Singapore is the second most important trade center of dried sea cucumbers (Ferdouse, 2004). Major
suppliers include Indonesia, Hong Kong, Maldives, Tanzania, and South Pacifi island countries.
Among them, Hong Kong is the main supplier. Indonesia also exports large amounts of sea cucumbers
to Singapore, but these data are not reflcted in the offiial statistics. Imports flctuated from 820 t in
1997 to 629 t in 2000. Since 2005, the import volume of Singapore has declined, down to 423 t in 2009