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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 ia used when available.^[1]

Rank	Country	Imports	Date of information
—	World	$ 12,647,000,000,000	2009 est.
—	European Union (minus internal trade)	$ 1,672,000,000,000	2009 est.
1	United States	$ 1,604,000,000,000	2009 est.
2	China	$ 1,006,000,000,000	2009 est.
3	Germany	$ 931,000,000,000	2009 est.
4	France	$ 551,000,000,000	2009 est.
5	Japan	$ 551,000,000,000	2009 est.
6	United Kingdom	$ 480,000,000,000	2009 est.
7	Netherlands	$ 446,000,000,000	2009 est.
8	Italy	$ 410,000,000,000	2009 est.
-	Hong Kong	$ 353,000,000,000	2009 est.
9	Belgium	$ 351,000,000,000	2009 est.
10	South Korea	$ 313,400,000,000	2009 est.
11	Canada	$ 305,200,000,000	2009 est.
12	Spain	$ 293,200,000,000	2009 est.
13	Mexico	$ 305,900,000,000	2008 est.
14	Russia	$ 302,000,000,000	2008 est.
15	India	$ 278,700,000,000	2009-10 [2]
16	Republic of China (Taiwan)	$ 236,000,000,000	2008 est.
17	Singapore	$ 219,500,000,000	2008 est.
18	Poland	$ 213,900,000,000	2008 est.
19	Switzerland	$ 212,800,000,000	2008 est.
20	Turkey	$ 204,800,000,000	2008 est.
21	Australia	$ 187,200,000,000	2008 est.
22	Austria	$ 183,400,000,000	2008 est.
23	Brazil	$ 181,600,000,000	2010 est.
24	Thailand	$ 179,000,000,000	2008 est.
25	Sweden	$ 166,600,000,000	2008 est.
26	Malaysia	$ 156,200,000,000	2008 est.
27	Czech Republic	$ 141,400,000,000	2008 est.
28	United Arab Emirates	$ 141,100,000,000	2008 est.
29	Indonesia	$ 128,800,000,000	2008 est.
30	Denmark	$ 120,700,000,000	2008 est.
31	Hungary	$ 107,500,000,000	2008 est.
32	Finland	$ 93,280,000,000	2008 est.
33	Norway	$ 93,210,000,000	2008 est.
34	Saudi Arabia	$ 92,400,000,000	2008 est.
35	Romania	$ 92,090,000,000	2008 est.
36	Ireland	$ 91,270,000,000	2008 est.
37	Portugal	$ 87,920,000,000	2008 est.
38	South Africa	$ 87,300,000,000	2008 est.
39	Ukraine	$ 82,520,000,000	2008 est.
40	Greece	$ 82,280,000,000	2008 est.
41	Slovakia	$ 79,760,000,000	2008 est.
42	Vietnam	$ 79,370,000,000	2008 est.
43	Iran	$ 67,790,000,000	2008 est.
44	Israel	$ 62,520,000,000	2008 est.
45	Argentina	$ 59,900,000,000	2008 est.
46	Chile	$ 59,170,000,000	2008 est.
47	Philippines	$ 58,000,000,000	2008 est.
48	Egypt	$ 56,430,000,000	2008 est.
49	Venezuela	$ 53,440,000,000	2008 est.
50	Nigeria	$ 46,360,000,000	2008 est.
51	Iraq	$ 43,500,000,000	2008 est.
52	Colombia	$ 38,880,000,000	2008 est.
53	Slovenia	$ 38,120,000,000	2008 est.
54	Kazakhstan	$ 37,530,000,000	2008 est.
55	Algeria	$ 36,870,000,000	2008 est.
56	Belarus	$ 36,640,000,000	2008 est.
57	Pakistan	$ 35,380,000,000	2008 est.
58	Bulgaria	$ 35,300,000,000	2008
59	Morocco	$ 34,440,000,000	2008 est.
60	New Zealand	$ 31,110,000,000	2008 est.
61	Lithuania	$ 30,260,000,000	2008 est.
—	Puerto Rico	$ 29,100,000,000	2001
62	Peru	$ 29,080,000,000	2008 est.
63	Luxembourg	$ 28,120,000,000	2008 est.
64	Kuwait	$ 26,540,000,000	2008 est.
65	Croatia	$ 25,840,000,000	2008
66	Qatar	$ 24,960,000,000	2008 est.
67	Tunisia	$ 23,000,000,000	2008 est.
68	Serbia	$ 22,875,000,000	2008 est.
69	Libya	$ 20,640,000,000	2008 est.
70	Bangladesh	$ 20,170,000,000	2008 est.
71	Ecuador	$ 16,600,000,000	2008 est.
72	Estonia	$ 16,230,000,000	2008 est.
73	Lebanon	$ 16,100,000,000	2008 est.
74	Dominican Republic	$ 16,020,000,000	2008 est.
—	Netherlands Antilles	$ 15,740,000,000	2006
75	Jordan	$ 15,650,000,000	2008 est.
76	Bahrain	$ 15,640,000,000	2008 est.
77	Guatemala	$ 15,420,000,000	2008 est.
78	Costa Rica	$ 15,370,000,000	2008 est.
79	Angola	$ 15,250,000,000	2008 est.
80	Panama	$ 15,180,000,000	2008 est.
81	Syria	$ 14,320,000,000	2008 est.
82	Latvia	$ 14,190,000,000	2008 est.
83	Sri Lanka	$ 14,050,000,000	2008 est.
84	Oman	$ 13,320,000,000	2008 est.
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$ 11,940,000,000	2008 est.
86	Cuba	$ 11,740,000,000	2008 est.
87	Kenya	$ 10,770,000,000	2008 est.
88	Trinidad and Tobago	$ 10,260,000,000	2008 est.
89	Honduras	$ 10,200,000,000	2008 est.
90	Ghana	$ 9,816,000,000	2008 est.
91	El Salvador	$ 9,750,000,000	2008 est.
92	Yemen	$ 9,215,000,000	2008 est.
93	Cyprus	$ 8,689,000,000	2008 est.
94	Cote d'Ivoire	$ 7,948,000,000	2008 est.
95	Sudan	$ 7,757,000,000	2008 est.
96	Azerbaijan	$ 7,496,000,000	2008 est.
97	Paraguay	$ 7,351,000,000	2008 est.
98	Georgia	$ 7,304,000,000	2008 est.
99	Jamaica	$ 7,191,000,000	2008 est.
100	Liberia	$ 7,143,000,000	2006
101	Uruguay	$ 7,000,000,000	2008 est.
102	Macedonia	$ 6,663,000,000	2008 est.
103	Iceland	$ 6,543,000,000	2008 est.
104	Uzbekistan	$ 6,504,000,000	2008 est.
105	Cambodia	$ 6,424,000,000	2008 est.
106	Ethiopia	$ 6,218,000,000	2008 est.
107	Tanzania	$ 5,901,000,000	2008 est.
—	Macau	$ 5,400,000,000	2008 est.
108	Turkmenistan	$ 5,291,000,000	2008 est.
109	Nicaragua	$ 5,279,000,000	2008 est.
110	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$ 5,200,000,000	2007
111	Moldova	$ 5,000,000,000	2008 est.
112	Malta	$ 4,963,000,000	2008 est.
113	Afghanistan	$ 4,850,000,000	2007
114	Albania	$ 4,844,000,000	2008 est.
115	Bolivia	$ 4,782,000,000	2008 est.
116	Senegal	$ 4,654,000,000	2008 est.
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	$ 4,609,000,000	2001
117	Mauritius	$ 4,503,000,000	2008 est.
118	Zambia	$ 4,423,000,000	2008 est.
119	Cameroon	$ 4,362,000,000	2008 est.
120	Botswana	$ 3,931,000,000	2008 est.
121	San Marino	$ 3,744,000,000	2007
122	Mongolia	$ 3,615,000,000	2008
123	Burma	$ 3,589,000,000	2008 est.
124	Uganda	$ 3,579,000,000	2008 est.
125	Namibia	$ 3,560,000,000	2008 est.
126	Armenia	$ 3,546,000,000	2008 est.
127	Kyrgyzstan	$ 3,476,000,000	2008 est.
128	Mozambique	$ 3,292,000,000	2008 est.
129	Nepal	$ 3,229,000,000	2008
130	Equatorial Guinea	$ 3,211,000,000	2008 est.
131	Tajikistan	$ 3,200,000,000	2008
132	Fiji	$ 3,120,000,000	2006
133	North Korea	$ 3,055,000,000	2007
134	Papua New Guinea	$ 3,013,000,000	2008 est.
—	Gibraltar	$ 2,967,000,000	2004 est.
—	Gaza Strip	$ 2,840,000,000	2006
135	Gabon	$ 2,830,000,000	2008 est.
136	Republic of the Congo	$ 2,722,000,000	2008 est.
—	Kosovo	$ 2,600,000,000	2007
137	Madagascar	$ 2,541,000,000	2008 est.
138	Bahamas	$ 2,401,000,000	2006
139	Mali	$ 2,358,000,000	2006
140	Zimbabwe	$ 2,337,000,000	2008 est.
141	Haiti	$ 2,095,000,000	2008 est.
142	Brunei	$ 2,055,000,000	2007 est.
—	New Caledonia	$ 1,998,000,000	2006
143	Swaziland	$ 1,978,000,000	2008 est.
144	Andorra	$ 1,789,000,000	2007
145	Togo	$ 1,725,000,000	2008 est.
—	French Polynesia	$ 1,706,000,000	2005 est.
146	Burkina Faso	$ 1,665,000,000	2008 est.
147	Barbados	$ 1,586,000,000	2006
148	Djibouti	$ 1,555,000,000	2006
149	Mauritania	$ 1,475,000,000	2006
150	Chad	$ 1,470,000,000	2008 est.
151	Guinea	$ 1,392,000,000	2008 est.
152	Benin	$ 1,355,000,000	2008 est.
153	Lesotho	$ 1,339,000,000	2008 est.
—	West Bank	$ 1,300,000,000	2006
154	Suriname	$ 1,297,000,000	2006 est.
155	Laos	$ 1,278,000,000	2008 est.
156	Maldives	$ 1,276,000,000	2008 est.
—	Bermuda	$ 1,162,000,000	2006
157	Guyana	$ 1,162,000,000	2008 est.
—	Aruba	$ 1,054,000,000	2006
158	Malawi	$ 1,023,000,000	2008 est.
159	Seychelles	$ 952,000,000	2008 est.
160	Liechtenstein	$ 917,300,000	1996
161	Monaco	$ 916,100,000	2005
162	Cape Verde	$ 887,000,000	2008 est.
—	Cayman Islands	$ 866,900,000	2004
163	Niger	$ 800,000,000	2006
164	Somalia	$ 798,000,000	2006
165	Saint Lucia	$ 791,000,000	2006
166	Rwanda	$ 759,000,000	2008 est.
—	Faroe Islands	$ 751,000,000	2006
167	Belize	$ 718,000,000	2008 est.
—	Greenland	$ 712,000,000	2006
—	Guam	$ 701,000,000	2004 est.
168	Montenegro	$ 601,700,000	2003
169	Eritrea	$ 601,000,000	2008 est.
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	$ 578,000,000	2006
171	Sierra Leone	$ 560,000,000	2006
172	Antigua and Barbuda	$ 522,800,000	2007 est.
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis	$ 383,000,000	2006
174	Grenada	$ 343,000,000	2006
—	Mayotte	$ 341,000,000	2005
175	Samoa	$ 324,000,000	2006
176	Bhutan	$ 320,000,000	2006
—	American Samoa	$ 308,800,000	FY04 est.
177	Burundi	$ 307,000,000	2008 est.
178	Gambia	$ 301,000,000	2008 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
—	British Virgin Islands	$ 187,000,000	2002 est.
—	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	$ 91,000,000	2008 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

[edit] Source

• The World Trade Organization, accessed 26 March 2010, INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS
• The World Factbook, accessed 19 September 2008, Rank Order - Imports.

[edit] References

1. ^ 26 March 2010 INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres10_e/pr598_e.htm
2. ^ http://igovernment.in/site/indias-exports-fall-4.7-2009-10-37517

[edit] See also

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