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June 2013

Basic Data

Diplomatic Relations:
Established in December 1975.
Number of Residents:
Number of Japanese nationals residing in Suriname: 9 (as of Oct. 2011)
Number of Surinamese nationals residing in Japan: 15 (as of Nov. 2011)
Trade with Japan (2012):
Exports: 450 million yen (shrimp, fish, lumber, animals)
Imports: 6.6 billion yen (automobile, motors, machinery)
Japan's Economic Cooperation (Cumulative total as of FY2010):
List of Exchange of Notes
ODA Loans: 0
Grants: 5 billion yen
Technical Cooperation: 707 million yen

VIP Visits

From Japan to Suriname
Year Name
1989 House of Representative Member Tokuo Yamashita
From Suriname to Japan
Year Name
1981 Minister of Defense Neede
1985 Prime Minister Udenhout
1989 Minister of Finance Mungra
1994 Minister of Transport, Communication and Tourism Defarres
2000 Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Levens
2001 Minister of Trade and Industry Tjong Tjin Joe
2003 Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Pandy
Minister of Natural Resources Demon
2008 Minister of Natural Resources Gregory Rusland

Cultural Exchange, etc.

Japan Week in Suriname (2002)

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