RankCountryImports of Heterocyclic comps. cont. an unfused imidazole ring (whether or not hydroge ... in USD (2010)
1Japan$581,814,211
2United Kingdom$432,168,110
3France$280,409,853
4Hungary$116,605,000
5United States$99,035,124
6Germany$90,370,063
7China$85,737,406
8Mexico$66,222,614
9Turkey$51,406,117
10Ireland$44,003,569
11India$39,951,914
12Italy$36,503,828
13Switzerland$27,634,661
14Belgium$27,085,092
15Ecuador$26,960,811
16Brazil$26,632,471
17Canada$22,023,831
18Spain$21,974,732
19Israel$17,420,000
20Korea, South$16,158,533
21Greece$15,523,065
22Colombia$14,317,960
23Poland$12,098,346
24Singapore$11,772,992
25Portugal$11,216,320
26Slovenia$10,976,714
27Australia$10,694,026
28Russia$9,280,425
29Pakistan$9,115,292
30Netherlands$8,905,190
31Indonesia$8,368,589
32Argentina$7,531,161
33Egypt$7,105,415
34Denmark$5,926,748
35Norway$5,653,866
36Nigeria$5,201,486
37Venezuela$4,983,142
38Czech Republic$4,842,829
39Algeria$4,370,252
40Iran$4,143,739
41Morocco$3,859,514
42Slovakia$3,769,512
43Iceland$3,512,024
44Paraguay$3,295,612
45South Africa$3,202,850
46Thailand$2,860,100
47Belarus$2,535,600
48Syria$2,472,346
49Sweden$2,292,169
50Austria$2,282,669
51Tunisia$2,263,511
52Vietnam$2,085,250
53Chile$2,052,467
54Ukraine$1,807,805
55Saudi Arabia$1,740,269
56Philippines$1,672,785
57Peru$1,577,441
58Finland$1,408,073
59Kenya$1,326,138
60Dominican Republic$1,222,907
61Malta$1,190,281
62Jordan$1,041,392
63Ghana$955,890
64El Salvador$941,092
65Cyprus$884,836
66Malaysia$878,923
67Ethiopia$804,186
68Costa Rica$789,447
69Romania$680,464
70Serbia$643,222
71New Zealand$570,928
72Tanzania$560,483
73Guatemala$543,374
74Croatia$523,658
75Hong Kong$359,402
76Uganda$330,819
77Sri Lanka$308,196
78Nepal$283,867
79Moldova$218,394
80Lebanon$193,088
81Bulgaria$147,046
82Cambodia$145,175
83Bosnia and Herzegovina$142,288
84Bolivia$121,725
85Nicaragua$114,782
86Albania$78,641
87Latvia$77,427
88Jamaica$65,992
89Yemen$52,559
90Mauritius$47,306
91Cote d'Ivoire$44,499
92Estonia$40,260
93Montenegro$32,061
94Georgia$26,720
95Bhutan$20,530
96Lithuania$14,189
97Senegal$14,044
98Trinidad and Tobago$13,189
99Zimbabwe$9,075
100Oman$6,876
101Panama$5,980
102Bahamas, The$5,673
103Armenia$5,208
104Mali$5,038
105Suriname$5,004
106Barbados$4,375
107Cameroon$1,223
108Aruba$1,109
109French Polynesia$1,041
110Botswana$835
111Luxembourg$791
112Bahrain$681
113Qatar$667
114Madagascar$352
115Kyrgyzstan$180
116Guyana$124
117New Caledonia$105
118Mozambique$83
119Dominica$62
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$2,223    $78,641$60,725
Algeria$1,141,347$1,152,000$1,056,034$475,274$1,072,135$4,370,252$3,724,073
Argentina$6,831,718$6,196,909$8,589,470$9,361,765$9,720,923$7,531,161$10,397,693
Armenia$3,438$4,508$4,978$14,449$5,178$5,208$13,559
Aruba    $1,333,379$1,109$215,804
Australia$35,123,259$23,344,604$6,949,433$9,141,994$13,389,937$10,694,026$14,656,539
Austria$2,425,284$5,303,972$2,805,613$3,816,222$4,401,071$2,282,669 
Azerbaijan  $292 $1,299  
Bahamas, The   $323 $5,673$7,052
Bahrain    $461$681$258
Bangladesh$3,058,901$3,337,655$3,072,680    
Barbados$1,946 $131$2,375 $4,375$1,500
Belarus$942,400$1,327,400$917,800$1,166,400$1,338,600$2,535,600$3,345,900
Belgium$53,395,625$53,423,689$57,770,469$84,592,496$81,675,114$27,085,092$27,148,664
Bhutan    $13,191$20,530 
Bolivia$41,658$56,198$81,272$119,024$100,324$121,725$151,017
Bosnia and Herzegovina$49,501$78,001$57,266$68,970$124,601$142,288$136,658
Botswana $87 $1$357$835$357
Brazil$14,994,310$18,318,690$19,667,408$24,341,638$22,161,345$26,632,471$41,459,206
Bulgaria$80,764$84,496$45,848$336,815$72,789$147,046$226,494
Burundi  $14,937 $32  
Cambodia$13,821$61,796$55,300$56,342$94,628$145,175 
Cameroon$854$4,301 $16,623$9,513$1,223 
Canada$8,874,282$19,586,902$58,183,977$31,254,971$22,692,176$22,023,831$20,162,883
Cape Verde      $73
Chile$1,019,445$1,303,418$2,384,112$2,325,104$1,946,691$2,052,467$3,158,731
China$55,553,197$55,496,089$75,472,933$82,015,610$103,502,905$85,737,406$108,523,402
Colombia$6,823,718$9,025,601$10,400,792$16,351,795$13,312,641$14,317,960$16,656,810
Costa Rica$1,071,012$487,774$1,083,182$856,865$757,827$789,447$1,006,597
Cote d'Ivoire$32,853$32,716$101,720$78,898$46,091$44,499$95,395
Croatia$127,785$141,115$141,958$229,669$172,814$523,658$266,563
Cuba$1,134,954$593,417     
Cyprus$779,133$1,024,973$394,926$1,517,088$487,497$884,836$1,283,477
Czech Republic$1,696,816$4,842,744$4,852,262$5,989,090$5,865,487$4,842,829$8,372,308
Denmark$1,637,952$3,594,468$3,600,159$3,088,262$11,123,900$5,926,748$3,367,240
Dominica     $62 
Dominican Republic$419,475$911,433$782,285$732,733$490,294$1,222,907$3,414,861
Ecuador$2,178,337$1,912,848$2,465,241$4,069,396$3,195,737$26,960,811$31,356,151
Egypt$3,683,197$3,954,077$4,786,542$6,170,513$7,363,125$7,105,415$8,755,072
El Salvador$243,056$185,885$194,847$1,812,836$780,363$941,092 
Estonia$19,114$7,913$23,866$37,962$41,936$40,260$49,395
Ethiopia$276,858$541,341$217,224$743,267$1,079,882$804,186$565,325
Faroe Islands$1,197      
Fiji $2,214     
Finland$1,714,777$2,262,759$3,152,019$1,796,115$1,521,767$1,408,073$4,040,564
France$178,798,293$177,986,453$214,414,516$273,910,022$427,353,287$280,409,853$256,313,117
French Polynesia$416$196  $7,342$1,041 
Gabon $708  $2,529  
Georgia$8,468$30,512$20,713$19,741$17,441$26,720 
Germany$50,290,000$57,478,000$120,931,000$109,387,000$61,425,000$90,370,063$104,534,480
Ghana$491,447$555,047$458,428$840,421$691,757$955,890$710,710
Greece$7,567,558$9,518,642$13,441,170$16,922,840$21,612,905$15,523,065$14,265,444
Guatemala$544,049$525,730$829,854$876,978$650,843$543,374$443,726
Guyana $597$1,375 $1,577$124$9
Honduras$56,305$41,435$46,506 $30,130  
Hong Kong$474,485$478,146$568,348$612,581$614,919$359,402$518,095
Hungary$99,055,000$115,762,000$122,055,000$119,171,000$40,222,000$116,605,000$108,882,000
Iceland$487,222$3,310,126$1,766,876$1,327,265$4,480,247$3,512,024$4,939,697
India$15,683,012$15,871,411$23,381,666$34,782,688$27,668,583$39,951,914$37,652,509
Indonesia$5,028,467$4,609,365$5,202,103$5,700,953$6,157,363$8,368,589$8,811,892
Iran$1,710,658$500,270   $4,143,739 
Ireland$73,425,103$37,401,860$27,854,854$28,152,924$38,898,855$44,003,569$61,384,212
Israel$10,455,000$9,955,000$12,435,000$18,647,000$19,345,000$17,420,000$36,659,000
Italy$95,652,896$70,938,978$99,222,004$54,870,183$33,025,764$36,503,828$50,812,140
Jamaica$52$10,510$2,588$47$57$65,992 
Japan$259,898,443$166,642,827$256,676,728$442,712,014$456,845,302$581,814,211$629,561,627
Jordan$1,354,822$957,064$1,450,331$649,559$529,918$1,041,392$1,185,603
Kazakhstan$1,955$54,171$16,416$19,257$86,316  
Kenya$692,405$619,871$882,238$835,886$776,533$1,326,138 
Korea, South$25,044,055$26,800,213$12,873,948$16,972,871$19,435,045$16,158,533$26,030,859
Kuwait $12,308$39,769$297,830   
Kyrgyzstan$1,259$26  $242$180 
Latvia$14,100$8,424$6,742$17,044$1,152$77,427$35,260
Lebanon$71,000$112,679$119,448$150,645$108,225$193,088$134,989
Lithuania$13,962$21,096$24,440$8,025$52,441$14,189$66,515
Luxembourg$568$2,711$870$917$1,843$791$631
Macedonia$200,899$103,032$344,270$718,837$269,755 $365,572
Madagascar$82  $1,084$70$352 
Malawi   $3,936   
Malaysia$1,138,903$1,297,321$1,299,235$1,269,337$1,537,967$878,923$1,273,240
Mali  $4,156$5,237 $5,038 
Malta$280,712$144,921$115,535$481,209$78,030$1,190,281 
Mauritius$7,546$19,864$22,896$35,741$4,092$47,306$5,011
Mexico$28,820,325$57,061,373$59,468,411$58,973,609$55,620,302$66,222,614$77,410,582
Moldova$50,166$96,181$20,181$41,476$72,223$218,394$503,325
Mongolia$360$40,000     
Montenegro $111,138$198,571$346,613$290,732$32,061$212,265
Morocco$2,386,607$2,591,787$3,783,214$4,302,259$4,180,699$3,859,514 
Mozambique  $79$55 $83 
Namibia$152 $1,173$2,059   
Nepal    $60,318$283,867 
Netherlands$24,850,968$23,048,050$38,626,908$190,691,288$36,735,383$8,905,190 
Netherlands Antilles $9,656     
New Caledonia $461$122 $171$105$955
New Zealand$427,554$562,256$598,462$425,687$337,304$570,928$785,953
Nicaragua$12,970$52,366$124,033$131,318$146,582$114,782$183,835
Nigeria $2,945,277$7,370,481$4,626,791$2,682,116$5,201,486 
Norway$309,199$400,056$1,048,368$2,038,259$759,511$5,653,866$5,249,849
Oman$7,251$5,082$253,782$3,423$7,072$6,876 
Pakistan$5,558,130$5,870,525$6,693,655$8,275,418$9,047,812$9,115,292$10,531,188
Panama$27,357$2,326$38,537$4,733$2,599$5,980$46,213
Paraguay$118,222$89,133$139,092$396,653$215,840$3,295,612$6,366,508
Peru$668,251$804,873$1,040,844$1,183,615$923,281$1,577,441$1,575,380
Philippines$1,306,662$2,281,131$1,616,358$1,972,516$1,169,882$1,672,785$1,772,989
Poland$4,335,888$5,629,450$4,699,493$9,327,860$11,256,440$12,098,346$22,751,242
Portugal$10,154,234$7,885,091$9,652,279$10,905,714$9,639,951$11,216,320$12,083,359
Qatar     $667 
Romania$363,970$451,960$565,974$583,723$541,656$680,464$498,770
Russia$1,298,524$1,857,353$2,290,060$2,739,527$3,284,620$9,280,425$25,269,352
Rwanda $8,554$7,675$1,037$5,300  
Saint Lucia  $477    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    $285  
Saudi Arabia$5,415,857$6,845,484$8,480,901  $1,740,269 
Senegal  $5,112$364$1,857$14,044$9,087
Serbia$528,608$439,486$728,189$1,123,307$1,121,186$643,222$1,754,836
Singapore$1,698,234$5,410,507$3,241,223$3,662,324$2,542,263$11,772,992$41,095,836
Slovakia$2,100,748$3,970,807$1,626,036$2,806,612$2,609,171$3,769,512$3,291,792
Slovenia$3,412,474$5,135,434$8,050,244$10,263,584$7,284,911$10,976,714$15,768,563
South Africa$2,652,192$1,332,567$2,875,414$2,502,290$3,287,997$3,202,850$3,659,185
Spain$17,748,171$16,604,854$17,860,986$65,412,994$25,075,385$21,974,732 
Sri Lanka$83,326$93,734$162,713$208,420$184,925$308,196$222,553
Sudan    $4,638  
Suriname     $5,004$3,235
Swaziland$18,190$9,971     
Sweden$1,535,607$2,716,123$2,135,517$1,540,869$1,907,152$2,292,169$2,270,507
Switzerland$53,894,934$47,007,253$44,057,233$49,154,348$46,796,349$27,634,661$37,254,344
Syria$2,252,320$1,547,738$1,839,305$3,030,942 $2,472,346 
Tanzania$303,188$190,454$188,153$562,759$152,708$560,483$154,843
Thailand$2,119,493$1,765,307$2,325,779$2,748,107$3,617,500$2,860,100$3,671,917
Trinidad and Tobago$729$768$5,925$2,139$2,828$13,189 
Tunisia$2,007,331$1,444,366$1,699,715$1,964,051$2,672,831$2,263,511 
Turkey$58,786,379$48,884,929$44,658,834$46,455,149$36,582,489$51,406,117$27,480,689
Uganda$194,712$71,597$149,842$216,711$318,386$330,819 
Ukraine$1,017,730$755,716$1,133,089$1,157,773$1,335,484$1,807,805$2,302,029
United Arab Emirates$712,222 $666,796$370,692   
United Kingdom$772,819,270$946,460,397$780,219,963$709,309,416$543,289,140$432,168,110$244,356,986
United States$532,953,343$527,842,222$376,823,255$303,010,488$90,531,425$99,035,124$87,595,463
Uruguay$326,909$458,275$501,101$632,822$415,459  
Venezuela$5,089,374$5,377,732$5,004,934$7,336,021$5,804,715$4,983,142$14,178,320
Vietnam$1,541,826$1,424,655$1,410,611$1,585,340$1,828,901$2,085,250 
Yemen$503$4,385$29,490$7,853$11,326$52,559$115,418
Zambia$2,510  $821$1,587  
Zimbabwe$221,659$182,480$59,320$777,844$32,382$9,075