RankCountryImports of Lysine & its esters; salts thereof in USD (2010)
1Netherlands$239,529,322
2Germany$151,393,140
3United States$120,540,776
4Poland$86,350,529
5Spain$83,445,483
6Russia$73,564,895
7France$63,382,960
8United Kingdom$62,981,796
9Mexico$57,057,180
10Belgium$54,696,979
11Italy$52,732,673
12Canada$52,326,944
13Vietnam$46,218,640
14India$35,169,376
15Denmark$33,164,804
16Japan$28,992,950
17Philippines$27,626,071
18Turkey$23,708,279
19Ukraine$22,769,958
20Hungary$22,340,000
21Pakistan$20,581,940
22Malaysia$20,512,390
23Thailand$20,214,526
24Chile$19,530,675
25Brazil$18,943,673
26Colombia$17,989,088
27Australia$17,634,470
28Korea, South$16,007,947
29Czech Republic$15,216,821
30Venezuela$14,265,844
31Austria$13,936,746
32Belarus$13,747,200
33China$12,875,275
34Portugal$12,265,296
35Argentina$11,944,870
36Peru$11,164,593
37Iran$11,144,927
38Morocco$10,521,577
39Egypt$10,042,966
40Sweden$9,836,641
41Indonesia$9,179,086
42Norway$8,726,727
43South Africa$8,413,627
44Romania$8,320,208
45Switzerland$6,772,981
46Israel$6,330,000
47Lithuania$5,402,699
48Ecuador$5,330,215
49Finland$5,182,662
50Sri Lanka$5,171,911
51Ireland$5,159,387
52Bulgaria$4,772,083
53Greece$4,248,491
54Serbia$3,962,985
55Croatia$3,884,043
56New Zealand$3,469,501
57Saudi Arabia$3,187,204
58Bolivia$2,841,067
59Jordan$2,763,189
60Nigeria$2,631,702
61Costa Rica$2,225,364
62Latvia$2,080,029
63Slovenia$2,063,625
64Dominican Republic$2,039,186
65El Salvador$1,741,716
66Guatemala$1,527,062
67Singapore$1,482,463
68Tunisia$1,404,107
69Paraguay$1,384,806
70Syria$1,367,916
71Panama$1,209,397
72Slovakia$1,116,254
73Kenya$913,791
74Nepal$829,874
75Cyprus$823,037
76Cote d'Ivoire$626,943
77Lebanon$542,537
78Zambia$470,095
79Algeria$445,526
80Fiji$303,586
81Estonia$302,313
82Ghana$297,352
83Nicaragua$296,419
84Zimbabwe$289,133
85Bosnia and Herzegovina$287,589
86Mauritius$266,899
87Azerbaijan$260,847
88Mali$249,655
89Armenia$210,871
90Mozambique$169,146
91Senegal$154,974
92Hong Kong$148,212
93New Caledonia$127,964
94Cameroon$110,167
95Oman$107,451
96Malawi$107,072
97Albania$101,243
98Ethiopia$99,939
99Botswana$94,403
100Barbados$81,929
101Madagascar$78,047
102Tanzania$66,972
103Moldova$65,316
104Kyrgyzstan$59,712
105Luxembourg$33,453
106Malta$31,154
107Montenegro$26,902
108Benin$20,117
109Yemen$12,877
110Georgia$11,043
111Iceland$6,905
112Uganda$6,644
113Trinidad and Tobago$4,193
114Bahrain$3,019
115Belize$1,235
116Bhutan$842
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$37,606$86,458$51,462$73,067$72,761$101,243$180,059
Algeria$60,583$91,458$384,638$354,495$464,925$445,526$585,711
Antigua and Barbuda  $47    
Argentina$4,428,441$6,134,306$6,212,388$10,009,043$9,060,224$11,944,870$14,303,592
Armenia$52,909$53,249$80,712$139,816$132,897$210,871$317,677
Australia$15,071,891$11,653,023$14,983,998$18,278,264$15,358,116$17,634,470$28,893,716
Austria$6,987,566$8,005,458$8,995,702$11,986,968$9,907,908$13,936,746 
Azerbaijan$200,054$159,881$299,475$353,674$288,458$260,847$306,741
Bahamas, The $693     
Bahrain     $3,019$3,516
Bangladesh$792,027$769,158$1,661,807    
Barbados$72,768$79,900$96,753$113,873$94,262$81,929$109,321
Belarus$3,365,800$4,523,300$5,129,700$8,432,800$7,382,900$13,747,200$19,491,800
Belgium$37,649,115$40,006,551$76,839,696$54,360,288$44,718,515$54,696,979$62,362,708
Belize$9,391$8,383$19,284$13,337$7,433$1,235 
Benin$12,025$446   $20,117 
Bhutan$1  $72 $842 
Bolivia$987,380$1,045,066$1,489,504$2,199,804$2,097,661$2,841,067$3,132,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina$169,560$222,401$220,451$208,384$221,269$287,589$318,034
Botswana $612 $183 $94,403$36,785
Brazil$18,188,752$17,612,335$20,409,707$14,034,307$14,756,725$18,943,673$7,453,649
Brunei $1,687     
Bulgaria$2,448,337$2,257,661$2,726,662$3,229,539$3,730,879$4,772,083$5,745,577
Burkina Faso  $8,861$8,341$51,724  
Cambodia$14,776$8,506$6,621,771    
Cameroon$40,984$56,819$110,533$147,824$159,770$110,167 
Canada$41,986,281$41,331,788$42,772,936$44,720,506$39,875,719$52,326,944$66,742,563
Chile$8,056,616$10,924,430$14,242,132$14,225,632$13,751,317$19,530,675$27,900,681
China$64,700,880$30,421,584$23,969,098$35,923,533$37,159,043$12,875,275$20,645,130
Colombia$7,639,985$11,181,017$15,874,330$18,585,856$13,557,137$17,989,088$18,072,197
Costa Rica$1,460,260$1,865,177$1,585,489$2,215,490$1,342,281$2,225,364$2,961,490
Cote d'Ivoire$658,037$472,542$578,425$455,882$463,102$626,943$425,940
Croatia$1,978,388$2,267,032$2,534,603$2,784,986$2,392,204$3,884,043$3,645,793
Cuba$263,852$252,800     
Cyprus$888,162$481,185$703,108$803,968$613,916$823,037$1,027,007
Czech Republic$9,859,879$11,574,364$13,179,156$13,383,753$10,012,006$15,216,821$21,302,892
Denmark$21,300,948$12,925,195$15,191,238$13,036,841$25,393,391$33,164,804$47,557,013
Dominican Republic$258,506$457,447$1,284,422$1,349,121$1,783,746$2,039,186$2,778,599
Ecuador$2,055,862$2,266,959$3,245,978$4,070,255$3,741,013$5,330,215$6,412,561
Egypt$5,426,785$2,323,045$5,925,052$7,165,215$8,876,638$10,042,966$14,373,463
El Salvador$747,308$1,070,191$1,277,911$1,621,290$1,195,049$1,741,716 
Estonia$1,428,046$824,603$430,880$1,001,360$529,106$302,313$250,635
Ethiopia$43,930$42,008$85,287$61,853$102,346$99,939$16,761
Fiji$119,385$190,470$101,670$53,602$64,413$303,586 
Finland$4,634,541$5,286,969$5,995,568$8,895,026$4,769,297$5,182,662$7,540,777
France$33,794,454$43,552,441$46,350,176$61,979,414$50,019,187$63,382,960$76,435,182
French Polynesia$10,922      
Gabon  $346 $219  
Georgia$3,476$2,856$10,678$3,506$6,776$11,043 
Germany$66,485,000$76,337,000$81,470,000$126,757,000$105,070,000$151,393,140$191,465,454
Ghana$153,667$186,229$300,766$545,413$227,228$297,352$564,992
Greece$2,522,303$2,991,518$3,810,272$4,434,966$2,662,859$4,248,491$5,023,426
Guatemala$759,834$875,785$1,232,763$2,097,989$1,266,179$1,527,062$1,722,213
Guinea$652$7,976$4,298$1,763   
Guyana$12,696$4,462$3,077 $678  
Honduras$88,750$233,473$295,532 $246,794  
Hong Kong$13,885,494$1,709,183$146,719$414,525$185,900$148,212$218,495
Hungary$6,705,000$12,848,000$22,733,000$23,406,000$17,930,000$22,340,000$24,681,000
Iceland $6,175$7,174$49$4,594$6,905$12,126
India$9,079,150$12,864,326$16,475,128$24,584,872$20,076,417$35,169,376$51,165,554
Indonesia$13,334,429$9,017,591$6,492,729$8,813,795$6,250,236$9,179,086$11,266,961
Iran$5,777,627$180,959   $11,144,927 
Ireland$3,587,336$3,229,662$3,020,966$3,835,205$3,689,613$5,159,387$5,346,120
Israel$3,665,000$3,965,000$6,475,000$5,765,000$4,831,000$6,330,000$10,885,000
Italy$14,455,037$18,510,180$31,150,751$45,912,560$36,575,512$52,732,673$61,470,633
Jamaica$713,847$285,468$397,040$252,719$38,609  
Japan$18,277,309$19,944,059$18,437,927$30,898,739$25,478,949$28,992,950$41,562,804
Jordan$2,185,470$1,896,583$1,992,035$2,588,434$1,615,420$2,763,189$3,232,102
Kazakhstan$910,750$371,897$699,625$1,022,416$1,403,629  
Kenya$220,185$267,403$505,410$833,826$555,715$913,791 
Korea, South$9,386,217$9,272,913$19,393,184$21,021,555$11,509,226$16,007,947$20,519,902
Kuwait $25,934$149,474$302,713   
Kyrgyzstan$11,365$46,557$65,594$48,209$46,542$59,712$107,642
Latvia$609,929$822,245$970,444$1,453,373$1,425,514$2,080,029$2,797,342
Lebanon$368,000$174,271$282,504$649,310$509,658$542,537$966,302
Lithuania$2,147,757$2,237,107$3,045,510$5,243,653$3,701,569$5,402,699$5,826,140
Luxembourg$29,149$22,852$47,181$33,967$38,371$33,453$25,184
Macedonia$137,115$150,928$114,591$218,683$248,952 $288,163
Madagascar$61,743$22,996$86,417$152,318$129,558$78,047 
Malawi$111,635$145,262$101,882$50,631$93,939$107,072$95,737
Malaysia$9,981,567$9,926,411$10,318,852$12,577,452$12,470,841$20,512,390$28,233,673
Mali  $9,221  $249,655 
Malta$19,171$18,727$14,056$13,816$10,157$31,154 
Mauritius$145,169$125,147$175,734$302,702$210,055$266,899$351,504
Mayotte$868$245$206$1,444   
Mexico$22,729,035$26,647,874$33,872,848$44,201,354$43,116,638$57,057,180$61,984,442
Moldova$6,341$1,476$1,616$4,418$147,636$65,316$104,527
Mongolia  $10,786    
Montenegro $37,719$60,718$116,816$97,746$26,902$32,106
Morocco$2,855,786$3,994,144$5,801,247$5,097,791$6,059,767$10,521,577 
Mozambique$16,887$101,598$83,854$201,576$173,580$169,146$372,000
Nepal    $79,480$829,874 
Netherlands$139,182,824$144,045,913$123,244,310$213,384,457$159,153,646$239,529,322 
New Caledonia$88,645$73,703$88,002$96,216$91,646$127,964$176,218
New Zealand$2,596,473$1,699,125$2,513,959$3,843,975$2,729,432$3,469,501$3,399,695
Nicaragua$616,720$549,820$295,369$89,755$42,275$296,419$114,426
Nigeria $1,456,004$2,785,286$2,792,281$3,592,479$2,631,702 
Norway$3,272,745$4,204,196$7,203,601$6,231,376$5,148,504$8,726,727$16,083,135
Oman $17,293$20,026$77,508$967$107,451 
Pakistan$14,128,075$11,247,293$21,715,179$19,378,477$17,886,742$20,581,940$38,392,949
Panama$430,824$668,965$554,544$688,047$752,138$1,209,397$908,823
Paraguay$220,866$313,626$467,424$480,729$853,620$1,384,806$1,599,199
Peru$4,107,302$4,810,664$6,289,472$9,546,671$7,152,394$11,164,593$14,687,264
Philippines$10,660,725$16,206,986$16,669,104$18,066,138$18,889,143$27,626,071$43,083,977
Poland$39,469,903$47,711,591$53,222,752$57,692,855$50,580,039$86,350,529$85,040,142
Portugal$5,621,492$5,857,429$4,561,018$7,851,751$7,616,278$12,265,296$13,017,899
Romania$2,483,828$4,484,074$4,450,740$5,858,372$6,201,944$8,320,208$10,320,775
Russia$15,787,436$17,874,182$25,162,946$53,328,706$53,005,181$73,564,895$93,866,797
Sao Tome and Principe $692     
Saudi Arabia$723,894$959,125$1,556,620  $3,187,204 
Senegal$231,717$223,143$202,322$166,756$219,731$154,974$283,227
Serbia$2,100,336$2,999,665$3,076,515$3,671,606$3,106,001$3,962,985$4,257,671
Seychelles$10,331$16,154$14,494$1,783   
Singapore$575,956$455,934$510,068$1,027,492$892,816$1,482,463$1,125,228
Slovakia$1,785,751$2,265,207$2,073,697$1,886,211$1,005,643$1,116,254$1,094,310
Slovenia$1,013,463$1,444,566$2,479,941$2,340,401$1,993,400$2,063,625$1,679,844
South Africa$1,292,263$3,722,512$2,358,649$1,229,923$3,391,505$8,413,627$21,765,678
Spain$43,403,552$43,488,517$50,563,674$76,137,561$62,458,584$83,445,483 
Sri Lanka$577,774$1,364,575$2,200,710$3,487,837$3,370,149$5,171,911$7,109,457
Sudan$17,295$78,580  $65,657  
Swaziland$12,563 $8,583    
Sweden$5,160,037$6,388,160$8,144,376$9,723,531$7,993,205$9,836,641$10,018,168
Switzerland$3,916,696$4,253,313$4,937,623$6,786,309$4,826,235$6,772,981$8,192,979
Syria$1,048,018$556,064$1,246,200$955,512 $1,367,916 
Tanzania$81,253$78,535$108,275$184,147$104,844$66,972$201,692
Thailand$11,225,331$9,469,238$12,452,522$15,135,416$14,122,999$20,214,526$28,445,305
Togo      $5,812
Trinidad and Tobago$28,102$18,191$29,031$34,689$4,153$4,193 
Tunisia$697,461$647,950$908,198$1,420,271$723,654$1,404,107 
Turkey$7,964,919$7,918,254$10,202,590$15,959,078$14,037,113$23,708,279$26,270,029
Uganda $1,709$1,389 $7,636$6,644 
Ukraine$6,257,428$7,617,843$9,457,276$13,474,890$19,727,735$22,769,958$18,074,282
United Arab Emirates$180,013 $153,684$810,005   
United Kingdom$28,330,911$28,283,389$32,403,734$40,211,591$36,398,874$62,981,796$84,222,737
United States$44,191,643$42,068,102$60,971,337$96,473,695$73,664,639$120,540,776$149,709,362
Uruguay$342,241$214,080$327,902$480,582$658,470  
Venezuela$4,971,478$4,881,679$6,465,546$13,381,681$10,242,424$14,265,844$18,612,870
Vietnam$6,960,653$8,483,381$7,074,022$16,099,468$28,560,649$46,218,640 
Yemen $33,841$4,559 $40,356$12,877 
Zambia$357,301$403,380$468,668$444,571$216,580$470,095 
Zimbabwe$93,856$423,838$538,387$301,989$223,341$289,133