Rank | Country | Imports of Seaweeds & oth. algae, fresh/chilled/frozen/dried, whether or not ground in USD (2010) |
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1 | Japan | $176,095,778 | | 2 | China | $151,990,273 | | 3 | United States | $77,478,621 | | 4 | France | $28,769,467 | | 5 | Thailand | $20,876,129 | | 6 | Korea, South | $17,331,528 | | 7 | Philippines | $15,227,203 | | 8 | Australia | $14,735,858 | | 9 | Spain | $14,013,855 | | 10 | Denmark | $12,733,076 | | 11 | United Kingdom | $11,664,215 | | 12 | Norway | $10,916,363 | | 13 | Chile | $10,679,397 | | 14 | Canada | $10,575,230 | | 15 | Germany | $9,380,013 | | 16 | Netherlands | $8,710,302 | | 17 | Russia | $6,104,450 | | 18 | Malaysia | $6,033,002 | | 19 | Italy | $5,254,414 | | 20 | Ireland | $4,550,771 | | 21 | Brazil | $4,541,085 | | 22 | New Zealand | $4,501,010 | | 23 | Singapore | $4,048,038 | | 24 | Poland | $3,892,058 | | 25 | Mexico | $3,868,837 | | 26 | Hong Kong | $3,118,451 | | 27 | Belgium | $2,820,084 | | 28 | Saudi Arabia | $2,268,003 | | 29 | Austria | $2,221,243 | | 30 | Vietnam | $2,104,680 | | 31 | Portugal | $2,073,964 | | 32 | Indonesia | $2,031,466 | | 33 | Switzerland | $1,990,216 | | 34 | Greece | $1,665,991 | | 35 | Nigeria | $1,541,215 | | 36 | Argentina | $1,374,986 | | 37 | Belarus | $1,373,600 | | 38 | Ukraine | $1,215,731 | | 39 | Sweden | $1,143,093 | | 40 | South Africa | $1,072,882 | | 41 | Czech Republic | $925,128 | | 42 | Hungary | $824,000 | | 43 | Finland | $726,360 | | 44 | Romania | $565,893 | | 45 | Ecuador | $486,902 | | 46 | Turkey | $442,271 | | 47 | Latvia | $426,978 | | 48 | Iceland | $391,346 | | 49 | Lithuania | $348,460 | | 50 | Colombia | $323,872 | | 51 | Croatia | $301,774 | | 52 | India | $295,818 | | 53 | Israel | $293,000 | | 54 | Lebanon | $245,585 | | 55 | Cyprus | $229,875 | | 56 | Tunisia | $207,575 | | 57 | Cambodia | $197,979 | | 58 | Bulgaria | $189,943 | | 59 | Slovenia | $187,612 | | 60 | Maldives | $180,348 | | 61 | Venezuela | $154,334 | | 62 | Costa Rica | $138,371 | | 63 | Macau | $133,951 | | 64 | Slovakia | $129,087 | | 65 | French Polynesia | $126,188 | | 66 | Aruba | $91,200 | | 67 | Estonia | $90,295 | | 68 | Morocco | $80,382 | | 69 | Dominican Republic | $72,811 | | 70 | Luxembourg | $62,441 | | 71 | Peru | $60,905 | | 72 | Bahrain | $56,051 | | 73 | Algeria | $55,058 | | 74 | Egypt | $54,430 | | 75 | Serbia | $53,837 | | 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $44,977 | | 77 | Bahamas, The | $43,145 | | 78 | Panama | $35,952 | | 79 | Bermuda | $35,646 | | 80 | Jamaica | $34,936 | | 81 | Qatar | $31,641 | | 82 | Malta | $27,816 | | 83 | Moldova | $27,716 | | 84 | Mauritius | $26,768 | | 85 | Cote d'Ivoire | $23,760 | | 86 | Pakistan | $22,821 | | 87 | Fiji | $22,682 | | 88 | El Salvador | $22,115 | | 89 | Jordan | $21,839 | | 90 | Niger | $21,512 | | 91 | Barbados | $19,490 | | 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | $12,768 | | 93 | Paraguay | $11,518 | | 94 | Dominica | $10,775 | | 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | $9,135 | | 96 | Sri Lanka | $8,426 | | 97 | Kyrgyzstan | $8,150 | | 98 | New Caledonia | $8,139 | | 99 | Nepal | $7,680 | | 100 | Belize | $7,451 | | 101 | Cape Verde | $6,679 | | 102 | Suriname | $6,466 | | 103 | Madagascar | $6,365 | | 104 | Nicaragua | $5,978 | | 105 | Guatemala | $5,544 | | 106 | Kenya | $4,871 | | 107 | Georgia | $4,713 | | 108 | Iran | $4,522 | | 109 | Ethiopia | $4,152 | | 110 | Samoa | $3,036 | | 111 | Bhutan | $2,943 | | 112 | Senegal | $2,462 | | 113 | Ghana | $2,400 | | 114 | Bolivia | $2,265 | | 115 | Tonga | $1,137 | | 116 | Cameroon | $984 | | 117 | Zimbabwe | $874 | | 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $694 | | 119 | Albania | $655 | | 120 | Tanzania | $642 | | 121 | Yemen | $573 | | 122 | Botswana | $507 | | 123 | Malawi | $457 | | 124 | Burkina Faso | $402 | | 125 | Montenegro | $398 | | 126 | Oman | $239 | | 127 | Mozambique | $151 | | 128 | Azerbaijan | $144 | | 129 | Guyana | $144 | | 130 | Uganda | $121 | | 131 | Zambia | $53 | |
Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Albania | $11,244 | | | $10,625 | $21,762 | $655 | $9,784 |
Algeria | $10,862 | $122,154 | $41,354 | $95,102 | $65,189 | $55,058 | $57,943 |
Anguilla | | $1,233 | $1,321 | $1,304 | | | |
Antigua and Barbuda | $4,217 | $4,710 | $9,661 | | $11,732 | $12,768 | $12,811 |
Argentina | $1,212,899 | $1,449,776 | $1,524,646 | $1,614,421 | $1,092,175 | $1,374,986 | $1,840,352 |
Armenia | | | | $1,424 | | | $1,784 |
Aruba | | | | | $64,111 | $91,200 | $85,721 |
Australia | $8,340,531 | $10,166,748 | $10,583,510 | $12,664,610 | $13,236,044 | $14,735,858 | $17,394,652 |
Austria | $1,149,965 | $1,348,024 | $1,386,799 | $2,179,316 | $2,274,413 | $2,221,243 | |
Azerbaijan | $270 | $152 | $350 | $444 | | $144 | $606 |
Bahamas, The | $23,700 | $24,512 | $22,663 | $25,216 | $48,662 | $43,145 | $46,371 |
Bahrain | $9,965 | $53 | $6,077 | $7,492 | $45,099 | $56,051 | $27,927 |
Bangladesh | $100 | $2,726 | $24,001 | | | | |
Barbados | $17,261 | $25,907 | $23,096 | $26,379 | $21,748 | $19,490 | $24,283 |
Belarus | $1,205,900 | $1,705,900 | $1,246,200 | $2,534,900 | $1,042,800 | $1,373,600 | $2,215,800 |
Belgium | $1,947,393 | $2,216,393 | $2,882,920 | $3,049,854 | $3,405,812 | $2,820,084 | $2,826,370 |
Belize | $4,240 | $3,990 | $4,908 | $4,362 | $6,902 | $7,451 | |
Benin | $2,835 | | | | | | |
Bermuda | | | | | | $35,646 | |
Bhutan | $310 | $523 | $757 | $2,102 | $1,570 | $2,943 | |
Bolivia | $1,951 | $2,134 | $957 | $4,732 | $1,294 | $2,265 | $9,858 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | $11,463 | $8,350 | $6,860 | $7,543 | $30,681 | $44,977 | $28,870 |
Botswana | $887 | $1,872 | $197 | $285 | $1,084 | $507 | $165 |
Brazil | $1,893,528 | $2,119,873 | $2,335,584 | $3,375,543 | $3,807,503 | $4,541,085 | $7,303,096 |
Brunei | | $17,719 | | | | | |
Bulgaria | $79,749 | $162,089 | $108,655 | $280,154 | $173,380 | $189,943 | $186,459 |
Burkina Faso | | | | | | $402 | |
Cambodia | $83,419 | $65,050 | $64,555 | $20,187 | $36,296 | $197,979 | |
Cameroon | $3,908 | | | $270 | $410 | $984 | |
Canada | $8,778,806 | $10,038,502 | $11,533,287 | $13,261,302 | $10,954,305 | $10,575,230 | $13,028,386 |
Cape Verde | $322 | $2,096 | $4,128 | $6,958 | $9,808 | $6,679 | $7,958 |
Chile | $3,829,659 | $4,374,351 | $4,975,993 | $8,726,883 | $7,033,702 | $10,679,397 | $9,243,136 |
China | $30,106,690 | $39,676,481 | $47,242,892 | $83,641,001 | $97,022,027 | $151,990,273 | $180,469,707 |
Colombia | $167,335 | $207,234 | $212,175 | $315,344 | $263,974 | $323,872 | $329,435 |
Comoros | | $26 | | | | | |
Cook Islands | $1,306 | | $522 | | | | |
Costa Rica | $23,968 | $77,390 | $89,048 | $102,774 | $64,125 | $138,371 | $103,057 |
Cote d'Ivoire | $809 | $4,104 | $9,316 | $5,215 | $21,361 | $23,760 | $3,704 |
Croatia | $227,996 | $303,749 | $349,343 | $428,078 | $412,284 | $301,774 | $148,334 |
Cuba | $16,358 | $22,619 | | | | | |
Cyprus | $36,452 | $53,981 | $118,433 | $170,107 | $143,780 | $229,875 | $242,153 |
Czech Republic | $839,430 | $940,483 | $1,188,775 | $1,240,350 | $996,413 | $925,128 | $1,058,963 |
Denmark | $12,276,308 | $5,718,762 | $6,996,634 | $9,278,719 | $5,399,435 | $12,733,076 | $9,944,432 |
Dominica | $21,373 | $5,070 | $1,005 | $817 | $5,933 | $10,775 | |
Dominican Republic | $3,579 | $11,036 | $53,091 | $51,437 | $38,892 | $72,811 | $58,961 |
East Timor | $195 | | | | | | |
Ecuador | $133,631 | $221,237 | $160,831 | $382,319 | $304,259 | $486,902 | $159,153 |
Egypt | | $14,504 | $5,353 | $37,232 | $81,394 | $54,430 | $74,072 |
El Salvador | $10,630 | $11,579 | $13,567 | $20,643 | $10,340 | $22,115 | |
Estonia | $23,854 | $23,656 | $30,427 | $51,784 | $65,930 | $90,295 | $98,015 |
Ethiopia | | $371 | $444 | $4,994 | $3,723 | $4,152 | $1,465 |
Faroe Islands | $925 | $1,951 | $920 | $600 | $8,417 | | |
Fiji | $10,241 | $15,416 | $8,973 | $17,349 | $24,671 | $22,682 | |
Finland | $345,562 | $415,349 | $521,468 | $662,151 | $735,546 | $726,360 | $844,943 |
France | $19,221,529 | $16,986,306 | $22,013,932 | $29,749,765 | $32,791,867 | $28,769,467 | $31,226,373 |
French Polynesia | $45,976 | $58,942 | $86,957 | $150,989 | $97,609 | $126,188 | $76,632 |
Gabon | | $209 | | | $106 | | |
Georgia | $207 | $2,530 | $4,286 | $8,526 | $7,568 | $4,713 | |
Germany | $6,092,000 | $8,478,000 | $8,225,000 | $9,157,000 | $10,167,000 | $9,380,013 | $11,239,572 |
Ghana | $579 | $746 | $10,661 | $1,829 | $777 | $2,400 | $19,204 |
Greece | $554,698 | $873,172 | $2,223,084 | $2,419,887 | $1,667,020 | $1,665,991 | $2,151,501 |
Greenland | $3,667 | $3,389 | $1,793 | | | | |
Grenada | $979 | $2,302 | $3,430 | $3,367 | $1,177 | | |
Guatemala | $12,041 | $16,300 | $239 | $6,252 | $20 | $5,544 | $4,525 |
Guinea | | | $23 | | | | |
Guyana | $15 | | | $12 | $135 | $144 | |
Honduras | $4,921 | $6,959 | $41,342 | | $14,885 | | |
Hong Kong | $4,303,571 | $4,691,372 | $5,392,802 | $3,953,587 | $2,592,637 | $3,118,451 | $4,074,486 |
Hungary | $161,000 | $374,000 | $493,000 | $445,000 | $416,000 | $824,000 | $1,255,000 |
Iceland | $37,431 | $70,976 | $274,778 | $320,825 | $434,816 | $391,346 | $553,177 |
India | $331,877 | $487,779 | $439,235 | $446,270 | $649,372 | $295,818 | $2,144,168 |
Indonesia | $440,536 | $476,754 | $753,279 | $1,966,221 | $1,476,315 | $2,031,466 | $1,630,820 |
Iran | | | | | | $4,522 | |
Ireland | $872,007 | $1,976,424 | $2,025,144 | $2,815,361 | $3,246,607 | $4,550,771 | $5,216,368 |
Israel | $490,000 | $618,000 | $554,000 | $405,000 | $215,000 | $293,000 | $233,000 |
Italy | $2,427,928 | $2,897,500 | $4,148,411 | $4,599,682 | $5,369,318 | $5,254,414 | $6,077,407 |
Jamaica | $66,896 | $114,739 | $72,789 | $88,398 | $77,107 | $34,936 | |
Japan | $179,314,470 | $178,354,066 | $159,415,077 | $175,390,224 | $159,793,199 | $176,095,778 | $265,518,507 |
Jordan | $11,234 | $7,652 | $14,574 | $11,882 | $15,963 | $21,839 | $23,235 |
Kazakhstan | $121,426 | $16,669 | $62,670 | $157,967 | $116,188 | | |
Kenya | $2,262 | $23,772 | $62,482 | $68,943 | $4,029 | $4,871 | |
Kiribati | $153 | | | | $68 | | |
Korea, South | $16,597,316 | $20,821,385 | $15,616,733 | $19,696,049 | $14,724,171 | $17,331,528 | $23,409,075 |
Kuwait | | $61,290 | $12,748 | $85,401 | | | |
Kyrgyzstan | $1,853 | | $1,693 | $524 | $1,476 | $8,150 | $8,834 |
Latvia | $164,908 | $240,588 | $365,244 | $515,160 | $438,652 | $426,978 | $412,892 |
Lebanon | $58,000 | $54,422 | $134,573 | $220,703 | $174,011 | $245,585 | $248,238 |
Lithuania | $73,330 | $108,855 | $200,943 | $364,449 | $243,905 | $348,460 | $390,669 |
Luxembourg | $40,540 | $54,309 | $134,261 | $120,414 | $87,645 | $62,441 | $57,915 |
Macau | $266,013 | $486,314 | $174,278 | $185,094 | $156,018 | $133,951 | $124,092 |
Macedonia | $54,605 | $75,879 | $75,359 | $117,429 | $88,458 | | $79,674 |
Madagascar | $121 | $664 | $2,947 | $1,099 | $22,145 | $6,365 | |
Malawi | | $532 | | $2,673 | | $457 | $120 |
Malaysia | $5,221,699 | $4,550,768 | $5,038,350 | $5,996,526 | $5,446,238 | $6,033,002 | $7,890,801 |
Maldives | $51,578 | $106,884 | $137,827 | $133,264 | $143,477 | $180,348 | $257,628 |
Mali | $15 | | | $291 | | | |
Malta | $19,036 | $16,589 | $10,085 | $16,125 | $23,719 | $27,816 | |
Mauritius | $38,802 | $62,266 | $33,014 | $45,063 | $87,439 | $26,768 | $11,469 |
Mayotte | $21 | $102 | $597 | $452 | | | |
Mexico | $3,376,891 | $3,512,018 | $4,003,792 | $4,379,433 | $3,262,961 | $3,868,837 | $4,426,145 |
Moldova | $5,469 | $17,899 | $21,109 | $78,655 | $21,912 | $27,716 | $54,101 |
Mongolia | $40 | $757 | $2,091 | | | | |
Montenegro | | | $2,026 | $449 | $2,787 | $398 | $6,449 |
Morocco | $346,479 | $874,743 | $1,247,672 | $673,227 | $191,865 | $80,382 | |
Mozambique | | $41 | $24 | $345 | $153 | $151 | |
Namibia | $2,277 | $1,644 | $1,106 | $593 | | | |
Nepal | | | | | $7,020 | $7,680 | |
Netherlands | $5,133,049 | $4,843,030 | $5,680,872 | $7,778,537 | $8,991,353 | $8,710,302 | |
Netherlands Antilles | $639 | $732 | $894 | $2,044 | | | |
New Caledonia | $2,412 | $7,399 | $17,301 | $10,542 | $11,175 | $8,139 | $20,983 |
New Zealand | $2,968,888 | $4,672,535 | $4,392,766 | $4,176,704 | $4,054,093 | $4,501,010 | $4,544,362 |
Nicaragua | $1,290 | $10,682 | $4,648 | $5,099 | $5,023 | $5,978 | $14,265 |
Niger | | | | $15 | $6,513 | $21,512 | $209 |
Nigeria | | $8,970 | $3,925 | $15,118 | $189,826 | $1,541,215 | |
Norway | $4,346,150 | $3,769,707 | $4,632,331 | $10,894,149 | $10,653,654 | $10,916,363 | $11,545,958 |
Oman | | | | | | $239 | |
Pakistan | $19,933 | $6,449 | $12,406 | $13,061 | $32,318 | $22,821 | $17,742 |
Panama | $4,437 | $8,997 | $30,949 | $39,562 | $42,111 | $35,952 | $68,176 |
Paraguay | $22,761 | $20,424 | $22,307 | $30,732 | $14,760 | $11,518 | $32,188 |
Peru | $49,659 | $98,994 | $72,852 | $73,537 | $41,674 | $60,905 | $68,536 |
Philippines | $7,889,567 | $8,732,083 | $9,182,566 | $29,265,163 | $10,400,257 | $15,227,203 | $8,798,369 |
Poland | $610,558 | $648,176 | $679,438 | $3,068,451 | $6,010,622 | $3,892,058 | $1,335,116 |
Portugal | $3,307,207 | $2,378,638 | $2,336,907 | $2,240,007 | $2,199,399 | $2,073,964 | $1,526,080 |
Qatar | $506 | $7,602 | $9,517 | $9,758 | | $31,641 | |
Romania | $224,171 | $312,268 | $854,801 | $332,715 | $357,275 | $565,893 | $564,878 |
Russia | $3,107,084 | $4,030,384 | $4,889,594 | $8,425,811 | $4,103,220 | $6,104,450 | $7,452,431 |
Rwanda | | | | $163 | $84 | | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | $35,420 | $12,201 | $1,828 | $3,299 | | | |
Saint Lucia | $664 | $2,495 | $2,646 | $1,499 | | | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $338 | $84 | $1,041 | $877 | $1,429 | $694 | |
Samoa | $1,149 | $1,306 | $2,450 | $1,349 | $3,650 | $3,036 | $1,885 |
Saudi Arabia | $179,192 | $964,118 | $911,285 | | | $2,268,003 | |
Senegal | $10,458 | $10,642 | | $2,366 | $11,841 | $2,462 | $2,399 |
Serbia | $251,576 | $200,999 | $21,773 | $256,920 | $60,160 | $53,837 | $16,874 |
Seychelles | $19,815 | $45,443 | $17,549 | $29,671 | | | |
Singapore | $2,196,214 | $3,878,657 | $3,624,192 | $3,084,823 | $3,432,073 | $4,048,038 | $5,544,191 |
Slovakia | $19,775 | $51,472 | $111,413 | $249,145 | $95,329 | $129,087 | $179,337 |
Slovenia | $18,329 | $22,625 | $202,549 | $278,668 | $193,205 | $187,612 | $125,004 |
South Africa | $909,225 | $1,012,732 | $1,191,970 | $1,569,409 | $1,294,134 | $1,072,882 | $2,351,693 |
Spain | $9,863,084 | $8,467,311 | $12,281,582 | $10,775,710 | $11,121,392 | $14,013,855 | |
Sri Lanka | $5,922 | $5,818 | $6,980 | $2,589 | $2,981 | $8,426 | $8,390 |
Sudan | | $340 | | | | | |
Suriname | $1,844 | $1,604 | $3,786 | $3,420 | $2,853 | $6,466 | $5,223 |
Swaziland | $2,091 | | $63,153 | | | | |
Sweden | $751,060 | $959,854 | $1,136,984 | $1,338,119 | $1,225,377 | $1,143,093 | $1,446,144 |
Switzerland | $1,652,317 | $1,578,464 | $1,505,831 | $1,898,664 | $1,844,202 | $1,990,216 | $1,994,002 |
Syria | $45,709 | | | | | | |
Tanzania | $307 | $7,868 | $14,350 | $1,196 | $4,650 | $642 | $2,164 |
Thailand | $5,830,961 | $8,914,293 | $13,245,906 | $22,177,917 | $18,298,187 | $20,876,129 | $30,985,848 |
Tonga | $40 | $6 | $517 | $5,658 | $1,199 | $1,137 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | $11,401 | $2,163 | $20,057 | $65,575 | $7,438 | $9,135 | |
Tunisia | $856,342 | $488,772 | $624,203 | $236,031 | $298,325 | $207,575 | |
Turkey | $118,637 | $177,933 | $243,355 | $337,981 | $185,449 | $442,271 | $661,235 |
Tuvalu | $27 | | | | | | |
Uganda | $9,116 | $35,819 | $32,515 | $28,452 | $22 | $121 | |
Ukraine | $603,425 | $812,169 | $944,755 | $1,604,810 | $657,240 | $1,215,731 | $1,426,371 |
United Arab Emirates | $95,572 | | $276,697 | $471,973 | | | |
United Kingdom | $18,976,340 | $20,838,490 | $18,395,740 | $17,886,712 | $18,563,608 | $11,664,215 | $13,136,250 |
United States | $58,160,751 | $69,323,090 | $65,890,365 | $81,240,452 | $74,341,544 | $77,478,621 | $89,334,328 |
Uruguay | $6,339 | $9,956 | $13,917 | $13,945 | $18,766 | | |
Vanuatu | | $480 | $1,064 | | | | |
Venezuela | $175,696 | $444,133 | $297,324 | $527,405 | $289,700 | $154,334 | $5,266 |
Vietnam | $837,959 | $1,089,160 | $1,465,243 | $1,883,430 | $1,566,773 | $2,104,680 | |
Yemen | $2,244 | | | $28 | | $573 | $4,696 |
Zambia | $54 | $261 | $930 | $3,105 | $297 | $53 | |
Zimbabwe | | $185 | $48 | $56 | $1,546 | $874 | |
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