RankCountryImports of Choline & its salts in USD (2010)
1Korea, South$21,862,941
2Germany$14,176,008
3China$12,770,874
4Canada$12,439,569
5Brazil$11,620,419
6Thailand$9,978,930
7Ireland$9,569,592
8United States$9,125,877
9Indonesia$8,667,453
10Netherlands$7,864,461
11Venezuela$7,304,771
12Mexico$6,737,760
13Russia$6,191,701
14Iran$6,070,747
15Philippines$5,986,722
16France$5,390,713
17United Kingdom$3,995,966
18Malaysia$3,832,576
19Argentina$3,223,621
20Hungary$3,079,000
21Belgium$3,026,628
22Italy$2,848,648
23India$2,680,260
24Peru$2,652,200
25Vietnam$2,453,430
26Poland$2,254,143
27Morocco$2,207,091
28Australia$2,131,537
29Denmark$1,954,163
30Turkey$1,771,746
31Algeria$1,727,294
32Chile$1,578,042
33Singapore$1,564,145
34Saudi Arabia$1,541,602
35Japan$1,390,027
36Syria$1,092,008
37Ecuador$1,060,695
38South Africa$976,825
39Bolivia$939,707
40Costa Rica$855,488
41New Zealand$853,576
42Austria$842,668
43Switzerland$801,143
44Guatemala$799,083
45Colombia$759,678
46Israel$731,000
47Egypt$624,919
48Dominican Republic$572,997
49Pakistan$548,630
50Czech Republic$467,792
51Croatia$404,900
52Nigeria$384,851
53El Salvador$381,455
54Ukraine$323,041
55Sweden$319,443
56Sri Lanka$288,983
57Norway$248,680
58Portugal$208,939
59Belarus$180,400
60Zimbabwe$175,777
61Panama$150,158
62Tunisia$140,218
63Yemen$125,936
64Romania$118,802
65Mauritius$104,057
66Greece$95,236
67Cote d'Ivoire$83,657
68Slovenia$83,590
69Senegal$83,522
70Fiji$78,850
71Barbados$74,640
72Lithuania$66,720
73Slovakia$64,075
74Nicaragua$62,848
75Nepal$62,053
76Finland$60,828
77Kenya$51,804
78Bahrain$50,828
79Hong Kong$44,877
80Cyprus$43,142
81Jordan$42,083
82Trinidad and Tobago$39,511
83Latvia$35,813
84Suriname$29,820
85Bosnia and Herzegovina$27,087
86Jamaica$26,735
87Paraguay$22,101
88Azerbaijan$15,813
89Montenegro$13,847
90Estonia$11,833
91Madagascar$11,246
92Malawi$9,737
93Bermuda$7,554
94Aruba$7,222
95Ethiopia$6,639
96New Caledonia$6,438
97Armenia$6,250
98Bahamas, The$5,878
99Serbia$2,286
100Lebanon$1,739
101Georgia$1,705
102Luxembourg$1,284
103Tanzania$1,274
104Tonga$904
105Malta$318
106Dominica$288
107French Polynesia$280
108Zambia$92
109Bhutan$71
110Mozambique$8
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania    $714  
Algeria$653,442$355,279$88,180$491,679$982,468$1,727,294$792,735
Antigua and Barbuda    $1,398  
Argentina$875,310$1,244,839$2,655,994$4,409,033$2,819,505$3,223,621$3,896,912
Armenia   $65 $6,250$12,682
Aruba    $87$7,222$1,304
Australia$1,145,608$1,523,342$1,537,811$2,208,876$1,894,942$2,131,537$2,719,053
Austria$387,026$410,570$1,025,312$925,647$1,002,173$842,668 
Azerbaijan$12,047  $83,052$9,078$15,813$4,647
Bahamas, The$67$193$16,867$811$1,585$5,878$1,415
Bahrain$574  $21$21,409$50,828$1,817,960
Bangladesh$116,888$384,782$350,911    
Barbados$69,074$82,763$31,620$81,500$35,846$74,640$223
Belarus$208,900$9,700$17,500$82,700$76,800$180,400$270,400
Belgium$1,589,644$2,223,391$1,566,436$1,982,427$1,725,715$3,026,628$5,877,583
Belize$5,426$4,519  $924  
Bermuda     $7,554 
Bhutan $175  $34$71 
Bolivia$678,619$543,501$703,981$1,014,606$637,717$939,707$1,164,576
Bosnia and Herzegovina$55,334$28,821$35,458$38,663$20,900$27,087$11,465
Botswana$553$30$3,578$4,832$78 $481
Brazil$6,023,212$6,818,814$8,336,823$14,202,161$7,425,373$11,620,419$14,439,432
Brunei $149     
Bulgaria$77,137$35,431$17,158$4,669$2,332  
Burkina Faso  $906    
Cambodia$4,944 $8,261 $328  
Cameroon$1,777$211  $5,744  
Canada$1,168,238$701,531$9,694,969$13,497,054$11,033,789$12,439,569$15,481,767
Chile$2,112,173$2,212,911$2,154,699$2,758,220$1,228,307$1,578,042$2,246,081
China$18,001,416$20,072,001$19,154,415$13,406,349$15,820,537$12,770,874$14,037,375
Colombia$898,352$1,160,266$1,768,745$1,909,339$1,275,181$759,678$843,932
Costa Rica$609,953$798,124$1,008,626$1,104,156$664,809$855,488$1,090,411
Cote d'Ivoire$61,733$58,651$85,222$116,361$95,652$83,657$114,626
Croatia$134,223$257,085$485,313$367,750$355,813$404,900$298,212
Cuba$446,179$589,316     
Cyprus$13,178$26,544$118,452$23,156$31,273$43,142$78,656
Czech Republic$371,172$430,771$588,838$447,779$596,290$467,792$724,836
Denmark$1,585,784$2,016,687$2,452,044$2,508,694$1,838,873$1,954,163$1,866,986
Dominica    $470$288 
Dominican Republic$246,353$222,578$372,728$408,552$329,597$572,997$669,968
Ecuador$1,125,163$808,351$1,010,762$1,023,333$1,338,005$1,060,695$1,661,108
Egypt$667,583$344,053$349,553$184,002$306,953$624,919$305,640
El Salvador$170,919$266,010$288,880$320,963$307,438$381,455 
Estonia$33,271$3,211$5,326$243$11,310$11,833$19,815
Ethiopia$1,774$14,997 $13,791$28,471$6,639$3,349
Faroe Islands  $47    
Fiji$41,936$43,982$37,163$17,646$37,657$78,850 
Finland$85,422$186,620$205,554$176,373$71,291$60,828$189,032
France$6,335,838$6,104,473$7,406,146$7,900,854$5,803,047$5,390,713$6,773,460
French Polynesia$6,657$282$407$849$421$280$13
Gabon    $544  
Gambia, The      $113
Georgia$941$4,853$398$572 $1,705 
Germany$9,617,000$11,427,000$12,230,000$14,185,000$13,951,000$14,176,008$19,082,699
Ghana$14,486$664$54,417$176$7  
Greece$173,864$145,329$326,547$222,573$189,823$95,236$107,774
Greenland$9$178     
Grenada $55     
Guatemala$679,747$814,509$752,866$1,005,549$740,951$799,083$392,998
Guinea-Bissau$4      
Guyana  $4,635 $718  
Honduras$252,837$287,265$284,000 $323,220  
Hong Kong$99,136$175,092$180,975$76,241$25,080$44,877$66,734
Hungary$4,110,000$3,862,000$2,952,000$2,677,000$3,264,000$3,079,000$3,363,000
Iceland $158$1,073$194$49  
India$574,171$522,275$1,099,163$3,927,926$1,060,855$2,680,260$2,191,074
Indonesia$4,804,496$6,421,315$6,384,617$8,323,773$5,578,977$8,667,453$12,768,239
Iran$4,255,674$3,859,745   $6,070,747 
Ireland$225,865$2,434,965$452,436$15,486,127$7,678,857$9,569,592$8,331,608
Israel$456,000$568,000$598,000$944,000$524,000$731,000$818,000
Italy$1,952,609$2,383,123$3,547,802$5,237,867$3,704,555$2,848,648$3,260,870
Jamaica$99,715$162,106$112,911 $101$26,735 
Japan$852,715$983,735$716,879$1,013,399$1,068,805$1,390,027$577,846
Jordan$392,504$340,019$139,899  $42,083$18,028
Kazakhstan$19,480 $31,700$68,254$8,686  
Kenya$30,970$28,851$57,175$109,851$77,174$51,804 
Kiribati$124      
Korea, South$7,389,167$9,164,121$15,904,107$22,400,585$20,360,859$21,862,941$25,072,746
Kuwait $71,271$31,652$5,553   
Latvia$38,517$494$55,547$50,775$66,177$35,813$40,090
Lebanon $91,678$79$597$19,160$1,739$48,023
Lesotho   $3,357   
Lithuania$45,431$76,798$287,319$151,741$177,950$66,720$331,434
Luxembourg$405$826$1,335$2,378$1,693$1,284$9,826
Macau$5,019$139$1,312$262   
Macedonia$62,568$52,264$77,763$17,099$11,968 $14,053
Madagascar$5,240$12,783$5,974$39,333$61,971$11,246 
Malawi  $2,883  $9,737 
Malaysia$2,672,156$2,947,146$3,713,526$3,448,504$3,259,456$3,832,576$5,217,570
Malta$5,760$3,860$1,046$230$368$318 
Mauritius$67,490$96,840$124,436$137,218$99,750$104,057$158,267
Mayotte$877 $19,372    
Mexico$4,860,716$3,566,513$4,520,491$4,527,693$5,355,068$6,737,760$4,075,609
Moldova$24$914$3,121$1,779$2,546  
Mongolia$20      
Montenegro     $13,847 
Morocco$1,253,231$1,099,559$1,464,706$1,650,726$1,605,926$2,207,091 
Mozambique     $8$11,000
Namibia $162$452$496   
Nepal    $82,448$62,053 
Netherlands$4,587,297$4,435,989$6,874,967$8,983,849$7,788,972$7,864,461 
Netherlands Antilles$3,318  $29   
New Caledonia$2,270$613$1,723$3,372$4,441$6,438$6,218
New Zealand$604,367$794,356$680,837$1,107,523$687,822$853,576$931,067
Nicaragua$50,700$59,636$45,551$120,216$62,002$62,848$114,849
Nigeria $434,533$1,307,671$469,381$130,677$384,851 
Norway$98,265$208,484$207,937$185,482$230,157$248,680$557,753
Oman$268,536$687$619$19,542$16,949  
Pakistan$540,003$541,920$1,205,891$754,231$507,121$548,630$344,729
Panama$131,159$107,611$121,692$185,546$138,920$150,158$166,584
Paraguay$26,822$32,225$77,864$50,731$35,496$22,101$48,654
Peru$1,376,346$1,776,489$1,922,234$2,496,350$2,209,521$2,652,200$2,738,718
Philippines$2,714,775$3,452,310$4,206,108$5,591,529$6,100,769$5,986,722$7,128,743
Poland$1,779,825$2,082,526$2,123,921$2,228,797$1,774,580$2,254,143$1,929,279
Portugal$222,711$176,272$146,866$364,434$255,120$208,939$421,353
Qatar  $16,885    
Romania$320,424$401,203$486,327$235,878$67,068$118,802$233,756
Russia$303,940$1,298,868$2,547,397$4,092,932$4,174,515$6,191,701$7,346,408
Rwanda   $2,592$1,063 $210
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $772  
Saudi Arabia$464,928$592,804$767,686  $1,541,602 
Senegal$23,968$29,721$53,586$54,280$30,424$83,522$68,136
Serbia$147,451$271,601$215,626$4,276$2,425$2,286$101,526
Seychelles   $942   
Singapore$462,911$678,330$369,423$1,467,553$2,418,771$1,564,145$1,229,414
Slovakia$61,772$27,736$9,161$12,213$20,617$64,075$55,644
Slovenia$255,598$227,662$390,413$359,313$146,773$83,590$125,050
South Africa$1,841,659$2,170,778$2,389,699$1,826,142$753,603$976,825$1,210,239
Spain$8,341,715$7,233,124$6,269,495    
Sri Lanka$155,581$120,190$156,079$197,750$280,635$288,983$533,322
Sudan$41,355$1,856 $149   
Suriname    $132,753$29,820 
Swaziland$262,380$193,916$83    
Sweden$33,354$333,537$29,382$114,845$689,151$319,443$69,995
Switzerland$197,831$329,506$760,974$706,199$574,016$801,143$454,547
Syria$1,510,253$1,236,621$2,030,410$3,168,562 $1,092,008 
Tanzania$1,549$5,041$50,124 $4,525$1,274 
Thailand$8,078,797$8,793,648$8,577,137$10,608,873$8,285,509$9,978,930$38,558,127
Tonga    $488$904 
Trinidad and Tobago$12,323$22,175$35,526$90,876$4,417$39,511 
Tunisia$58,526$42,958$504,197$584,089$427,429$140,218 
Turkey$865,930$713,726$1,069,364$1,580,871$1,414,600$1,771,746$3,084,331
Uganda$2,841  $9,862$2,833  
Ukraine$353,134$278,345$488,083$518,650$449,549$323,041$204,184
United Arab Emirates$134,076 $200,208$159,004   
United Kingdom$1,550,083$2,723,766$2,078,939$3,128,197$4,654,612$3,995,966$3,992,275
United States$15,774,085$27,380,676$16,543,902$10,725,032$7,460,920$9,125,877$24,718,248
Uruguay$70,489 $74,489$25,691$38,617  
Venezuela$4,010,847$3,012,595$3,866,045$5,389,759$7,454,599$7,304,771$8,083,924
Vietnam$583,047$860,383$1,247,932$1,712,927$1,566,462$2,453,430 
Wallis and Futuna $88     
Yemen$2,954 $13,344$27,569$19,869$125,936$56,723
Zambia$491$2,883$6,599$108$35$92 
Zimbabwe$130,363$144,252$178,334$44,746$58,842$175,777