RankCountryImports of Methionine in USD (2010)
1China$436,623,528
2Brazil$141,817,286
3Belgium$113,343,039
4Indonesia$83,983,002
5Netherlands$81,945,777
6India$67,952,040
7Vietnam$66,629,250
8Singapore$65,185,802
9Iran$62,611,827
10Poland$50,590,620
11Korea, South$49,652,340
12United Kingdom$49,550,455
13Mexico$45,954,534
14Thailand$45,875,973
15Germany$44,988,290
16France$42,811,565
17Philippines$42,384,765
18Argentina$40,929,135
19Spain$40,655,608
20Malaysia$39,863,092
21United States$36,831,118
22Venezuela$35,908,150
23South Africa$33,378,183
24Italy$32,629,165
25Colombia$31,571,624
26Turkey$29,746,106
27Japan$29,219,906
28Egypt$28,580,722
29Denmark$27,613,526
30Canada$26,756,044
31Russia$25,986,053
32Chile$23,482,907
33Pakistan$22,353,171
34Peru$20,900,901
35Australia$20,447,673
36Morocco$18,912,897
37Hungary$17,861,000
38Ecuador$15,384,905
39Belarus$15,371,600
40Ukraine$15,296,271
41Sri Lanka$14,535,418
42Saudi Arabia$14,412,285
43Syria$14,244,376
44Norway$13,298,726
45Greece$11,752,732
46Hong Kong$10,932,864
47Dominican Republic$9,903,539
48Bolivia$9,562,386
49Austria$9,376,691
50Switzerland$9,101,900
51Guatemala$8,850,973
52Jordan$8,791,457
53Czech Republic$8,623,652
54Tunisia$7,797,270
55Israel$7,656,000
56Lithuania$7,473,098
57Romania$7,456,499
58Nigeria$6,645,014
59Algeria$6,526,024
60Croatia$6,180,370
61Portugal$6,101,354
62New Zealand$5,682,913
63Finland$5,391,591
64Sweden$5,059,468
65Bulgaria$3,923,124
66Panama$3,908,241
67Serbia$3,781,537
68Lebanon$3,372,557
69Costa Rica$3,358,887
70Nicaragua$3,244,167
71Latvia$2,992,066
72El Salvador$2,539,758
73Ireland$2,411,482
74Paraguay$2,288,816
75Jamaica$2,150,778
76Slovakia$2,046,266
77Zimbabwe$1,996,787
78Nepal$1,555,970
79Mauritius$1,354,821
80Zambia$1,312,352
81Cote d'Ivoire$1,035,363
82Cyprus$962,637
83Kenya$890,956
84Bosnia and Herzegovina$839,599
85Slovenia$790,280
86Estonia$774,879
87Senegal$510,286
88Oman$399,455
89Fiji$395,349
90Tanzania$365,437
91Armenia$309,326
92Azerbaijan$309,048
93Albania$288,573
94Barbados$283,300
95Malawi$263,373
96Mali$246,412
97Mozambique$202,855
98Cameroon$199,574
99Madagascar$198,191
100Ghana$149,342
101Kyrgyzstan$142,204
102Trinidad and Tobago$131,089
103New Caledonia$91,856
104Malta$55,434
105Ethiopia$51,927
106Luxembourg$50,874
107Moldova$50,523
108Georgia$34,947
109Montenegro$17,258
110Yemen$13,902
111Togo$10,871
112Burkina Faso$5,568
113Bahrain$5,534
114Belize$3,273
115Bhutan$2,264
116Botswana$975
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$186,833$161,689$213,166$279,144$300,013$288,573$241,048
Algeria$1,876,170$2,774,976$1,819,800$5,585,583$7,202,706$6,526,024$5,614,475
Argentina$15,261,734$17,175,267$16,951,893$31,725,990$34,145,350$40,929,135$45,193,593
Armenia$44,922$80,744$118,338$228,159$257,527$309,326$463,455
Australia$9,296,427$13,168,891$13,276,864$23,584,838$21,563,855$20,447,673$24,684,166
Austria$3,700,988$4,594,292$5,829,068$7,876,235$8,454,494$9,376,691 
Azerbaijan$258,516$208,992$353,676$401,349$361,388$309,048$535,682
Bahamas, The    $25  
Bahrain$223,106$86,481$109,976$8,388 $5,534 
Bangladesh$2,738,688$3,082,166$6,830,871    
Barbados$81,550$140,500$120,250$202,698$236,889$283,300$127,000
Belarus$1,879,900$4,273,400$5,091,700$9,168,700$11,847,500$15,371,600$19,978,400
Belgium$43,106,970$38,189,678$40,712,964$93,705,542$120,716,743$113,343,039$141,704,107
Belize$9,462$11,026$23,679$18,692$16,564$3,273 
Benin$16,146$875     
Bhutan   $371$168$2,264 
Bolivia$2,903,190$3,539,872$4,269,420$6,748,644$7,984,060$9,562,386$9,422,075
Bosnia and Herzegovina$504,211$284,819$484,012$720,116$883,422$839,599$922,272
Botswana$92,267$32,592$33,549$61,185$72,878$975$15
Brazil$53,019,230$58,416,186$78,465,932$136,131,605$148,336,743$141,817,286$137,613,712
Bulgaria$1,898,592$2,372,475$2,548,845$4,039,862$4,283,324$3,923,124$3,994,922
Burkina Faso  $13,629$13,550$72,699$5,568 
Cambodia  $2,073    
Cameroon$55,035$62,660$112,440$129,756$126,876$199,574 
Canada$4,331,059$5,491,430$5,856,565$23,148,363$23,460,217$26,756,044$27,117,110
Cape Verde   $3,037$1,688  
Chile$6,989,587$11,058,592$12,380,073$18,085,153$20,980,442$23,482,907$29,934,445
China$130,265,971$177,336,442$228,898,172$372,735,723$409,061,459$436,623,528$490,981,931
Colombia$10,108,689$11,932,840$14,238,749$18,500,348$30,233,910$31,571,624$34,794,469
Costa Rica$2,296,185$2,210,156$1,682,177$2,196,087$2,378,739$3,358,887$2,715,174
Cote d'Ivoire$420,375$286,537$555,054$514,960$709,014$1,035,363$752,595
Croatia$4,033,949$4,807,193$4,912,264$8,234,034$5,218,779$6,180,370$8,490,085
Cuba$1,038,059$1,395,932     
Cyprus$645,089$709,911$841,364$1,192,757$1,279,093$962,637$1,185,108
Czech Republic$4,771,537$6,510,755$6,481,365$9,342,802$8,167,737$8,623,652$11,328,293
Denmark$9,266,756$11,536,637$17,425,229$22,605,366$22,100,753$27,613,526$27,827,294
Dominican Republic$3,805,078$3,856,613$4,920,004$7,334,484$9,400,026$9,903,539$11,236,711
Ecuador$5,008,848$5,390,469$7,292,759$10,132,208$15,228,909$15,384,905$17,196,729
Egypt$9,020,133$6,941,450$15,229,360$19,585,477$23,787,996$28,580,722$36,041,799
El Salvador$1,653,437$2,499,309$2,755,817$3,627,077$3,723,548$2,539,758 
Estonia$166,806$169,300$219,567$434,831$755,464$774,879$1,358,040
Ethiopia$40,445$22,234$44,170$58,409$133,840$51,927$55,929
Fiji$178,148$225,244$201,526$396,561$471,955$395,349 
Finland$2,819,332$2,509,583$3,125,991$2,599,696$3,944,695$5,391,591$5,184,125
France$23,658,606$27,245,387$29,100,280$41,248,882$39,368,007$42,811,565$45,784,859
French Polynesia$12,794      
Gabon  $1,590$5,551$1,215  
Georgia$46,395$40,821$146,904$74,223$29,885$34,947 
Germany$22,078,000$22,901,000$25,167,000$43,653,000$38,552,000$44,988,290$45,960,075
Ghana$274,716$200,128$490,465$599,024$541,140$149,342$442,430
Greece$3,709,878$5,437,524$6,636,080$11,797,089$11,667,090$11,752,732$13,233,790
Guatemala$2,544,336$4,268,140$4,738,836$6,685,530$8,162,989$8,850,973$7,232,903
Guinea$989$8,833$3,770$2,882   
Guyana  $12,446$18,736   
Honduras$2,208,636$2,256,875$1,923,900 $4,660,926  
Hong Kong$5,787,517$7,278,193$6,785,674$18,724,254$18,879,239$10,932,864$7,688,038
Hungary$5,308,000$7,420,000$7,429,000$13,842,000$15,374,000$17,861,000$17,859,000
Iceland$3,075$4,663  $6,379 $84,481
India$15,060,498$20,275,356$29,851,723$45,337,761$49,964,279$67,952,040$78,558,414
Indonesia$32,598,129$41,910,363$42,232,097$65,322,732$79,209,646$83,983,002$100,895,063
Iran$15,940,323$1,848,063   $62,611,827 
Ireland$716,792$1,148,478$1,335,974$2,648,709$1,764,283$2,411,482$2,758,683
Israel$3,004,000$3,634,000$4,155,000$8,309,000$8,376,000$7,656,000$9,485,000
Italy$13,040,475$14,091,625$17,593,408$29,475,397$28,929,644$32,629,165$34,327,870
Jamaica$786,803$848,904$1,106,872$2,096,348$1,570,873$2,150,778 
Japan$4,938,058$6,002,620$7,375,194$15,765,114$21,585,437$29,219,906$39,137,125
Jordan$3,012,136$3,242,839$3,623,058$7,449,352$6,214,442$8,791,457$7,983,124
Kazakhstan$867,956$928,217$1,587,483$2,778,209$2,308,412  
Kenya$108,935$287,961$253,176$637,634$710,452$890,956 
Korea, South$21,769,144$24,649,846$27,170,612$39,047,534$46,830,327$49,652,340$53,670,569
Kuwait $446,804$732,664$1,550,666   
Kyrgyzstan$28,141$79,946$138,665$196,876$93,167$142,204$119,034
Latvia$626,832$761,886$705,911$2,052,785$2,820,315$2,992,066$2,711,830
Lebanon$1,295,000$756,763$1,585,405$2,290,340$2,680,215$3,372,557$2,066,152
Lithuania$1,385,196$1,887,873$2,210,438$5,995,477$5,213,514$7,473,098$7,538,769
Luxembourg$16,841$6,804$16,723$34,185$68,075$50,874$51,168
Macedonia$150,097$185,844$135,825$177,272$247,877 $275,726
Madagascar$44,443$24,185$149,258$161,396$312,381$198,191 
Malawi$199,966$227,526$217,357$307,544$268,257$263,373$301,825
Malaysia$12,686,804$14,139,863$17,634,826$27,345,658$33,954,596$39,863,092$40,645,955
Mali $8,518   $246,412 
Malta$27,416$10,253$11,788$16,017$37,078$55,434 
Mauritius$582,876$461,872$621,316$1,248,107$1,134,999$1,354,821$1,216,283
Mayotte$1,683$1,021$381$6,113$633  
Mexico$23,884,768$26,092,904$24,468,015$34,297,540$45,110,478$45,954,534$43,770,410
Moldova$99,064$107,727$34,458$40,464$175,724$50,523$18,610
Mongolia  $7,067    
Montenegro $23,822$36,514$42,478$33,561$17,258$21,190
Morocco$5,719,583$8,316,487$10,046,144$11,779,988$11,537,962$18,912,897 
Mozambique$14,966$233,389$66,973$270,587$349,361$202,855$1,259,000
Nepal    $1,210,576$1,555,970 
Netherlands$38,121,807$36,735,420$43,182,311$75,662,071$83,632,417$81,945,777 
New Caledonia$74,979$63,648$73,586$115,095$63,721$91,856$153,026
New Zealand$2,072,076$2,285,290$2,477,900$4,999,246$5,269,414$5,682,913$6,277,492
Nicaragua$960,330$1,299,006$1,044,745$1,734,511$2,249,558$3,244,167$2,933,815
Nigeria $2,037,133$4,114,350$5,650,971$5,975,084$6,645,014 
Norway$2,630,325$4,000,703$6,672,947$8,815,133$8,701,871$13,298,726$18,514,671
Oman$176,278$105,581$499,802$683,069$500,050$399,455 
Pakistan$9,617,441$9,108,010$14,778,633$20,443,580$13,538,458$22,353,171$31,113,111
Panama$1,470,168$1,749,994$2,150,679$3,074,628$4,041,185$3,908,241$2,332,698
Paraguay$675,495$882,185$1,098,208$1,554,602$2,409,962$2,288,816$3,304,476
Peru$7,243,578$10,332,611$10,941,257$14,761,329$23,916,277$20,900,901$25,434,226
Philippines$12,372,826$15,230,598$24,483,075$30,832,427$38,436,964$42,384,765$46,484,941
Poland$25,276,384$30,204,840$31,263,102$48,595,311$48,222,167$50,590,620$58,712,200
Portugal$2,613,224$2,697,054$2,143,867$5,195,766$4,136,138$6,101,354$5,006,203
Romania$2,643,073$4,262,082$3,287,587$5,614,799$5,918,687$7,456,499$12,324,453
Russia$4,043,312$7,828,842$9,138,752$15,825,499$15,214,757$25,986,053$31,394,674
Saudi Arabia$3,699,159$5,240,774$5,625,540 $577,383$14,412,285 
Senegal$292,247$264,320$349,610$468,427$669,987$510,286$834,591
Serbia$2,076,958$3,437,941$3,388,687$5,942,537$4,005,705$3,781,537$4,669,242
Singapore$8,375,326$8,302,291$17,887,674$35,181,212$60,725,857$65,185,802$53,451,968
Slovakia$1,445,782$2,330,151$1,691,596$3,005,103$1,655,902$2,046,266$1,240,417
Slovenia$475,126$445,394$389,082$1,052,830$526,697$790,280$575,911
South Africa$12,321,753$18,646,478$16,775,627$22,299,590$24,693,334$33,378,183$37,281,753
Spain$12,619,925$16,011,637$16,959,888$35,412,414$33,243,444$40,655,608 
Sri Lanka$1,985,191$4,520,691$7,204,218$13,140,248$16,777,072$14,535,418$21,075,788
Sudan$23,663$32,571$39 $65,808  
Swaziland $36,427$26,194    
Sweden$2,715,710$4,394,815$3,935,667$5,125,094$5,591,055$5,059,468$6,200,688
Switzerland$3,399,764$3,738,589$4,632,960$7,273,276$8,284,006$9,101,900$10,074,956
Syria$6,033,079$5,134,038$7,045,433$13,040,063 $14,244,376 
Tanzania$127,952$162,315$233,597$265,939$222,912$365,437$333,827
Thailand$26,997,282$30,727,326$34,337,769$44,939,762$45,924,319$45,875,973$45,168,409
Togo  $501  $10,871$16,633
Trinidad and Tobago$203,875$273,973$406,820$674,009$336,226$131,089 
Tunisia$2,496,135$2,844,609$3,365,723$6,926,170$5,206,795$7,797,270 
Turkey$10,402,696$12,911,917$14,600,027$27,769,500$27,739,035$29,746,106$35,512,482
Uganda$1,027$1,314 $7,057$5,900  
Ukraine$6,217,454$9,028,356$11,987,605$15,245,960$22,554,551$15,296,271$16,203,472
United Arab Emirates$431,005 $1,182,795$2,049,907   
United Kingdom$16,966,558$22,181,622$26,298,242$41,597,516$40,271,697$49,550,455$62,385,619
United States$24,752,771$23,847,645$26,845,817$45,973,968$33,325,039$36,831,118$38,708,375
Uruguay$1,087,159$1,132,593$1,239,635$2,490,486$2,724,519  
Venezuela$6,332,487$7,476,206$7,102,729$18,562,496$35,443,298$35,908,150$43,365,754
Vietnam$9,125,679$13,585,675$24,522,697$36,949,100$51,936,440$66,629,250 
Yemen   $10,562 $13,902 
Zambia$596,367$649,360$916,944$1,244,741$980,380$1,312,352 
Zimbabwe$158,128$1,005,435$1,053,948$710,958$951,681$1,996,787