Table 2. Countries that exported live aquarium invertebrates to the US.
Data include the number of identifiable species, number of species exported in quantities greater than 1,000 individuals (>1,000 (No.)), number of individuals exported across species, and the proportion of individuals identifiable to the species-level (Known (%)) by country and year.
| Export Country | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2008–2011 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Individuals | Species | Individuals | Species | Individuals | Species | Individuals | |||||||||
| Total (No.) | >1,000 (No.) | Total (No.) | Known (%) | Total (No.) | >1,000 (No.) | Total (No.) | Known (%) | Total (No.) | >1,000 (No.) | Total (No.) | Known (%) | Total (No.) | >1,000 (No.) | Total (No.) | Known (%) | |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 231 | 37.2 | 16 | 0 | 1,881 | 99.8 | 34 | 0 | 1,020 | 90.6 | 43 | 1 | 3,132 | 92.2 |
| Belize | 8 | 2 | 49,515 | 56.1 | 7 | 3 | 83,922 | 57.3 | 12 | 6 | 292,176 | 58.2 | 17 | 7 | 425,613 | 57.8 |
| Brazil | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0.0 |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 1,260 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 1,260 | 100 |
| Costa Rica | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 64 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 64 | 100 |
| Curaçao | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 15 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 911 | 89.1 | 5 | 0 | 926 | 89.3 |
| Dominican Republic | 6 | 2 | 93,781 | 99.9 | 5 | 2 | 133,056 | 100.0 | 18 | 4 | 107,103 | 96.3 | 19 | 4 | 333,940 | 98.8 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0.0 | – | – | 1 | 0.0 |
| Fiji | 6 | 2 | 52,228 | 15.4 | 9 | 1 | 25,502 | 20.5 | 23 | 3 | 28,462 | 22.4 | 29 | 4 | 106,192 | 18.5 |
| French Polynesia (Tahiti) | – | – | 766 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 48 | 47.9 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 814 | 2.8 |
| Ghana | 3 | 0 | 2,395 | 12.2 | 3 | 0 | 135 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 768 | 53.5 | 5 | 0 | 3,298 | 25.4 |
| Guatemala | – | – | 3,000 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,000 | 0.0 |
| Haiti | 55 | 24 | 1,409,841 | 92.5 | 63 | 24 | 1,011,683 | 93.3 | 47 | 26 | 676,134 | 94.4 | 79 | 34 | 3,097,658 | 93.2 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 1,520 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 23,255 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 24,775 | 100.0 |
| Indonesia | 323 | 57 | 709,736 | 61.2 | 317 | 51 | 610,264 | 64.9 | 301 | 48 | 575,657 | 68.6 | 413 | 90 | 1,895,657 | 64.6 |
| Japan | 8 | 0 | 425 | 76.5 | 17 | 0 | 556 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 168 | 91.1 | 25 | 0 | 1,149 | 72.6 |
| Kenya | 18 | 2 | 13,955 | 57.0 | 17 | 2 | 44,426 | 26.1 | 22 | 1 | 14,750 | 53.7 | 30 | 6 | 73,131 | 37.6 |
| Kiribati | – | – | 6 | 0.0 | – | – | 18 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 11.5 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 0 | 198 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 198 | 100.0 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1 | 1,429 | 99.4 | 8 | 2 | 4,035 | 97.6 | 17 | 2 | 17,678 | 53.3 | 38 | 5 | 23,142 | 63.9 |
| New Caledonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0.0 | – | – | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Nicaragua | 30 | 8 | 58,918 | 83.8 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 3 | 31,052 | 74.5 | 41 | 11 | 89,970 | 80.6 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 0 | 2,323 | 90.5 | 21 | 2 | 6,336 | 83.9 | – | – | – | 34 | 3 | 8,659 | 85.6 | |
| Philippines | 259 | 65 | 1,111,002 | 71.5 | 294 | 67 | 1,154,255 | 65.6 | 284 | 75 | 1,380,014 | 68.2 | 395 | 118 | 3,645,271 | 68.4 |
| Rep. of Maldives | 3 | 0 | 95 | 21.1 | 2 | 0 | 686 | 2.6 | – | 890 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1,671 | 2.3 | |
| Rep. of the Marshall Islands | 3 | 2 | 47,362 | 100.0 | 7 | 5 | 200,088 | 42.1 | 24 | 3 | 39,588 | 68.8 | 29 | 6 | 287,038 | 55.4 |
| Saudi Arabia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0.0 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Singapore | 15 | 0 | 2,654 | 45.9 | 11 | 0 | 2,063 | 64.7 | 11 | 1 | 7,017 | 56.7 | 21 | 2 | 11,734 | 55.7 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 2 | 12,521 | 51.4 | 10 | 1 | 4,084 | 67.4 | 8 | 2 | 16,753 | 43.7 | 21 | 3 | 33,358 | 49.5 |
| Sri Lanka | 63 | 11 | 251,373 | 90.2 | 60 | 9 | 309,053 | 91.9 | 54 | 11 | 261,004 | 88.1 | 87 | 17 | 821,430 | 90.2 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 250 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 250 | 100.0 |
| The Bahamas | 9 | 0 | 92 | 97.8 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 78.6 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 | 120 | 93.3 |
| Tonga | 18 | 3 | 135,089 | 65.6 | 8 | 2 | 31,214 | 61.0 | 8 | 1 | 81,918 | 52.6 | 23 | 3 | 248,221 | 60.7 |
| United Arab Emirates | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0.0 | – | – | 2 | 0.0 |
| United Kingdom | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 |
| Vanuatu | 8 | 0 | 672 | 99.9 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 97.9 | 5 | 0 | 132 | 79.5 | 11 | 0 | 900 | 96.7 |
| Vietnam | 25 | 6 | 293,733 | 8.1 | 23 | 5 | 108,699 | 27.2 | 24 | 4 | 106,411 | 12.2 | 38 | 8 | 508,843 | 13.1 |
| Total | 545 | 137 | 4,256,372 | 73.4 | 537 | 126 | 3,732,213 | 73.1 | 535 | 138 | 3,662,980 | 72.2 | 724 | 220 | 11,651,565 | 72.9 |