RankCountryImports of Paints & varnishes (incl. enamels & lacquers) based on synth. polymers/chem ... in USD (2010)
1Germany$200,917,752
2France$145,187,393
3China$136,958,642
4Belgium$131,790,108
5Czech Republic$107,498,030
6Spain$106,365,170
7Canada$101,917,155
8United Kingdom$97,307,209
9Poland$96,459,445
10United States$79,953,406
11Italy$69,135,193
12Turkey$53,915,954
13Mexico$51,927,114
14Russia$48,331,788
15Netherlands$47,051,539
16Austria$45,715,149
17India$42,989,672
18Thailand$39,741,628
19Sweden$36,544,484
20Slovakia$35,947,808
21Singapore$33,670,632
22Romania$31,396,809
23Portugal$25,736,779
24Korea, South$24,557,806
25Switzerland$24,413,467
26Vietnam$24,011,910
27Greece$22,781,581
28Hong Kong$21,569,678
29Hungary$20,801,000
30Indonesia$20,635,298
31Denmark$19,821,871
32South Africa$18,953,574
33Brazil$18,551,853
34Malaysia$18,339,969
35Ukraine$17,312,741
36Norway$15,228,350
37Australia$13,025,005
38Saudi Arabia$12,826,149
39Japan$12,132,480
40Slovenia$9,668,073
41Philippines$9,032,947
42Finland$8,494,650
43Bulgaria$8,237,414
44Ireland$7,644,529
45Venezuela$7,324,478
46Panama$6,752,773
47Algeria$6,713,900
48Morocco$6,555,598
49Guatemala$6,284,505
50Belarus$6,268,400
51Argentina$6,206,392
52Iran$5,525,055
53Israel$5,460,000
54Chile$5,135,660
55Lithuania$5,111,728
56New Zealand$4,672,197
57Croatia$4,667,254
58Serbia$4,467,045
59Colombia$4,403,602
60Jordan$4,123,409
61Luxembourg$4,097,686
62Cyprus$4,074,022
63Qatar$4,073,822
64Nigeria$3,673,049
65Latvia$3,626,814
66Botswana$3,398,218
67Albania$3,183,222
68Oman$3,157,304
69Ghana$2,968,593
70Sri Lanka$2,914,407
71Egypt$2,848,887
72Bosnia and Herzegovina$2,639,259
73Cameroon$2,626,640
74Ecuador$2,553,243
75Pakistan$2,544,283
76Dominican Republic$2,499,508
77Estonia$2,480,359
78Bahamas, The$2,459,262
79Tunisia$2,404,590
80Nicaragua$2,327,103
81Syria$2,200,633
82Peru$2,175,973
83Mozambique$1,960,651
84Lebanon$1,874,168
85Georgia$1,866,827
86Armenia$1,766,410
87Montenegro$1,714,691
88Kenya$1,685,259
89Niger$1,581,180
90El Salvador$1,529,152
91Jamaica$1,380,510
92Bahrain$1,168,007
93Burundi$1,158,916
94Zambia$1,131,157
95Madagascar$1,120,942
96Uganda$1,025,399
97Ethiopia$1,004,301
98Iceland$916,320
99Mali$915,987
100Yemen$881,024
101Kyrgyzstan$869,063
102Zimbabwe$787,081
103Tanzania$762,027
104Costa Rica$732,268
105Senegal$724,855
106Malta$702,901
107Mauritius$637,143
108Malawi$629,554
109Maldives$610,700
110Azerbaijan$587,172
111Fiji$533,364
112Cambodia$529,456
113New Caledonia$453,230
114Aruba$452,347
115Bolivia$437,706
116Antigua and Barbuda$413,556
117Moldova$397,032
118Cote d'Ivoire$362,331
119Cape Verde$311,755
120Macau$266,462
121Samoa$226,492
122Guyana$218,646
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$195,387
124Burkina Faso$173,412
125Bermuda$165,933
126French Polynesia$158,887
127Paraguay$149,340
128Suriname$132,987
129Tonga$122,905
130Trinidad and Tobago$104,772
131Barbados$92,811
132Sao Tome and Principe$83,830
133Belize$62,530
134Togo$52,132
135Benin$48,641
136Gambia, The$33,651
137Mauritania$32,431
138Bhutan$22,050
139Nepal$11,484
140Dominica$2,223
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,775,058$2,190,660$2,110,344$2,609,585$3,167,334$3,183,222$3,628,751
Algeria$1,411,875$2,070,764$4,713,926$5,501,239$6,553,577$6,713,900$20,754,512
Antigua and Barbuda$234,134$406,046$451,444 $665,740$413,556$554,983
Argentina$3,405,823$3,443,056$3,849,100$5,326,160$3,728,899$6,206,392$6,245,963
Armenia$1,082,589$1,651,469$2,015,446$3,958,788$2,060,984$1,766,410$2,116,488
Aruba    $532,236$452,347$1,666,709
Australia$8,983,139$11,997,885$13,418,585$13,402,810$10,976,470$13,025,005$22,868,888
Austria$43,415,615$45,801,577$59,277,858$64,358,283$45,024,334$45,715,149 
Azerbaijan$3,566,049$663,020$261,236$315,794$678,218$587,172$502,276
Bahamas, The$1,603,574$1,824,697$2,092,356$3,092,379$2,783,962$2,459,262$2,645,412
Bahrain$351,271$436,228$896,919$1,728,322$1,125,287$1,168,007$1,182,712
Bangladesh$874,794$551,034$493,744    
Barbados$166,365$198,304$292,673$144,480$149,963$92,811$131,942
Belarus$2,314,400$3,888,600$4,271,500$5,777,900$3,255,600$6,268,400$6,001,900
Belgium$70,095,759$96,482,521$116,091,398$126,303,430$117,584,479$131,790,108$134,750,409
Belize$45,240$16,748$15,868$87,208$177,837$62,530 
Benin$35,165$24,406   $48,641 
Bermuda     $165,933 
Bhutan$62,264$34,682$50,206$52,244$18,771$22,050 
Bolivia$268,029$315,517$436,525$481,624$415,525$437,706$614,479
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,380,174$3,438,087$3,538,312$3,753,665$2,718,655$2,639,259$2,268,749
Botswana$3,845,551$3,009,443$3,363,970$3,142,907$3,011,435$3,398,218$2,545,607
Brazil$22,477,996$14,791,459$21,470,325$26,093,489$14,859,948$18,551,853$23,273,254
Brunei $980,854     
Bulgaria$3,940,257$5,538,297$6,845,030$10,000,188$7,003,307$8,237,414$7,498,242
Burkina Faso$93,964 $472,470$400,830$165,891$173,412 
Burundi$678,631$486,877$292,862$751,544$576,349$1,158,916 
Cambodia$57,065$1,357,042$188,427$553,984$269,578$529,456 
Cameroon$510,868$798,236$1,440,791$2,286,462$2,294,130$2,626,640 
Canada$78,551,359$83,093,943$86,170,605$93,030,039$79,284,408$101,917,155$111,174,147
Cape Verde$162,655$414,253$256,261$404,179$156,211$311,755$255,795
Central African Republic$38,820 $57,807$41,664$87,346  
Chile$3,479,866$3,571,303$5,252,181$6,392,267$4,335,913$5,135,660$5,815,286
China$93,749,287$114,559,756$123,694,167$126,055,300$112,372,829$136,958,642$135,926,561
Colombia$2,194,332$2,223,828$2,411,239$2,644,806$3,705,040$4,403,602$6,238,092
Comoros$27,788$25,737$25,301    
Cook Islands$543,880      
Costa Rica$1,452,606$1,140,978$2,457,090$1,391,568$828,209$732,268$728,093
Cote d'Ivoire$937,438$1,121,331$172,828$212,257$659,276$362,331$135,782
Croatia$2,490,204$3,966,245$4,257,071$5,498,685$5,273,060$4,667,254$5,273,555
Cuba$2,196,941$3,099,676     
Cyprus$1,331,634$1,869,890$3,682,942$4,048,697$3,257,856$4,074,022$4,045,571
Czech Republic$66,599,196$86,114,375$106,798,085$115,018,727$101,974,300$107,498,030$128,942,058
Denmark$14,762,246$19,209,266$32,513,178$25,307,534$20,722,191$19,821,871$19,549,998
Djibouti    $76,316  
Dominica$3,701$2,326$4,104$4,277$5,735$2,223 
Dominican Republic$1,228,022$2,003,175$2,800,089$2,410,499$2,532,653$2,499,508$1,657,309
East Timor$25,048      
Ecuador$992,791$1,329,333$1,969,861$2,850,357$2,396,875$2,553,243$4,467,139
Egypt$811,044$1,403,643$1,126,844$3,289,743$2,515,098$2,848,887$3,964,068
El Salvador$2,837,621$2,830,204$2,649,857$3,032,108$1,614,369$1,529,152 
Estonia$2,726,875$3,363,730$4,014,349$5,163,781$2,402,167$2,480,359$2,731,832
Ethiopia$306,279$513,578$823,454$759,166$827,186$1,004,301$539,956
Faroe Islands$339,978$192,145$226,550$241,109$195,427  
Fiji$832,423$941,478$1,114,841$920,048$643,463$533,364 
Finland$10,028,850$9,830,104$10,331,259$11,017,641$7,923,600$8,494,650$8,480,358
France$96,694,941$106,524,440$114,343,703$135,200,084$126,608,031$145,187,393$163,402,064
French Polynesia$77,805$67,182$91,003$167,425$182,828$158,887$149,040
Gabon$217,205$243,326$314,551$321,902$822,601  
Gambia, The$91,067$64,062$170,396$79,425$136,771$33,651$5,097
Georgia$1,606,739$1,794,389$2,180,689$2,854,256$1,715,586$1,866,827 
Germany$97,426,000$164,449,000$199,984,000$245,125,000$186,023,000$200,917,752$239,137,633
Ghana$897,568$1,131,942$1,835,287$1,493,020$2,099,902$2,968,593$3,519,585
Greece$9,955,636$12,622,193$24,743,540$30,692,007$25,927,395$22,781,581$23,217,162
Greenland$142,779$65,282$54,776    
Grenada$46,445$60,399$70,434$27,260$24,580  
Guatemala$4,965,178$5,378,901$7,577,098$6,114,821$5,255,630$6,284,505$6,422,344
Guinea$111,824$100,009$182,824$121,051   
Guinea-Bissau$48,337      
Guyana$70,035$65,478$283,405$215,755$151,675$218,646$181,913
Honduras$2,236,031$4,372,826$5,828,274 $4,271,352  
Hong Kong$15,339,035$21,321,989$23,270,436$15,386,154$16,711,606$21,569,678$27,437,928
Hungary$17,395,000$23,903,000$33,206,000$32,151,000$20,872,000$20,801,000$20,932,000
Iceland$630,344$932,268$1,470,635$1,110,149$719,147$916,320$1,066,478
India$16,968,538$22,843,468$39,656,235$44,875,405$36,614,524$42,989,672$56,012,425
Indonesia$9,868,527$5,113,376$3,722,781$10,676,088$13,475,225$20,635,298$21,006,491
Iran$16,187,698$373,607   $5,525,055 
Ireland$13,024,137$15,612,842$17,716,158$16,110,821$10,692,432$7,644,529$8,755,394
Israel$4,508,000$6,392,000$6,447,000$6,390,000$6,061,000$5,460,000$6,389,000
Italy$78,523,086$78,193,938$94,071,862$96,809,001$70,430,578$69,135,193$72,102,664
Jamaica$520,548$1,145,759$1,587,071$1,402,697$1,130,740$1,380,510 
Japan$9,018,809$9,569,716$10,010,636$9,479,499$9,258,686$12,132,480$13,129,202
Jordan$1,128,801$1,205,585$1,946,220$2,359,720$1,614,401$4,123,409$4,340,004
Kazakhstan$3,663,361$3,591,875$4,741,885$3,833,420$3,108,142  
Kenya$638,119$1,048,943$1,441,452$2,297,008$1,555,908$1,685,259 
Kiribati$26,104   $9,454  
Korea, South$19,128,432$19,178,474$16,662,705$21,143,891$22,032,552$24,557,806$31,094,439
Kuwait $2,592,906$2,503,978$2,470,808   
Kyrgyzstan$314,309$796,455$304,130$383,021$356,493$869,063$865,443
Latvia$2,677,356$3,794,807$4,933,224$4,725,294$2,660,647$3,626,814$3,924,848
Lebanon$1,056,000$857,970$912,163$1,048,388$1,506,203$1,874,168$1,865,098
Lesotho   $659,658   
Lithuania$3,985,628$4,813,108$6,390,973$7,021,023$5,245,623$5,111,728$4,863,615
Luxembourg$2,468,319$3,045,957$4,264,887$5,398,268$4,178,727$4,097,686$4,849,703
Macau$112,232$218,129$254,825$248,877$284,923$266,462$418,816
Macedonia$685,639$1,251,710$2,257,423$1,956,647$1,943,898 $2,444,246
Madagascar$952,283$671,458$841,184$1,112,519$696,985$1,120,942 
Malawi$98,863$173,092$199,829$209,559$714,708$629,554$608,905
Malaysia$11,888,632$10,357,477$14,351,542$15,214,358$14,526,655$18,339,969$18,202,234
Maldives$803,722$672,262$951,618$1,319,672$613,328$610,700$932,838
Mali$47,200$39,608$176,045$1,381,765 $915,987 
Malta$579,227$375,787$577,635$777,796$879,199$702,901 
Mauritania$58,532$46,764$91,709$94,108$112,600$32,431$52,742
Mauritius$508,411$570,191$702,084$766,726$722,046$637,143$676,064
Mayotte$342,923$628,375$406,669$656,610$732,507  
Mexico$40,918,450$39,713,285$45,174,607$48,299,533$40,162,770$51,927,114$69,706,759
Moldova$141,271$252,251$675,866$747,487$548,114$397,032$692,876
Mongolia$470,413$521,176$670,380    
Montenegro $2,376,363$2,506,767$3,365,464$2,087,729$1,714,691$1,370,957
Montserrat$140,944$152,178$225,799$221,469$215,764  
Morocco$1,788,982$1,891,979$2,315,827$3,520,476$4,284,921$6,555,598 
Mozambique$931,266$1,229,566$1,576,536$3,192,964$5,112,756$1,960,651$1,629,000
Namibia$2,069,605$2,355,406$2,754,183$3,758,315   
Nepal    $21,698$11,484 
Netherlands$28,492,213$32,308,225$34,322,677$38,950,149$56,704,389$47,051,539 
Netherlands Antilles$636,672$1,142,889$505,194$306,382   
New Caledonia$389,713$482,696$454,852$701,813$473,174$453,230$771,772
New Zealand$2,833,667$3,495,493$4,435,150$4,884,043$5,120,710$4,672,197$4,021,404
Nicaragua$2,220,430$3,177,426$3,332,861$2,910,443$2,147,509$2,327,103$3,585,024
Niger$96,518$347,710$195,659$147,588$223,280$1,581,180$1,947,122
Nigeria $3,207,448$3,961,549$4,902,962$5,232,965$3,673,049 
Norway$11,137,404$12,674,945$15,501,265$17,882,700$14,171,430$15,228,350$17,276,715
Oman$2,161,591$1,846,660$2,703,841$2,479,650$2,818,095$3,157,304 
Pakistan$1,470,815$1,884,455$1,947,847$5,280,444$4,397,255$2,544,283$2,149,204
Panama$2,206,679$3,362,698$4,203,675$3,942,825$4,029,809$6,752,773$7,135,296
Paraguay$87,484$57,092$223,759$131,352$76,301$149,340$287,193
Peru$390,532$710,434$1,263,483$2,021,008$1,524,354$2,175,973$2,025,383
Philippines$6,172,541$6,593,805$6,878,374$9,062,524$8,815,119$9,032,947$13,479,033
Poland$72,299,798$79,175,461$91,032,903$103,130,839$85,919,954$96,459,445$101,056,278
Portugal$26,603,629$24,060,283$28,178,663$26,315,701$19,955,831$25,736,779$37,849,485
Qatar$367,113$1,968,980$1,024,867$1,525,574 $4,073,822 
Romania$15,167,344$18,880,415$24,273,994$30,758,447$28,789,861$31,396,809$35,804,375
Russia$16,785,017$23,567,665$38,756,011$47,198,521$27,765,139$48,331,788$63,774,363
Rwanda$98,083$107,827$142,660$766,208$421,064 $826,043
Saint Kitts and Nevis$82,092$107,745$106,032$140,164   
Saint Lucia$180,546$225,239$221,026$221,298   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$130,864$123,445$149,601$196,545$346,043$195,387 
Samoa    $55,399$226,492$147,594
Sao Tome and Principe$54,085$190,058$139,813$154,033$149,375$83,830 
Saudi Arabia$7,611,974$7,422,098$9,574,251  $12,826,149 
Senegal$372,730$588,950$688,038$911,964$639,889$724,855$798,121
Serbia$2,148,078$3,706,300$5,082,109$7,254,394$4,915,711$4,467,045$5,016,419
Seychelles$465,716$886,646$641,857$850,777   
Singapore$18,573,079$20,817,842$22,682,546$26,282,670$26,062,251$33,670,632$30,005,751
Slovakia$19,432,597$20,365,767$37,524,777$48,585,678$28,554,756$35,947,808$39,954,271
Slovenia$4,259,741$5,627,632$8,849,449$11,099,417$9,453,889$9,668,073$10,707,640
South Africa$10,272,106$10,182,428$17,997,432$18,153,829$13,889,743$18,953,574$26,980,114
Spain$88,636,737$101,011,741$142,288,410$131,994,933$99,504,001$106,365,170 
Sri Lanka$1,920,385$1,879,604$2,593,412$2,986,877$2,250,520$2,914,407$3,489,353
Sudan$2,276,653$1,909,717$1,311,277$1,305,463$1,549,995  
Suriname    $145,678$132,987$85,066
Swaziland$1,203,651$792,641$1,124,250    
Sweden$23,844,507$27,014,226$40,798,155$42,832,893$28,609,783$36,544,484$43,006,586
Switzerland$17,783,468$20,691,758$23,453,309$24,024,526$22,797,131$24,413,467$31,418,396
Syria$797,290$1,092,431$1,134,453$1,687,706 $2,200,633 
Tanzania$593,121$870,860$1,203,302$3,103,880$1,092,968$762,027$1,029,070
Thailand$18,273,989$21,684,555$23,865,424$29,214,210$26,585,663$39,741,628$40,558,397
Togo$29,287 $100,624  $52,132$47,818
Tonga   $25,598$10,092$122,905 
Trinidad and Tobago$122,388$325,830$319,682$262,612$213,822$104,772 
Tunisia$928,398$1,532,618$1,853,242$2,566,589$2,694,225$2,404,590 
Turkey$43,092,973$49,626,863$63,864,054$68,801,322$47,538,204$53,915,954$64,686,998
Uganda$171,821$631,597$1,493,153$960,731$995,309$1,025,399 
Ukraine$8,536,757$11,092,372$17,347,947$22,020,343$17,442,920$17,312,741$20,324,826
United Arab Emirates$3,738,033 $12,236,918$8,201,698   
United Kingdom$73,480,243$85,517,516$107,494,252$123,857,407$83,667,348$97,307,209$103,056,563
United States$62,874,164$77,541,257$94,186,693$83,943,178$53,937,776$79,953,406$91,163,271
Uruguay$148,793$170,206$217,113$313,072$406,858  
Vanuatu $422,881$596,094    
Venezuela$3,209,802$4,023,275$2,995,800$4,530,754$4,882,844$7,324,478$3,988,397
Vietnam$10,520,259$11,022,776$15,673,701$15,033,035$17,889,289$24,011,910 
Wallis and Futuna$36,591$14,981     
Yemen$211,967$701,492$1,202,459$1,483,429$889,871$881,024$772,592
Zambia$1,078,060$1,185,812$1,548,805$1,811,860$1,799,725$1,131,157 
Zimbabwe$103,639$536,077$732,261$789,258$708,729$787,081