RankCountryImports of Nitrites in USD (2010)
1India$7,498,928
2United States$5,969,721
3Netherlands$5,623,912
4United Kingdom$5,507,762
5Korea, South$5,349,342
6Saudi Arabia$4,633,872
7Japan$4,259,024
8Brazil$4,198,935
9Canada$3,171,993
10France$2,540,938
11Thailand$2,365,243
12Germany$2,174,096
13Mexico$2,001,475
14Indonesia$1,838,292
15Spain$1,808,762
16Switzerland$1,785,810
17South Africa$1,724,578
18Italy$1,350,233
19Belgium$1,061,460
20Denmark$1,058,462
21Turkey$1,057,501
22Norway$1,046,419
23Russia$979,784
24Egypt$947,402
25Singapore$772,679
26Pakistan$736,485
27Australia$700,265
28Argentina$613,586
29Sweden$565,703
30Iran$560,865
31Oman$524,430
32Czech Republic$515,207
33Vietnam$501,720
34Ghana$461,670
35Poland$428,674
36Belarus$427,700
37Ukraine$417,432
38Israel$415,000
39China$408,242
40Colombia$373,664
41Romania$355,501
42Malaysia$319,368
43Philippines$264,624
44Finland$237,117
45Chile$228,417
46Venezuela$223,973
47Austria$209,531
48Portugal$187,055
49Trinidad and Tobago$184,120
50Morocco$153,814
51Dominican Republic$144,061
52Costa Rica$130,708
53Bahrain$111,452
54Peru$107,650
55Hungary$106,000
56Ireland$103,262
57Kenya$91,620
58Lebanon$89,811
59Panama$81,345
60Qatar$77,689
61Bosnia and Herzegovina$77,682
62Hong Kong$75,345
63Zambia$71,693
64Algeria$66,449
65Slovakia$62,315
66Slovenia$58,184
67Estonia$54,790
68Greece$43,956
69Croatia$43,486
70Serbia$42,886
71Ecuador$40,613
72Sri Lanka$38,840
73El Salvador$33,215
74Nigeria$31,671
75Tanzania$31,275
76New Zealand$28,812
77Botswana$25,759
78Guatemala$24,581
79Armenia$20,902
80Latvia$17,265
81Zimbabwe$15,666
82Syria$15,611
83Albania$12,100
84Kyrgyzstan$10,800
85Paraguay$10,641
86Ethiopia$10,565
87Tunisia$10,273
88Barbados$9,026
89Bulgaria$8,546
90Belize$6,832
91Cote d'Ivoire$6,388
92Lithuania$5,888
93Nicaragua$4,074
94Bolivia$3,261
95Luxembourg$2,769
96Bahamas, The$2,764
97New Caledonia$2,557
98Moldova$2,444
99Mauritius$1,913
100Malta$1,815
101Cyprus$1,811
102Tonga$1,600
103Madagascar$1,592
104Nepal$1,506
105Montenegro$1,312
106Fiji$982
107Iceland$720
108Mali$690
109Suriname$602
110Georgia$596
111Togo$358
112Dominica$227
113Jamaica$219
114Uganda$155
115Niger$141
116Azerbaijan$121
117Mauritania$109
118Bhutan$90
119Burundi$84
120Jordan$68
121Maldives$11
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$4,203$6,242$9,931$8,989$10,278$12,100$13,447
Algeria$37,368$87,589$480,529$273,765$21,289$66,449$223,389
Anguilla $64$214$125   
Antigua and Barbuda$3,019$41  $8,251  
Argentina$454,906$522,935$537,922$584,891$431,711$613,586$569,991
Armenia$198$13,792$18,337$30,000$669$20,902$3,346
Australia$364,725$257,289$428,339$432,464$623,266$700,265$856,452
Austria$147,309$215,593$257,716$228,342$190,450$209,531 
Azerbaijan$1,427$5,010$28,011$3,126$16,778$121$752
Bahamas, The$11,868$7,451$10,419$271$2,352$2,764$1,454
Bahrain$20,173$20,258$71,784$55,572$95,320$111,452$135,500
Bangladesh$135,884$164,200$158,379    
Barbados$48,862$30,470$53,218$33,305$8,769$9,026$6,200
Belarus$288,600$488,100$220,400$341,500$186,000$427,700$356,300
Belgium$594,759$716,932$926,834$969,421$754,965$1,061,460$1,694,617
Belize $199$380 $455$6,832 
Bhutan$13  $18$145$90 
Bolivia$523$1,635$3,464$1,023$2,087$3,261$1,833
Bosnia and Herzegovina$67,944$59,966$32,633$22,728$45,123$77,682$61,777
Botswana$16,281$16,770$39,478$38,162$15,253$25,759$13,094
Brazil$2,689,400$2,053,895$2,402,868$3,469,500$3,706,887$4,198,935$4,199,413
Brunei $1,684     
Bulgaria$7,949$2,374$7,851$18,648$28,649$8,546$19,616
Burkina Faso  $570$2,987$1,047  
Burundi$3,221 $665 $437$84 
Cambodia$148   $2,328  
Cameroon$4,115$4,837$3,971$1,044   
Canada$2,053,273$2,011,472$2,254,665$2,946,004$2,996,698$3,171,993$3,348,864
Cape Verde   $312  $280
Chile$101,420$133,215$113,671$641,246$170,756$228,417$230,889
China$446,169$660,636$357,838$302,965$220,204$408,242$774,360
Colombia$184,522$301,979$321,775$398,914$271,554$373,664$382,525
Costa Rica$48,924$48,375$49,470$102,739$54,578$130,708$187,472
Cote d'Ivoire$1,818$6,703$7,580$13,148$41,864$6,388$45,879
Croatia$19,878$28,468$23,213$42,061$9,842$43,486$57,215
Cuba$42,420$33,230     
Cyprus$77$114$1,115$84$584$1,811$132
Czech Republic$562,177$551,147$544,733$605,352$392,694$515,207$338,350
Denmark$1,312,633$1,106,025$1,196,934$1,273,798$1,071,512$1,058,462$1,032,894
Dominica$44,155$21,972$38,829$35,114$18,023$227 
Dominican Republic$39,859$67,637$47,416$104,082$78,331$144,061$152,789
Ecuador$14,356$12,078$73,779$4,570$78,797$40,613$64,163
Egypt$226,462$556,090$319,441$1,020,454$502,137$947,402$785,482
El Salvador$69,745$104,315$22,811$68,223$36,464$33,215 
Estonia$33,573$56,039$32,355$32,188$26,940$54,790$67,789
Ethiopia$4,552$61,748$18,022$67,753$105,013$10,565$887
Faroe Islands $86     
Fiji$5,610 $1,340$172$272$982 
Finland$129,554$90,293$135,337$182,811$220,876$237,117$240,443
France$3,004,919$2,783,549$2,974,262$2,935,192$2,391,450$2,540,938$2,756,414
French Polynesia$2,704$2,435$3,719$463$2,919 $2,610
Gabon $697$1,585 $649  
Gambia, The   $20,977   
Georgia$1,134$3,025$1,189$1,483$1,560$596 
Germany$1,260,000$1,583,000$1,166,000$1,545,000$1,361,000$2,174,096$3,313,824
Ghana$46,516$52,652$248,571$46,350$171,357$461,670$224,070
Greece$119,436$50,199$71,782$101,320$91,103$43,956$97,538
Grenada$823$2,420$1,907    
Guatemala$8,869$17,082$26,577$18,646$19,871$24,581$26,651
Guyana$19,716 $4,085$231$562 $905
Honduras$96,398$174,335$24,825 $3,834  
Hong Kong$165,470$261,376$331,977$358,499$257,234$75,345$114,664
Hungary$182,000$161,000$125,000$395,000$213,000$106,000$112,000
Iceland$17,034 $661$5,724$332$720$97
India$3,079,445$2,977,518$3,155,588$5,989,749$6,925,380$7,498,928$7,556,225
Indonesia$726,390$953,971$1,030,734$1,972,005$1,847,190$1,838,292$1,520,141
Iran$281,846$173,816   $560,865 
Ireland$48,535$59,883$100,592$110,952$132,297$103,262$965,158
Israel$327,000$187,000$287,000$86,000$70,000$415,000$45,000
Italy$1,465,148$1,453,686$1,351,684$1,500,531$1,208,525$1,350,233$1,388,182
Jamaica$12,953$477$1,178$614$1,721$219 
Japan$351,445$629,286$637,507$940,666$2,277,292$4,259,024$4,374,320
Jordan$3,731$11,396 $12,443$5,789$68$1,030
Kazakhstan$127,483$235,704$284,966$262,940$207,028  
Kenya$13,433$20,530$32,319$1,554$5,886$91,620 
Korea, South$2,994,335$2,471,490$3,267,640$5,100,698$3,715,887$5,349,342$5,626,966
Kuwait $44,537$35,860    
Kyrgyzstan$94$5,124$3,540$13$11,604$10,800$18,756
Latvia$37,947$22,165$26,226$3,548$3,136$17,265$20,073
Lebanon$17,000$149$5,622$7,500$31,029$89,811$33,252
Lithuania$11,085$10,742$7,002$7,002$5,363$5,888$6,061
Luxembourg$333$131$1,107$2,524$2,274$2,769$7,434
Macau    $351  
Macedonia$7,755$2,496$5,319$6,874$2,574 $14,541
Madagascar$5,012$1,691$28,117$21,664$885$1,592 
Malawi$19,741 $3,464    
Malaysia$1,167,079$229,346$1,365,629$2,416,036$720,300$319,368$589,795
Maldives$5$11 $81 $11$2,392
Mali$76,449$422$3,164$10,121 $690 
Malta$5,426$1,186$51$134$1,456$1,815 
Mauritania $229,081 $293$8,674$109 
Mauritius$3,553$2,834$5,814$7,716$2,059$1,913$3,387
Mayotte    $750  
Mexico$1,510,261$1,585,968$2,233,600$1,632,454$2,147,307$2,001,475$2,222,882
Moldova$76,913$96,669$110$15,971$558$2,444$6,647
Mongolia$218$6,500$16,405    
Montenegro $18,730$1,255$563 $1,312$174
Morocco$94,113$81,684$79,611$192,768$87,949$153,814 
Mozambique$5,572 $128 $3,255 $18,000
Namibia$720$1,522 $1,670   
Nepal    $2,628$1,506 
Netherlands$3,221,053$3,953,571$100,194$86,936$3,621,091$5,623,912 
Netherlands Antilles$1,691  $560   
New Caledonia$272$9,128$15,344$997$21,871$2,557$5,533
New Zealand$39,939$37,119$39,436$82,014$9,311$28,812$139,516
Nicaragua$220$2,723$5,649$1,500$3,768$4,074$9,711
Niger$532$1,184 $73 $141 
Nigeria $98,905$109,143$197,659$2,401$31,671 
Norway$389,789$660,203$924,806$1,104,851$766,588$1,046,419$1,325,467
Oman$3,979$79,756$22,151$136,518$162,416$524,430 
Pakistan$349,290$543,583$471,662$853,739$739,687$736,485$817,413
Panama$18,937$30,463$42,605$32,363$41,826$81,345$119,280
Paraguay$1,642$2,600$5,814$12,989$25,245$10,641$9,458
Peru$17,839$10,480$48,481$63,977$51,393$107,650$207,421
Philippines$57,539$75,909$339,852$168,311$59,760$264,624$311,451
Poland$118,579$251,884$193,029$215,969$136,501$428,674$1,063,501
Portugal$118,322$72,910$118,069$158,495$152,487$187,055$133,373
Qatar$75$32,181$409$8,505 $77,689 
Romania$230,639$195,666$186,238$262,117$293,315$355,501$1,057,553
Russia$1,886,461$1,904,040$1,543,263$2,032,238$557,945$979,784$608,206
Rwanda   $224  $12
Saint Lucia $5$74$14   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $33    
Saudi Arabia$509,398$60,611$1,701,384  $4,633,872 
Senegal$3,704$2,991$6,592$23,008$3,558 $155,415
Serbia$33,046$31,038$46,909$42,488$46,823$42,886$25,728
Seychelles$1,846$2,764$6,283    
Singapore$2,020,689$667,944$565,760$545,569$458,673$772,679$798,259
Slovakia$314,316$371,136$496,908$478,710$183,106$62,315$99,576
Slovenia$67,547$31,933$43,194$65,877$47,896$58,184$65,447
South Africa$549,363$609,237$651,429$1,192,355$997,006$1,724,578$1,613,745
Spain$2,686,094$1,540,460$1,923,042$1,809,519$1,586,309$1,808,762 
Sri Lanka$4,393$8,723$47,192$227,867$194,883$38,840$14,704
Sudan$30,733$180,416     
Suriname$132$37$283$459$2,806$602 
Swaziland$999$77$457    
Sweden$258,390$315,468$661,089$596,242$523,713$565,703$549,781
Switzerland$954,479$994,467$2,037,302$1,189,208$1,056,863$1,785,810$1,689,850
Syria     $15,611 
Tanzania$23,809$20,967$40,251$5,294$90,783$31,275$272,380
Thailand$841,457$804,233$1,585,907$2,133,141$1,691,343$2,365,243$1,631,659
Togo     $358$398
Tonga    $462$1,600 
Trinidad and Tobago$14,126$27,125$11,653$32,454$5,643$184,120 
Tunisia$10,530$173,214$6,723$7,879$5,110$10,273 
Turkey$505,159$427,331$753,873$765,666$939,922$1,057,501$1,471,843
Uganda$423$13$393$42,085$10,728$155 
Ukraine$12,608$8,961$1,703$23,180$3,391$417,432$277,219
United Arab Emirates$695,859 $384,758$3,357,387   
United Kingdom$4,964,384$4,553,984$4,592,810$4,333,680$2,963,167$5,507,762$5,412,060
United States$5,300,366$6,480,058$7,445,455$7,928,322$6,844,221$5,969,721$8,774,257
Uruguay$741$15,018$22,933$39,710$34,321  
Venezuela$93,697$87,100$145,314$175,994$365,609$223,973$233,716
Vietnam$340,163$291,212$396,709$299,971$478,025$501,720 
Yemen    $70  
Zambia$36,397$20,570$35,124$21,162$48,753$71,693 
Zimbabwe$24,612$4,342$32,232$6,394$12,260$15,666