlier.

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