List of countries by imports

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This is a list of countries by imports, 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.

Rank	Country	Imports	Date of information
—	World	$ 18,000,000,000,000	2011 est.
—	European Union (minus internal trade)	$ 2,344,000,000,000	2011 est.
1	United States	$ 2,314,000,000,000	2011 est.
2	China	$ 1,743,468,000,000	2011 est.
3	Germany	$ 1,339,000,000,000	2011 est.
4	Japan	$ 794,700,000,000	2011 est.
5	France	$ 684,600,000,000	2011 est.
6	United Kingdom	$ 654,900,000,000	2011 est.
7	Italy	$ 541,200,000,000	2011 est.
8	South Korea	$ 525,200,000,000	2011 est.
9	Netherlands	$ 514,100,000,000	2011 est.
-	Hong Kong	$ 493,200,000,000	2011 est.
10	India	$ 488,600,000,000	2011 est.
11	Canada	$ 469,600,000,000	2011 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	Taiwan	$ 251,400,000,000	2010 est.
17	Russia	$ 248,700,000,000	2010 est.
18	Turkey	$ 240,833,000,000	2011
19	Switzerland	$ 226,300,000,000	2010 est.
20	Brazil	$ 219,600,000,000	2011 est.
21	Australia	$ 195,200,000,000	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	Vietnam	$ 106,030,000,000	2011 est.
31	Saudi Arabia	$ 99,170,000,000	2010 est.
32	Denmark	$ 90,830,000,000	2010 est.
33	Hungary	$ 87,440,000,000	2010 est.
34	South Africa	$ 77,040,000,000	2010 est.
35	Norway	$ 74,020,000,000	2010 est.
36	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	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	Bulgaria	$ 22,780,000,000	2010 est.
66	Bangladesh	$ 21,340,000,000	2010
67	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	Cote 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	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	$ 4,828,000,000	2010 est.
118	Nicaragua	$ 4,700,000,000	2010 est.
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	$ 4,609,000,000	2001
119	Burma	$ 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	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	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	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	Timor-Leste	$ 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	Sao Tome and Principe	$ 99,000,000	2010 est.
—	Falkland Islands	$ 90,000,000	2004 est.
190	Cook Islands	$ 81,040,000	2005
191	Marshall Islands	$ 79,400,000	2008 est.
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	$ 68,200,000	2005 est.
192	Kiribati	$ 62,000,000	2004 est.
—	Wallis and Futuna	$ 61,170,000	2004
—	Saint Helena	$ 45,000,000	2004 est.
193	Nauru	$ 20,000,000	2004 est.
—	Norfolk Island	$ 17,900,000	FY91/92
—	Montserrat	$ 17,000,000	2001
194	Tuvalu	$ 12,910,000	2005
195	Niue	$ 9,038,000	2004
—	Tokelau	$ 969,200	2002

Source

• The World Trade Organization, accessed 12 April 2012, INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS
• The World Factbook, accessed 19 September 2008, Rank Order - Imports.