RankCountryImports of Vegetable seeds, of a kind used for sowing in USD (2010)
1Netherlands$295,100,252
2United States$280,720,740
3Mexico$200,823,687
4Italy$160,290,403
5Spain$153,466,092
6United Kingdom$150,010,758
7France$116,094,509
8China$106,285,085
9Turkey$98,440,211
10Japan$86,849,941
11Germany$80,320,996
12Canada$67,487,024
13Iran$60,204,062
14Russia$55,945,597
15Brazil$55,786,049
16India$48,324,787
17Korea, South$47,012,635
18Morocco$45,466,706
19Australia$44,534,229
20Poland$35,968,686
21Egypt$34,575,894
22Portugal$32,595,007
23Syria$26,471,583
24Belgium$26,084,131
25Venezuela$25,604,656
26South Africa$23,107,074
27Greece$23,065,788
28Hong Kong$22,772,113
29Israel$22,024,000
30Pakistan$21,966,630
31Hungary$21,365,000
32Denmark$21,166,264
33Ukraine$19,648,277
34Thailand$18,188,320
35Saudi Arabia$18,010,689
36Chile$17,163,467
37Jordan$16,915,963
38Austria$16,122,623
39Algeria$15,915,207
40Argentina$15,164,564
41Romania$15,079,043
42Switzerland$14,244,749
43Peru$11,964,193
44New Zealand$11,763,763
45Colombia$10,067,421
46Belarus$9,740,200
47Tunisia$9,730,341
48Philippines$9,463,630
49Finland$9,390,221
50Bulgaria$9,144,171
51Kenya$8,976,499
52Sweden$8,156,645
53Vietnam$7,818,330
54Lebanon$7,449,512
55Bahamas, The$7,375,757
56Guatemala$7,014,779
57Ecuador$6,739,797
58Norway$6,603,559
59Slovakia$6,507,177
60Czech Republic$6,396,451
61Serbia$5,984,493
62Dominican Republic$5,788,159
63Slovenia$5,303,977
64Sri Lanka$5,253,656
65Indonesia$5,056,586
66Croatia$4,931,034
67Singapore$4,718,504
68Lithuania$4,185,479
69Senegal$3,813,497
70Costa Rica$3,602,288
71Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,595,708
72Ireland$3,527,960
73Malaysia$3,050,909
74Ethiopia$3,032,303
75Yemen$2,938,069
76Burkina Faso$2,731,991
77Jamaica$2,646,376
78Uganda$2,629,526
79Panama$2,469,865
80Zimbabwe$1,963,409
81Cyprus$1,959,485
82Zambia$1,816,311
83Nepal$1,737,404
84Oman$1,727,686
85Latvia$1,693,198
86Cameroon$1,581,600
87Paraguay$1,521,003
88Moldova$1,365,338
89El Salvador$1,349,516
90Tanzania$1,315,582
91Estonia$1,289,841
92Nicaragua$1,286,565
93Albania$1,205,394
94Malawi$1,183,306
95Ghana$1,087,587
96Cote d'Ivoire$1,037,131
97Azerbaijan$998,481
98Mozambique$971,552
99Mauritius$963,217
100Georgia$911,516
101Botswana$840,748
102New Caledonia$823,586
103Niger$821,740
104Trinidad and Tobago$770,877
105Bolivia$657,843
106Mali$622,333
107Qatar$591,657
108Malta$494,532
109Montenegro$463,116
110Fiji$459,149
111Barbados$402,299
112Iceland$400,102
113French Polynesia$388,641
114Luxembourg$357,581
115Belize$319,113
116Nigeria$310,117
117Kyrgyzstan$293,682
118Guyana$285,421
119Burundi$241,321
120Suriname$176,313
121Cape Verde$162,972
122Armenia$155,046
123Bahrain$141,148
124Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$124,417
125Madagascar$107,610
126Dominica$106,824
127Maldives$87,489
128Bermuda$86,690
129Antigua and Barbuda$79,073
130Tonga$53,097
131Gambia, The$50,423
132Sao Tome and Principe$28,823
133Cambodia$22,187
134Samoa$11,974
135Mauritania$9,271
136Bhutan$8,008
137Aruba$1,907
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$487,214$776,683$1,298,895$1,305,329$1,226,106$1,205,394$1,452,012
Algeria$9,507,387$8,692,192$10,005,896$11,278,034$13,044,858$15,915,207$18,443,754
Antigua and Barbuda$55,063$75,259$122,476 $95,326$79,073$64,802
Argentina$6,490,044$6,967,347$9,565,325$9,955,396$13,132,458$15,164,564$16,737,458
Armenia$85,095$189,459$78,880$2,264,838$185,712$155,046$458,667
Aruba    $4,315$1,907$3,307
Australia$22,149,886$23,339,534$23,645,643$31,311,933$38,537,630$44,534,229$57,506,044
Austria$8,328,231$9,796,922$15,509,386$15,866,703$14,477,516$16,122,623 
Azerbaijan$395,604$478,822$667,809$848,696$1,039,609$998,481$392,471
Bahamas, The$163,989$91,119$120,010$107,695$155,672$7,375,757$167,801
Bahrain$75,636$18,176$2,269$113,101$37,373$141,148$266,580
Bangladesh$3,943,805$4,009,618$5,991,060    
Barbados$281,159$288,455$400,611$448,610$410,785$402,299$414,028
Belarus$2,965,100$4,401,900$5,397,300$7,653,500$9,558,200$9,740,200$11,819,100
Belgium$25,922,206$28,882,733$26,874,288$33,514,873$31,608,904$26,084,131$29,808,847
Belize$116,249$166,424$245,478$225,538$260,892$319,113 
Benin$112,319$144,230     
Bermuda     $86,690 
Bhutan$1,016$34$6,244$11,322$5,292$8,008 
Bolivia$327,757$281,269$359,376$620,673$417,053$657,843$834,246
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,355,247$1,227,102$2,953,269$3,489,064$3,394,780$3,595,708$3,732,466
Botswana$222,926$276,153$307,762$365,448$475,125$840,748$966,580
Brazil$23,969,693$26,252,403$35,636,724$40,397,986$50,780,626$55,786,049$64,013,887
Brunei $56,385     
Bulgaria$3,995,612$5,134,506$5,091,390$7,786,566$7,788,768$9,144,171$8,302,820
Burkina Faso$1,021,068 $2,399,191$1,816,869$1,444,330$2,731,991 
Burundi$242,760$228,318$418,907$18,448$37,870$241,321 
Cambodia$33,956$140$8,363$5,680$385$22,187 
Cameroon$852,900$804,605$944,107$862,131$1,017,264$1,581,600 
Canada$38,921,666$38,740,903$43,203,471$50,444,877$57,900,621$67,487,024$77,854,976
Cape Verde$93,370$122,647$118,572$115,111$172,546$162,972$226,631
Central African Republic$4,910 $4,510$8,241$4,394  
Chile$8,383,782$8,696,281$13,172,032$13,835,029$12,702,253$17,163,467$21,929,988
China$42,807,673$52,373,522$54,704,864$68,409,046$73,522,693$106,285,085$113,977,422
Colombia$5,343,873$6,280,070$7,260,755$7,312,340$8,486,005$10,067,421$11,002,023
Comoros $54$9,513    
Costa Rica$3,073,628$4,393,273$3,776,342$3,942,621$4,084,775$3,602,288$4,572,201
Cote d'Ivoire$321,510$616,022$724,604$839,470$808,712$1,037,131$1,055,822
Croatia$4,440,602$3,711,994$4,403,707$4,983,926$4,536,841$4,931,034$5,949,405
Cuba$2,353,860$2,696,898     
Cyprus$1,220,370$1,209,205$1,640,613$1,918,562$1,868,947$1,959,485$2,165,131
Czech Republic$4,429,549$4,803,508$4,914,610$5,794,760$5,494,681$6,396,451$8,832,170
Denmark$19,990,672$19,534,252$20,236,268$24,151,026$15,637,313$21,166,264$23,852,755
Dominica$99,589$102,745$110,109$99,054$150,241$106,824 
Dominican Republic$2,424,231$4,230,127$5,161,111$6,563,121$4,268,655$5,788,159$5,792,501
Ecuador$3,642,207$3,942,075$4,639,522$5,885,347$6,242,217$6,739,797$7,621,273
Egypt$7,345,540$7,648,321$5,149,711$24,120,549$29,982,287$34,575,894$35,426,906
El Salvador$468,762$659,060$804,673$1,038,295$1,161,030$1,349,516 
Estonia$781,486$703,620$995,498$1,100,588$1,010,648$1,289,841$1,543,371
Ethiopia$1,120,776$1,367,274$1,597,825$1,483,733$2,277,814$3,032,303$2,450,829
Faroe Islands$6,340$6,927$2,716$5,392$5,471  
Fiji$168,548$249,635$258,915$229,040$257,980$459,149 
Finland$5,340,306$5,657,253$7,799,040$7,790,245$8,352,153$9,390,221$10,263,558
France$79,898,500$87,841,889$91,502,138$102,367,778$108,041,333$116,094,509$149,938,630
French Polynesia$299,988$208,770$272,602$385,228$388,946$388,641$428,179
Gabon$133,082$152,589$141,943$111,853$112,063  
Gambia, The$60,431$52,946$68,554$14,861$32,896$50,423$73,181
Georgia$40,252$88,383$430,590$440,958$1,155,645$911,516 
Germany$53,286,000$66,889,000$64,191,000$73,220,000$72,035,000$80,320,996$96,564,198
Ghana$328,958$443,366$814,318$1,378,621$1,634,230$1,087,587$2,189,332
Greece$19,033,228$18,176,667$20,483,832$25,624,247$25,144,890$23,065,788$27,244,040
Greenland$3,694$4,023$5,272    
Grenada$254,231$86,175$84,225$74,028$430,700  
Guatemala$5,405,617$4,851,457$5,768,169$5,145,650$5,639,543$7,014,779$7,447,221
Guinea   $5,401   
Guyana$90,879$139,948$151,386$216,222$374,584$285,421$397,999
Honduras$1,096,126$1,801,184$3,741,974 $11,240,139  
Hong Kong$13,366,055$17,142,591$17,724,571$19,904,172$18,940,132$22,772,113$24,049,993
Hungary$15,042,000$14,654,000$15,874,000$17,524,000$21,076,000$21,365,000$20,434,000
Iceland$187,628$192,231$285,296$309,294$328,995$400,102$372,981
India$23,888,675$25,246,933$31,845,514$37,129,709$48,111,343$48,324,787$47,362,614
Indonesia$3,941,472$4,757,198$5,460,065$6,806,976$5,989,828$5,056,586$7,965,151
Iran$31,905,616$6,477,760   $60,204,062 
Ireland$2,299,081$2,572,106$3,261,413$3,578,204$5,136,998$3,527,960$5,209,730
Israel$16,561,000$18,597,000$22,773,000$28,474,000$25,739,000$22,024,000$29,878,000
Italy$117,514,962$117,247,845$138,867,518$149,622,262$164,285,229$160,290,403$177,020,475
Jamaica$6,263,238$14,178,836$3,002,532$4,298,857$2,796,169$2,646,376 
Japan$55,579,793$62,914,855$65,466,296$78,045,930$78,128,908$86,849,941$94,708,823
Jordan$8,487,919$8,018,886$13,053,313$17,013,146$17,490,560$16,915,963$19,407,507
Kazakhstan$750,245$1,312,853$4,044,567$5,331,486$5,767,567  
Kenya$7,324,342$6,392,965$7,274,967$8,055,097$10,248,194$8,976,499 
Kiribati    $339  
Korea, South$38,379,823$39,911,575$44,738,729$41,498,635$45,891,163$47,012,635$60,021,943
Kuwait $1,595,163$1,568,291$2,164,814   
Kyrgyzstan$94,644$200,721$510,575$414,562$273,513$293,682$634,268
Latvia$1,451,731$1,519,922$1,458,716$2,326,094$1,727,283$1,693,198$2,750,108
Lebanon$3,907,000$3,444,468$5,271,933$5,963,918$6,337,838$7,449,512$9,852,776
Lesotho   $366,981   
Lithuania$1,860,091$2,458,113$3,001,194$3,883,585$3,561,357$4,185,479$4,707,043
Luxembourg$352,487$435,232$394,958$497,124$416,680$357,581$469,703
Macau $9,988$6,290$720$2,660  
Macedonia$2,261,079$2,979,723$4,111,369$4,919,084$5,067,799 $5,808,367
Madagascar$52,529$210,813$151,150$232,275$70,901$107,610 
Malawi$698,775$1,392,614$809,858$541,002$603,152$1,183,306$956,234
Malaysia$1,152,141$1,406,801$2,054,594$2,366,770$2,038,998$3,050,909$3,617,412
Maldives$26,156$48,735$45,583$75,832$59,210$87,489$93,131
Mali$292,771$454,746$440,773$400,850 $622,333 
Malta$1,499,253$419,044$458,610$648,823$670,444$494,532 
Mauritania$824  $829 $9,271$41,781
Mauritius$814,197$731,278$696,823$1,111,133$985,357$963,217$1,093,028
Mayotte$12,079$7,083$18,136$19,345$26,702  
Mexico$124,947,126$142,378,168$151,539,380$164,797,537$173,148,706$200,823,687$215,209,959
Moldova$493,360$697,421$959,599$1,729,480$912,491$1,365,338$1,740,356
Mongolia$4,849$7,623$4,636    
Montenegro $237,333$323,212$513,609$357,685$463,116$574,278
Montserrat$6,841$5,561$6,317$7,625$6,689  
Morocco$26,731,609$29,436,256$33,992,333$45,138,994$41,715,650$45,466,706 
Mozambique$413,344$933,365$390,844$742,815$902,531$971,552$1,000,000
Namibia$279,111$430,090$398,754$369,451   
Nepal    $1,000,261$1,737,404 
Netherlands$186,470,523$181,894,413$203,510,814$225,891,413$306,460,634$295,100,252 
Netherlands Antilles$35,922$45,709$13,254$34,483   
New Caledonia$512,931$511,191$463,743$634,314$623,212$823,586$776,719
New Zealand$9,301,037$9,621,862$10,794,635$11,583,045$11,570,908$11,763,763$15,454,437
Nicaragua$1,190,640$1,604,893$624,229$968,188$953,096$1,286,565$1,822,915
Niger$96,612$338,322$481,860$484,478$467,033$821,740$583,271
Nigeria $149,493$469,656$118,410$5,628$310,117 
Norway$4,515,299$5,199,983$5,750,436$7,135,421$7,766,573$6,603,559$7,396,706
Oman$729,896$871,714$1,392,523$1,781,345$1,756,443$1,727,686 
Pakistan$16,927,546$16,594,445$14,974,418$11,068,161$11,641,101$21,966,630$24,723,390
Panama$1,152,161$1,005,424$2,553,002$1,220,448$1,901,542$2,469,865$3,187,314
Paraguay$222,905$375,192$360,981$774,196$904,241$1,521,003$2,103,278
Peru$6,131,181$8,156,221$10,282,590$11,146,578$9,426,423$11,964,193$10,426,357
Philippines$4,488,439$4,985,942$5,305,376$5,415,520$6,609,870$9,463,630$9,435,895
Poland$25,617,539$37,192,122$40,009,334$44,807,927$41,366,423$35,968,686$44,876,029
Portugal$11,634,579$15,240,064$20,571,143$21,485,061$20,503,528$32,595,007$32,905,256
Qatar$337,156$166,809$369,085$482,348 $591,657 
Romania$5,588,111$6,913,089$10,848,326$16,384,338$14,483,515$15,079,043$17,627,745
Russia$14,295,420$23,289,569$32,268,159$46,016,100$45,099,402$55,945,597$70,557,039
Rwanda$27,056$111,513$44,028$36,453$71,213 $6,263
Saint Kitts and Nevis$42,214$78,289$126,984$82,535   
Saint Lucia$104,783$126,146$185,924$131,764   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$125,561$118,725$83,675$133,286$106,166$124,417 
Samoa$17,439$16,734$17,980$26,282$34,481$11,974$27,312
Sao Tome and Principe$11,494$11,851$18,810$27,076$67,755$28,823 
Saudi Arabia$10,263,883$11,981,105$12,395,767  $18,010,689 
Senegal$2,560,585$2,705,312$3,483,077$4,651,137$4,172,386$3,813,497$6,341,235
Serbia$1,935,488$3,059,889$4,305,666$5,547,499$4,740,051$5,984,493$6,537,481
Seychelles$144,126$45,064$71,604$1,177   
Singapore$3,902,924$4,208,071$4,233,906$4,484,142$4,130,644$4,718,504$5,359,135
Slovakia$2,936,995$3,103,587$3,178,250$3,275,149$4,370,417$6,507,177$6,149,886
Slovenia$3,856,917$3,735,857$4,435,107$5,479,060$5,679,019$5,303,977$5,936,324
South Africa$12,511,222$13,668,799$15,813,699$20,233,955$20,686,032$23,107,074$29,933,048
Spain$142,135,364$151,723,389$190,268,291$215,913,412$216,563,645$153,466,092 
Sri Lanka$2,166,453$2,818,408$3,520,201$3,823,874$4,371,204$5,253,656$7,564,977
Sudan$1,936,534$2,523,768$1,301,866$2,764,460$3,063,059  
Suriname     $176,313$210,138
Swaziland$438,357$201,346$206,857    
Sweden$7,610,793$8,013,187$8,836,776$8,593,242$8,910,756$8,156,645$7,991,408
Switzerland$10,464,542$10,442,483$12,078,876$14,446,399$13,884,015$14,244,749$15,490,399
Syria$15,666,090$13,850,921$17,801,784$21,986,028 $26,471,583 
Tanzania$809,096$576,494$1,087,259$1,388,589$1,100,296$1,315,582$1,783,447
Thailand$8,804,120$8,732,717$11,565,639$13,501,216$15,534,185$18,188,320$17,161,210
Togo$1,118 $638   $242,697
Tonga   $86,420$29,467$53,097 
Trinidad and Tobago$695,607$578,374$828,238$978,382$1,005,308$770,877 
Tunisia$5,198,307$4,571,549$7,019,712$8,979,482$9,438,873$9,730,341 
Turkey$48,811,969$52,296,426$72,106,950$91,349,626$97,985,191$98,440,211$104,593,586
Uganda$1,185,991$1,566,758$1,628,996$2,626,798$1,685,196$2,629,526 
Ukraine$8,810,247$12,379,685$15,242,616$23,812,000$20,753,543$19,648,277$30,214,462
United Arab Emirates$2,794,695 $2,855,152$3,847,442   
United Kingdom$45,699,559$53,968,171$63,982,523$74,045,207$73,307,066$150,010,758$82,922,820
United States$157,737,029$169,767,912$168,903,867$164,673,340$226,021,303$280,720,740$317,920,505
Uruguay$1,383,257$1,563,294$1,556,406$1,801,308$1,894,781  
Vanuatu $54,587$60,805    
Venezuela$8,104,938$8,899,483$10,225,205$19,786,489$20,568,902$25,604,656$26,628,333
Vietnam$7,457,919$9,879,980$9,036,717$4,659,222$9,995,387$7,818,330 
Yemen$1,191,746$1,283,475$2,031,696$2,079,450$2,064,642$2,938,069$2,283,801
Zambia$1,005,712$1,184,431$1,318,315$1,513,693$2,197,586$1,816,311 
Zimbabwe$402,774$856,961$735,354$1,795,059$900,204$1,963,409