Countries with the highest imports


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.
Rank country Imports Date of Information
1 United States $ 2,117,000,000,000 2008 est.
2 European Union $ 1,690,000,000,000 2007
3 Germany $ 1,232,000,000,000 2008 est.
4 China $ 1,074,000,000,000 2008 est.
5 Japan $ 708,300,000,000 2008 est.
6 France $ 692,000,000,000 2008 est.
7 United Kingdom $ 639,300,000,000 2008 est.
8 Italy $ 546,900,000,000 2008 est.
9 Netherlands $ 474,800,000,000 2008 est.
10 Korea, South $ 427,400,000,000 2008 est.
11 Spain $ 415,500,000,000 2008 est.
12 Canada $ 415,200,000,000 2008 est.
13 Hong Kong $ 388,400,000,000 2008 est.
14 Belgium $ 387,700,000,000 2008 est.
15 India $ 315,100,000,000 2008 est.
16 Singapore $ 309,600,000,000 2008 est.
17 Mexico $ 308,600,000,000 2008 est.
18 Russia $ 291,900,000,000 2008 est.
19 Taiwan $ 236,700,000,000 2008 est.
20 Switzerland $ 227,400,000,000 2008 est.
21 Poland $ 204,400,000,000 2008 est.
22 Australia $ 194,200,000,000 2008 est.
23 Turkey $ 193,900,000,000 2008 est.
24 Austria $ 179,200,000,000 2008 est.
25 United Arab Emirates $ 176,300,000,000 2008 est.
26 Brazil $ 173,100,000,000 2008 est.
27 Sweden $ 167,800,000,000 2008 est.
28 Thailand $ 157,300,000,000 2008 est.
29 Malaysia $ 154,700,000,000 2008 est.
30 Czech Republic $ 139,400,000,000 2008 est.
31 Denmark $ 116,400,000,000 2008 est.
32 Indonesia $ 116,000,000,000 2008 est.
33 Saudi Arabia $ 108,300,000,000 2008 est.
34 Hungary $ 106,500,000,000 2008 est.
35 Greece $ 93,910,000,000 2008 est.
36 South Africa $ 90,570,000,000 2008 est.
37 Portugal $ 87,830,000,000 2008 est.
38 Finland $ 87,510,000,000 2008 est.
39 Norway $ 85,950,000,000 2008 est.
40 Ireland $ 84,820,000,000 2008 est.
41 Ukraine $ 83,810,000,000 2008 est.
42 Romania $ 76,170,000,000 2008 est.
43 Vietnam $ 75,470,000,000 2008 est.
44 Slovakia $ 73,620,000,000 2008 est.
45 Iran $ 67,250,000,000 2008 est.
46 Israel $ 64,400,000,000 2008 est.
47 Philippines $ 60,780,000,000 2008 est.
48 Chile $ 57,610,000,000 2008 est.
49 Egypt $ 56,620,000,000 2008 est.
50 Argentina $ 54,560,000,000 2008 est.
51 Venezuela $ 48,100,000,000 2008 est.
52 Nigeria $ 46,300,000,000 2008 est.
53 Morocco $ 39,350,000,000 2008 est.
54 Algeria $ 39,160,000,000 2008 est.
55 Belarus $ 39,160,000,000 2008 est.
56 Kazakhstan $ 38,450,000,000 2008 est.
57 Pakistan $ 38,190,000,000 2008 est.
58 Colombia $ 37,560,000,000 2008 est.
59 Iraq $ 37,220,000,000 2008 est.
60 Bulgaria $ 35,640,000,000 2008 est.
61 Slovenia $ 33,490,000,000 2008 est.
62 New Zealand $ 32,760,000,000 2008 est.
63 Croatia $ 30,420,000,000 2008 est.
64 Lithuania $ 29,300,000,000 2008 est.
65 Peru $ 28,440,000,000 2008 est.
66 Luxembourg $ 27,730,000,000 2008 est.
67 Libya $ 26,550,000,000 2008 est.
68 Qatar $ 25,110,000,000 2008 est.
69 Tunisia $ 23,230,000,000 2008 est.
70 Kuwait $ 22,940,000,000 2008 est.
71 Bangladesh $ 21,510,000,000 2008 est.
72 Oman $ 20,710,000,000 2008 est.
73 Serbia $ 18,350,000,000 2007 est.
74 Ecuador $ 17,790,000,000 2008 est.
75 Angola $ 17,080,000,000 2008 est.
76 Lebanon $ 16,250,000,000 2008 est.
77 Dominican Republic $ 16,100,000,000 2008 est.
78 Syria $ 15,970,000,000 2008 est.
79 Netherlands Antilles $ 15,740,000,000 2006
80 Latvia $ 15,650,000,000 2008 est.
81 Estonia $ 15,350,000,000 2008 est.
82 Panama $ 15,000,000,000 2008 est.
83 Jordan $ 14,990,000,000 2008 est.
84 Costa Rica $ 14,550,000,000 2008 est.
85 Bahrain $ 14,250,000,000 2008 est.
86 Cuba $ 14,250,000,000 2008 est.
87 Guatemala $ 13,420,000,000 2008 est.
88 Sri Lanka $ 12,610,000,000 2008 est.
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 12,290,000,000 2008 est.
90 Kenya $ 10,690,000,000 2008 est.
91 Cyprus $ 10,540,000,000 2008 est.
92 Honduras $ 10,390,000,000 2008 est.
93 Ghana $ 10,260,000,000 2008 est.
94 Trinidad and Tobago $ 9,788,000,000 2008 est.
95 El Salvador $ 9,003,000,000 2008 est.
96 Yemen $ 8,829,000,000 2008 est.
97 Paraguay $ 8,809,000,000 2008 est.
98 Uruguay $ 8,799,000,000 2008 est.
99 Sudan $ 8,229,000,000 2008 est.
100 Azerbaijan $ 7,575,000,000 2008 est.
101 Ethiopia $ 7,206,000,000 2008 est.
102 Jamaica $ 7,185,000,000 2008 est.
103 Liberia $ 7,143,000,000 2006
104 Tanzania $ 7,080,000,000 2008 est.
105 Uzbekistan $ 7,070,000,000 2008 est.
106 Cote d'Ivoire $ 6,760,000,000 2008 est.
107 Cambodia $ 6,534,000,000 2008 est.
108 Macedonia $ 6,523,000,000 2008 est.
109 Georgia $ 6,261,000,000 2008 est.
110 Iceland $ 5,699,000,000 2008 est.
111 Turkmenistan $ 5,654,000,000 2008 est.
112 Macau $ 5,400,000,000 2008 est.
113 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 5,200,000,000 2007
114 Albania $ 4,898,000,000 2008 est.
115 Moldova $ 4,870,000,000 2008 est.
116 Afghanistan $ 4,850,000,000 2007
117 Nicaragua $ 4,848,000,000 2008 est.
118 Malta $ 4,792,000,000 2008 est.
119 Zambia $ 4,694,000,000 2008 est.
120 Bolivia $ 4,641,000,000 2008 est.
121 Virgin Islands $ 4,609,000,000 2001
122 Botswana $ 4,486,000,000 2008 est.
123 Mauritius $ 4,399,000,000 2008 est.
124 Cameroon $ 4,303,000,000 2008 est.
125 Senegal $ 4,263,000,000 2008 est.
126 Uganda $ 3,980,000,000 2008 est.
127 Namibia $ 3,849,000,000 2008 est.
128 Armenia $ 3,763,000,000 2008 est.
129 Kyrgyzstan $ 3,754,000,000 2008 est.
130 San Marino $ 3,744,000,000 2007
131 Tajikistan $ 3,699,000,000 2008 est.
132 Mongolia $ 3,615,000,000 2008
133 Mozambique $ 3,458,000,000 2008 est.
134 Burma $ 3,388,000,000 2008 est.
135 Nepal $ 3,229,000,000 2008
136 Papua New Guinea $ 3,124,000,000 2008 est.
137 Fiji $ 3,120,000,000 2006
138 Equatorial Guinea $ 3,114,000,000 2008 est.
139 Congo, Republic of the $ 3,105,000,000 2008 est.
140 Korea, North $ 3,055,000,000 2007
141 Gibraltar $ 2,967,000,000 2004 est.
142 Gaza Strip $ 2,840,000,000 2006
143 Gabon $ 2,577,000,000 2008 est.
144 Madagascar $ 2,419,000,000 2008 est.
145 Bahamas, The $ 2,401,000,000 2006
146 Mali $ 2,358,000,000 2006
147 Haiti $ 2,107,000,000 2008 est.
148 Brunei $ 2,055,000,000 2007 est.
149 New Caledonia $ 1,998,000,000 2006
150 Chad $ 1,927,000,000 2008 est.
151 Zimbabwe $ 1,915,000,000 2008 est.
152 Lesotho $ 1,880,000,000 2008 est.
153 Swaziland $ 1,855,000,000 2008 est.
154 Benin $ 1,843,000,000 2008 est.
155 Andorra $ 1,789,000,000 2007
156 French Polynesia $ 1,706,000,000 2005 est.
157 Malawi $ 1,587,000,000 2008 est.
158 Barbados $ 1,586,000,000 2006
159 Djibouti $ 1,555,000,000 2006
160 Togo $ 1,541,000,000 2008 est.
161 Mauritania $ 1,475,000,000 2006
162 Guinea $ 1,389,000,000 2008 est.
163 Laos $ 1,384,000,000 2008 est.
164 Burkina Faso $ 1,343,000,000 2008 est.
165 West Bank $ 1,300,000,000 2006
166 Suriname $ 1,297,000,000 2006 est.
167 Guyana $ 1,294,000,000 2008 est.
168 Maldives $ 1,276,000,000 2008 est.
169 Bermuda $ 1,162,000,000 2006
170 Aruba $ 1,054,000,000 2006
171 Seychelles $ 1,018,000,000 2008 est.
172 Monaco $ 916,100,000 2005
173 Cayman Islands $ 866,900,000 2004
174 Cape Verde $ 864,000,000 2008 est.
175 Rwanda $ 834,000,000 2008 est.
176 Niger $ 800,000,000 2006
177 Somalia $ 798,000,000 2006
178 Saint Lucia $ 791,000,000 2006
179 Belize $ 788,100,000 2008 est.
180 Faroe Islands $ 751,000,000 2006
181 Greenland $ 712,000,000 2006
182 Montenegro $ 601,700,000 2003
183 Eritrea $ 601,000,000 2008 est.
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 578,000,000 2006
185 Sierra Leone $ 560,000,000 2006
186 Antigua and Barbuda $ 522,800,000 2007 est.
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 383,000,000 2006
188 Burundi $ 350,000,000 2008 est.
189 Grenada $ 343,000,000 2006
190 Mayotte $ 341,000,000 2005
191 Samoa $ 324,000,000 2006
192 Bhutan $ 320,000,000 2006
193 American Samoa $ 308,800,000 FY04 est.
194 Gambia, The $ 299,000,000 2008 est.
195 Dominica $ 296,000,000 2006
196 Solomon Islands $ 256,000,000 2006
197 Central African Republic $ 237,300,000 2007 est.
198 Northern Mariana Islands $ 214,400,000 2001
199 Timor-Leste $ 202,000,000 2004 est.
200 Guinea-Bissau $ 200,000,000 2006
201 Vanuatu $ 156,000,000 2006
202 Anguilla $ 143,000,000 2006
203 Comoros $ 143,000,000 2006
204 Tonga $ 139,000,000 2006
205 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 132,700,000 2004
206 Palau $ 107,300,000 2004 est.
207 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 90,000,000 2004 est.
208 Sao Tome and Principe $ 87,000,000 2008 est.
209 Cook Islands $ 81,040,000 2005
210 Marshall Islands $ 79,400,000 2008 est.
211 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 68,200,000 2005 est.
212 Kiribati $ 62,000,000 2004 est.
213 Wallis and Futuna $ 61,170,000 2004
214 Saint Helena $ 45,000,000 2004 est.
215 Nauru $ 20,000,000 2004 est.
216 Tuvalu $ 12,910,000 2005
217 Niue $ 9,038,000 2004
218 Tokelau $ 969,200 2002



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    Energy: Coal, Australia | Crude oil, Brent | Crude oil, Dubai | Crude oil, avg, spot | Crude oil, West Texas Int. | Natural gas LNG, Japan | Natural gas, Europe | Natural gas Index | Natural gas, US
    Fertilizers:
    DAP | Phosphate rock | Pottasium chloride | TSP | Urea, E. Europe, bulk
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    Aluminum | Copper | Gold | Iron ore | Lead | Nickel | Silver | Steel cr coilsheet | Steel hr coilsheet | Steel products (8) index | Steel, rebar | Steel wire rod | Tin | Zinc
    Non Energy Commodities / Agriculture / Beverages:
    Cocoa | Coffee, Arabica | Coffee, robusta | Tea, auctions (3), average | Tea, Colombo auctions | Tea, Kolkata auctions | Tea, Mombasa auctions
    Non Energy Commodities / Food / Fats and oils
    Coconut oil | Copra | Groundnut oil | Palm oil | Palmkernel oil | Soybeans | Soybean meal | Soybean oil
    Non Energy Commodities / Food / Grains
    Barley | Maize | Rice, Thailand, 5% | Rice, Thailand, 25% | Rice, Thailand, 35% | Rice,Thai, A1.Special | Sorghum | Wheat, Canada | Wheat, US, HRW | Wheat US SRW
    Non Energy Commodities / Food / Other food
    Bananas EU | Bananas US | Beef | Chicken meat | Fishmeal | Lamb | Oranges | Shrimp, Mexico | Sugar EU domestic | Sugar US domestic | Sugar, world
    Raw Materials / Other
    Cotton Memphis | Cotton A Index | Rubber, Singapore | Rubber, US
    Raw Materials / Timber
    Logs, Cameroon | Logs, Malaysia | Plywood | Sawnwood, Cameroon | Sawnwood, Malaysia | Woodpulp
    World Bank commodity price indices
    Agriculture Index | Beverages Index | Non-energy Commodities Index | Energy Index | Fats and Oils Index | Fertilizers Index | Food Index | Grains Index | Metals Index | Other raw materials index | Other food index | Raw Materials Index | Timber Index |




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