RankCountryImports of Citric acid in USD (2010)
1United States$159,880,171
2Germany$137,157,513
3Mexico$76,369,199
4Italy$63,104,913
5France$61,089,886
6United Kingdom$50,780,251
7Japan$45,868,817
8Spain$43,209,437
9Netherlands$41,637,099
10Argentina$40,725,940
11India$38,559,225
12Turkey$36,626,854
13Thailand$32,597,798
14Poland$30,647,034
15Ireland$29,084,666
16Indonesia$28,453,233
17Canada$27,598,888
18Belgium$24,622,947
19Venezuela$24,366,736
20Brazil$23,268,618
21Chile$17,842,459
22Russia$17,444,497
23Korea, South$15,824,683
24Austria$15,707,081
25Israel$14,599,000
26Switzerland$13,414,030
27Czech Republic$13,310,307
28Egypt$12,401,086
29Iran$12,115,919
30South Africa$12,047,871
31Pakistan$11,595,444
32Australia$10,854,992
33Colombia$9,495,151
34Slovenia$9,283,568
35Malaysia$9,041,207
36Vietnam$8,940,410
37Philippines$8,652,359
38Saudi Arabia$8,618,411
39Denmark$8,603,184
40Hungary$8,467,000
41Romania$8,238,221
42Ukraine$7,953,727
43Peru$7,903,075
44Costa Rica$7,674,705
45Singapore$7,026,759
46Algeria$6,758,676
47Portugal$5,471,730
48Greece$5,392,631
49Syria$5,263,652
50Sweden$5,001,173
51Guatemala$4,159,830
52Bulgaria$3,611,900
53Ecuador$3,555,344
54Finland$3,296,054
55Croatia$3,280,423
56Morocco$3,134,346
57Luxembourg$3,050,092
58Botswana$2,843,687
59Dominican Republic$2,705,133
60Slovakia$2,661,883
61China$2,508,369
62Nigeria$2,465,714
63New Zealand$2,439,592
64Norway$2,414,719
65Serbia$2,409,446
66Lebanon$1,858,198
67Bahrain$1,696,701
68Kenya$1,632,544
69Malta$1,603,298
70Tunisia$1,464,178
71Lithuania$1,409,465
72Jordan$1,028,819
73El Salvador$954,878
74Latvia$906,454
75Bolivia$889,006
76Hong Kong$847,434
77Belarus$791,200
78Jamaica$748,952
79Panama$747,171
80Bosnia and Herzegovina$683,785
81Cameroon$637,151
82Yemen$580,200
83Zimbabwe$523,119
84Trinidad and Tobago$503,525
85Estonia$501,708
86Paraguay$491,367
87Moldova$482,225
88Qatar$457,605
89Sri Lanka$439,354
90Cote d'Ivoire$423,576
91Cyprus$411,711
92Oman$407,343
93Zambia$406,498
94Azerbaijan$370,584
95Nepal$369,171
96Tanzania$353,360
97Uganda$341,331
98Georgia$298,289
99Ghana$268,676
100Madagascar$265,776
101Senegal$239,492
102Albania$238,148
103Mozambique$180,050
104Nicaragua$172,709
105Mauritius$172,578
106Armenia$140,112
107Mali$139,760
108Suriname$100,252
109Ethiopia$69,516
110Montenegro$67,778
111French Polynesia$66,274
112Kyrgyzstan$65,465
113Fiji$59,655
114New Caledonia$53,199
115Iceland$52,990
116Barbados$50,138
117Bhutan$42,197
118Togo$41,970
119Guyana$41,717
120Dominica$36,095
121Malawi$29,343
122Benin$26,772
123Cape Verde$24,003
124Macau$18,661
125Cambodia$17,533
126Gambia, The$15,534
127Belize$14,985
128Maldives$9,725
129Bahamas, The$9,420
130Aruba$9,303
131Samoa$9,224
132Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$4,954
133Antigua and Barbuda$3,469
134Bermuda$2,805
135Niger$1,991
136Burkina Faso$1,454
137Tonga$931
138Sao Tome and Principe$656
139Burundi$417
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$220,213$249,404$266,398$282,118$326,002$238,148$205,930
Algeria$4,158,026$4,002,573$3,344,324$8,605,319$4,155,672$6,758,676$8,352,920
Antigua and Barbuda$820$1,681$3,039 $10,241$3,469$4,778
Argentina$15,598,942$17,503,514$19,526,028$28,211,825$31,816,772$40,725,940$49,398,995
Armenia$66,480$115,154$87,273$261,401$206,216$140,112$379,053
Aruba    $2,023$9,303$5,399
Australia$8,539,107$7,146,903$8,269,201$11,119,595$9,369,533$10,854,992$11,293,008
Austria$4,740,714$5,152,144$11,848,941$11,058,720$14,078,189$15,707,081 
Azerbaijan$301,370$134,423$291,942$607,161$207,462$370,584$442,337
Bahamas, The$31,841$39,558$41,101$35,732$37,318$9,420$10,077
Bahrain$152,548$67,162$113,239$1,409,498$1,885,252$1,696,701$2,078,996
Bangladesh$1,092,687$905,151$1,453,678    
Barbados$73,857$37,394$100,627$72,021$78,114$50,138$66,095
Belarus$962,100$991,800$1,092,200$1,166,300$598,400$791,200$964,900
Belgium$20,486,310$19,077,531$29,995,914$36,189,249$35,431,541$24,622,947$28,713,429
Belize$7,764$6,490$14,129$10,384$12,197$14,985 
Benin$74,741$58,424   $26,772 
Bermuda     $2,805 
Bhutan$52,075$27,650$40,283$49,842$21,228$42,197 
Bolivia$686,165$638,081$648,485$1,276,008$766,373$889,006$1,565,232
Bosnia and Herzegovina$921,453$698,785$923,092$1,103,838$822,576$683,785$843,539
Botswana$26,775$993,788$111,033$249,198$843,685$2,843,687$876,424
Brazil$4,954,367$5,893,752$4,719,946$11,527,142$13,460,030$23,268,618$36,005,816
Brunei $17,022     
Bulgaria$2,982,519$2,710,292$4,072,034$6,535,193$2,740,225$3,611,900$3,777,559
Burkina Faso$4,994 $44,569$43,447$4,995$1,454 
Burundi$745$785$1,146$159 $417 
Cambodia$2,396 $753$6,053$18,577$17,533 
Cameroon$585,195$306,472$531,268$673,407$758,616$637,151 
Canada$18,322,828$18,623,160$19,785,915$24,371,649$21,892,428$27,598,888$30,640,596
Cape Verde$3,178$3,656$2,681$14,913$17,456$24,003$11,423
Central African Republic  $1,577$2,682$8,716  
Chile$7,219,798$7,401,905$9,909,660$14,492,281$14,052,450$17,842,459$17,752,267
China$1,587,702$1,927,829$1,519,544$1,612,929$1,426,177$2,508,369$2,473,455
Colombia$2,746,997$2,945,496$2,713,078$4,048,720$4,180,621$9,495,151$11,851,895
Cook Islands$2,613      
Costa Rica$3,097,746$2,705,502$5,118,176$5,697,683$5,535,484$7,674,705$7,188,625
Cote d'Ivoire$203,983$190,066$291,387$392,620$248,394$423,576$255,501
Croatia$2,635,905$2,434,763$2,950,214$3,510,031$3,707,967$3,280,423$3,281,333
Cuba$1,280,039$585,939     
Cyprus$231,327$301,271$203,628$293,075$374,315$411,711$497,809
Czech Republic$11,407,926$12,806,779$17,895,684$21,280,500$17,197,009$13,310,307$15,745,402
Denmark$5,928,194$5,862,125$6,716,521$9,093,886$8,146,214$8,603,184$10,266,815
Dominica$18,631$19,757$23,121$60,863$68,161$36,095 
Dominican Republic$1,689,477$1,915,955$1,420,347$1,789,989$2,145,274$2,705,133$2,659,275
Ecuador$1,711,394$1,799,125$2,048,008$3,651,654$2,589,125$3,555,344$3,626,489
Egypt$2,825,382$3,081,336$3,763,490$10,715,944$10,407,361$12,401,086$17,074,726
El Salvador$528,538$681,782$744,871$1,153,641$863,302$954,878 
Estonia$353,628$303,671$434,751$603,568$469,932$501,708$706,991
Ethiopia$13,838$43,332$138,124$101,870$146,626$69,516$105,577
Faroe Islands$125,627$19,503$11,014$3,986$8,354  
Fiji$45,198$39,574$50,650$31,369$37,136$59,655 
Finland$1,841,865$2,044,390$2,704,450$3,345,933$3,635,959$3,296,054$3,793,463
France$36,902,648$42,175,105$56,591,959$54,295,163$64,524,724$61,089,886$65,075,583
French Polynesia$30,997$39,620$41,361$48,655$59,631$66,274$45,188
Gabon$173,439$145,859$204,127$178,144$315,000  
Gambia, The$19,060$29,395$11,796$15,994$18,309$15,534$25,114
Georgia$97,687$113,464$196,836$206,095$134,374$298,289 
Germany$85,982,000$87,892,000$101,533,000$116,765,000$136,145,000$137,157,513$145,302,252
Ghana$201,052$310,775$224,780$759,788$435,720$268,676$696,465
Greece$3,808,674$3,037,510$4,319,730$6,286,907$4,691,360$5,392,631$5,607,854
Greenland$21,704$230$31    
Grenada$1,869$5,688$2,566$1,500$1,306  
Guatemala$2,094,728$2,302,134$3,209,318$4,779,448$2,837,102$4,159,830$5,073,572
Guinea$26,266$51,985$5,511$9,400   
Guyana$60,784$87,519$72,703$85,716$154,706$41,717$53,248
Honduras$720,150$618,013$905,076 $1,033,501  
Hong Kong$1,230,990$1,097,059$564,971$571,347$731,787$847,434$901,708
Hungary$5,700,000$5,025,000$6,318,000$8,604,000$7,854,000$8,467,000$9,838,000
Iceland$52,585$44,589$54,122$128,987$61,391$52,990$91,639
India$7,820,373$15,772,519$21,700,357$28,643,582$30,918,516$38,559,225$54,130,937
Indonesia$6,632,562$8,256,695$13,756,068$19,495,960$22,716,388$28,453,233$35,747,234
Iran$7,502,774$5,542,185   $12,115,919 
Ireland$8,903,275$17,545,135$13,686,737$16,174,996$19,669,188$29,084,666$42,060,609
Israel$5,958,000$8,199,000$15,473,000$11,239,000$10,224,000$14,599,000$17,128,000
Italy$36,156,114$32,441,171$41,457,690$52,338,996$61,258,533$63,104,913$58,221,246
Jamaica$757,667$429,919$608,155$901,542$512,417$748,952 
Japan$31,968,522$31,511,315$33,801,499$52,146,939$44,598,077$45,868,817$58,676,445
Jordan$865,686$672,757$1,156,274$1,916,539$1,092,826$1,028,819$1,954,444
Kazakhstan$1,024,513$1,521,481$2,347,311$4,454,276$1,993,471  
Kenya$696,809$832,719$883,753$999,763$1,303,080$1,632,544 
Kiribati$571      
Korea, South$8,887,025$8,660,784$10,566,018$13,818,492$10,538,867$15,824,683$18,893,020
Kuwait $303,904$545,095    
Kyrgyzstan$265$4,033$53,390$7,816$37,685$65,465$185,009
Latvia$525,243$518,948$608,415$767,448$862,109$906,454$817,183
Lebanon$1,419,000$974,296$1,511,068$2,040,614$1,870,338$1,858,198$2,338,265
Lithuania$870,597$749,173$1,080,594$1,301,271$976,977$1,409,465$1,485,693
Luxembourg$793,036$251,431$937,058$2,098,387$3,708,452$3,050,092$2,866,060
Macau$249$1,925$2,362$1,939$4,905$18,661$5,536
Macedonia$590,506$598,957$731,225$1,064,464$648,930 $787,578
Madagascar$114,674$252,295$180,501$355,036$167,300$265,776 
Malawi$23,218$15,784$51,888$42,489$127,596$29,343$113,992
Malaysia$6,475,779$8,414,769$8,464,432$11,117,017$9,000,891$9,041,207$11,297,239
Maldives$6,435$8,803$7,616$8,533$6,040$9,725$5,816
Mali$36,028$36,933$68,404$93,091 $139,760 
Malta$1,210,330$1,224,126$1,282,569$1,660,478$1,629,993$1,603,298 
Mauritania      $823
Mauritius$123,710$72,101$109,727$138,949$90,432$172,578$158,921
Mayotte$5,457$8,382$7,598$7,765$1,996  
Mexico$55,197,648$52,544,964$51,826,482$78,415,914$84,275,892$76,369,199$76,883,560
Moldova$733,720$560,329$529,850$774,792$351,945$482,225$586,825
Mongolia$34,780$56,278$67,004    
Montenegro $70,876$69,727$78,302$76,452$67,778$65,033
Morocco$2,461,662$2,071,947$2,053,600$2,938,524$2,938,236$3,134,346 
Mozambique$93,771$89,636$101,950$79,252$119,971$180,050$243,000
Namibia$994$3,537$13,749$52,429   
Nepal    $633,669$369,171 
Netherlands$21,439,709$23,016,642$30,096,679$28,626,901$36,583,342$41,637,099 
Netherlands Antilles$48,764$28,679$10,214$10,239   
New Caledonia$34,466$26,117$43,456$101,273$46,058$53,199$74,715
New Zealand$2,126,495$1,689,132$2,364,713$3,369,644$1,952,557$2,439,592$3,238,702
Nicaragua$86,020$104,094$114,735$145,213$93,026$172,709$174,361
Niger$6,435 $25$260$107$1,991$27,422
Nigeria $2,491,657$3,221,964$3,115,640$100,747,108$2,465,714 
Norway$1,615,782$1,625,449$1,864,812$2,298,517$2,729,748$2,414,719$2,864,043
Oman$179,131$187,207$188,785$403,816$411,085$407,343 
Pakistan$6,568,336$6,350,344$9,143,478$12,247,467$9,263,945$11,595,444$13,842,858
Panama$367,857$376,435$590,473$732,621$538,224$747,171$681,624
Paraguay$263,506$180,688$193,530$359,461$368,791$491,367$752,111
Peru$2,635,070$3,678,203$4,236,310$6,179,754$7,294,949$7,903,075$10,215,523
Philippines$5,093,464$4,350,388$6,999,440$8,582,528$8,229,730$8,652,359$9,066,366
Poland$16,934,227$16,347,686$21,381,603$29,844,187$30,774,304$30,647,034$33,957,284
Portugal$1,426,804$2,642,358$3,050,687$4,530,968$4,999,145$5,471,730$6,567,313
Qatar$78,118$52,826$196,839$246,526 $457,605 
Romania$3,978,574$4,763,332$7,276,950$9,806,786$7,614,523$8,238,221$9,043,990
Russia$6,283,655$6,147,542$8,898,275$7,180,248$12,448,376$17,444,497$31,975,511
Rwanda$370$1,538$1,244$491$2,286 $10,768
Saint Kitts and Nevis$329$499$2,557$6,780   
Saint Lucia$10,309$21,453$57,473$14,481   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,663$8,861$4,444$18,671$15,899$4,954 
Samoa    $973$9,224$207
Sao Tome and Principe$10$1,244$2,722$3,136 $656 
Saudi Arabia$3,415,750$3,750,438$3,852,925  $8,618,411 
Senegal$186,869$159,000$429,216$122,486$368,513$239,492$385,643
Serbia$2,555,202$2,225,430$3,192,746$3,571,709$2,070,228$2,409,446$2,985,600
Seychelles$16,804$27,132$13,989$11,556   
Singapore$2,195,027$1,555,413$2,022,138$4,292,549$5,432,370$7,026,759$6,480,764
Slovakia$1,897,336$2,005,311$2,187,017$3,347,853$2,711,251$2,661,883$3,910,196
Slovenia$2,819,022$1,408,043$2,850,212$5,137,693$5,018,340$9,283,568$8,838,532
South Africa$7,512,991$7,788,025$9,312,544$11,891,478$11,239,552$12,047,871$15,607,728
Spain$26,380,724$27,024,842$33,927,679$37,610,958$35,540,837$43,209,437 
Sri Lanka$404,931$255,176$369,746$461,026$361,607$439,354$596,079
Sudan$801,550$623,810$53,153$232,202$1,566,515  
Suriname    $102,732$100,252$111,555
Swaziland$5,151,869$6,838,819$10,946,905    
Sweden$3,639,432$2,227,976$2,735,171$4,705,277$5,228,565$5,001,173$5,534,352
Switzerland$6,823,418$8,157,628$10,011,913$15,253,138$13,373,082$13,414,030$16,714,187
Syria$5,842,027$4,006,994$4,507,170$11,291,365 $5,263,652 
Tanzania$254,526$146,182$193,894$234,286$437,124$353,360$693,946
Thailand$9,048,336$7,261,491$8,337,821$13,756,810$20,535,405$32,597,798$29,073,821
Togo$44,850 $76,498  $41,970$71,464
Tonga   $76$924$931 
Trinidad and Tobago$310,563$222,770$347,972$610,468$435,996$503,525 
Tunisia$1,206,238$922,565$1,159,581$1,407,737$1,150,719$1,464,178 
Turkey$19,933,914$17,176,183$29,313,986$42,328,989$27,326,937$36,626,854$48,223,674
Uganda$79,493$125,710$134,012$231,990$625,206$341,331 
Ukraine$2,793,348$5,452,362$9,107,656$11,008,070$6,371,807$7,953,727$4,386,489
United Arab Emirates$2,908,254 $3,302,313$3,613,385   
United Kingdom$37,902,713$37,319,834$47,689,918$55,909,968$60,853,327$50,780,251$56,046,235
United States$106,428,619$114,162,987$126,837,616$177,794,782$143,650,061$159,880,171$142,095,659
Uruguay$512,867$426,637$493,886$733,186$819,264  
Venezuela$4,488,740$4,229,163$4,597,858$9,074,355$7,948,179$24,366,736$27,528,228
Vietnam$3,175,083$3,338,977$5,522,427$6,932,600$7,091,644$8,940,410 
Yemen$394,531$598,662$517,940$741,171$597,395$580,200$411,325
Zambia$373,374$216,062$380,001$397,309$382,102$406,498 
Zimbabwe$893,189$265,173$329,955$370,320$511,331$523,119