RankCountryImports of Seaweeds & oth. algae, fresh/chilled/frozen/dried, whether or not ground in USD (2010)
1Japan$176,095,778
2China$151,990,273
3United States$77,478,621
4France$28,769,467
5Thailand$20,876,129
6Korea, South$17,331,528
7Philippines$15,227,203
8Australia$14,735,858
9Spain$14,013,855
10Denmark$12,733,076
11United Kingdom$11,664,215
12Norway$10,916,363
13Chile$10,679,397
14Canada$10,575,230
15Germany$9,380,013
16Netherlands$8,710,302
17Russia$6,104,450
18Malaysia$6,033,002
19Italy$5,254,414
20Ireland$4,550,771
21Brazil$4,541,085
22New Zealand$4,501,010
23Singapore$4,048,038
24Poland$3,892,058
25Mexico$3,868,837
26Hong Kong$3,118,451
27Belgium$2,820,084
28Saudi Arabia$2,268,003
29Austria$2,221,243
30Vietnam$2,104,680
31Portugal$2,073,964
32Indonesia$2,031,466
33Switzerland$1,990,216
34Greece$1,665,991
35Nigeria$1,541,215
36Argentina$1,374,986
37Belarus$1,373,600
38Ukraine$1,215,731
39Sweden$1,143,093
40South Africa$1,072,882
41Czech Republic$925,128
42Hungary$824,000
43Finland$726,360
44Romania$565,893
45Ecuador$486,902
46Turkey$442,271
47Latvia$426,978
48Iceland$391,346
49Lithuania$348,460
50Colombia$323,872
51Croatia$301,774
52India$295,818
53Israel$293,000
54Lebanon$245,585
55Cyprus$229,875
56Tunisia$207,575
57Cambodia$197,979
58Bulgaria$189,943
59Slovenia$187,612
60Maldives$180,348
61Venezuela$154,334
62Costa Rica$138,371
63Macau$133,951
64Slovakia$129,087
65French Polynesia$126,188
66Aruba$91,200
67Estonia$90,295
68Morocco$80,382
69Dominican Republic$72,811
70Luxembourg$62,441
71Peru$60,905
72Bahrain$56,051
73Algeria$55,058
74Egypt$54,430
75Serbia$53,837
76Bosnia and Herzegovina$44,977
77Bahamas, The$43,145
78Panama$35,952
79Bermuda$35,646
80Jamaica$34,936
81Qatar$31,641
82Malta$27,816
83Moldova$27,716
84Mauritius$26,768
85Cote d'Ivoire$23,760
86Pakistan$22,821
87Fiji$22,682
88El Salvador$22,115
89Jordan$21,839
90Niger$21,512
91Barbados$19,490
92Antigua and Barbuda$12,768
93Paraguay$11,518
94Dominica$10,775
95Trinidad and Tobago$9,135
96Sri Lanka$8,426
97Kyrgyzstan$8,150
98New Caledonia$8,139
99Nepal$7,680
100Belize$7,451
101Cape Verde$6,679
102Suriname$6,466
103Madagascar$6,365
104Nicaragua$5,978
105Guatemala$5,544
106Kenya$4,871
107Georgia$4,713
108Iran$4,522
109Ethiopia$4,152
110Samoa$3,036
111Bhutan$2,943
112Senegal$2,462
113Ghana$2,400
114Bolivia$2,265
115Tonga$1,137
116Cameroon$984
117Zimbabwe$874
118Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$694
119Albania$655
120Tanzania$642
121Yemen$573
122Botswana$507
123Malawi$457
124Burkina Faso$402
125Montenegro$398
126Oman$239
127Mozambique$151
128Azerbaijan$144
129Guyana$144
130Uganda$121
131Zambia$53
Country2005200620072008200920102011
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