List of countries by imports
Encyclopedia
This is a list of countries by import
s, based on the World Trade Organization
and The World Factbook
. For comparison purposes, some non-sovereign entities are included in this list, but only sovereign territories are ranked.
More recent data from the WTO is used when available.
Import
The term import is derived from the conceptual meaning as to bring in the goods and services into the port of a country. The buyer of such goods and services is referred to an "importer" who is based in the country of import whereas the overseas based seller is referred to as an "exporter". Thus...
s, based on the World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on January 1, 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , which commenced in 1948...
and The World Factbook
The World Factbook
The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
. For comparison purposes, some non-sovereign entities are included in this list, but only sovereign territories are ranked.
More recent data from the WTO is used when available.
| Rank | Country | Imports | Date of information |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | World | $ 12,647,000,000,000 | 2009 est. |
| — |  European Union (minus internal trade) |
$ 1,977,000,000,000 | 2010 est.. |
| 1 |  United States |
$ 1,936,000,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 2 |  Mainland China |
$ 1,327,000,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 3 |  Germany |
$ 1,099,000,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 4 |  Japan |
$ 639,100,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 5 |  Early Modern France |
$ 590,500,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 6 |  United Kingdom |
$ 561,600,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 7 |  Italy |
$ 473,100,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| - |  Hong Kong |
$ 437,000,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 8 |  Netherlands |
$ 429,000,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 9 |  South Korea |
$ 422,400,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 10 |  Canada |
$ 401,000,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 11 |  India |
$ 359,300,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 12 |  Spain |
$ 315,300,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 13 |  Singapore |
$ 310,400,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 14 |  Mexico |
$ 306,000,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 15 |  Belgium |
$ 285,100,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 16 |  Republic of China |
$ 251,400,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 17 |  Russia |
$ 248,700,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 18 |  Switzerland |
$ 226,300,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 19 |  Australia |
$ 195,200,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 20 |  Brazil |
$ 181,700,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 21 |  Turkey |
$ 177,300,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 22 |  Austria |
$ 173,000,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 23 |  Poland |
$ 170,200,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 24 |  Thailand |
$ 161,300,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 25 |  United Arab Emirates |
$ 158,700,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 26 |  Malaysia |
$ 156,600,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 27 |  Sweden |
$ 149,100,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 28 |  Indonesia |
$ 127,100,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 29 |  Czech Republic |
$ 109,200,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 30 |  Saudi Arabia |
$ 99,170,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 31 |  Denmark |
$ 90,830,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 32 |  Hungary |
$ 87,440,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 33 |  Vietnam |
$ 81,730,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 34 |  South Africa |
$ 77,040,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 35 |  Norway |
$ 74,020,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 36 |  Republic of Ireland |
$ 70,360,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 37 |  Finland |
$ 69,110,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 38 |  Portugal |
$ 68,220,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 39 |  Slovakia |
$ 62,430,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 40 |  Kingdom of Romania |
$ 59,840,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 41 |  Iran |
$ 58,970,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 42 |  Philippines |
$ 57,240,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 43 |  Israel |
$ 55,600,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 44 |  Chile |
$ 54,230,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 45 |  Ukraine |
$ 53,540,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 46 |  Argentina |
$ 52,610,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 47 |  Egypt |
$ 46,520,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 48 |  Greece |
$ 44,900,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 49 |  Iraq |
$ 42,560,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 50 |  Algeria |
$ 37,070,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 51 |  Colombia |
$ 36,260,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 52 |  Morocco |
$ 34,190,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 53 |  Nigeria |
$ 34,180,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 54 |  Pakistan |
$ 32,710,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 55 |  Venezuela |
$ 31,370,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 56 |  New Zealand |
$ 30,240,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 57 |  Kazakhstan |
$ 30,110,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 58 |  Belarus |
$ 29,790,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 59 |  Puerto Rico |
$ 29,100,000,000 | 2001 |
| 60 |  Slovenia |
$ 25,960,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 61 |  Peru |
$ 25,740,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 62 |  Libya |
$ 24,470,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 63 |  Luxembourg |
$ 23,670,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 64 |  Qatar |
$ 23,380,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 65 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
$ 22,780,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 66 |  Bangladesh |
$ 21,340,000,000 | 2010 |
| 67 |  Independent State of Croatia |
$ 20,930,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 68 |  Kuwait |
$ 20,360,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 69 |  Lithuania |
$ 20,340,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 70 |  Tunisia |
$ 20,020,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 71 |  Oman |
$ 19,300,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 72 |  Angola |
$ 18,100,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 73 |  Lebanon |
$ 17,970,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 74 |  Ecuador |
$ 17,650,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 75 |  Panama |
$ 16,050,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 76 |  Serbia |
$ 15,780,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  Netherlands Antilles |
$ 15,740,000,000 | 2006 |
| 78 |  Dominican Republic |
$ 14,530,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 79 |  Costa Rica |
$ 13,690,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 80 |  Syria |
$ 13,570,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 81 |  Jordan |
$ 12,970,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 82 |  Guatemala |
$ 12,650,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 83 |  Bahrain |
$ 12,140,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 84 |  Sri Lanka |
$ 11,600,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 85 |  Estonia |
$ 11,520,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 86 |  Kenya |
$ 10,400,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 87 |  Cuba |
$ 10,250,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 88 |  Ghana |
$ 10,180,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 89 |  Uzbekistan |
$ 9,440,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 90 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
$ 9,403,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 91 |  Paraguay |
$ 9,242,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 92 |  Latvia |
$ 9,153,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 93 |  Honduras |
$ 8,878,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 94 |  Uruguay |
$ 8,519,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 95 |  Sudan |
$ 8,483,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 96 |  Yemen |
$ 8,350,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 97 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
$ 8,234,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 98 |  El Salvador |
$ 7,980,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 99 |  Cyprus |
$ 7,962,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 100 |  Ethiopia |
$ 7,517,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 101 |  Liberia |
$ 7,143,000,000 | 2006 |
| 102 |  Azerbaijan |
$ 7,035,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 103 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
$ 7,015,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 104 |  Cambodia |
$ 6,944,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 105 |  Tanzania |
$ 6,334,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 106 |  Equatorial Guinea |
$ 5,743,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 107 |  Jamaica |
$ 5,378,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 108 |  Afghanistan |
$ 5,300,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 109 |  Nepal |
$ 5,260,000,000 | 2009 est. |
| 110 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
$ 5,200,000,000 | 2009 est. |
| 111 |  Namibia |
$ 5,152,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 112 |  Republic of Macedonia |
$ 5,113,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 113 |  Bolivia |
$ 5,006,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 114 |  Zambia |
$ 4,949,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 115 |  Turkmenistan |
$ 4,888,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 116 |  Cameroon |
$ 4,869,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 117 |  Georgia (country) |
$ 4,828,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 118 |  Nicaragua |
$ 4,700,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  United States Virgin Islands |
$ 4,609,000,000 | 2001 |
| 119 |  Myanmar |
$ 4,532,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 120 |  Botswana |
$ 4,518,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  Macau |
$ 4,500,000,000 | 2009 est. |
| 121 |  Senegal |
$ 4,474,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 122 |  Uganda |
$ 4,474,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 123 |  Albania |
$ 4,337,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 124 |  Malta |
$ 4,074,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 125 |  Mauritius |
$ 3,935,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  West Bank |
$ 3,772,000,000 | 2008 |
| 126 |  San Marino |
$ 3,744,000,000 | 2007 |
| 127 |  Iceland |
$ 3,677,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 128 |  Moldova |
$ 3,660,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 129 |  Republic of the Congo |
$ 3,607,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 130 |  Papua New Guinea |
$ 3,547,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 131 |  Mozambique |
$ 3,527,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 132 |  Tajikistan |
$ 3,301,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 133 |  Fiji |
$ 3,120,000,000 | 2006 |
| 134 |  North Korea |
$ 3,096,000,000 | 2009 |
| 135 |  Kyrgyzstan |
$ 3,075,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 136 |  Armenia |
$ 2,988,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  Gibraltar |
$ 2,967,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| 137 |  Zimbabwe |
$ 2,871,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 138 |  Chad |
$ 2,631,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 139 |  Brunei |
$ 2,610,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 140 |  Liechtenstein |
$ 2,590,000,000 | 2008 |
| 141 |  Haiti |
$ 2,446,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 142 |  Gabon |
$ 2,433,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 143 |  The Bahamas |
$ 2,401,000,000 | 2006 |
| — |  Mali |
$ 2,358,000,000 | 2006 |
| 144 |  Mongolia |
$ 2,131,000,000 | 2009 |
| — |  New Caledonia |
$ 1,998,000,000 | 2006 |
| 145 |  Madagascar |
$ 1,958,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 146 |  Benin |
$ 1,812,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 147 |  Andorra |
$ 1,801,000,000 | 2008 |
| 148 |  Lesotho |
$ 1,766,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  French Polynesia |
$ 1,706,000,000 | 2005 est. |
| 149 |  Malawi |
$ 1,675,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 150 |  Swaziland |
$ 1,643,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  Barbados |
$ 1,586,000,000 | 2006 |
| 151 |  Guinea |
$ 1,551,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 152 |  Laos |
$ 1,504,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 153 |  Burkina Faso |
$ 1,480,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 154 |  Mauritania |
$ 1,475,000,000 | 2006 |
| 155 |  Guyana |
$ 1,366,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 156 |  Togo |
$ 1,337,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 157 |  Suriname |
$ 1,297,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| — |  Bermuda |
$ 1,162,000,000 | 2006 |
| — |  Aruba |
$ 1,054,000,000 | 2006 |
| 158 |  Rwanda |
$ 1,047,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 159 |  Faroe Islands |
$ 983,000,000 | 2008 |
| 160 |  Monaco |
$ 916,100,000 | 2005 |
| — |  Cayman Islands |
$ 876,500,000 | 2008 |
| 161 |  Greenland |
$ 867,000,000 | 2008 |
| 162 |  Cape Verde |
$ 858,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 163 |  Seychelles |
$ 831,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 164 |  Niger |
$ 800,000,000 | 2006 |
| 165 |  Somalia |
$ 798,000,000 | 2006 |
| 166 |  Saint Lucia |
$ 791,000,000 | 2006 |
| 167 |  Maldives |
$ 782,000,000 | 2008 est. |
| 168 |  Belize |
$ 740,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 169 |  Eritrea |
$ 738,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 170 |  Djibouti |
$ 644,000,000 | 2009 est. |
| 171 |  Kingdom of Montenegro |
$ 601,700,000 | 2003 |
| 172 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
$ 578,000,000 | 2006 |
| 173 |  Sierra Leone |
$ 560,000,000 | 2006 |
| 174 |  Bhutan |
$ 533,000,000 | 2008 |
| 175 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
$ 522,800,000 | 2007 est. |
| 176 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
$ 383,000,000 | 2006 |
| — |  Grenada |
$ 343,000,000 | 2006 |
| — |  Mayotte |
$ 341,000,000 | 2005 |
| 177 |  Burundi |
$ 336,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  Samoa |
$ 324,000,000 | 2006 |
| — |  American Samoa |
$ 308,800,000 | FY04 est. |
| 178 |  The Gambia |
$ 306,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 179 |  Dominica |
$ 296,000,000 | 2006 |
| 180 |  Solomon Islands |
$ 256,000,000 | 2006 |
| 181 |  Central African Republic |
$ 237,300,000 | 2007 est. |
| — |  Northern Mariana Islands |
$ 214,400,000 | 2001 |
| 182 |  East Timor |
$ 202,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| 183 |  Guinea-Bissau |
$ 200,000,000 | 2006 |
| — |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
$ 175,600,000 | 2000 |
| 184 |  Vanuatu |
$ 156,000,000 | 2006 |
| — |  Anguilla |
$ 143,000,000 | 2006 |
| 185 |  Comoros |
$ 143,000,000 | 2006 |
| 186 |  Tonga |
$ 139,000,000 | 2006 |
| 187 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
$ 132,700,000 | 2004 |
| 188 |  Palau |
$ 107,300,000 | 2004 est. |
| 189 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
$ 99,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  Falkland Islands |
$ 90,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| — |  Cook Islands |
$ 81,040,000 | 2005 |
| 190 |  Marshall Islands |
$ 79,400,000 | 2008 est. |
| — |  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
$ 68,200,000 | 2005 est. |
| 191 |  Kiribati |
$ 62,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| — |  Wallis and Futuna |
$ 61,170,000 | 2004 |
| — |  Saint Helena |
$ 45,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| 192 |  Nauru |
$ 20,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| — |  Norfolk Island |
$ 17,900,000 | FY91/92 |
| — |  Montserrat |
$ 17,000,000 | 2001 |
| 193 |  Tuvalu |
$ 12,910,000 | 2005 |
| — |  Niue |
$ 9,038,000 | 2004 |
| — |  Tokelau |
$ 969,200 | 2002 |
Source
- The World Trade Organization, accessed 26 March 2010, INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS
- The World FactbookThe World FactbookThe World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
, accessed 19 September 2008, Rank Order - Imports.