In the first five months of 2013, Hong Kong was again the top destination with US$4.11 million worth of pearl export, or 44.27%. Australia replaced Japan in the second place with US$2.51 million (27.04%) and Japan was third with US$2.36 million (25.47%) and followed by Thailand with US$274,000 (2.94%) and South Korea with US$25,000 (0.27%).