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| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunei Darussalam | 21 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 91 | 73 | 99 | 95 | 133 | 115 | 137 | ||||
| Cambodia | 26 | 43 | 53 | 74 | 65 | 65 | 77 | 55 | 160 | 310 | 248 | ||||
| China | 4,305 | 26,560 | 79,842 | 98,111 | 110,583 | 117,464 | 120,200 | 127,042 | 133,612 | 133,522 | 135,885 | 148,187 | 157,093 | 152,342 | 159,019 |
| Indonesia | 3,733 | 4,069 | 5,122 | 5,297 | 6,787 | 7,321 | 8,095 | 8,538 | 7,032 | 8,347 | 8,388 | 6,851 | 7,403 | ||
| Japan | 34,360 | 49,501 | 59,118 | 54,517 | 55,030 | 55,783 | 56,705 | 60,030 | 59,882 | 58,137 | 58,189 | 59,937 | 62,597 | 61,124 | 66,748 |
| Korea, Rep. | 16,738 | 29,179 | 38,733 | 38,296 | 40,890 | 40,779 | 44,611 | 46,219 | 46,419 | 45,406 | 45,691 | 47,431 | 47,372 | 46,282 | 51,753 |
| Lao PDR | 4 | 20 | 43 | 53 | 69 | 43 | 61 | 63 | 97 | 58 | |||||
| Malaysia | 2,213 | 6,021 | 5,764 | 5,152 | 5,376 | 5,826 | 6,006 | 6,267 | 6,455 | 6,127 | 5,906 | 6,179 | 6,480 | 5,839 | 6,651 |
| Philippines | 1,822 | 3,482 | 2,762 | 3,223 | 3,010 | 2,832 | 3,065 | 3,255 | 3,359 | 3,092 | 3,072 | 3,771 | 3,879 | 3,517 | 3,903 |
| Singapore | 7,720 | 8,036 | 8,878 | 8,738 | 8,604 | 8,579 | 9,009 | 9,345 | 9,379 | 9,321 | 10,270 | 12,409 | 11,487 | 12,566 | |
| Thailand | 1,867 | 4,488 | 5,449 | 723 | 2,997 | 5,726 | 5,832 | 6,924 | 7,138 | 6,722 | 6,886 | 7,245 | 7,307 | 6,662 | 7,375 |
| Vietnam | 17 | 1,205 | 1,767 | 3,276 | 3,260 | 3,423 | 3,552 | 3,960 | 4,451 | 4,668 | 4,790 | 5,425 | 6,800 | 6,674 | 7,468 |