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1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Australia | 13,278 | 20,073 | 21,302 | 22,478 | 23,143 | 23,731 | 26,656 | 23,968 | 26,314 | 25,774 | 26,403 | 27,200 | 27,121 | 26,926 | 29,443 |
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 |
New Zealand | 3,869 | 5,585 | 5,112 | 5,051 | 4,708 | 5,674 | 5,167 | 6,092 | 5,317 | 5,311 | 5,146 | 5,221 | 5,690 | 5,417 | 6,522 |
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 |
Argentina | 1,955 | 5,574 | 4,215 | 4,165 | 4,133 | 4,078 | 4,129 | 4,173 | 3,579 | 2,925 | 3,050 | 3,242 | 3,260 | 2,562 | 3,263 |
Chile | 642 | 2,879 | 2,646 | 748 | 2,453 | 2,683 | 2,732 | 2,653 | 2,831 | 2,521 | 2,469 | 2,694 | 2,799 | 2,433 | 2,680 |
Colombia | 1,694 | 1,662 | 1,739 | 1,770 | 1,848 | 1,781 | 1,898 | 1,921 | 1,658 | 1,777 | 1,808 | 1,735 | 1,752 | 1,855 | |
Brazil | 5,148 | 14,104 | 14,444 | 20,771 | 23,954 | 25,637 | 25,925 | 25,683 | 25,578 | 22,810 | 20,178 | 19,877 | 19,932 | 19,058 | 19,566 |
Costa Rica | 43 | 47 | 423 | 606 | 610 | 578 | 580 | 529 | 582 | 497 | 504 | 490 | 483 | 524 | 566 |
Guatemala | 97 | 250 | 388 | 374 | 327 | 337 | 319 | 288 | 341 | 266 | 275 | 228 | 231 | 205 | 249 |
Uruguay | 572 | 589 | 761 | 667 | 678 | 639 | 532 | 500 | |||||||
Canada | 24,375 | 35,435 | 34,705 | 30,899 | 30,357 | 30,533 | 30,174 | 31,283 | 32,687 | 30,667 | 30,969 | 31,812 | 32,250 | 30,113 | 32,445 |
Pakistan | 524 | 1,149 | 1,141 | 980 | 861 | 798 | 783 | 776 | 677 | 636 | 505 | 586 | 561 | 562 | 567 |
Peru | 219 | 1,038 | 993 | 261 | 1,129 | 1,136 | 1,193 | 1,204 | 1,182 | 1,091 | 1,119 | 1,133 | 1,122 | 1,142 | 1,141 |
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 |
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 | ||
South Africa | 4,943 | 2,400 | 6,001 | 5,562 | 6,589 | 6,836 | 6,657 | 6,750 | 6,608 | 6,506 | 6,816 | 6,258 | 6,347 | 6,146 | 9,156 |
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 |
Paraguay | 36 | 211 | 241 | 347 | 315 | 324 | 323 | 354 |