RankCountryImports of Sulphonamides in USD (2010)
1United States$2,295,833,139
2Germany$679,952,881
3Belgium$605,561,503
4United Kingdom$328,457,234
5Japan$328,141,638
6France$297,983,021
7Brazil$129,896,296
8Poland$113,581,109
9Ireland$110,177,857
10Netherlands$103,318,498
11China$95,289,095
12Canada$75,683,473
13Korea, South$68,580,249
14Mexico$60,376,107
15Italy$57,498,548
16Spain$51,144,816
17Switzerland$46,895,131
18Israel$43,657,000
19Nigeria$39,754,042
20India$35,396,022
21Egypt$33,063,909
22Iran$32,498,552
23Turkey$28,312,386
24Russia$24,544,436
25Indonesia$18,205,495
26Greece$18,110,049
27Saudi Arabia$17,481,355
28Hungary$16,362,000
29Slovenia$15,803,913
30Argentina$13,774,568
31Czech Republic$12,665,381
32Pakistan$12,597,014
33Algeria$11,275,172
34Singapore$11,086,072
35Australia$10,801,038
36Hong Kong$10,132,819
37Morocco$8,537,145
38Thailand$8,213,586
39Tunisia$7,556,681
40Ukraine$7,507,680
41South Africa$6,989,711
42Venezuela$6,833,994
43Ecuador$6,527,779
44Portugal$5,966,246
45Colombia$5,757,660
46Austria$5,125,701
47Kenya$4,758,164
48Malaysia$4,213,453
49Romania$4,183,635
50Syria$4,154,063
51Vietnam$4,056,310
52Chile$3,113,585
53Paraguay$2,777,174
54Peru$2,764,453
55Denmark$2,564,136
56Tanzania$2,443,259
57Croatia$2,159,064
58Philippines$2,150,725
59Sweden$2,098,083
60Belarus$1,684,700
61Finland$1,416,276
62Jordan$1,284,182
63New Zealand$1,274,103
64Serbia$1,267,221
65Slovakia$1,068,988
66Ghana$1,029,146
67Malta$966,625
68Cyprus$813,491
69Uganda$741,705
70Bulgaria$733,262
71Guatemala$631,099
72Estonia$578,662
73Sri Lanka$521,850
74Iceland$422,158
75El Salvador$389,562
76Costa Rica$374,397
77Zimbabwe$370,104
78Nepal$331,776
79Dominican Republic$324,336
80Bolivia$251,077
81Ethiopia$183,241
82Lebanon$175,427
83Latvia$139,053
84Panama$138,725
85Nicaragua$128,464
86Norway$125,356
87Cote d'Ivoire$112,966
88Bosnia and Herzegovina$105,889
89Moldova$82,152
90Yemen$79,871
91Senegal$72,445
92Cambodia$58,723
93Lithuania$57,671
94Jamaica$56,180
95Armenia$48,250
96Georgia$44,735
97Cameroon$32,685
98Bahrain$21,603
99Mozambique$17,806
100Mali$16,232
101Kyrgyzstan$12,403
102Albania$12,301
103Oman$6,832
104Suriname$4,669
105Barbados$2,103
106Bahamas, The$1,545
107Qatar$1,101
108Mauritius$1,025
109Bermuda$510
110Malawi$211
111Luxembourg$185
112Madagascar$179
113Azerbaijan$92
114Zambia$1
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $34,958$3,918 $10,473$12,301$736,858
Algeria$2,082,391$8,675,316$5,450,006$14,107,273$18,373,774$11,275,172$10,103,187
Antigua and Barbuda      $55
Argentina$9,878,355$10,037,068$10,352,473$12,628,236$12,560,527$13,774,568$22,100,912
Armenia$6,859$20,626$15,434$8,923$93,183$48,250$85,627
Aruba    $1,151 $93
Australia$18,851,702$10,247,812$10,269,578$23,290,228$7,688,270$10,801,038$19,126,467
Austria$18,837,895$15,932,833$18,631,491$22,159,596$13,424,589$5,125,701 
Azerbaijan$3,137$143$519 $7,775$92$366
Bahamas, The$1,732,109$3,098,006$1,196,891$82 $1,545 
Bahrain   $455$814$21,603$14,804
Bangladesh$3,560,431$7,076,952$6,846,118    
Barbados $53,813$22,325$28,237$41,938$2,103$26,452
Belarus$765,200$809,900$1,143,700$985,000$1,116,500$1,684,700$2,743,000
Belgium$133,240,586$138,956,457$558,118,687$279,946,626$510,878,038$605,561,503$317,290,389
Bermuda     $510 
Bhutan$36,759   $6,467  
Bolivia$174,130$160,125$228,476$220,151$273,794$251,077$262,793
Bosnia and Herzegovina$83,177$114,220$151,663$179,272$95,471$105,889$155,500
Botswana $111     
Brazil$84,950,349$71,889,824$100,198,418$142,374,981$100,859,425$129,896,296$164,078,106
Brunei $613     
Bulgaria$888,358$924,033$793,929$794,649$583,821$733,262$1,121,801
Burkina Faso$1,490      
Cambodia$20,692$21,718$44,057$20,128$42,503$58,723 
Cameroon $3,071$25 $4,322$32,685 
Canada$44,141,803$72,366,931$540,535,860$232,227,289$203,846,065$75,683,473$65,476,920
Chile$1,273,241$1,096,547$2,444,577$2,036,824$2,408,063$3,113,585$3,428,876
China$47,411,688$53,883,686$56,922,995$55,694,287$97,367,781$95,289,095$111,396,621
Colombia$4,936,303$5,301,789$6,743,283$5,208,536$3,719,715$5,757,660$7,635,087
Costa Rica$414,752$482,453$379,038$374,892$74,246$374,397$358,735
Cote d'Ivoire$24,219$70,844$171,069$120,638$97,933$112,966$152,416
Croatia$2,681,686$611,573$762,476$1,265,648$395,282$2,159,064$3,085,554
Cuba$1,042,295$361,986     
Cyprus$459,991$748,375$899,335$1,066,102$730,261$813,491$1,104,970
Czech Republic$3,948,857$4,806,380$4,340,994$5,594,116$3,742,041$12,665,381$14,663,770
Denmark$3,833,573$5,042,965$6,479,501$6,444,709$1,576,669$2,564,136$1,775,203
Djibouti    $8,327  
Dominican Republic$214,560$520,987$264,784$214,758$225,536$324,336$350,684
Ecuador$3,419,403$3,918,399$3,917,039$4,154,754$4,698,114$6,527,779$11,517,296
Egypt$18,428,468$19,677,110$13,009,919$23,501,654$27,776,777$33,063,909$22,129,733
El Salvador$436,061$459,139$307,436$398,524$291,372$389,562 
Estonia$86,836$114,046$217,111$265,118$409,747$578,662$489,750
Ethiopia$5,176$157,671$525,185$161,909$552,991$183,241$285,729
Faroe Islands$1,057$2,240$103    
Fiji  $65,806    
Finland$1,069,801$1,329,762$935,136$1,212,677$1,629,576$1,416,276$2,287,349
France$407,885,122$333,630,434$314,740,619$327,310,776$261,532,700$297,983,021$552,263,774
French Polynesia$208$69$471$156$27 $106
Georgia$2,800$26,514$49,347$59,723$14,751$44,735 
Germany$244,331,000$284,884,000$832,743,000$326,569,000$494,343,000$679,952,881$188,874,294
Ghana$602,647$1,056,889$1,384,478$1,596,336$1,460,264$1,029,146$1,413,933
Greece$36,160,070$30,213,094$30,483,198$39,875,957$30,850,072$18,110,049$22,261,695
Guatemala$757,940$536,443$466,741$634,471$764,919$631,099$536,505
Guinea   $34   
Guyana $6,080$1,373    
Honduras$17,811$62,799$80,634 $54,311  
Hong Kong$3,743,051$808,472$757,016$1,335,993$1,482,375$10,132,819$46,863,371
Hungary$2,922,000$6,257,000$7,483,000$9,039,000$6,898,000$16,362,000$30,215,000
Iceland$65,438$114,427$528,237$433,534$425,906$422,158$702,585
India$13,950,313$20,573,153$17,708,231$28,039,643$27,446,799$35,396,022$38,997,322
Indonesia$14,706,021$20,907,256$18,666,168$18,357,442$17,130,166$18,205,495$23,967,591
Iran$10,529,165$2,761,479   $32,498,552 
Ireland$50,730,775$64,142,257$71,566,700$137,825,943$57,722,548$110,177,857$110,991,325
Israel$10,163,000$11,257,000$11,489,000$14,848,000$22,438,000$43,657,000$48,814,000
Italy$74,484,492$68,224,705$71,501,712$69,194,709$58,575,954$57,498,548$66,272,080
Jamaica$20,857$21,634$16,754$9,484$32,840$56,180 
Japan$202,417,678$198,020,159$248,384,919$342,694,859$316,752,473$328,141,638$537,179,270
Jordan$324,164$331,428$821,157$768,153$1,002,569$1,284,182$1,666,138
Kazakhstan$260,124$188,273$569,657$492,094$464,746  
Kenya$1,817,295$3,557,089$3,415,693$3,965,282$3,224,573$4,758,164 
Korea, South$71,338,394$67,081,406$72,236,183$81,515,727$67,323,468$68,580,249$64,104,605
Kuwait $26,475$57,447$63,588   
Kyrgyzstan$1,347$122,568$3,267$19,457 $12,403$2,347
Latvia$9,164$44,733$29,778$27,059$276,126$139,053$261,913
Lebanon$332,000$84,415$223,152$107,489$194,632$175,427$96,797
Lithuania$5,828$7,652$14,353$12,920$11,893$57,671$71,781
Luxembourg$47$391$1,051$724$2,794$185$706
Macau$125 $4,430 $310  
Macedonia$520,817$390,524$642,143$818,053$701,795 $654,861
Madagascar$18$12,456$457$1,423$2,477$179 
Malawi    $18,031$211$35,752
Malaysia$3,965,426$3,035,222$3,253,175$3,255,183$2,984,763$4,213,453$4,330,659
Mali $11,942$12,765$22,230 $16,232 
Malta$869,515$1,185,711$1,458,876$1,523,924$2,017,356$966,625 
Mauritius$17,995$57,003$87,040$239,559$31,420$1,025$128,129
Mayotte    $150  
Mexico$35,499,262$35,274,689$28,017,371$35,609,842$26,025,150$60,376,107$66,210,638
Moldova$67,630$108,476$105,050$123,036$106,356$82,152$144,034
Mongolia$750$2,412$4,450    
Montenegro $747$143   $116
Morocco$7,433,045$6,408,752$9,711,756$13,198,463$8,321,385$8,537,145 
Mozambique $95  $4,688$17,806$1,000
Namibia$1,026      
Nepal    $335,555$331,776 
Netherlands$50,109,695$54,988,179$49,851,400$73,400,269$125,775,724$103,318,498 
Netherlands Antilles  $56    
New Caledonia$14,504$11,798$1,429$10,604$3,821 $116
New Zealand$741,638$783,755$1,561,342$1,417,549$754,026$1,274,103$3,531,537
Nicaragua$191,990$158,215$117,653$113,609$96,676$128,464$103,560
Niger$32      
Nigeria $4,542,278$10,250,464$5,477,292$7,286,185$39,754,042 
Norway$441,472$402,242$482,180$342,620$316,265$125,356$128,289
Oman$7,558$43,592$7,917$37,534$6,377$6,832 
Pakistan$10,143,976$8,658,642$12,813,872$15,096,030$9,860,015$12,597,014$16,758,245
Panama$24,776$5,465$64,350$91,789$66,736$138,725$81,119
Paraguay$1,076,390$811,995$1,775,487$1,838,630$1,843,460$2,777,174$2,561,091
Peru$1,695,547$2,326,888$3,179,791$3,113,587$2,779,315$2,764,453$3,382,292
Philippines$1,748,769$2,524,503$2,532,530$2,288,022$2,831,597$2,150,725$3,352,817
Poland$40,256,253$69,574,510$64,674,139$168,341,939$123,632,304$113,581,109$122,631,314
Portugal$4,461,976$2,913,526$6,463,606$9,387,597$2,779,043$5,966,246$3,218,373
Qatar  $3,055  $1,101 
Romania$1,826,012$9,312,524$6,242,350$3,317,414$3,863,143$4,183,635$8,715,334
Russia$2,924,498$5,450,016$7,559,867$6,486,575$11,972,729$24,544,436$34,979,171
Rwanda      $99
Saint Lucia$296$57     
Samoa    $150  
Sao Tome and Principe    $667  
Saudi Arabia$747,990$696,629$19,590,222$1,391,202 $17,481,355 
Senegal$98,645$90,140$125,859$211,400$152,349$72,445$199,516
Serbia$2,013,652$4,387,076$3,246,974$2,525,765$8,221,325$1,267,221$2,407,878
Seychelles   $19   
Singapore$8,908,009$7,416,183$18,307,928$10,789,747$15,456,988$11,086,072$24,301,222
Slovakia$1,207,009$3,037,156$2,821,405$2,676,097$1,406,611$1,068,988$1,185,731
Slovenia$5,592,335$2,413,150$4,853,939$4,555,718$6,466,599$15,803,913$21,880,058
South Africa$5,321,340$4,714,408$6,173,854$5,765,815$5,642,759$6,989,711$6,848,123
Spain$112,809,817$79,540,908$81,742,710$53,707,789$48,261,510$51,144,816 
Sri Lanka$115,281$280,836$409,036$310,973$462,793$521,850$727,295
Sudan$259,263$41,963  $68,116  
Suriname $41,875$1,491$4,015$4,210$4,669$4,969
Swaziland$1,289$20,562$6,499    
Sweden$7,757,602$3,736,707$1,053,884$1,780,413$1,596,823$2,098,083$2,806,105
Switzerland$39,849,158$32,962,841$66,565,760$59,063,670$52,016,412$46,895,131$56,347,566
Syria$3,684,670$2,332,032$1,935,013$5,572,318 $4,154,063 
Tanzania$657,746$794,386$1,262,578$2,515,304$555,458$2,443,259$909,453
Thailand$8,639,410$7,887,299$9,150,311$8,585,434$6,087,625$8,213,586$10,299,542
Togo$12,043      
Trinidad and Tobago $4,028$12,840$12,168$16,048  
Tunisia$2,570,682$4,208,114$7,744,752$6,530,606$7,125,137$7,556,681 
Turkey$29,444,353$39,207,621$27,118,248$21,878,896$21,368,044$28,312,386$31,759,377
Uganda$377,699$497,299$612,173$721,441$231,864$741,705 
Ukraine$2,677,918$2,866,774$4,033,421$4,895,940$5,388,014$7,507,680$9,184,154
United Arab Emirates$428,853 $503,358$763,441   
United Kingdom$714,025,778$607,107,996$330,260,793$238,859,709$248,556,093$328,457,234$522,621,000
United States$663,650,774$508,700,419$671,646,633$998,491,321$2,740,881,468$2,295,833,139$3,380,699,404
Uruguay$2,390,461$1,968,185$2,291,652$2,351,022$2,006,246  
Venezuela$5,088,927$5,305,627$5,878,411$6,827,923$8,921,808$6,833,994$9,791,969
Vietnam$3,682,651$4,317,918$4,161,564$3,828,965$4,648,305$4,056,310 
Yemen$10,066$29,974$134,840$44,980$130,719$79,871$43,958
Zambia$16,120$22,405$278$629$4,910$1 
Zimbabwe$47,183$252,997$179,077$480,548$111,277$370,104