RankCountryImports of Glutamic acid & its salts in USD (2010)
1Japan$170,111,765
2Nigeria$107,400,595
3Thailand$42,953,230
4Malaysia$42,296,739
5Philippines$39,431,028
6Korea, South$36,769,683
7United States$25,866,312
8Vietnam$25,674,850
9Germany$22,184,790
10United Kingdom$20,169,766
11Indonesia$19,871,760
12Spain$18,288,694
13India$17,820,959
14Poland$16,853,632
15Hong Kong$16,824,916
16Mexico$15,227,843
17Singapore$14,905,410
18Cote d'Ivoire$13,728,078
19South Africa$13,714,240
20Italy$11,597,946
21Canada$10,019,861
22Cambodia$9,411,917
23Netherlands$9,045,721
24Russia$8,864,687
25Pakistan$8,735,147
26Dominican Republic$8,020,525
27Senegal$7,381,089
28Guatemala$7,173,612
29Turkey$7,140,141
30Austria$7,101,159
31Colombia$6,757,871
32Peru$6,658,777
33Switzerland$6,514,744
34France$6,229,740
35Egypt$5,815,172
36Saudi Arabia$5,660,007
37Croatia$5,501,706
38Argentina$5,289,744
39Australia$5,225,065
40Cameroon$5,161,707
41Venezuela$4,604,760
42Belgium$4,507,730
43Israel$3,756,000
44Hungary$3,462,000
45Ukraine$3,134,695
46Ecuador$2,939,658
47Sri Lanka$2,865,535
48China$2,766,050
49Chile$2,592,188
50Slovakia$2,435,829
51Romania$2,411,956
52Portugal$2,312,903
53Nepal$2,286,821
54Czech Republic$2,213,618
55El Salvador$1,902,901
56Serbia$1,731,063
57Ghana$1,720,404
58Morocco$1,645,339
59Norway$1,639,355
60New Zealand$1,577,473
61Costa Rica$1,512,268
62Sweden$1,490,084
63Mali$1,289,799
64Bolivia$1,264,756
65Kenya$1,241,968
66Brazil$1,183,628
67Ireland$1,166,192
68Panama$1,121,868
69Burkina Faso$1,109,270
70Madagascar$852,325
71Denmark$833,920
72Finland$778,011
73Mauritius$685,407
74Bosnia and Herzegovina$560,147
75Greece$475,269
76Bulgaria$450,818
77Lithuania$400,891
78Guyana$397,543
79Suriname$373,266
80Estonia$359,061
81Iran$347,390
82Jamaica$334,042
83Syria$273,703
84Bahrain$247,892
85Slovenia$235,865
86Latvia$192,269
87Belarus$183,500
88Trinidad and Tobago$172,801
89Zimbabwe$171,490
90Jordan$168,945
91French Polynesia$134,250
92Algeria$133,159
93Fiji$106,470
94Qatar$87,626
95Albania$75,661
96Belize$69,834
97New Caledonia$64,194
98Lebanon$56,067
99Cyprus$55,614
100Paraguay$54,579
101Tunisia$53,245
102Moldova$37,940
103Luxembourg$32,723
104Barbados$30,515
105Nicaragua$30,021
106Montenegro$21,278
107Malta$16,372
108Uganda$10,678
109Oman$10,606
110Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$7,622
111Tanzania$5,056
112Iceland$4,799
113Niger$3,238
114Georgia$2,234
115Mozambique$1,894
116Armenia$1,526
117Benin$1,284
118Ethiopia$899
119Kyrgyzstan$468
120Zambia$103
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$14,733$31,373$38,146$59,284$9,475$75,661$12,092
Algeria$3,764$8,958$57,167$36,002$83,342$133,159$57,166
Argentina$1,991,606$2,684,044$3,426,157$2,952,867$3,749,908$5,289,744$5,057,321
Armenia$54$11   $1,526$12,222
Aruba    $315 $1,792
Australia$2,941,650$4,058,245$3,801,348$4,343,986$5,230,944$5,225,065$6,209,558
Austria$6,858,880$7,030,148$6,961,484$7,085,870$5,161,121$7,101,159 
Azerbaijan  $1,050$1,803  $150
Bahamas, The$69$443    $806
Bahrain$132,042$75,713$120,997$178,322$140,956$247,892$194,308
Bangladesh$1,007,536$1,275,296$1,224,059    
Barbados$10,287$11,893$12,651$11,994$13,390$30,515$16,186
Belarus$77,700$97,100$85,600$154,800$372,600$183,500$183,300
Belgium$2,348,501$3,644,017$3,943,875$4,633,306$5,995,625$4,507,730$4,998,858
Belize$40,595$37,060$9,216$56,918$31,241$69,834 
Benin$31,381    $1,284 
Bhutan$320$281  $46  
Bolivia$935,562$763,687$1,016,945$1,044,248$1,117,664$1,264,756$1,402,797
Bosnia and Herzegovina$239,321$296,709$310,641$359,858$433,646$560,147$660,772
Botswana  $60$4,555$11,281  
Brazil$246,944$592,374$1,044,678$926,644$1,678,003$1,183,628$1,209,391
Brunei $822,087     
Bulgaria$219,061$286,734$376,462$460,115$489,489$450,818$622,411
Burkina Faso$776,768 $1,113,389$2,493,041$2,661,840$1,109,270 
Burundi$558$451  $132,364  
Cambodia$13,175,556$13,542,256$6,288,192$12,396,103$14,937,036$9,411,917 
Cameroon$720,423$3,348,648$1,864,010$3,456,485$4,377,225$5,161,707 
Canada$6,104,500$7,907,543$6,367,165$7,335,840$8,720,394$10,019,861$9,427,354
Chile$1,340,789$1,589,349$2,028,976$2,210,299$1,683,502$2,592,188$2,856,955
China$8,981,875$1,212,125$4,041,419$326,872$1,014,447$2,766,050$962,708
Colombia$3,718,524$4,992,241$4,706,473$5,629,131$5,837,711$6,757,871$7,458,078
Costa Rica$790,992$1,074,341$1,022,811$1,373,773$1,074,418$1,512,268$2,643,346
Cote d'Ivoire$4,702,898$10,286,298$9,043,512$12,062,475$17,526,357$13,728,078$14,024,702
Croatia$3,693,004$4,364,799$3,937,632$4,213,778$4,836,784$5,501,706$6,948,607
Cuba$81,045$74,746     
Cyprus$27,492$9,869$31,363$61,878$42,952$55,614$186,790
Czech Republic$1,121,162$1,411,164$1,530,499$1,937,767$1,879,768$2,213,618$3,154,235
Denmark$684,289$446,538$768,758$770,031$190,004$833,920$742,352
Dominican Republic$2,996,780$5,220,992$4,836,902$5,150,762$8,544,550$8,020,525$8,503,875
Ecuador$1,805,735$2,012,352$2,207,202$2,433,344$2,610,837$2,939,658$3,345,267
Egypt$1,030,392$1,114,069$1,294,820$3,692,293$3,932,586$5,815,172$6,140,269
El Salvador$544,849$840,090$751,578$921,977$1,219,189$1,902,901 
Estonia$220,585$291,018$495,937$368,416$338,544$359,061$776,413
Ethiopia$134$982$335$470$2,010$899 
Faroe Islands$871$1,411$2,063$1,198$9  
Fiji$2,120 $9,479$7,542$16,392$106,470 
Finland$478,578$791,590$909,292$712,754$796,476$778,011$643,330
France$2,761,042$4,061,697$4,149,144$4,379,213$4,556,662$6,229,740$5,206,715
French Polynesia$96,841$85,058$98,367$87,534$137,843$134,250$90,984
Gabon  $15$275   
Georgia $1,924 $4,070$326$2,234 
Germany$28,843,000$30,656,000$26,631,000$22,882,000$22,885,000$22,184,790$29,505,551
Ghana$1,602,221$1,676,632$2,054,895$1,481,148$1,454,230$1,720,404$2,274,682
Greece$524,217$522,233$446,996$652,399$533,261$475,269$734,150
Greenland$26 $31    
Grenada$4,712$4,215$2,045$6,216$5,479  
Guatemala$3,432,258$2,853,727$5,007,144$5,317,590$6,720,925$7,173,612$9,676,038
Guinea$713,015$609,871$1,004,950$1,008,108   
Guyana$212,737$295,848$494,864$773,691$112,494$397,543$551,070
Honduras$221,789$284,640$154,952 $166,174  
Hong Kong$11,357,822$14,124,922$12,299,808$15,313,592$14,715,943$16,824,916$17,530,249
Hungary$1,552,000$1,811,000$1,628,000$2,492,000$3,265,000$3,462,000$4,040,000
Iceland$20,768$7,607$13,094$10,314$4,795$4,799$10,014
India$6,526,726$7,695,947$10,438,581$11,426,299$16,394,041$17,820,959$22,139,301
Indonesia$3,023,829$9,128,676$8,794,038$14,344,814$18,133,842$19,871,760$25,512,381
Iran$183,373$68,161   $347,390 
Ireland$773,917$661,103$805,635$867,033$1,199,801$1,166,192$3,424,210
Israel$2,428,000$2,592,000$2,543,000$2,848,000$2,492,000$3,756,000$3,508,000
Italy$9,054,917$10,452,203$8,356,835$10,807,309$10,932,979$11,597,946$13,579,041
Jamaica$282,290$299,018$315,413$390,756$436,916$334,042 
Japan$101,790,583$118,974,380$119,852,913$143,608,563$157,335,958$170,111,765$217,857,729
Jordan$85,432$85,820$123,658$129,706$182,197$168,945$387,111
Kazakhstan$16,005$11,871$7,424$17,515$18,825  
Kenya$104,179$206,898$218,607$427,700$733,498$1,241,968 
Korea, South$7,554,740$19,454,315$15,084,153$29,487,828$25,944,764$36,769,683$52,885,586
Kuwait  $126,957$193   
Kyrgyzstan    $674$468 
Latvia$50,087$38,665$107,026$47,868$69,284$192,269$100,720
Lebanon$49,000$20,403$22,023$50,925$67,279$56,067$90,601
Lithuania$295,737$378,633$477,764$571,060$532,588$400,891$380,284
Luxembourg$23,529$33,721$20,133$10,420$17,450$32,723$59,336
Macedonia$292,029$242,471$272,874$218,532$294,152 $192,138
Madagascar$308,208$513,903$352,830$786,769$856,997$852,325 
Malawi  $192 $333 $426
Malaysia$20,824,341$20,651,858$23,536,893$31,786,210$33,100,818$42,296,739$46,063,748
Mali$409,344$860,344$919,321$1,086,393 $1,289,799 
Malta$32,124$12,532$16,830$6,683$14,618$16,372 
Mauritania   $172   
Mauritius$550,520$677,747$469,395$542,184$506,706$685,407$767,914
Mayotte  $69 $80  
Mexico$8,439,364$11,118,785$10,320,599$11,605,028$13,756,868$15,227,843$17,185,253
Moldova$14,114$26,023$26,858$49,582$28,013$37,940$35,061
Montenegro $6,535$2,074$202$21,296$21,278$13,396
Morocco$560,533$820,121$694,953$892,658$1,480,709$1,645,339 
Mozambique     $1,894 
Namibia$175$53$1,397$15,520   
Nepal    $1,541,631$2,286,821 
Netherlands$11,310,360$17,233,901$21,518,412$10,525,116$8,752,830$9,045,721 
Netherlands Antilles  $1,026$783   
New Caledonia $2,302$36,737$31,311$63,456$64,194$95,152
New Zealand$1,470,950$1,550,673$1,302,378$1,594,819$1,646,997$1,577,473$1,680,435
Nicaragua$9,950$21,741$19,076$17,884$12,895$30,021$15,335
Niger$128,183$124,516$109,060$46,416$5,873$3,238$4,121
Nigeria $106,331,484$115,915,812$40,136,780$74,185,528$107,400,595 
Norway$780,251$983,252$1,091,127$1,083,413$1,128,340$1,639,355$1,846,959
Oman$61,654 $278,356$226,172$297,220$10,606 
Pakistan$4,069,023$4,845,871$5,843,348$4,438,714$7,299,535$8,735,147$9,794,553
Panama$636,404$859,864$895,263$1,668,484$755,398$1,121,868$1,079,083
Paraguay$21,693$25,680$24,520$55,603$39,081$54,579$70,832
Peru$2,324,063$2,428,515$2,529,157$4,214,911$1,521,791$6,658,777$2,739,995
Philippines$2,929,464$3,025,795$12,171,159$36,287,204$43,216,766$39,431,028$49,780,703
Poland$10,944,163$12,188,116$12,261,003$14,857,829$16,841,178$16,853,632$17,347,893
Portugal$1,033,625$1,644,782$440,967$1,521,377$2,340,020$2,312,903$2,332,853
Qatar$2,712$603$5,984$186,831 $87,626 
Romania$1,135,830$1,825,220$1,444,168$2,304,196$2,443,054$2,411,956$2,161,727
Russia$4,072,697$3,492,230$5,593,754$9,239,696$16,025,036$8,864,687$13,835,173
Rwanda $223     
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,630$747$268$108   
Saint Lucia$7,830$5,369$4,687$3,740   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $2,374$6,028$6,973$7,967$7,622 
Saudi Arabia$2,357,521$3,040,579$3,747,444  $5,660,007 
Senegal$1,304,896$3,180,556$3,983,539$4,708,592$8,790,764$7,381,089$11,139,668
Serbia$1,500,492$1,836,932$1,771,048$2,211,853$1,268,678$1,731,063$1,824,742
Singapore$8,923,266$11,411,526$12,943,151$14,445,763$12,324,064$14,905,410$19,938,998
Slovakia$1,503,105$1,798,389$1,830,320$2,519,889$3,090,973$2,435,829$3,199,483
Slovenia$327,319$339,417$225,712$157,967$90,263$235,865$130,344
South Africa$6,069,167$7,157,095$7,959,601$10,501,019$11,555,836$13,714,240$18,205,843
Spain$11,390,871$13,888,596$12,771,793$14,545,037$15,852,576$18,288,694 
Sri Lanka$1,693,402$1,857,817$1,897,295$3,058,650$2,747,866$2,865,535$3,585,245
Sudan$860,721$197,869$3,728$3,107$231,862  
Suriname     $373,266$396,492
Sweden$1,328,118$1,554,923$1,403,645$1,153,381$1,586,944$1,490,084$1,498,871
Switzerland$4,941,390$6,571,499$6,458,326$6,486,146$6,769,106$6,514,744$9,279,386
Syria$53,320$38,708 $215,704 $273,703 
Tanzania$6,112$5,404$3,503$2,317$8,417$5,056$4,892
Thailand$8,014,977$15,228,218$22,405,830$32,346,983$38,685,998$42,953,230$91,812,884
Togo$2,530 $16,472    
Trinidad and Tobago$201,039$249,727$195,106$175,444$174,021$172,801 
Tunisia$20,641$49,055$30,048$73,737$17,181$53,245 
Turkey$2,694,183$3,884,641$4,333,319$5,302,705$6,161,045$7,140,141$9,095,207
Uganda$113$965$128$2,352$7,891$10,678 
Ukraine$3,835,909$3,329,358$3,317,399$2,959,890$2,650,525$3,134,695$4,062,148
United Arab Emirates$966,381 $1,393,014$1,639,643   
United Kingdom$13,652,711$14,152,035$15,799,537$17,509,233$16,140,244$20,169,766$20,840,444
United States$49,341,779$54,203,660$47,152,654$48,526,444$46,268,525$25,866,312$54,009,252
Uruguay$102,483$116,882$180,151$250,294$236,438  
Vanuatu $5,015$3,447    
Venezuela$1,915,938$2,430,215$2,921,001$5,314,060$3,820,681$4,604,760$8,269,025
Vietnam$9,400,292$13,060,480$10,124,161$25,300,449$42,153,933$25,674,850 
Yemen$136,240$118,274$298,005$180,298  $131,711
Zambia$725$114$611$520$138$103 
Zimbabwe$2,677$92,831$76,330$3,812$98,160$171,490