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HOW MUCH SAKE? WORLD’S COUNTRIES SIZED ACCORDING TO JAPANESE SAKE IMPORTS IN 2013 - MILLIONS OF YEN DATA COMPILED FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE EXPORT TRENDS (ファイナンス2014.5) & JAPANESE SAKE & SHOCHU MAKERS ASSOCIATION 2012 GRAPHICS: SOHO+CO REPUBLIC OF KOREA ¥1380mil EXPORTS ¥10 524mil10524 AROUND 3-5% OF TOTAL SALES CHINA ¥529mil SINCE 2003, THE EXPORT MARKET HAS GROWN BY 280% TAIWAN ¥583mil HONG KONG ¥1724mil AND 0mil TOP 10 IMPORTERS SINGAPORE ¥380mil 1 ¥1724 mil REPUBLIC OF KOREA ¥1380 mil 4 EU (EXCLUDING UK) ¥670 mil 5 TAIWAN ¥583 mil 6 CHINA ¥529 mil 7 SINGAPORE ¥380 mil 8 CANADA ¥277 mil 9 UK ¥227 mil 10 MUSEUM OF SAKE JOURNAL 31 ¥3878 mil HONG KONG 3 AUSTRALIA ¥209mil AMERICA 2 AUSTRALIA ¥209 mil