RankCountryImports of Salt (incl. table salt & denatured salt) & pure sodium chloride, whether or ... in USD (2010)
1Japan$614,681,433
2United States$474,377,002
3Korea, South$224,841,407
4Germany$176,252,823
5Belgium$133,130,757
6China$129,000,077
7France$119,780,659
8Indonesia$109,245,226
9United Kingdom$100,583,446
10Italy$81,268,712
11Netherlands$75,672,238
12Czech Republic$75,121,757
13Norway$74,041,946
14Russia$67,154,319
15Sweden$67,013,433
16Canada$58,223,615
17Denmark$47,549,336
18Malaysia$38,672,200
19Nigeria$33,781,749
20Austria$33,737,252
21Poland$33,470,254
22Hungary$32,006,000
23Ireland$31,137,828
24Philippines$28,424,979
25Slovakia$28,102,660
26Finland$26,082,838
27Qatar$24,410,025
28Slovenia$19,993,035
29Brazil$18,844,520
30Vietnam$18,716,090
31Singapore$18,068,789
32Croatia$17,388,283
33Uganda$16,810,899
34Spain$16,414,110
35Serbia$15,647,510
36Portugal$15,132,665
37Mexico$14,762,641
38Lithuania$13,184,016
39Cote d'Ivoire$12,877,647
40Cameroon$10,090,794
41Zimbabwe$10,080,391
42Latvia$9,676,735
43Switzerland$9,242,045
44Bulgaria$8,742,628
45Romania$8,639,552
46Malawi$8,570,097
47Colombia$8,532,710
48Australia$7,745,786
49Greece$7,685,192
50Zambia$7,502,470
51Kenya$7,078,424
52Iceland$7,078,125
53Nepal$7,049,003
54Luxembourg$6,934,526
55Mali$6,822,253
56Dominican Republic$6,712,968
57New Zealand$6,377,648
58Saudi Arabia$6,288,541
59Syria$6,227,929
60Estonia$5,721,715
61Hong Kong$5,675,656
62Turkey$5,674,685
63Tanzania$5,655,139
64Oman$5,542,657
65Bosnia and Herzegovina$5,311,213
66Georgia$4,845,601
67Guatemala$4,835,876
68Belarus$4,744,500
69Burkina Faso$4,645,299
70Azerbaijan$4,601,283
71Costa Rica$4,136,015
72Peru$4,129,839
73Benin$3,463,677
74El Salvador$3,040,585
75Egypt$2,999,969
76Niger$2,961,073
77South Africa$2,949,959
78Paraguay$2,921,145
79Argentina$2,907,948
80Algeria$2,716,569
81Morocco$2,634,872
82Thailand$2,305,503
83Lebanon$2,246,057
84Mauritius$2,118,015
85Bahrain$2,081,677
86Jamaica$1,886,470
87Ukraine$1,884,543
88Cyprus$1,824,992
89Albania$1,819,818
90India$1,814,970
91Jordan$1,715,298
92Moldova$1,656,491
93Botswana$1,536,356
94Burundi$1,471,003
95Kyrgyzstan$1,417,725
96Chile$1,341,116
97Israel$1,312,000
98Fiji$1,276,279
99Tunisia$1,152,622
100Trinidad and Tobago$996,739
101Bahamas, The$990,793
102New Caledonia$923,533
103Sri Lanka$907,842
104Montenegro$875,858
105Panama$865,114
106Barbados$861,329
107Guyana$858,977
108French Polynesia$824,001
109Iran$708,760
110Suriname$659,498
111Nicaragua$647,679
112Armenia$630,755
113Maldives$615,429
114Ghana$579,774
115Ecuador$523,573
116Bolivia$473,406
117Malta$455,377
118Pakistan$418,073
119Ethiopia$408,787
120Senegal$402,140
121Belize$399,496
122Bhutan$354,523
123Macau$338,328
124Aruba$274,614
125Sao Tome and Principe$273,067
126Yemen$215,078
127Samoa$199,474
128Afghanistan$171,893
129Venezuela$162,943
130Dominica$162,541
131Togo$158,792
132Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$137,475
133Antigua and Barbuda$129,279
134Tonga$126,162
135Bermuda$114,638
136Cape Verde$86,689
137Mauritania$81,023
138Mozambique$72,538
139Madagascar$48,419
140Cambodia$17,300
141Gambia, The$8,892
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Afghanistan   $62,699$5,844$171,893 
Albania$1,513,971$1,791,100$2,021,313$2,085,470$2,141,502$1,819,818$2,013,472
Algeria$3,888,611$2,223,386$4,197,142$3,250,085$2,862,125$2,716,569$2,396,115
Anguilla $35,827$42,087$43,422   
Antigua and Barbuda$106,810$110,553$124,991 $144,683$129,279$156,667
Argentina$2,062,102$1,943,348$1,854,544$2,125,495$2,546,463$2,907,948$3,904,349
Armenia$166,234$271,996$474,189$1,088,234$713,777$630,755$544,080
Aruba$13,401,292   $294,424$274,614$363,869
Australia$4,397,760$4,453,639$5,498,063$5,845,538$6,835,597$7,745,786$9,440,742
Austria$17,619,510$32,797,466$17,690,144$16,788,286$25,741,005$33,737,252 
Azerbaijan$3,069,503$4,228,544$3,756,669$5,359,964$4,275,944$4,601,283$4,466,655
Bahamas, The$721,630$799,566$845,733$989,973$1,082,200$990,793$972,455
Bahrain$1,372,250$921,778$1,419,442$4,755,779$2,776,677$2,081,677$3,164,336
Bangladesh$5,382,890$9,426,185$4,181,931    
Barbados$713,709$634,679$803,309$898,642$787,980$861,329$823,560
Belarus$1,538,300$2,225,900$2,528,600$3,025,500$3,967,300$4,744,500$4,790,900
Belgium$75,583,672$84,244,609$82,968,739$93,448,522$96,708,956$133,130,757$168,012,634
Belize$320,675$361,038$368,910$415,490$419,641$399,496 
Benin$1,281,721$1,925,630   $3,463,677 
Bermuda     $114,638 
Bhutan$201,880$222,570$316,010$272,770$343,265$354,523 
Bolivia$196,625$265,797$285,891$331,129$366,999$473,406$414,221
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,576,485$4,053,041$2,586,189$4,902,456$4,384,415$5,311,213$6,062,804
Botswana$1,327,097$1,057,569$1,172,098$1,519,561$1,532,950$1,536,356$1,879,215
Brazil$4,983,003$6,196,972$5,679,971$8,317,407$9,438,104$18,844,520$20,151,241
Brunei $500,787     
Bulgaria$5,959,180$6,947,512$4,628,416$7,052,060$6,368,847$8,742,628$12,845,819
Burkina Faso$3,357,741 $3,977,351$4,268,615$4,998,726$4,645,299 
Burundi$1,020,763$1,078,420$733,141$286,369$125,401$1,471,003 
Cambodia$643$1,945$4,268$2,009$1,095,806$17,300 
Cameroon$4,074,897$8,744,103$7,903,661$11,311,127$11,253,079$10,090,794 
Canada$41,321,089$49,963,265$58,165,784$69,577,313$77,317,938$58,223,615$87,549,693
Cape Verde$26,381$49,989$63,613$91,697$102,405$86,689$106,670
Central African Republic$638,031 $791,277$884,766$1,044,978  
Chile$1,096,671$735,196$624,849$976,277$1,379,703$1,341,116$2,216,196
China$151,714,445$69,913,676$54,969,001$80,013,157$68,448,021$129,000,077$198,019,421
Colombia$3,591,274$3,579,270$5,602,788$7,970,921$5,696,242$8,532,710$9,168,342
Comoros$89,797$65,463$20,765    
Cook Islands$33,154 $24,961    
Costa Rica$2,986,118$3,952,591$4,829,278$4,970,552$6,680,467$4,136,015$7,160,473
Cote d'Ivoire$6,982,008$9,036,867$11,059,455$13,594,640$14,591,837$12,877,647$14,569,027
Croatia$11,863,069$11,015,604$8,825,618$12,985,680$12,486,324$17,388,283$14,766,780
Cuba$533,208$361,449     
Cyprus$1,071,885$1,038,558$1,115,480$1,286,189$1,332,270$1,824,992$1,854,104
Czech Republic$44,354,257$64,329,639$39,683,422$48,026,254$54,661,279$75,121,757$76,780,031
Denmark$25,634,073$31,302,155$22,992,956$23,800,256$27,482,924$47,549,336$64,328,839
Djibouti    $948,521  
Dominica$87,571$114,817$117,830$125,563$118,430$162,541 
Dominican Republic$1,924,317$4,335,436$3,410,612$4,006,533$5,919,162$6,712,968$10,321,131
East Timor$66,434      
Ecuador$219,643$220,421$351,336$334,537$383,231$523,573$659,915
Egypt$1,026,265$1,132,536$1,592,829$3,270,373$3,679,232$2,999,969$4,479,800
El Salvador$1,319,883$2,418,191$2,303,097$2,577,954$2,654,681$3,040,585 
Estonia$3,473,490$4,294,513$4,908,727$5,683,069$5,727,981$5,721,715$7,514,624
Ethiopia$603,037$538,377$204,149$157,919$397,303$408,787$225,182
Faroe Islands$1,738,115$1,593,849$1,264,359$1,854,536$1,426,073  
Fiji$1,048,852$1,084,141$1,134,778$1,977,109$615,819$1,276,279 
Finland$23,950,913$23,620,990$27,185,794$31,714,548$29,514,758$26,082,838$34,457,469
France$106,182,522$106,611,073$69,954,865$68,268,270$79,267,601$119,780,659$147,944,717
French Polynesia$639,086$586,815$597,989$682,774$656,792$824,001$730,323
Gabon$1,354,418$1,442,849$1,870,945$1,946,391$1,935,904  
Gambia, The$38,539$18,314$19,229$19,210$12,745$8,892$17,207
Georgia$3,293,322$3,467,079$3,752,411$4,281,575$4,114,498$4,845,601 
Germany$134,571,000$151,858,000$149,162,000$157,659,000$131,559,000$176,252,823$265,104,424
Ghana$225,175$186,816$141,712$346,079$660,672$579,774$1,796,432
Greece$7,838,402$10,783,974$8,923,845$9,634,446$9,954,981$7,685,192$12,975,106
Greenland$3,226,316$1,711,093$1,816,335    
Grenada$88,170$101,796$125,470$127,711$147,396  
Guatemala$1,834,200$2,875,200$2,440,825$3,848,479$3,959,306$4,835,876$5,968,327
Guinea$36,528$141,260$125,966$35,633   
Guinea-Bissau$3,062      
Guyana$819,997$745,190$708,555$930,981$969,929$858,977$1,030,369
Honduras$1,744,840$1,822,264$2,958,691 $2,989,043  
Hong Kong$4,018,202$3,897,335$4,676,835$5,204,365$5,213,058$5,675,656$6,099,387
Hungary$19,788,000$23,316,000$23,573,000$26,396,000$26,182,000$32,006,000$39,158,000
Iceland$7,802,155$6,393,101$8,753,984$10,987,500$9,332,763$7,078,125$10,039,914
India$489,724$912,781$1,264,588$1,413,156$2,123,006$1,814,970$2,151,487
Indonesia$43,901,062$50,571,315$56,300,047$71,448,554$91,066,878$109,245,226$146,490,557
Iran$34,956$7,362   $708,760 
Ireland$14,474,730$15,845,172$17,776,860$22,821,260$21,003,901$31,137,828$65,846,577
Israel$878,000$789,000$1,196,000$1,258,000$1,279,000$1,312,000$1,957,000
Italy$46,764,303$51,055,104$50,969,633$52,683,074$66,022,910$81,268,712$89,851,966
Jamaica$1,025,211$1,123,211$1,569,817$1,625,084$2,135,331$1,886,470 
Japan$321,807,953$355,812,033$364,826,857$423,653,734$571,303,027$614,681,433$479,494,778
Jordan$627,084$650,900$1,296,193$1,251,400$1,461,711$1,715,298$2,290,341
Kazakhstan$2,225,649$2,542,185$3,297,069$3,449,248$2,501,976  
Kenya$314,712$284,538$4,622,802$10,406,682$3,333,757$7,078,424 
Kiribati$82,384   $176,110  
Korea, South$109,731,105$107,835,265$120,940,169$140,322,328$178,335,645$224,841,407$222,446,124
Kuwait $3,037,652$3,993,902$4,747,832   
Kyrgyzstan$236,893$257,600$330,352$823,163$1,035,984$1,417,725$1,289,527
Latvia$6,366,470$7,574,600$8,172,817$9,190,963$10,052,258$9,676,735$13,772,119
Lebanon$1,593,000$1,641,483$1,895,457$1,871,785$1,865,672$2,246,057$2,488,154
Lesotho   $866,132   
Lithuania$7,349,639$8,790,213$11,399,056$14,134,580$12,498,168$13,184,016$16,539,288
Luxembourg$5,028,647$4,998,775$3,078,901$5,224,534$5,500,468$6,934,526$7,376,589
Macau$169,365$245,903$281,992$380,914$334,262$338,328$409,425
Macedonia$3,260,917$3,229,082$3,649,307$3,931,038$3,923,754 $4,413,718
Madagascar$33,783$6,096,653$39,513$168,785$179,801$48,419 
Malawi$4,917,144$4,875,275$3,900,497$5,389,213$7,761,141$8,570,097$46,197,273
Malaysia$20,423,010$24,223,447$25,035,466$41,982,696$32,934,656$38,672,200$37,058,958
Maldives$359,558$503,063$476,554$794,222$541,005$615,429$578,357
Mali$1,255,112$1,448,327$2,251,603$6,865,320 $6,822,253 
Malta$449,175$329,623$529,767$913,813$427,516$455,377 
Mauritania$193,351$154,912$169,036$33,596$20,009$81,023$154,076
Mauritius$1,253,943$1,415,634$1,354,545$1,598,996$2,073,672$2,118,015$1,657,831
Mayotte$172,769$125,845$186,899$198,437$265,027  
Mexico$11,105,221$13,367,220$14,079,122$17,470,002$12,893,389$14,762,641$16,348,509
Moldova$1,237,335$1,575,303$1,310,388$1,360,682$1,351,123$1,656,491$1,964,821
Mongolia$819,071$858,072$804,431    
Montenegro $727,882$828,523$822,359$1,019,076$875,858$1,251,566
Montserrat$7,344$11,176$6,316$9,754$8,797  
Morocco$1,340,411$1,446,791$1,774,956$2,368,044$2,799,672$2,634,872 
Mozambique$58,316$63,323$714,692$95,316$81,096$72,538$265,000
Namibia$279,533$384,418$473,724$457,930   
Nepal    $8,898,708$7,049,003 
Netherlands$42,425,662$50,005,700$21,473,119$18,190,194$27,504,111$75,672,238 
Netherlands Antilles$223,154$241,038$287,034$323,126   
New Caledonia$643,080$669,064$662,695$871,077$884,887$923,533$1,096,467
New Zealand$6,723,729$5,790,020$4,930,145$6,381,452$6,030,284$6,377,648$7,527,757
Nicaragua$431,640$530,500$602,805$644,223$685,283$647,679$1,044,769
Niger$3,276,820$3,528,772$3,964,790$4,244,048$3,215,079$2,961,073$4,717,637
Nigeria $29,663,373$31,944,665$21,828,610$24,993,257$33,781,749 
Norway$91,558,182$103,752,213$83,413,457$97,682,376$67,543,427$74,041,946$87,745,909
Oman$3,023,381$7,156,252$7,436,673$7,807,003$9,177,265$5,542,657 
Pakistan$259,977$171,019$366,271$247,230$296,068$418,073$471,420
Panama$488,311$784,031$912,360$1,114,768$1,188,890$865,114$1,439,114
Paraguay$1,858,496$1,966,156$1,994,151$1,603,225$1,515,955$2,921,145$3,245,077
Peru$2,371,530$2,707,875$3,116,604$4,129,156$2,964,360$4,129,839$5,346,895
Philippines$15,797,805$25,268,255$52,000,007$23,794,049$25,393,961$28,424,979$24,174,148
Poland$12,061,296$19,107,293$15,578,937$18,430,770$19,737,869$33,470,254$47,178,209
Portugal$8,170,517$10,146,352$14,102,302$13,521,523$12,441,150$15,132,665$14,013,058
Qatar$16,539,246$18,187,999$22,005,956$21,528,792 $24,410,025 
Romania$5,905,513$5,655,555$6,611,953$7,321,190$7,729,667$8,639,552$13,386,462
Russia$31,340,255$36,084,520$43,446,860$59,658,615$53,696,653$67,154,319$91,787,883
Rwanda$4,466,217$4,236,384$5,814,562$8,261,422$6,117,008 $3,731,141
Saint Kitts and Nevis$56,128$91,580$72,669$76,941   
Saint Lucia$215,041$187,353$198,630$238,643   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$73,584$85,807$90,320$90,680$99,416$137,475 
Samoa$168,551$178,040$176,851$222,919$222,742$199,474$221,756
Sao Tome and Principe$5,987$201,212$11,766$280,744$468,324$273,067 
Saudi Arabia$3,542,577$2,783,079$3,300,160  $6,288,541 
Senegal$149,744$154,460$161,236$152,292$96,074$402,140$560,173
Serbia$11,737,055$12,117,936$15,478,704$14,362,528$13,034,397$15,647,510$20,205,598
Seychelles$163,553$180,109$182,908$580,433   
Singapore$11,583,379$9,939,898$14,197,593$14,175,305$13,150,373$18,068,789$17,660,220
Slovakia$9,207,151$11,898,646$8,759,318$11,082,403$27,032,331$28,102,660$25,201,658
Slovenia$10,175,811$11,140,843$9,167,284$11,420,962$13,204,662$19,993,035$16,505,466
South Africa$561,108$675,927$1,218,631$1,795,988$2,462,502$2,949,959$1,765,691
Spain$12,455,552$10,795,216$15,734,822$13,030,314$15,195,264$16,414,110 
Sri Lanka$331,253$433,463$601,627$3,523,827$979,175$907,842$971,262
Sudan$1,269,192$794,241$51,227$275,253$108,259  
Suriname$487,868$535,371$552,833$711,804$985,340$659,498$962,470
Swaziland$1,536,628$826,834$966,359    
Sweden$48,234,058$60,922,556$52,449,343$63,275,231$60,663,873$67,013,433$77,349,569
Switzerland$7,191,576$5,194,520$5,610,614$5,479,288$10,970,186$9,242,045$12,579,578
Syria$1,091,716$2,508,436$2,567,973$4,158,547 $6,227,929 
Tanzania$1,072,270$880,245$1,238,807$2,664,486$5,175,292$5,655,139$5,220,878
Thailand$1,375,341$1,033,784$1,332,149$2,112,322$3,394,970$2,305,503$2,770,307
Togo$68,902 $127,409  $158,792$276,985
Tonga$95,119$88,649$84,567$89,471$136,724$126,162 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,060,481$933,365$1,583,830$1,051,558$1,319,404$996,739 
Tunisia$1,436,973$1,188,284$1,408,168$2,387,503$1,547,903$1,152,622 
Turkey$9,292,511$10,649,686$9,369,626$16,087,677$4,738,940$5,674,685$9,109,564
Tuvalu$13,796$15,558 $25,204   
Uganda$6,111,733$6,336,744$9,712,916$17,372,254$16,561,252$16,810,899 
Ukraine$730,608$1,609,517$2,530,735$2,012,040$1,600,956$1,884,543$2,338,672
United Arab Emirates$11,510,616 $13,552,070$18,097,480   
United Kingdom$31,127,190$31,615,239$36,238,828$40,558,288$47,351,611$100,583,446$142,568,181
United States$287,822,205$240,196,999$263,272,226$480,739,017$475,575,277$474,377,002$514,066,590
Uruguay$4,287,846$6,368,137$5,347,561$5,751,645$5,215,684  
Vanuatu $194,902$198,105    
Venezuela$341,970$224,231$276,517$1,906,940$230,181$162,943$62,626
Vietnam$6,672,275$6,276,550$7,351,349$28,928,180$25,238,825$18,716,090 
Wallis and Futuna$17,129$14,471     
Yemen$31,204$47,516$60,089$157,778$221,662$215,078$174,919
Zambia$3,257,625$2,937,672$4,106,843$5,357,723$5,844,529$7,502,470 
Zimbabwe$1,890,817$8,176,616$20,595,169$33,890,066$9,995,136$10,080,391