RankCountryImports of Mineral/chem. fertilisers cont. 2/3 of the fertilising elements nitrogen, p ... in USD (2010)
1United States$79,259,080
2Brazil$75,324,843
3India$75,294,867
4Mexico$55,634,713
5Costa Rica$40,957,942
6Canada$39,921,231
7Malaysia$37,910,424
8Zambia$36,055,123
9Chile$35,852,015
10Australia$35,342,768
11Argentina$33,978,220
12Egypt$27,253,013
13Zimbabwe$25,415,361
14Ecuador$19,697,086
15Italy$19,054,677
16South Africa$17,589,725
17Vietnam$16,584,170
18Iran$16,060,650
19Poland$15,051,925
20Germany$14,381,361
21France$13,765,073
22Korea, South$13,628,129
23Dominican Republic$13,619,202
24Pakistan$13,006,949
25United Kingdom$12,781,063
26Portugal$12,332,510
27Hungary$12,289,000
28Spain$12,196,470
29Belgium$11,550,188
30Saudi Arabia$10,990,414
31Nicaragua$9,725,752
32Paraguay$9,097,506
33Japan$9,022,136
34Romania$7,947,878
35Algeria$7,651,483
36Panama$7,473,485
37Syria$7,268,487
38Ireland$6,603,713
39Netherlands$6,297,402
40Venezuela$6,153,216
41Ukraine$5,952,140
42Switzerland$5,818,084
43Colombia$5,440,195
44Cambodia$4,893,348
45Russia$4,799,718
46Morocco$4,772,069
47Malawi$4,737,753
48Austria$4,696,116
49Turkey$4,683,837
50Ethiopia$4,506,947
51New Zealand$4,467,430
52Peru$4,400,177
53Thailand$4,134,640
54Singapore$4,078,130
55El Salvador$3,913,028
56Belarus$3,882,900
57Greece$3,715,418
58Jordan$3,546,570
59China$3,525,990
60Lithuania$3,339,425
61Kenya$3,276,216
62Botswana$3,160,992
63Togo$3,146,539
64Bolivia$3,005,556
65Finland$2,977,730
66Oman$2,969,130
67Philippines$2,846,260
68Israel$2,689,000
69Senegal$2,633,625
70Tanzania$2,592,000
71Guatemala$2,475,522
72Indonesia$2,388,128
73Sweden$2,305,248
74Uganda$2,264,144
75Guyana$2,210,487
76Czech Republic$2,146,350
77Niger$2,119,950
78Tunisia$1,889,335
79Norway$1,829,823
80Slovakia$1,573,598
81Ghana$1,569,407
82Latvia$1,562,942
83Yemen$1,377,757
84Bulgaria$1,375,669
85Belize$1,369,031
86Mozambique$1,343,259
87Luxembourg$1,149,926
88Mauritius$856,050
89Albania$838,594
90Slovenia$768,852
91Croatia$754,718
92Sri Lanka$684,948
93Barbados$678,850
94Hong Kong$657,400
95Estonia$576,312
96Cyprus$550,929
97Fiji$544,685
98New Caledonia$531,704
99Serbia$470,980
100Burundi$384,372
101Denmark$372,430
102Trinidad and Tobago$367,983
103Nigeria$345,085
104Lebanon$323,610
105Bosnia and Herzegovina$316,774
106Jamaica$310,546
107Madagascar$296,292
108Moldova$291,622
109Qatar$280,035
110Mali$270,399
111Cote d'Ivoire$252,924
112Bahamas, The$213,003
113Burkina Faso$212,615
114Suriname$201,509
115French Polynesia$185,011
116Antigua and Barbuda$117,308
117Azerbaijan$114,931
118Cameroon$114,614
119Montenegro$107,388
120Iceland$98,819
121Bermuda$93,280
122Nepal$85,678
123Armenia$76,260
124Bahrain$59,241
125Malta$44,267
126Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$35,974
127Cape Verde$35,026
128Kyrgyzstan$32,216
129Georgia$23,006
130Samoa$21,095
131Dominica$14,301
132Maldives$11,717
133Tonga$9,655
134Sao Tome and Principe$4,169
135Aruba$4,066
136Benin$2,324
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$334,623$479,376$551,138$646,169$535,065$838,594$380,008
Algeria$1,357,083$2,929,869$2,638,816$1,475,482$5,317,550$7,651,483$4,934,401
Anguilla $159,954$57,229$111,892   
Antigua and Barbuda$192,186$218,253$204,233 $108,073$117,308$87,638
Argentina$8,957,090$11,703,844$10,580,076$58,635,121$27,182,517$33,978,220$41,628,919
Armenia$7,881$19,196$48,925$116,752$130,428$76,260$234,507
Aruba    $10,039$4,066$941
Australia$13,245,982$14,446,405$21,401,899$52,572,055$32,609,331$35,342,768$36,475,061
Austria$2,305,059$2,391,195$4,814,504$5,911,462$5,386,660$4,696,116 
Azerbaijan$13,040$63,294$191,430$531,969$166,581$114,931$454,168
Bahamas, The$329,172$621,820$640,993$356,979$566,370$213,003$261,149
Bahrain$125,963$176,178$382,534$456,643$317,211$59,241$166,258
Bangladesh$182,092$201,427$355,294    
Barbados$775,811$760,255$663,530$1,765,564$765,032$678,850$771,867
Belarus$597,300$1,502,300$2,022,600$7,996,500$4,797,400$3,882,900$4,729,400
Belgium$6,758,818$6,497,335$9,512,923$10,353,365$6,790,250$11,550,188$6,635,664
Belize$887,242$486,409$1,003,628$1,199,125$1,075,965$1,369,031 
Benin$1,760,145$895   $2,324 
Bermuda     $93,280 
Bhutan   $7,916$528  
Bolivia$715,665$1,149,645$1,923,557$2,634,658$2,276,981$3,005,556$3,701,307
Bosnia and Herzegovina$98,943$104,580$142,388$411,019$236,277$316,774$761,899
Botswana$490,382$591,686$495,609$879,390$2,479,407$3,160,992$3,783,898
Brazil$43,769,733$49,876,285$50,047,299$93,302,093$91,685,648$75,324,843$85,965,753
Brunei $313,766     
Bulgaria$918,291$642,138$693,278$1,562,647$1,544,883$1,375,669$2,232,054
Burkina Faso$325,594 $1,399,868$511,495$205,483$212,615 
Burundi$61,031$11,258$220,304$456,855$114,563$384,372 
Cambodia$34,146$849,134$1,395,415$1,672,460$2,734,248$4,893,348 
Cameroon$115,062$94,876$34,720$92,443$192,789$114,614 
Canada$32,402,060$37,390,082$32,023,870$57,148,297$35,050,540$39,921,231$30,712,661
Cape Verde$41,833$47,606$98,138$108,260$176,450$35,026$41,839
Chile$6,187,636$8,370,124$10,806,759$25,379,669$13,083,308$35,852,015$48,689,567
China$9,531,665$10,705,487$2,240,032$2,137,530$6,567,067$3,525,990$3,526,806
Colombia$2,422,929$3,044,130$4,519,044$7,433,120$4,401,422$5,440,195$10,752,524
Comoros$9,127$14,873$898    
Cook Islands$98,008      
Costa Rica$9,042,327$12,206,810$8,672,433$15,366,387$19,058,124$40,957,942$45,177,112
Cote d'Ivoire$99,975$48,148$100,131$231,824$78,041$252,924$1,048,485
Croatia$163,254$361,989$468,646$944,981$1,404,567$754,718$1,548,666
Cuba$815,757$306,584     
Cyprus$955,739$604,494$759,912$3,449,162$606,986$550,929$742,231
Czech Republic$645,189$858,362$2,076,129$2,584,700$3,501,657$2,146,350$4,592,193
Denmark$3,010,785$1,374,720$5,568,894$2,995,111$433,603$372,430$6,407,252
Dominica$128,974$97,395$161,963$31,567$16,267$14,301 
Dominican Republic$3,053,798$3,466,050$4,025,775$14,953,705$6,304,870$13,619,202$34,650,913
East Timor$18      
Ecuador$3,457,875$4,931,344$8,068,614$11,736,610$12,484,329$19,697,086$19,611,491
Egypt$7,255,398$6,371,741$9,134,942$19,372,439$19,131,745$27,253,013$31,452,856
El Salvador$922,181$560,564$594,208$1,736,957$1,036,790$3,913,028 
Estonia$1,470,047$664,769$353,699$1,269,905$1,903,423$576,312$1,564,170
Ethiopia$436,397$9,097,135$3,793,793$3,690,167$5,993,878$4,506,947$8,414,561
Faroe Islands$13,503$7,135$11,037$19,237$10,051  
Fiji$222,309$112,406$239,759$238,955$611,091$544,685 
Finland$1,558,012$731,455$835,590$1,702,281$970,843$2,977,730$5,084,411
France$18,115,370$12,404,812$15,165,031$15,277,145$11,608,871$13,765,073$19,141,842
French Polynesia$149,474$212,436$120,463$126,368$83,793$185,011$202,506
Gabon$33,054$149,499$15,099$219,255$76,320  
Gambia, The$13,464   $458,960 $6,034
Georgia$1,887$1,131$11,579$633,929$48,926$23,006 
Germany$24,040,000$10,024,000$10,655,000$28,312,000$10,889,000$14,381,361$18,090,926
Ghana$80,664$307,728$3,709,500$19,545,022$7,541,142$1,569,407$1,839,637
Greece$4,859,801$2,182,654$3,484,455$3,392,436$3,926,807$3,715,418$14,913,093
Greenland$653$86$92    
Grenada$240,445$138,957$201,914$362,360$364,311  
Guatemala$1,176,680$646,304$1,356,844$2,016,324$1,658,390$2,475,522$2,532,963
Guinea$19,241 $21,177$71,925   
Guyana$73,641$60,132$4,019$2,644,298$869,746$2,210,487$896,196
Honduras$4,885,547$2,744,888$5,488,607 $12,359,975  
Hong Kong$613,714$403,579$456,618$356,304$775,343$657,400$611,023
Hungary$1,759,000$1,390,000$1,952,000$6,621,000$4,027,000$12,289,000$4,988,000
Iceland$171,980$132,398$20,056$53,547$30,139$98,819$92,904
India$4,134,739$5,209,211$6,671,125$10,576,597$11,560,979$75,294,867$29,132,017
Indonesia$2,784,489$3,858,235$2,861,874$1,932,609$1,188,237$2,388,128$7,142,404
Iran$6,317,178$51,202   $16,060,650 
Ireland$7,130,980$9,375,743$6,091,740$4,244,294$1,187,032$6,603,713$13,379,793
Israel$220,000$179,000$102,000$30,000$959,000$2,689,000$2,911,000
Italy$10,720,288$10,494,628$13,485,111$13,070,696$19,702,413$19,054,677$18,996,549
Jamaica$491,788$521,811$2,248,804$4,919,287$289,796$310,546 
Japan$6,468,608$6,883,560$6,891,104$10,528,844$7,846,435$9,022,136$13,343,062
Jordan$6,397,457$4,460,986$4,255,038$6,401,805$3,983,794$3,546,570$5,235,118
Kazakhstan$68,878$97,897$197,867$724,809$343,728  
Kenya$3,249,776$1,998,370$1,807,226$4,581,667$2,507,623$3,276,216 
Kiribati$16   $1,166  
Korea, South$7,195,161$8,600,776$11,836,082$14,657,579$10,797,795$13,628,129$18,742,787
Kuwait $693,580$251,031$1,834,322   
Kyrgyzstan$473,191$706,149$263,590$77,480$156,858$32,216$135,273
Latvia$456,604$983,695$906,262$1,507,797$1,887,051$1,562,942$4,591,151
Lebanon$314,000$614,022$909,864$910,080$451,313$323,610$966,011
Lesotho   $543   
Lithuania$1,396,752$3,144,754$1,643,776$4,020,120$2,763,186$3,339,425$3,595,976
Luxembourg$1,289,431$1,052,213$1,096,266$911,011$1,251,317$1,149,926$1,537,320
Macau$9,340$18,105$8,220$13,032$3,762  
Macedonia$194,971$98,454$185,345$583,372$552,782 $624,810
Madagascar$56,499$88,768$79,740$412,736$6,054$296,292 
Malawi$6,124,041$10,583,291$2,690,840$631,313$2,601,604$4,737,753$465,691
Malaysia$9,379,503$11,077,102$14,598,785$18,193,234$28,811,295$37,910,424$49,838,398
Maldives$7,095$14,171$1,378$9,280$3,063$11,717$13,318
Mali$2,265,715$35,339$177,839$1,050,032 $270,399 
Malta$139,777$126,132$115,450$413,325$1,856,703$44,267 
Mauritania$20,680$10,161$2,708 $98 $6,956
Mauritius$130,663$243,281$312,261$589,032$516,283$856,050$901,770
Mayotte$6,693$25,498$14,013$5,343$26,231  
Mexico$47,084,883$40,760,717$57,194,100$109,110,357$31,481,022$55,634,713$117,013,239
Moldova$104,108$32,246$270,636$146,866$333,800$291,622$528,137
Mongolia$2,083$5,945$4,612    
Montenegro $65,489$36,174$69,791$31,448$107,388$261,506
Montserrat$2,796$2,200$240$270$1,001  
Morocco$4,865,184$4,162,834$5,391,572$7,884,978$5,734,056$4,772,069 
Mozambique$1,264,255$476,527$1,371,823$3,868,372$1,115,053$1,343,259$5,263,000
Namibia$1,537,879$3,549,333$5,618,889$9,997,122   
Nepal    $22,244$85,678 
Netherlands$6,019,429$5,224,945$5,936,161$11,298,696$12,065,654$6,297,402 
Netherlands Antilles$3,280$4,304$8,962$21,671   
New Caledonia$459,036$208,056$241,552$662,743$466,153$531,704$781,869
New Zealand$5,019,617$4,043,909$6,609,366$5,760,808$6,229,572$4,467,430$4,610,491
Nicaragua$3,169,780$11,757,388$3,670,718$14,409,787$7,964,892$9,725,752$14,114,726
Niger$1,627,943$2,977,630$1,163$146,172$1,354,313$2,119,950$854,979
Nigeria $19,700$13,770,561$31,573$28,086,992$345,085 
Norway$2,886,047$1,929,312$3,708,415$2,553,428$2,122,442$1,829,823$4,401,472
Oman$1,449,201$1,089,298$2,745,378$8,781,066$2,451,424$2,969,130 
Pakistan$1,460,250$284,272$3,982,760$5,132,531$53,069,162$13,006,949$62,924,286
Panama$6,698,209$6,714,848$13,149,338$23,559,141$13,499,400$7,473,485$9,059,942
Paraguay$2,072,686$1,796,347$4,782,008$10,810,354$8,145,818$9,097,506$29,724,066
Peru$1,063,516$1,748,493$1,504,724$3,244,728$2,939,429$4,400,177$7,314,771
Philippines$2,575,089$4,597,698$2,815,952$5,855,838$1,568,410$2,846,260$10,075,983
Poland$7,958,243$3,906,371$8,187,119$17,404,406$12,988,798$15,051,925$21,257,504
Portugal$3,297,091$2,920,547$5,592,135$4,839,326$8,039,912$12,332,510$9,517,681
Qatar$103,075$245,565$301,771$549,158 $280,035 
Romania$542,129$838,218$2,493,606$16,028,044$4,530,691$7,947,878$14,989,340
Russia$1,383,898$729,124$1,458,319$3,334,929$3,860,259$4,799,718$9,888,661
Rwanda$214,574$259,254$1,118,063$3,717,915$25,759,120 $18,770,426
Saint Kitts and Nevis$61,417$7,747$34,346$73,694   
Saint Lucia$346,157$805,627$239,226$104,330   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$46,207$45,061$60,637$126,263$24,493$35,974 
Samoa$214$6,867$2,084$5,942$1,351$21,095$1,636
Sao Tome and Principe$9,386$3,277$6,011$865$21,910$4,169 
Saudi Arabia$10,156,444$10,908,286$13,837,621$901,334$824,337$10,990,414 
Senegal$199,123$229,810$3,745,390$4,937,573$2,085,793$2,633,625$1,047,835
Serbia$261,807$211,615$583,817$1,482,565$328,872$470,980$3,007,942
Seychelles$32,165$85,787$137,926$44,804   
Singapore$3,270,123$2,780,218$3,673,583$3,782,557$3,466,236$4,078,130$2,640,336
Slovakia$771,359$1,385,268$1,230,713$3,414,110$2,875,614$1,573,598$2,839,187
Slovenia$730,013$535,716$900,495$1,959,705$1,161,948$768,852$1,508,218
South Africa$6,137,673$10,293,434$9,740,170$24,163,078$10,713,662$17,589,725$18,865,043
Spain$9,979,411$8,471,548$13,596,912$15,248,938$8,714,114$12,196,470 
Sri Lanka$679,475$457,200$327,814$436,863$425,115$684,948$522,695
Sudan$2,619,456$121,313 $470$322,941  
Suriname$228,426$297,762$390,882$151,063$124,859$201,509$34,419
Swaziland$3,694,119$1,575,689$2,449,888    
Sweden$3,023,528$2,538,553$5,068,644$8,510,110$3,657,032$2,305,248$1,591,529
Switzerland$3,102,755$2,849,145$5,095,546$6,569,576$5,776,921$5,818,084$3,934,171
Syria$1,176,475$1,608,690$2,411,250$2,849,435 $7,268,487 
Tanzania$1,998,419$773,987$518,615$1,699,869$1,830,203$2,592,000$2,879,299
Thailand$1,492,276$4,114,714$2,636,003$7,098,173$3,062,113$4,134,640$25,564,583
Togo$119,778 $1,150  $3,146,539$8,774,588
Tonga   $8,909$54,648$9,655 
Trinidad and Tobago$387,479$247,656$230,744$311,720$438,822$367,983 
Tunisia$1,817,608$1,170,236$2,035,672$4,369,033$1,853,850$1,889,335 
Turkey$2,055,406$2,066,049$2,855,842$4,642,408$2,972,430$4,683,837$6,988,292
Uganda$3,171,612$3,457,612$2,455,450$3,589,247$11,354,729$2,264,144 
Ukraine$802,673$920,633$1,349,762$8,269,790$3,054,719$5,952,140$11,891,262
United Arab Emirates$907,166 $1,159,002$1,982,508   
United Kingdom$8,071,495$14,533,631$18,084,768$23,216,807$12,071,794$12,781,063$14,304,945
United States$42,371,823$34,802,442$42,485,958$115,737,472$66,474,487$79,259,080$86,067,773
Uruguay$213,093$213,101$453,707$538,057$942,775  
Vanuatu $2,557$45,861    
Venezuela$2,553,919$1,996,916$3,848,489$8,178,995$7,295,860$6,153,216$2,725,054
Vietnam$4,340,243$7,726,859$9,620,979$19,090,862$12,634,831$16,584,170 
Wallis and Futuna $648     
Yemen$1,392,899$751,713$1,177,657$1,520,871$1,391,632$1,377,757$3,316,386
Zambia$8,535,314$16,171,208$26,493,982$64,458,879$42,114,266$36,055,123 
Zimbabwe$2,921,352$11,903,115$47,745,559$3,119,688$8,882,534$25,415,361