RankCountryImports of Sesamum seeds, whether or not broken in USD (2010)
1China$503,959,563
2Japan$231,377,706
3Turkey$141,869,763
4Korea, South$117,694,908
5United States$74,659,276
6Israel$64,426,000
7Syria$59,058,990
8Germany$49,818,731
9Greece$48,948,167
10Saudi Arabia$37,587,780
11Lebanon$33,019,779
12Egypt$32,475,352
13Netherlands$29,056,877
14Jordan$27,779,906
15Iran$22,545,413
16France$19,817,199
17Poland$16,433,261
18Mexico$14,673,620
19Canada$13,634,600
20United Kingdom$13,580,421
21Tunisia$12,631,469
22Russia$10,092,639
23Australia$9,938,322
24Italy$9,536,906
25India$8,663,313
26Singapore$7,885,010
27Spain$7,618,531
28Malaysia$7,293,937
29Brazil$6,255,863
30Guatemala$6,235,668
31Morocco$5,983,335
32Kenya$5,760,340
33Austria$5,672,490
34Algeria$5,625,786
35Thailand$5,495,044
36Yemen$4,888,808
37Belgium$4,849,423
38Indonesia$3,644,046
39Romania$3,548,613
40Ukraine$3,441,479
41Denmark$3,278,205
42Sweden$2,986,290
43Norway$2,812,274
44Vietnam$2,791,490
45Cyprus$2,783,975
46Hong Kong$2,605,007
47Switzerland$2,539,681
48Argentina$2,476,659
49Serbia$2,424,268
50South Africa$2,363,035
51Czech Republic$2,203,144
52New Zealand$1,726,947
53Hungary$1,371,000
54Finland$1,084,608
55Peru$1,053,321
56Bulgaria$1,044,483
57Lithuania$875,618
58Croatia$798,536
59Slovakia$719,471
60Costa Rica$629,246
61Chile$617,796
62Dominican Republic$573,260
63Ireland$570,044
64Mozambique$552,269
65Belarus$538,400
66Slovenia$515,589
67Philippines$415,405
68Ecuador$395,510
69Bosnia and Herzegovina$393,870
70Nepal$392,500
71Latvia$365,548
72Colombia$361,535
73Portugal$284,913
74Estonia$231,798
75Iceland$226,681
76Trinidad and Tobago$220,752
77Luxembourg$216,054
78Moldova$192,209
79Malta$183,984
80Qatar$160,813
81El Salvador$143,014
82Bahrain$132,151
83Montenegro$131,340
84Oman$98,091
85Azerbaijan$97,147
86Mauritius$91,293
87Nigeria$90,202
88Zimbabwe$64,004
89Panama$62,831
90Jamaica$51,952
91Georgia$46,888
92Albania$43,712
93New Caledonia$42,802
94Armenia$41,239
95Barbados$36,362
96Sri Lanka$31,110
97Paraguay$29,653
98Maldives$27,309
99Fiji$24,677
100Cote d'Ivoire$24,391
101Nicaragua$23,938
102Pakistan$23,806
103French Polynesia$23,793
104Bahamas, The$23,217
105Aruba$21,740
106Senegal$15,847
107Ghana$13,485
108Zambia$13,224
109Burkina Faso$11,283
110Botswana$10,718
111Suriname$9,202
112Venezuela$8,250
113Tanzania$7,915
114Bermuda$6,233
115Madagascar$6,047
116Belize$5,880
117Guyana$4,171
118Malawi$3,416
119Cameroon$3,343
120Ethiopia$3,034
121Benin$2,666
122Antigua and Barbuda$2,484
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,487
124Mali$1,072
125Cape Verde$1,062
126Uganda$917
127Bolivia$289
128Bhutan$263
129Kyrgyzstan$228
130Togo$200
131Tonga$103
132Niger$89
133Dominica$42
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$18,438$8,895$7,340$52,214$73,601$43,712$152,264
Algeria$3,223,639$1,866,373$2,188,769$4,327,824$4,082,836$5,625,786$6,559,681
Anguilla $887$588$1,292   
Antigua and Barbuda$3,042$2,709$4,143 $3,206$2,484$3,963
Argentina$829,521$930,017$1,173,038$3,157,008$1,801,658$2,476,659$2,836,378
Armenia$6,292$16,930$9,808$18,430$22,858$41,239$161,480
Aruba    $28,733$21,740$30,096
Australia$8,166,697$7,597,554$7,437,631$13,009,622$10,692,934$9,938,322$10,433,347
Austria$3,708,026$4,288,822$5,207,191$6,168,242$5,108,487$5,672,490 
Azerbaijan$32,551$19,832$20,299$15,987$51,318$97,147$58,624
Bahamas, The$19,305$15,491$14,026$25,738$30,171$23,217$25,424
Bahrain$112,784$43,415$103,141$175,236$288,116$132,151$601,786
Bangladesh$127$127$348    
Barbados$38,959$28,680$29,658$34,102$29,029$36,362$33,146
Belarus$140,100$260,100$280,800$960,000$259,400$538,400$556,600
Belgium$4,733,072$3,375,077$3,874,858$7,809,722$4,895,961$4,849,423$5,977,968
Belize$1,930$2,515$3,866$4,793$4,027$5,880 
Benin$430$67   $2,666 
Bermuda     $6,233 
Bhutan$199$38 $168$123$263 
Bolivia$17$7$10,889$271$789$289$2,887
Bosnia and Herzegovina$291,534$240,261$300,831$433,644$400,861$393,870$520,429
Botswana$4,031$2,670$4,138$4,384$14,496$10,718$11,943
Brazil$2,647,053$1,904,659$4,026,965$5,129,577$6,597,899$6,255,863$6,538,977
Brunei $37,022     
Bulgaria$767,139$580,434$970,461$959,112$957,829$1,044,483$1,023,913
Burkina Faso$1,784  $3,778$67,485$11,283 
Burundi $43  $3,878  
Cambodia$62$48$2,187$1,932   
Cameroon$41$1,049$842$535$1,641$3,343 
Canada$8,156,555$8,037,309$9,009,998$14,095,175$13,873,295$13,634,600$14,047,725
Cape Verde$168$209$115$39$148$1,062$3,482
Central African Republic$2,161  $539   
Chile$292,433$364,593$304,859$882,779$504,212$617,796$847,824
China$124,907,701$210,872,769$168,883,297$249,374,972$387,610,199$503,959,563$519,145,496
Colombia$62,015$188,756$434,697$660,670$511,654$361,535$869,355
Comoros  $31    
Cook Islands$615 $1,188    
Costa Rica$377,106$388,028$445,809$921,412$412,977$629,246$738,765
Cote d'Ivoire$682$1,218$9,828$16,438$8,917$24,391$25,972
Croatia$435,166$487,537$559,841$974,089$827,276$798,536$749,068
Cuba$90,513$18,412     
Cyprus$2,076,832$1,948,219$2,063,605$3,457,036$3,419,189$2,783,975$2,538,094
Czech Republic$1,216,673$1,568,017$2,057,332$3,931,106$3,783,333$2,203,144$1,820,007
Denmark$2,487,632$2,384,594$3,254,430$5,113,186$3,501,278$3,278,205$3,868,721
Djibouti    $50,226  
Dominica $229 $72$98$42 
Dominican Republic$23,320$40,327$103,179$71,051$170,792$573,260$519,431
East Timor$58      
Ecuador$108,914$97,463$109,678$346,116$338,482$395,510$427,130
Egypt$10,141,049$12,272,260$8,725,977$47,351,408$32,026,706$32,475,352$39,047,409
El Salvador$268,058$308,169$666,684$534,044$374,348$143,014 
Estonia$327,317$881,925$161,842$3,953,951$850,756$231,798$152,798
Ethiopia$2$11,964,671$3,337$15,063,650$874$3,034$1,638
Faroe Islands$12,131$9,770$15,182$15,717$12,916  
Fiji$13,125$17,823$16,700$28,849$16,060$24,677 
Finland$891,393$676,622$871,753$1,374,939$1,067,514$1,084,608$926,627
France$10,950,846$10,728,656$12,155,083$21,045,859$18,960,878$19,817,199$21,151,060
French Polynesia$19,867$17,978$21,752$19,265$30,179$23,793$24,864
Gabon$7,598$869$1,214$2,587$1,733  
Gambia, The    $188  
Georgia$5,216$30,090$44,902$69,358$42,523$46,888 
Germany$31,318,000$30,361,000$35,279,000$57,126,000$44,676,000$49,818,731$56,520,388
Ghana$40$1,134$2,301$2,857$4,307$13,485$60,181
Greece$22,463,745$23,742,567$30,703,430$53,878,982$53,270,392$48,948,167$34,249,325
Greenland$12,013$7,940$7,680    
Grenada$597$909$1,319$1,864$2,654  
Guatemala$8,093,074$495,980$4,706,594$14,631,049$8,101,336$6,235,668$13,408,956
Guyana$1,820$2,174$2,999$3,267$5,289$4,171$4,526
Honduras$328,318$105,818$88,378 $299,303  
Hong Kong$2,127,922$1,913,771$2,016,466$2,764,922$2,363,593$2,605,007$2,301,742
Hungary$1,062,000$1,000,000$1,051,000$1,974,000$1,544,000$1,371,000$1,684,000
Iceland$104,269$103,066$148,237$194,014$203,712$226,681$245,818
India$1,756,124$1,106,604$3,710,596$7,326,832$14,503,559$8,663,313$166,891
Indonesia$1,189,474$1,535,013$1,300,892$1,996,155$2,991,408$3,644,046$5,818,449
Iran$4,435,852$993,176   $22,545,413 
Ireland$375,722$464,954$530,631$1,107,309$743,385$570,044$1,284,440
Israel$30,600,000$32,188,000$37,482,000$68,167,000$52,758,000$64,426,000$66,331,000
Italy$5,892,063$5,706,886$6,479,775$9,825,079$9,256,504$9,536,906$10,558,909
Jamaica$57,880$55,352$43,444$83,707$104,488$51,952 
Japan$153,665,637$148,415,316$170,841,767$374,096,579$180,989,937$231,377,706$250,762,516
Jordan$13,638,865$14,818,383$16,676,404$26,019,782$25,038,851$27,779,906$30,637,418
Kazakhstan$49,887$174,498$98,433$195,906$181,090  
Kenya$222,898$181,369$142,717$7,526,720$6,773,326$5,760,340 
Kiribati$45   $8  
Korea, South$52,564,654$83,142,808$68,412,480$117,521,633$112,033,440$117,694,908$131,130,162
Kuwait $2,738,781$3,178,120$3,626,892   
Kyrgyzstan$542$7,703$6,369$112 $228$7,628
Latvia$217,749$255,475$323,351$470,097$320,921$365,548$391,138
Lebanon$18,194,000$14,634,203$23,053,639$29,995,325$31,029,295$33,019,779$32,172,588
Lithuania$338,515$436,083$544,650$817,428$730,752$875,618$942,484
Luxembourg$43,038$26,314$34,337$59,043$194,734$216,054$269,935
Macau$65,961$58,151$75,996$116,936$109,525 $118,828
Macedonia$1,771,095$1,337,930$2,411,383$2,628,460$2,930,339 $2,667,456
Madagascar$1,888$2,276$3,036$2,151$2,818$6,047 
Malawi$15,369$812$1,402$549$48,345$3,416$2,330
Malaysia$5,451,582$5,044,835$5,767,131$6,530,005$6,272,525$7,293,937$7,479,548
Maldives$8,684$12,233$16,228$22,711$28,197$27,309$28,862
Mali$4,979 $174,079  $1,072 
Malta$120,119$158,009$189,250$301,874$224,845$183,984 
Mauritania$226  $967   
Mauritius$95,086$48,573$135,218$127,511$194,779$91,293$153,286
Mayotte$1,797$3,889$2,150$1,453$4,289  
Mexico$18,265,047$17,254,948$12,881,036$38,917,598$25,791,440$14,673,620$25,004,948
Moldova$86,212$33,987$66,743$250,909$85,126$192,209$157,889
Mongolia $75$2,068    
Montenegro $33,213$33,733$108,662$128,982$131,340$141,834
Montserrat$30$18$14$22$201  
Morocco$1,490,733$2,004,491$3,171,347$4,142,997$7,668,918$5,983,335 
Mozambique$1,952$25,920$657$6,498$27,193$552,269$51,000
Namibia$4,817$3,684$3,855$9,799   
Nepal    $334,259$392,500 
Netherlands$21,135,133$17,926,121$20,582,351$41,994,372$27,113,547$29,056,877 
Netherlands Antilles$18,423$14,064$11,568$19,124   
New Caledonia$13,246$28,666$15,589$35,330$37,956$42,802$66,599
New Zealand$1,440,285$1,232,041$1,252,449$2,027,069$1,614,286$1,726,947$1,538,815
Nicaragua$4,700$329$118$566,430$85$23,938$13
Niger$1,749$86$4$13 $89$1,144
Nigeria $1,504$2,921$286,946$57,726$90,202 
Norway$1,382,855$1,346,209$1,529,844$2,563,196$2,563,861$2,812,274$3,141,257
Oman$3,407$43,534$35,906$42,044$41,714$98,091 
Pakistan  $67,158$57,767$25,482$23,806$37,278
Panama$79,811$66,046$134,138$222,659$226,150$62,831$76,841
Paraguay$18,530$1,916,037$816,691$108,921$2,049,887$29,653$326,928
Peru$525,897$466,273$679,488$1,493,919$492,538$1,053,321$1,315,477
Philippines$438,700$579,825$429,155$434,710$303,197$415,405$574,680
Poland$10,930,752$10,357,391$11,499,934$20,343,806$18,794,457$16,433,261$16,303,022
Portugal$123,939$130,968$145,422$167,194$227,490$284,913$351,314
Qatar$108,937$145,896$157,946$125,654 $160,813 
Romania$1,338,017$1,738,972$3,225,876$6,105,257$3,888,492$3,548,613$2,837,257
Russia$2,684,130$4,419,819$5,057,283$11,473,649$8,428,143$10,092,639$13,857,893
Rwanda   $199$25 $532
Saint Kitts and Nevis$910$934$545$1,067   
Saint Lucia$1,933$2,607$2,293$5,149   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,014$962$1,577$1,507$2,290$1,487 
Samoa $1$62$279$22  
Saudi Arabia$24,485,138$23,096,550$26,598,911$58,188,339$32,098,202$37,587,780 
Senegal$457$468$5,679$633,111$1,867$15,847$3,971
Serbia$1,653,557$1,769,098$2,295,769$3,679,741$2,688,862$2,424,268$2,669,414
Seychelles$1,651$2,280$3,924$3,774   
Singapore$4,946,229$4,704,252$5,508,235$9,281,241$8,424,272$7,885,010$8,256,440
Slovakia$485,811$433,827$616,765$1,358,155$653,434$719,471$749,898
Slovenia$258,389$195,892$434,893$451,352$386,714$515,589$521,199
South Africa$1,757,234$1,459,182$2,157,522$2,264,680$2,549,744$2,363,035$2,461,723
Spain$5,056,598$5,643,726$4,583,942$9,142,831$8,686,006$7,618,531 
Sri Lanka$12,746$10,105$20,970$93,455$23,846$31,110$183,543
Sudan$1,073  $270$204,694  
Suriname$1,149$2,355$5,621$13,889$8,004$9,202$9,133
Swaziland$2,500$1,563$209    
Sweden$3,136,716$3,154,816$2,793,341$4,967,451$3,647,812$2,986,290$5,188,387
Switzerland$1,471,789$1,549,184$2,091,073$2,838,355$2,537,986$2,539,681$3,008,570
Syria$31,295,834$31,905,202$40,124,404$49,556,544 $59,058,990 
Tanzania$68,704$2,039$3,594$6,915$6,449$7,915$6,156
Thailand$5,900,364$1,575,949$1,127,157$2,999,888$3,859,979$5,495,044$2,882,790
Togo$26,210    $200$890
Tonga   $251$140$103 
Trinidad and Tobago$114,876$129,688$159,128$217,798$161,422$220,752 
Tunisia$8,286,300$8,650,736$10,705,590$19,418,767$15,073,746$12,631,469 
Turkey$64,331,991$68,745,152$92,263,231$122,650,528$128,432,927$141,869,763$140,014,071
Uganda$1,950$519$736$2,907$1,510$917 
Ukraine$746,436$854,754$1,148,336$2,669,880$2,502,779$3,441,479$3,975,504
United Arab Emirates$2,263,680 $5,476,847$14,678,894   
United Kingdom$10,447,842$10,562,444$10,239,725$19,175,870$14,791,221$13,580,421$18,779,214
United States$56,499,539$54,207,568$54,705,552$89,643,434$73,895,123$74,659,276$74,185,165
Uruguay$166,127$52,672$112,333$102,370$175,055  
Vanuatu $653$983    
Venezuela$11,125$35,606$17,228$3,375 $8,250$21
Vietnam$585,552$825,314$2,312,402$4,425,139$5,713,969$2,791,490 
Yemen$6,384,810$5,396,952$6,621,675$8,583,620$6,955,263$4,888,808$6,819,683
Zambia$5,515$9,191$7,216$12,390$12,177$13,224 
Zimbabwe $363$6,087$32,196$12,338$64,004