RankCountryImports of Seeds of cumin in USD (2010)
1United States$28,536,945
2Egypt$15,329,592
3United Kingdom$13,153,560
4Brazil$10,255,205
5Malaysia$8,609,138
6Saudi Arabia$8,099,477
7Venezuela$7,918,561
8Japan$7,862,137
9Singapore$6,605,787
10Morocco$6,172,602
11Netherlands$5,328,265
12Mexico$5,295,564
13Sri Lanka$4,924,937
14Spain$4,593,206
15Nepal$4,000,015
16France$3,985,708
17Germany$3,301,552
18Canada$3,090,184
19Algeria$3,072,461
20Ecuador$2,920,310
21Pakistan$2,800,733
22Colombia$2,774,839
23India$2,591,049
24South Africa$2,509,335
25Yemen$2,194,072
26Australia$2,013,009
27Sweden$1,830,675
28Peru$1,491,360
29Czech Republic$1,255,844
30Chile$1,242,614
31Bulgaria$1,241,827
32Belgium$1,110,589
33Slovakia$1,067,611
34Indonesia$939,142
35Israel$874,000
36Mauritius$806,267
37Jordan$776,110
38Korea, South$746,901
39Bahrain$695,255
40Qatar$673,694
41Hungary$598,000
42Lithuania$590,347
43New Zealand$578,989
44Portugal$574,309
45Poland$571,698
46Greece$544,477
47Trinidad and Tobago$538,282
48Tunisia$492,294
49Russia$463,046
50Italy$447,563
51Denmark$402,767
52Argentina$400,388
53Oman$385,007
54Thailand$340,353
55Turkey$335,859
56Romania$304,523
57Fiji$299,598
58Austria$299,209
59Costa Rica$295,522
60Paraguay$284,457
61Kenya$267,818
62Switzerland$262,711
63Maldives$228,863
64El Salvador$207,812
65Ireland$202,485
66Guatemala$191,600
67Ethiopia$175,459
68Norway$163,343
69Hong Kong$147,648
70Ukraine$142,722
71Latvia$142,150
72Lebanon$127,708
73Guyana$108,774
74Bolivia$96,644
75China$73,081
76Cyprus$72,836
77Finland$70,185
78Philippines$62,676
79Nigeria$49,899
80Estonia$46,780
81Panama$46,546
82Jamaica$44,108
83Senegal$42,473
84Syria$41,401
85Tanzania$39,792
86Dominican Republic$31,687
87Luxembourg$30,059
88Barbados$27,138
89Sao Tome and Principe$23,718
90New Caledonia$22,764
91Suriname$21,881
92Vietnam$17,860
93Bosnia and Herzegovina$16,724
94Cape Verde$16,533
95Aruba$15,170
96Zimbabwe$12,731
97Iran$12,252
98Belize$11,631
99French Polynesia$11,568
100Iceland$9,308
101Nicaragua$9,251
102Malawi$8,535
103Cote d'Ivoire$8,117
104Bermuda$7,395
105Belarus$5,100
106Cameroon$4,269
107Ghana$3,359
108Croatia$2,473
109Malta$2,450
110Georgia$2,262
111Serbia$2,257
112Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$2,126
113Uganda$2,004
114Antigua and Barbuda$1,870
115Bahamas, The$1,665
116Mozambique$1,074
117Madagascar$1,032
118Moldova$994
119Armenia$865
120Slovenia$860
121Botswana$283
122Zambia$246
123Niger$214
124Mali$185
125Albania$121
126Tonga$84
127Samoa$79
128Benin$69
129Dominica$44
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$768$31 $708$326$121$349
Algeria$996,565$8,742,213$713,962$1,163,142$2,279,914$3,072,461$5,307,821
Anguilla $482$748$5,261   
Antigua and Barbuda$1,144$1,767$2,300 $2,610$1,870$3,494
Argentina$203,760$317,661$426,982$565,751$686,976$400,388$821,663
Armenia    $630$865$24,590
Aruba    $8,075$15,170$13,262
Australia$763,858$988,476$1,351,691$1,864,173$1,758,737$2,013,009$2,217,351
Austria$110,408$165,330$111,561$400,449$391,879$299,209 
Azerbaijan$109$252$347$106   
Bahamas, The$2,190$1,838$851$1,315$770$1,665$776
Bahrain$243,734$128,449$264,936$660,778$672,522$695,255$849,852
Bangladesh$12,437,725$14,656,622$20,128,607    
Barbados$13,137$23,357$31,219$42,459$28,112$27,138$41,222
Belarus$2,400$3,400$1,600$1,900$1,300$5,100$10,300
Belgium$504,299$899,141$1,458,845$1,441,902$984,034$1,110,589$1,339,205
Belize$10,931$9,944$11,446$14,091$11,149$11,631 
Benin$1,814$36   $69 
Bermuda     $7,395 
Bhutan$2,375$575$80$164$491  
Bolivia$156,619$124,872$144,745$127,336$76,585$96,644$159,327
Bosnia and Herzegovina$14,216$17,274$9,593$5,456$3,044$16,724$51,089
Botswana$4,768$1,728$2,389$1,417$221$283$336
Brazil$6,785,852$8,288,613$10,991,987$12,808,467$10,088,554$10,255,205$15,804,979
Brunei $76,746     
Bulgaria$474,413$634,854$1,070,844$1,375,210$1,011,318$1,241,827$1,336,757
Burundi$168$109  $5  
Cameroon$1,817$996$3,558$1,898$3,533$4,269 
Canada$1,370,997$1,525,498$1,842,112$2,676,716$2,615,282$3,090,184$3,453,299
Cape Verde$7,395$2,414$7,845$29,916$25,743$16,533$22,176
Chile$922,190$770,344$1,194,969$1,595,966$809,784$1,242,614$1,391,152
China$85,015$203,258$64,425$126,256$215,254$73,081$157,082
Colombia$1,803,518$2,187,167$4,167,048$4,281,873$2,599,631$2,774,839$4,268,256
Comoros$23,697$15,071$6,945    
Costa Rica$193,915$244,036$200,139$301,183$182,223$295,522$398,832
Cote d'Ivoire$4,450$5,419$7,050$18,384$2,992$8,117$2,928
Croatia$3,616$2,278$3,016$3,928$2,903$2,473$3,405
Cuba$1,292,215$1,109,072     
Cyprus$63,636$48,075$85,402$96,414$82,661$72,836$71,052
Czech Republic$169,468$107,355$274,358$2,070,216$1,631,295$1,255,844$944,193
Denmark$305,357$168,649$272,132$355,224$324,921$402,767$362,835
Djibouti    $109,471  
Dominica$41$127$33$172$104$44 
Dominican Republic$13,249$24,341$23,625$2,381$40,144$31,687$26,962
East Timor$40      
Ecuador$1,839,319$2,452,905$2,901,105$2,833,713$2,175,777$2,920,310$3,684,835
Egypt$3,498,336$5,147,022$4,433,485$17,381,039$15,702,113$15,329,592$21,435,481
El Salvador$146,129$165,908$171,265$227,678$145,700$207,812 
Estonia$5,241$9,654$1,107$2,756$25,488$46,780$54,650
Ethiopia$148,669$244,789$161,245$352,747$190,581$175,459$295,161
Faroe Islands$274$429$709$979$950  
Fiji$211,239$153,753$272,903$283,488$187,634$299,598 
Finland$30,946$24,583$31,920$61,003$49,880$70,185$79,642
France$2,280,752$2,128,153$3,152,690$4,785,896$4,397,047$3,985,708$4,548,570
French Polynesia$7,281$10,672$6,446$14,266$11,068$11,568$14,521
Gabon$30$1,253$753$116$416  
Georgia$240$1,854$514 $2,428$2,262 
Germany$1,287,000$2,157,000$3,100,000$3,613,000$3,450,000$3,301,552$4,135,922
Ghana$810$1,341$2,238$2,112$1,429$3,359$9,305
Greece$250,347$343,430$580,096$593,232$431,008$544,477$693,402
Greenland$314$324$172    
Grenada$2,041$4,561$174$5,218$528  
Guatemala$72,533$57,474$203,495$26,282$85,631$191,600$384,872
Guyana$129,128$42,858$89,442$88,025$183,496$108,774$269,964
Honduras$456,512$465,581$1,017,189 $1,203,060  
Hong Kong$233,018$231,697$134,567$119,226$231,763$147,648$153,817
Hungary$437,000$383,000$426,000$943,000$831,000$598,000$712,000
Iceland$4,511$4,162$4,212$3,319$6,088$9,308$12,471
India$2,180,334$1,044,886$8,683,876$1,075,244$9,164,764$2,591,049$1,914,058
Indonesia$183,044$364,394$815,059$778,678$876,961$939,142$1,382,856
Iran$5,150    $12,252 
Ireland$78,809$103,727$169,051$218,858$169,081$202,485$182,065
Israel$374,000$670,000$1,277,000$1,371,000$1,243,000$874,000$1,553,000
Italy$258,832$250,756$277,830$351,599$235,687$447,563$393,878
Jamaica$17,452$27,796$23,047$33,486$35,478$44,108 
Japan$4,382,918$5,131,543$6,030,958$8,898,781$7,829,800$7,862,137$8,845,392
Jordan$353,850$476,517$866,304$761,983$586,769$776,110$1,077,024
Kazakhstan$691$624$3,908$5,094$3,584  
Kenya$173,717$113,716$211,767$265,066$240,369$267,818 
Kiribati$94      
Korea, South$220,009$266,543$495,566$608,876$563,782$746,901$762,231
Kuwait $608,646$634,550$1,040,616   
Kyrgyzstan $30$104   $1,019
Latvia$14,819$33,645$6,049$43,500$140,556$142,150$75,651
Lebanon$53,000$61,099$105,700$162,999$160,995$127,708$194,080
Lithuania$4,848$20,877$249,374$588,909$784,595$590,347$314,329
Luxembourg$10,550$8,394$10,174$20,540$27,293$30,059$18,512
Macau$2,969$605 $750$529  
Macedonia$223$373$38 $137 $1,037
Madagascar$404$910$1,582$3,891$326$1,032 
Malawi$90$5,714$4,373 $8,512$8,535$8,613
Malaysia$3,823,312$4,395,885$6,901,532$5,631,121$6,839,409$8,609,138$9,933,533
Maldives$109,025$117,948$172,427$215,817$216,834$228,863$243,758
Mali     $185 
Malta$4,604$6,095$2,764$4,423$5,748$2,450 
Mauritius$454,250$580,197$724,759$885,936$776,307$806,267$1,054,667
Mayotte$3,397$6,359$10,375$8,516$13,521  
Mexico$1,114,942$4,007,984$3,478,915$7,674,107$4,423,190$5,295,564$8,501,877
Moldova$15$16$1,166$129$288$994$533
Mongolia $28     
Montserrat$232$211$55$531$259  
Morocco$6,586,277$6,739,756$6,945,536$8,712,862$10,668,603$6,172,602 
Mozambique $418$266$59$79$1,074$2,000
Namibia$15,732$4,446$4,738$91,763   
Nepal    $3,718,284$4,000,015 
Netherlands$2,434,127$2,579,181$5,451,660$4,805,040$4,466,384$5,328,265 
Netherlands Antilles$142  $17   
New Caledonia$10,994$10,913$13,602$18,153$17,242$22,764$22,631
New Zealand$309,681$323,412$396,674$447,916$502,518$578,989$730,122
Nicaragua$6,550$9,332$12,683$12,125$7,471$9,251$11,056
Niger$574$1,551$51$117$825$214$303
Nigeria    $7,336$49,899 
Norway$86,598$104,224$142,741$195,570$171,277$163,343$148,423
Oman$32,081$121,774$303,693$231,657$554,973$385,007 
Pakistan$656,568$1,360,937$508,908$4,333,762$2,650,703$2,800,733$1,016,880
Panama$28,962$19,649$32,816$45,308$33,668$46,546$36,399
Paraguay$64,964$129,059$207,516$407,962$314,904$284,457$523,606
Peru$1,116,907$1,138,077$1,756,503$1,269,227$1,041,025$1,491,360$865,035
Philippines$39,745$23,921$77,856$78,786$61,378$62,676$126,251
Poland$69,108$90,266$192,526$387,206$351,907$571,698$579,448
Portugal$319,052$374,045$464,289$656,631$398,069$574,309$648,808
Qatar$228,401$326,409$328,240$577,939 $673,694 
Romania$138,846$166,911$95,002$201,118$224,608$304,523$262,207
Russia$183,434$150,918$393,440$324,813$418,698$463,046$1,027,488
Rwanda   $3,066$44 $713
Saint Kitts and Nevis$241$591$1,147$300   
Saint Lucia$12,766$8,273$14,836$19,731   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$41$465$1,093$1,551$2,945$2,126 
Samoa$813$267$572$535$408$79$496
Sao Tome and Principe$238$21,609$10,136$16,303$17,164$23,718 
Saudi Arabia$1,268,707$3,474,637$4,922,033$127,200$5,176,708$8,099,477 
Senegal$16,800$47,042$18,050$38,319$42,534$42,473$21,243
Serbia   $1,136$3,379$2,257 
Seychelles$12,381$15,531$15,795$22,663   
Singapore$4,764,031$9,239,082$17,805,588$6,430,797$5,597,069$6,605,787$9,409,209
Slovakia$462,045$476,911$776,223$1,381,008$1,185,910$1,067,611$838,476
Slovenia$370$413$410$457$548$860$1,883
South Africa$1,258,966$1,318,438$2,112,415$2,402,924$1,680,362$2,509,335$2,797,927
Spain$2,314,828$3,043,430$3,861,946$6,024,525$4,764,927$4,593,206 
Sri Lanka$1,615,209$1,702,053$2,135,054$4,897,073$4,470,855$4,924,937$5,681,991
Sudan$2,952 $50$133,212   
Suriname$27,728$16,241$46,318$30,146$24,298$21,881$39,156
Swaziland$4,004$409$1,123    
Sweden$197,443$321,038$537,329$1,048,542$691,917$1,830,675$1,253,890
Switzerland$117,331$142,933$194,659$254,624$247,801$262,711$345,030
Syria $250,651$2,237,429$238,497 $41,401 
Tanzania$11,580$24,697$12,704$22,394$31,691$39,792$51,228
Thailand$82,630$107,228$101,001$197,160$121,144$340,353$210,918
Tonga   $16$26$84 
Trinidad and Tobago$417,032$362,830$710,167$942,653$375,426$538,282 
Tunisia$437,585$133,027$436,966$571,457$359,797$492,294 
Turkey$185,344$940,778$1,269,750$903,494$582,004$335,859$998,644
Uganda$607$3,152$24,625$1,062$2,094$2,004 
Ukraine$55$22,920$2,600$160,120$120,758$142,722$187,800
United Arab Emirates$8,265,399 $14,873,714$30,318,425   
United Kingdom$7,012,253$7,133,261$10,887,350$12,318,013$10,756,934$13,153,560$14,873,849
United States$16,215,867$17,439,164$25,466,896$26,567,364$22,279,474$28,536,945$35,410,018
Uruguay$5,539$12,928$16,981$15,757$33,847  
Vanuatu $680$524    
Venezuela$1,233,042$666,146$1,598,506$3,457,941$1,596,621$7,918,561$5,129,916
Vietnam$1,668,002$308,675$917 $19,791$17,860 
Wallis and Futuna$203$406     
Yemen$936,035$1,325,458$1,495,113$1,987,210$2,780,388$2,194,072$1,886,485
Zambia $824$1,117$179$1,996$246 
Zimbabwe $6,102$2,204$8,827$10,370$12,731