RankCountryImports of Sardines, sardinella & brisling/sprats, prepd./presvd., whole/in pieces (ex ... in USD (2010)
1United States$94,902,687
2South Africa$74,238,401
3France$72,462,474
4United Kingdom$53,120,327
5Russia$40,360,230
6Germany$36,326,351
7Colombia$31,455,797
8Spain$29,154,892
9Syria$20,206,423
10Dominican Republic$19,841,193
11Malaysia$17,447,004
12Italy$16,993,030
13Netherlands$16,618,513
14Australia$16,018,755
15Nigeria$14,482,549
16Austria$10,518,364
17Brazil$10,326,866
18Czech Republic$9,647,824
19Japan$9,142,204
20Singapore$9,002,986
21Ukraine$8,686,235
22Belgium$8,651,959
23Romania$8,647,361
24Jamaica$8,605,894
25Jordan$7,846,833
26El Salvador$6,631,656
27Estonia$6,627,040
28Botswana$6,460,796
29Ghana$6,061,668
30Guatemala$6,055,945
31Serbia$5,864,351
32Canada$5,802,024
33Panama$5,598,097
34Bosnia and Herzegovina$5,314,207
35Lebanon$4,927,097
36Slovakia$4,788,874
37Mauritius$4,522,670
38Hong Kong$4,518,913
39Suriname$4,344,676
40Hungary$4,179,000
41Portugal$4,126,410
42Saudi Arabia$4,038,138
43Belarus$3,979,200
44Norway$3,932,568
45Egypt$3,789,763
46Switzerland$3,743,464
47Azerbaijan$3,688,921
48Trinidad and Tobago$3,647,504
49Poland$3,593,213
50Finland$3,559,205
51Mexico$3,421,749
52Israel$3,416,000
53Argentina$3,415,563
54New Zealand$3,289,692
55Greece$3,265,641
56Cote d'Ivoire$3,158,690
57Sweden$2,785,942
58Lithuania$2,683,463
59Moldova$2,666,766
60Nicaragua$2,441,037
61Ireland$2,328,109
62Indonesia$2,216,229
63Slovenia$2,123,319
64Kyrgyzstan$2,048,208
65Georgia$1,955,948
66Chile$1,820,816
67New Caledonia$1,609,569
68Barbados$1,454,938
69Mali$1,377,999
70Paraguay$1,376,463
71Montenegro$1,093,128
72Costa Rica$1,081,979
73Zimbabwe$1,072,974
74Bahamas, The$1,068,091
75Cameroon$1,056,254
76Denmark$1,034,834
77Togo$1,000,391
78Madagascar$982,325
79Yemen$969,489
80Cyprus$947,640
81Samoa$941,325
82Macau$918,158
83Qatar$917,645
84Mozambique$855,562
85Fiji$808,582
86French Polynesia$799,520
87Mauritania$774,436
88Armenia$733,280
89Niger$720,401
90Guyana$711,021
91Albania$693,867
92Benin$682,747
93Thailand$663,291
94Luxembourg$610,597
95Burkina Faso$559,854
96Latvia$520,712
97Antigua and Barbuda$475,051
98Zambia$443,924
99Bolivia$434,438
100Algeria$434,354
101Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$379,193
102Gambia, The$377,895
103Bulgaria$334,034
104China$329,062
105Peru$310,647
106Iceland$308,048
107Dominica$280,538
108Ethiopia$254,639
109Croatia$230,402
110Venezuela$218,108
111Vietnam$206,470
112Korea, South$200,747
113Nepal$179,341
114Belize$177,865
115Malta$168,473
116Cambodia$150,870
117Aruba$148,030
118Bahrain$131,755
119Tunisia$119,370
120Malawi$115,599
121Oman$99,233
122Morocco$90,231
123Senegal$79,341
124Bermuda$76,647
125Philippines$70,873
126Kenya$62,982
127Tanzania$47,025
128Cape Verde$43,767
129Burundi$42,336
130Uganda$36,659
131Bhutan$25,953
132Sri Lanka$19,219
133India$13,913
134Maldives$13,900
135Tonga$12,949
136Turkey$9,702
137Ecuador$9,472
138Sao Tome and Principe$5,793
139Pakistan$2,013
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,233,838$1,450,027$1,690,977$2,136,267$1,168,612$693,867$784,708
Algeria$74,477$737,489$1,119,776$636,707$4,057,226$434,354$361,374
Anguilla $51,487$59,143$75,121   
Antigua and Barbuda$148,522$375,389$401,006 $386,219$475,051$378,260
Argentina$966,471$1,748,803$2,403,041$2,178,382$2,653,239$3,415,563$4,247,949
Armenia$769,635$836,451$1,072,412$1,646,042$1,253,263$733,280$1,580,398
Aruba    $125,164$148,030$131,272
Australia$16,198,894$15,754,096$17,490,107$18,873,617$16,301,114$16,018,755$18,008,813
Austria$8,932,573$8,598,000$8,967,435$11,822,079$10,385,333$10,518,364 
Azerbaijan$1,389,253$883,880$531,280$3,661,803$2,219,281$3,688,921$788,124
Bahamas, The$810,502$872,028$826,163$1,061,640$971,460$1,068,091$953,088
Bahrain$126,175$68,965$99,260$156,024$208,591$131,755$241,077
Bangladesh$93$3,637$1,357    
Barbados$1,619,105$1,312,858$1,495,469$1,619,035$1,871,718$1,454,938$1,719,778
Belarus$5,691,600$8,172,400$10,162,400$11,332,800$7,804,400$3,979,200$11,083,300
Belgium$7,068,723$8,712,233$7,542,674$11,559,696$9,656,255$8,651,959$9,789,691
Belize$169,068$170,126$152,949$286,775$211,474$177,865 
Benin$253,720$395,229   $682,747 
Bermuda     $76,647 
Bhutan$287$4,338$6,726$5,414$12,749$25,953 
Bolivia$255,711$171,472$106,783$810,744$356,573$434,438$1,508,134
Bosnia and Herzegovina$5,960,496$4,286,292$5,989,190$5,624,310$7,342,960$5,314,207$5,475,495
Botswana$2,685,227$2,102,063$2,518,666$3,595,042$3,514,537$6,460,796$3,639,265
Brazil$1,314,019$310,656$349,591$452,755$413,388$10,326,866$10,470,403
Brunei $1,395,056     
Bulgaria$226,053$213,097$265,953$448,237$282,841$334,034$418,885
Burkina Faso$182,331 $357,582$539,118$723,453$559,854 
Burundi$186$680$1,267$12,252$5,076$42,336 
Cambodia$635,390$512,174$196,062$438,662$81,911$150,870 
Cameroon$86,030$259,511$764,276$813,465$1,425,216$1,056,254 
Canada$4,216,400$5,521,858$5,770,987$6,090,175$5,845,105$5,802,024$6,996,153
Cape Verde$44,845$63,409$63,507$94,094$119,691$43,767$36,176
Central African Republic$282,080 $304,914$260,756$180,752  
Chile$1,003,406$1,445,737$1,553,926$2,464,334$1,595,777$1,820,816$1,678,011
China$74,197$160,572$213,143$178,831$200,531$329,062$515,516
Colombia$28,089,849$31,540,968$33,098,382$37,815,874$39,496,919$31,455,797$35,825,477
Comoros$211,811$388,185$315,632    
Costa Rica$439,237$695,305$1,605,740$1,096,601$1,024,692$1,081,979$1,037,066
Cote d'Ivoire$3,090,470$3,053,252$2,084,898$2,492,352$1,557,143$3,158,690$2,168,927
Croatia$235,661$482,250$393,099$400,937$494,355$230,402$256,098
Cuba$3,471,519$1,532,946     
Cyprus$599,762$814,561$849,952$1,372,118$1,199,503$947,640$859,056
Czech Republic$11,810,571$10,713,828$10,851,060$14,392,513$9,386,276$9,647,824$9,395,382
Denmark$1,499,297$1,764,953$1,434,885$1,889,501$1,340,764$1,034,834$1,740,859
Djibouti    $844,688  
Dominica$208,529$281,408$276,287$280,729$312,909$280,538 
Dominican Republic$11,445,592$13,761,935$13,384,716$16,483,437$23,186,533$19,841,193$25,435,007
East Timor$119,789      
Ecuador$58,716$42,643$29,125$101,017$55,692$9,472$29,584
Egypt$153,556$2,589,750$1,594,409$4,213,086$1,570,874$3,789,763$2,795,865
El Salvador$4,777,061$5,025,133$6,257,786$5,850,066$5,743,902$6,631,656 
Estonia$2,703,140$5,292,531$11,835,256$18,383,728$6,697,529$6,627,040$6,314,559
Ethiopia$76,569$123,275$131,350$163,165$34,067$254,639$52,300
Faroe Islands$5,501$5,252$6,856$9,245$9,480  
Fiji$329,294$501,528$477,777$437,492$703,546$808,582 
Finland$1,597,572$2,964,883$2,765,240$3,375,696$3,201,992$3,559,205$4,215,934
France$51,565,160$59,150,111$61,436,973$84,199,645$86,866,664$72,462,474$59,244,119
French Polynesia$726,877$550,038$424,736$716,900$738,402$799,520$544,762
Gabon$5,868,680$6,145,345$5,894,451$5,504,885$5,409,010  
Gambia, The$270,262$451,074$597,074$691,397$575,241$377,895$597,241
Georgia$1,949,572$2,874,537$3,123,560$3,232,708$2,322,686$1,955,948 
Germany$39,362,000$46,413,000$41,537,000$49,173,000$38,123,000$36,326,351$34,959,754
Ghana$1,187,062$3,814,963$9,136,905$11,169,045$7,964,879$6,061,668$10,530,108
Greece$4,072,510$4,768,074$4,066,941$4,774,321$3,285,803$3,265,641$2,469,447
Greenland$6,034$9,063$8,046    
Grenada$387,777$464,460$737,796$526,806$462,074  
Guatemala$4,101,100$5,093,712$5,488,308$6,645,320$6,211,250$6,055,945$6,865,160
Guinea$603,625$188,770$587,007$796,608   
Guinea-Bissau$78,228      
Guyana$705,391$654,962$830,666$521,182$573,958$711,021$943,126
Honduras$2,947,318$2,796,177$3,460,153 $3,507,717  
Hong Kong$3,235,498$3,605,593$3,549,923$4,347,015$3,925,388$4,518,913$4,281,713
Hungary$4,750,000$4,324,000$3,625,000$4,147,000$3,879,000$4,179,000$4,294,000
Iceland$339,319$330,865$463,659$345,188$268,366$308,048$261,907
India$27,660$22,472$40,547$11,891$32,908$13,913$12,081
Indonesia$1,407,971$2,713,622$3,167,729$5,714,639$1,158,185$2,216,229$963,246
Ireland$2,362,877$1,764,670$1,721,073$3,492,428$3,076,857$2,328,109$2,074,422
Israel$2,230,000$2,182,000$3,737,000$3,364,000$3,037,000$3,416,000$3,153,000
Italy$11,550,216$13,832,120$13,018,298$19,610,578$19,148,130$16,993,030$15,806,945
Jamaica$7,555,298$8,323,088$11,076,574$10,606,379$10,939,053$8,605,894 
Japan$11,108,900$11,141,919$10,036,518$9,006,824$8,929,871$9,142,204$16,051,799
Jordan$4,911,173$6,280,076$10,302,316$10,990,529$12,617,188$7,846,833$5,540,403
Kazakhstan$2,540,776$2,673,989$4,850,667$9,261,106$6,166,338  
Kenya$20,388$10,949$14,259$27,622$7,925$62,982 
Kiribati$6,094   $34,176  
Korea, South$162,866$246,783$402,962$387,593$189,826$200,747$381,453
Kuwait $793,898$1,476,221$1,674,339   
Kyrgyzstan$436,961$550,467$1,020,347$1,669,149$1,888,428$2,048,208$2,357,578
Latvia$690,957$853,600$793,873$1,094,851$999,192$520,712$805,509
Lebanon$2,051,000$3,107,222$5,052,230$5,051,041$4,774,057$4,927,097$4,079,846
Lesotho   $961,573   
Lithuania$3,239,658$3,588,963$3,609,121$4,837,825$3,228,616$2,683,463$2,761,748
Luxembourg$513,285$512,487$670,130$827,727$638,220$610,597$608,391
Macau$527,118$688,881$716,059$1,203,106$884,788$918,158$648,196
Macedonia$1,281,436$1,818,531$2,889,881$3,126,377$2,328,933 $2,293,622
Madagascar$141,904$306,833$742,201$1,020,975$470,292$982,325 
Malawi$38,044$198,642$31,923$33,749$232,476$115,599$173,033
Malaysia$13,269,745$13,471,961$14,341,152$17,454,560$18,421,308$17,447,004$24,752,879
Maldives$6,061$11,803$19,621$17,819$10,859$13,900$14,916
Mali$174,200$1,175,938$322,466$716,514 $1,377,999 
Malta$288,552$272,970$123,850$216,714$158,949$168,473 
Mauritania$84,295$98,954$119,217$193,044$415,437$774,436$645,688
Mauritius$2,783,048$3,220,262$3,730,721$6,216,342$2,992,242$4,522,670$4,259,573
Mayotte$977,763$1,426,290$1,372,173$2,221,649$1,215,457  
Mexico$5,343,798$6,203,425$3,759,973$2,872,762$2,619,795$3,421,749$5,508,416
Moldova$2,479,619$2,689,623$2,782,655$3,937,600$3,182,789$2,666,766$3,559,646
Mongolia$217,336$178,701$434,276    
Montenegro $728,948$1,090,406$1,398,115$1,237,043$1,093,128$978,432
Montserrat$38,597$38,818$49,597$34,254$41,373  
Morocco$1,018$189$36,067$1,134$270,327$90,231 
Mozambique$527,021$1,121,963$516,720$1,189,585$1,350,287$855,562$1,337,000
Namibia$2,004,843$2,141,042$3,642,044$4,938,787   
Nepal    $120,535$179,341 
Netherlands$4,246,669$4,699,812$9,643,345$8,345,829$19,769,539$16,618,513 
Netherlands Antilles$220,751$330,756$406,533$486,882   
New Caledonia$1,170,452$1,292,874$1,079,396$2,205,195$1,282,937$1,609,569$1,570,182
New Zealand$2,387,730$2,980,048$3,273,957$3,552,838$3,426,260$3,289,692$2,696,891
Nicaragua$2,244,270$2,216,920$2,734,470$1,871,318$2,714,251$2,441,037$3,426,756
Niger$88,724$61,817$235,809$381,694$394,381$720,401$222,917
Nigeria $4,303,337$3,935,552$6,692,033$2,531,128$14,482,549 
Norway$1,837,053$2,469,262$2,082,150$3,364,843$2,983,790$3,932,568$4,137,742
Oman$9,485$50,783$57,597$55,514$50,931$99,233 
Pakistan$13$283$871$2,322 $2,013$547
Panama$3,900,317$4,742,819$3,776,043$5,712,072$6,459,679$5,598,097$6,141,341
Paraguay$568,777$352,460$716,414$1,006,086$1,096,392$1,376,463$1,361,618
Peru$634,410$280,531$177,715$265,127$657,235$310,647$792,890
Philippines$198,284$70,970$32,440$38,348$28,267$70,873$377,333
Poland$2,363,264$3,389,395$3,803,133$5,026,137$3,657,711$3,593,213$1,823,868
Portugal$3,063,048$3,418,046$3,998,078$9,099,557$4,619,355$4,126,410$3,015,448
Qatar$107,973$119,972$195,767$721,950 $917,645 
Romania$6,501,003$8,532,844$7,483,189$11,119,992$7,576,754$8,647,361$6,215,072
Russia$37,162,623$36,411,592$27,077,503$36,533,729$35,217,097$40,360,230$47,124,181
Rwanda$17,054$7,771$70,366$131,226$93,008 $450,294
Saint Kitts and Nevis$218,532$238,795$348,812$334,402   
Saint Lucia$226,467$228,278$249,758$220,081   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$368,186$413,698$374,852$392,717$413,791$379,193 
Samoa$611,081$1,378,745$1,787,918$1,680,066$442,132$941,325$547,713
Sao Tome and Principe $6,567$3,703$24,888$716$5,793 
Saudi Arabia$1,671,181$3,162,033$3,030,259$2,108,003$1,474,526$4,038,138 
Senegal$659,465$188,754$257,917$30,446$35,998$79,341$14,238
Serbia$5,338,606$6,370,886$8,078,402$10,399,851$7,162,128$5,864,351$8,636,465
Seychelles$50,045$3,713$1,175$4,325   
Singapore$7,900,491$7,354,443$8,483,037$9,294,072$8,728,425$9,002,986$11,271,388
Slovakia$5,014,210$4,399,070$5,125,134$6,472,313$4,678,291$4,788,874$3,984,447
Slovenia$1,221,563$1,561,278$2,461,465$2,546,538$2,282,668$2,123,319$2,717,966
South Africa$2,741,934$4,108,320$21,795,410$58,158,758$88,062,146$74,238,401$61,742,399
Spain$13,561,632$17,851,687$20,318,042$24,857,582$28,044,340$29,154,892 
Sri Lanka$46,304$9,719$18,960$224,665$426,801$19,219$729,383
Sudan$74,457$355,059$242,674$209,421$294,156  
Suriname$2,464,877$2,413,210$3,021,471$2,408,484$3,749,183$4,344,676$2,640,362
Swaziland$2,773,539$1,058,876$907,513    
Sweden$1,566,818$2,096,735$2,581,733$3,062,186$4,069,970$2,785,942$3,362,361
Switzerland$3,126,656$3,631,413$3,304,921$3,933,934$4,069,193$3,743,464$4,242,128
Syria$9,062,645$16,359,619$16,806,007$17,025,719 $20,206,423 
Tanzania$15,354$24,917$35,300$23,080$41,708$47,025$46,618
Thailand$251,588$269,873$264,809$626,823$896,114$663,291$406,438
Togo$769,476 $1,371,154  $1,000,391$881,152
Tonga$2,373$3,350$83,260$67,987$110,979$12,949 
Trinidad and Tobago$2,510,328$2,425,572$3,252,163$2,365,731$3,037,628$3,647,504 
Tunisia$45,868$1,862$12,256 $281,663$119,370 
Turkey$1,347 $6,065$6,529$2,141$9,702$25,990
Tuvalu$28,685$38,336 $4,230   
Uganda$20,534$16,143$48,413$36,078$36,341$36,659 
Ukraine$10,776,684$19,305,011$15,054,207$13,487,120$9,676,561$8,686,235$8,195,933
United Arab Emirates$1,319,040 $2,388,129$4,290,031   
United Kingdom$38,992,278$48,022,215$62,321,035$57,904,153$52,635,157$53,120,327$53,600,389
United States$62,750,615$63,151,570$67,210,576$81,754,753$87,697,565$94,902,687$103,288,767
Uruguay$660,379$774,591$987,361$937,237$1,287,915  
Vanuatu $7,417$6,919    
Venezuela$187,029$280,546$127,102$559,298$3,014,444$218,108$6,205,037
Vietnam$520,295$287,933$1,416,341$365,302$311,783$206,470 
Wallis and Futuna$104,428$43,455     
Yemen$476,426$458,652$395,185$553,984$500,858$969,489$415,209
Zambia$46,168$220,804$326,445$311,641$281,879$443,924 
Zimbabwe$142,578$41,196$76,850$44,762$310,721$1,072,974