RankCountryImports of Benzoic acid, its salts & esters in USD (2010)
1Germany$48,848,933
2United States$39,614,436
3India$39,147,156
4Belgium$22,784,605
5Italy$22,196,913
6Korea, South$19,661,894
7Brazil$18,206,474
8France$17,995,994
9Netherlands$16,537,642
10Russia$16,390,733
11Mexico$15,834,078
12Canada$15,235,478
13United Kingdom$12,296,786
14Japan$12,241,504
15Thailand$10,653,488
16Indonesia$10,415,464
17China$10,223,313
18Spain$9,789,519
19Luxembourg$9,083,506
20Poland$7,567,430
21Denmark$6,527,761
22Turkey$6,504,030
23Switzerland$5,305,412
24Nigeria$5,037,262
25Venezuela$4,989,153
26Serbia$4,067,734
27Malaysia$3,972,512
28Vietnam$3,873,950
29Australia$3,389,896
30South Africa$3,107,731
31Argentina$3,106,061
32Philippines$2,532,824
33Singapore$2,431,005
34Colombia$2,362,348
35Hungary$2,085,000
36Norway$1,828,086
37Chile$1,774,339
38Pakistan$1,711,268
39Iran$1,695,154
40Finland$1,684,577
41Sweden$1,638,119
42Peru$1,627,074
43Austria$1,425,631
44Ukraine$1,353,041
45Ireland$1,319,993
46Egypt$1,263,936
47Botswana$1,250,847
48Greece$1,246,604
49Romania$1,176,010
50Czech Republic$1,064,548
51Costa Rica$1,033,853
52Bahamas, The$951,950
53Israel$896,000
54Portugal$854,130
55Algeria$836,434
56Slovakia$832,386
57Dominican Republic$690,279
58Slovenia$690,217
59Saudi Arabia$689,601
60Syria$527,624
61Croatia$513,347
62Morocco$494,820
63Guatemala$492,538
64Belarus$481,800
65Latvia$461,383
66New Zealand$425,695
67El Salvador$363,382
68Tunisia$326,585
69Ecuador$326,529
70Bolivia$322,776
71Jordan$277,899
72Zimbabwe$269,520
73Kenya$265,594
74Bosnia and Herzegovina$262,764
75Paraguay$256,176
76Bulgaria$200,438
77Lithuania$182,033
78Hong Kong$181,033
79Madagascar$177,313
80Ghana$149,264
81Panama$146,633
82Sri Lanka$139,207
83Armenia$134,126
84Estonia$121,178
85Nicaragua$114,659
86Jamaica$114,243
87Uganda$112,021
88Tanzania$96,694
89Lebanon$88,184
90Cameroon$86,641
91Trinidad and Tobago$79,691
92Malta$66,520
93Ethiopia$49,654
94Georgia$49,367
95Cote d'Ivoire$44,930
96Moldova$44,816
97Senegal$33,071
98Cyprus$30,495
99Oman$28,598
100Albania$28,504
101Mauritius$24,987
102Zambia$23,495
103Guyana$18,061
104Azerbaijan$18,043
105Yemen$14,641
106Nepal$14,375
107Iceland$14,289
108Montenegro$13,118
109Barbados$12,973
110New Caledonia$10,442
111Malawi$10,377
112Mozambique$10,026
113Mali$9,509
114Bahrain$7,344
115Fiji$5,825
116Benin$5,119
117Burundi$4,871
118Togo$4,721
119Belize$4,470
120Burkina Faso$3,754
121Cambodia$2,857
122French Polynesia$2,270
123Cape Verde$1,716
124Mauritania$1,587
125Suriname$1,277
126Maldives$919
127Bhutan$907
128Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$807
129Aruba$782
130Antigua and Barbuda$470
131Qatar$245
132Samoa$220
133Niger$120
134Dominica$29
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$28,946$31,402$39,284$41,608$33,685$28,504$14,747
Algeria$373,627$316,010$462,307$799,844$651,197$836,434$795,378
Antigua and Barbuda  $31  $470$394
Argentina$2,904,700$2,411,376$2,292,114$2,249,338$2,142,019$3,106,061$4,558,055
Armenia$48,844$80,419$78,578$142,351$85,103$134,126$86,829
Aruba    $155$782$467
Australia$2,670,436$2,435,146$2,711,092$2,843,728$2,647,898$3,389,896$3,441,555
Austria$888,569$1,067,597$1,719,951$1,748,075$1,440,696$1,425,631 
Azerbaijan$19,105$22,749$12,505$13,024$32,987$18,043$16,311
Bahamas, The$611,232$1,099,906$899,105$884,164$956,303$951,950$909,787
Bahrain$14,133$43,066$10,660$10,274$786$7,344$13,573
Bangladesh$666,009$568,300$800,223    
Barbados$18,922$249$4,103$4,617$3,316$12,973$13,204
Belarus$395,800$449,500$508,600$690,900$511,800$481,800$777,300
Belgium$2,939,473$3,945,262$8,607,382$10,213,247$13,139,335$22,784,605$39,114,568
Belize$903$353$2,632$1,025$3,350$4,470 
Benin$5,599$3,626   $5,119 
Bhutan$1,363$228$413$1,592$758$907 
Bolivia$211,539$247,979$254,481$347,053$213,029$322,776$436,288
Bosnia and Herzegovina$85,837$87,021$88,630$98,977$131,383$262,764$149,394
Botswana$7$1,423,619$466,805$153,907$1,581,759$1,250,847$45,107
Brazil$11,794,471$12,620,128$14,053,808$15,938,453$14,273,692$18,206,474$20,947,624
Brunei $797     
Bulgaria$221,879$260,661$299,842$471,885$194,107$200,438$385,412
Burkina Faso$681 $4,967  $3,754 
Burundi$1,943 $960$3,856$1,415$4,871 
Cambodia$999$40$3,689$1,001$1,692$2,857 
Cameroon$62,160$51,309$56,061$71,956$58,455$86,641 
Canada$10,983,512$11,633,138$13,263,275$18,931,188$14,733,762$15,235,478$14,119,469
Cape Verde$792$524$176$1,904$2,873$1,716$3,598
Central African Republic$462  $2,762   
Chile$972,541$1,076,353$1,514,485$1,893,114$1,835,360$1,774,339$1,791,548
China$3,787,702$6,143,035$4,840,836$5,355,261$4,210,452$10,223,313$12,079,817
Colombia$1,840,109$1,814,708$2,104,904$2,340,338$1,769,156$2,362,348$3,312,780
Costa Rica$785,592$828,397$1,079,975$955,243$661,111$1,033,853$1,136,862
Cote d'Ivoire$17,303$47,114$57,073$54,677$88,386$44,930$58,246
Croatia$196,719$175,858$211,242$253,071$230,287$513,347$849,802
Cuba$243,112$150,200     
Cyprus$11,711$77,204$50,738$89,477$51,801$30,495$19,911
Czech Republic$1,249,438$1,376,261$1,696,381$1,513,271$941,539$1,064,548$1,402,586
Denmark$2,556,378$4,121,234$6,266,597$5,425,667$5,382,323$6,527,761$6,031,440
Dominica     $29 
Dominican Republic$397,247$380,482$510,832$634,333$451,424$690,279$787,536
Ecuador$319,474$266,836$254,738$390,633$402,444$326,529$381,504
Egypt$611,179$493,514$436,163$1,356,734$850,265$1,263,936$2,022,946
El Salvador$281,880$306,429$317,069$379,828$271,710$363,382 
Estonia$105,676$90,142$552,017$135,854$73,874$121,178$283,311
Ethiopia$31,458$49,321$11,324$32,566$42,652$49,654$31,195
Faroe Islands$1,681$2,584$1,117$1,929$2,043  
Fiji $53 $837$1,367$5,825 
Finland$2,145,275$1,998,520$3,122,764$3,878,733$1,321,247$1,684,577$1,239,263
France$7,979,523$8,623,102$12,082,339$15,377,343$13,454,853$17,995,994$24,060,531
French Polynesia$2,496$505$667$1,597$1,352$2,270$1,624
Gabon$13,360$7,916$20,248$21,928$19,703  
Georgia$6,674$11,943$21,567$46,519$21,246$49,367 
Germany$24,410,000$29,687,000$41,189,000$55,158,000$37,134,000$48,848,933$52,329,712
Ghana$142,657$83,680$132,584$146,821$183,393$149,264$168,547
Greece$767,637$1,056,562$1,410,042$1,592,194$1,221,371$1,246,604$1,064,777
Greenland$3,425$194,531     
Grenada$18$30$121 $17  
Guatemala$595,979$501,236$593,909$741,769$495,820$492,538$900,123
Guinea $12,999$9,629$9,680   
Guyana$20,102$19,485$17,333$5,527$22,351$18,061$54,870
Honduras$83,741$97,541$150,838 $88,235  
Hong Kong$240,871$331,177$293,175$461,653$103,883$181,033$408,865
Hungary$1,106,000$656,000$1,145,000$1,262,000$1,856,000$2,085,000$1,303,000
Iceland$27,457$22,425$22,675$19,711$24,312$14,289$17,464
India$13,694,906$14,452,690$24,790,447$27,479,093$23,687,770$39,147,156$33,961,011
Indonesia$6,337,043$5,648,727$6,473,050$9,168,626$7,681,417$10,415,464$12,955,160
Iran$1,496,222$760,825   $1,695,154 
Ireland$13,243,082$7,310,019$928,880$904,581$6,019,222$1,319,993$2,399,615
Israel$911,000$766,000$1,463,000$980,000$933,000$896,000$771,000
Italy$8,966,595$10,310,313$14,733,516$18,568,839$13,546,928$22,196,913$26,989,918
Jamaica$95,988$77,980$79,462$121,183$111,951$114,243 
Japan$11,562,460$11,216,271$13,099,395$13,292,934$9,060,752$12,241,504$14,961,789
Jordan$246,977$249,544$200,717$324,997$282,676$277,899$425,455
Kazakhstan$99,538$133,877$201,737$176,211$170,148  
Kenya$272,229$355,229$221,724$355,289$352,556$265,594 
Korea, South$15,141,214$13,630,973$14,474,407$16,713,577$16,531,690$19,661,894$21,389,992
Kuwait $58,518$12,236$40,975   
Kyrgyzstan$3,367$15,567$20,534$15,494$4,706 $33
Latvia$162,006$615,363$621,603$1,764,466$412,416$461,383$416,724
Lebanon$39,000$45,845$28,828$87,434$49,387$88,184$81,357
Lesotho   $22,330   
Lithuania$339,520$751,989$348,451$324,398$116,644$182,033$182,226
Luxembourg$50,552$2,302,393$5,538,556$5,591,485$4,420,057$9,083,506$11,276,686
Macau$119$125$62    
Macedonia$57,337$65,213$101,016$112,630$117,972 $150,218
Madagascar$4,042$10,368$22,221$20,028$14,877$177,313 
Malawi$7,550$18,152$15,295$26,676$8,431$10,377$7,643
Malaysia$4,572,349$4,219,273$5,849,889$6,178,761$5,028,854$3,972,512$4,532,299
Maldives$374$400$895$1,220$384$919$956
Mali$9,898$8,828$15,066$133,481 $9,509 
Malta$15,624$30,108$25,021$16,312$74,141$66,520 
Mauritania $3,600$2,850 $7,214$1,587 
Mauritius$12,985$12,574$12,316$18,896$6,748$24,987$15,403
Mayotte$3,378$1,374$1,645$1,307$861  
Mexico$13,680,788$13,177,047$14,278,331$17,728,484$15,962,964$15,834,078$19,616,758
Moldova$41,845$30,815$45,891$60,845$57,504$44,816$54,170
Mongolia$11,225$16,904$8,016    
Montenegro $9,725$6,368$9,149$9,158$13,118$13,303
Morocco$422,542$513,863$554,052$752,920$535,845$494,820 
Mozambique$855$4,073$1,750$558$14,918$10,026$17,000
Namibia $210$13,485$793,802   
Nepal    $15,267$14,375 
Netherlands$6,108,937$5,128,210$10,827,832$12,486,327$10,734,945$16,537,642 
Netherlands Antilles$365 $785    
New Caledonia$6,337$6,795$7,288$10,420$12,289$10,442$12,712
New Zealand$376,035$408,424$401,823$347,236$363,744$425,695$287,366
Nicaragua$60,400$65,292$91,118$76,609$99,804$114,659$131,086
Niger$130$1,426  $24$120$2,750
Nigeria $621,727$1,795,396$496,848$1,716,504$5,037,262 
Norway$1,424,877$1,961,639$2,417,690$2,816,536$2,999,370$1,828,086$2,156,048
Oman$41,321$47,038$70,434$48,367$172,723$28,598 
Pakistan$988,600$954,109$1,725,198$1,498,638$1,415,315$1,711,268$2,697,951
Panama$111,269$115,871$53,845$154,656$50,094$146,633$46,114
Paraguay$97,343$123,060$132,261$159,522$154,757$256,176$280,008
Peru$1,040,152$866,986$1,180,783$1,821,574$1,318,832$1,627,074$1,734,426
Philippines$1,723,673$1,478,982$1,698,480$1,729,549$1,906,098$2,532,824$3,251,812
Poland$2,122,930$3,817,598$5,621,570$7,006,073$6,808,824$7,567,430$8,611,058
Portugal$271,444$357,252$397,935$431,424$406,730$854,130$1,367,302
Qatar $823$559$1,972 $245 
Romania$718,019$1,037,401$1,751,906$1,096,794$1,027,776$1,176,010$1,260,512
Russia$4,120,218$8,003,058$4,813,167$18,256,528$15,105,824$16,390,733$22,313,572
Rwanda$3,625$4,222$333$113  $2,815
Saint Kitts and Nevis $113$2,963    
Saint Lucia$3,576$7,221$8,703$1,997   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $175$401$317$869$807 
Samoa     $220 
Sao Tome and Principe    $701  
Saudi Arabia$711,610$546,953$834,748$296,800$208,018$689,601 
Senegal$8,181$19,262$41,643$29,982$58,400$33,071$44,966
Serbia$364,548$561,303$845,194$4,772,650$2,799,766$4,067,734$4,549,375
Seychelles  $223$168   
Singapore$2,710,956$2,146,540$2,476,578$2,733,601$1,979,619$2,431,005$2,944,934
Slovakia$456,702$490,750$585,480$1,252,827$462,081$832,386$922,727
Slovenia$749,008$615,318$787,618$824,237$711,928$690,217$551,004
South Africa$1,873,746$1,583,021$2,477,317$2,090,252$2,039,879$3,107,731$2,973,445
Spain$5,706,089$7,235,516$8,359,150$9,386,798$8,000,104$9,789,519 
Sri Lanka$127,486$160,417$119,747$165,257$157,234$139,207$148,627
Sudan$71,964$52,011$88,815$26,316$131,866  
Suriname     $1,277$377
Swaziland$719,968$536,192$1,024,031    
Sweden$2,142,670$2,177,572$1,928,213$1,807,200$1,394,899$1,638,119$1,664,299
Switzerland$3,527,810$3,882,493$5,651,806$4,563,118$5,048,471$5,305,412$5,459,235
Syria$282,081$555,828$424,047$705,213 $527,624 
Tanzania$69,563$53,679$60,456$137,573$85,138$96,694$171,223
Thailand$7,825,658$7,142,941$6,967,625$9,696,055$8,073,371$10,653,488$12,381,531
Togo$4,875 $11,722  $4,721$22,222
Tonga    $185  
Trinidad and Tobago$92,207$79,331$63,066$120,503$47,356$79,691 
Tunisia$204,451$201,797$311,470$387,012$307,964$326,585 
Turkey$4,815,313$3,347,123$5,528,452$5,759,910$4,757,596$6,504,030$8,489,874
Uganda$18,215$27,700$27,102$42,370$776,920$112,021 
Ukraine$1,112,216$768,749$1,328,084$1,767,919$1,314,719$1,353,041$1,206,182
United Arab Emirates$365,792 $836,766$379,895   
United Kingdom$9,613,297$12,813,326$17,342,659$11,524,436$9,495,212$12,296,786$14,496,007
United States$28,939,407$27,593,295$30,428,678$33,004,056$24,277,523$39,614,436$43,072,020
Uruguay$150,286$150,615$177,194$225,135$199,747  
Venezuela$1,288,618$1,177,778$1,364,733$2,083,735$2,750,627$4,989,153$5,927,784
Vietnam$2,073,671$1,826,896$2,260,242$2,227,376$2,783,171$3,873,950 
Yemen$557$54,609$20,382$12,895$85,643$14,641$31,229
Zambia$22,568$88,212$30,967$24,924$53,122$23,495 
Zimbabwe$1,974,728$131,446$65,449$30,203$72,652$269,520