RankCountryImports of Artists'/students'/signboard painters' colours in sets in USD (2010)
1United States$38,337,075
2Germany$14,539,020
3France$12,357,417
4United Kingdom$10,955,318
5Spain$9,595,179
6Netherlands$8,727,537
7Hong Kong$7,374,526
8Canada$6,765,029
9Belgium$6,476,176
10Italy$5,595,359
11Austria$4,884,435
12Russia$4,461,552
13Switzerland$3,534,108
14Poland$3,087,376
15Ukraine$3,067,396
16Portugal$3,009,015
17Saudi Arabia$3,005,070
18Sweden$2,961,107
19Indonesia$2,671,057
20Australia$2,329,566
21Turkey$2,175,492
22Ireland$2,109,808
23Japan$2,030,643
24Denmark$1,788,118
25Romania$1,590,021
26Norway$1,514,452
27Ecuador$1,458,605
28Argentina$1,403,005
29Mexico$1,363,326
30Belarus$1,316,100
31Hungary$1,271,000
32Bolivia$1,245,993
33Greece$1,231,583
34Slovakia$1,214,389
35Czech Republic$1,069,661
36Finland$1,036,728
37Korea, South$1,032,313
38China$1,020,422
39South Africa$1,009,524
40Chile$974,209
41Morocco$953,069
42Guatemala$922,133
43Dominican Republic$921,039
44Lithuania$894,416
45Thailand$878,734
46Panama$816,291
47Paraguay$731,705
48Bahrain$688,234
49Latvia$671,196
50Iran$667,718
51Peru$666,564
52Egypt$657,640
53Singapore$652,675
54Croatia$632,749
55Bulgaria$630,533
56Slovenia$616,532
57Costa Rica$614,722
58Colombia$604,756
59Estonia$602,118
60Qatar$563,512
61Israel$544,000
62New Zealand$479,461
63Venezuela$477,891
64Luxembourg$470,080
65Bosnia and Herzegovina$456,473
66Serbia$450,241
67Philippines$386,030
68Oman$349,384
69Malaysia$331,310
70Nicaragua$291,934
71Sri Lanka$280,836
72Lebanon$279,876
73Brazil$265,079
74Cyprus$252,180
75Algeria$249,864
76Pakistan$231,210
77Moldova$228,839
78El Salvador$215,877
79Botswana$190,287
80Mauritius$189,568
81Georgia$179,581
82Tunisia$168,472
83Jordan$152,403
84Malta$149,346
85Kyrgyzstan$135,196
86Armenia$122,616
87Montenegro$120,549
88Jamaica$113,794
89India$112,397
90Aruba$104,468
91Trinidad and Tobago$99,622
92Iceland$99,317
93Nigeria$90,069
94Vietnam$89,900
95Nepal$75,890
96Syria$74,105
97Kenya$63,369
98New Caledonia$61,864
99French Polynesia$57,725
100Bahamas, The$51,286
101Albania$50,440
102Barbados$40,857
103Yemen$37,371
104Belize$35,757
105Fiji$33,895
106Guyana$30,078
107Zimbabwe$29,329
108Cote d'Ivoire$27,867
109Mozambique$27,771
110Zambia$26,244
111Macau$25,758
112Cape Verde$24,979
113Azerbaijan$23,859
114Madagascar$21,616
115Cameroon$20,938
116Suriname$20,385
117Bhutan$19,616
118Maldives$18,896
119Mauritania$15,539
120Ghana$14,439
121Senegal$14,418
122Ethiopia$9,971
123Antigua and Barbuda$9,105
124Bermuda$7,840
125Tanzania$7,568
126Togo$6,626
127Benin$4,480
128Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$4,029
129Uganda$2,776
130Dominica$2,622
131Malawi$2,592
132Mali$2,049
133Niger$1,778
134Cambodia$1,380
135Burkina Faso$1,364
136Tonga$484
137Samoa$345
138Burundi$39
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$10,105$14,793$27,229$14,774$43,838$50,440$65,191
Algeria$61,118$157,060$190,934$129,556$75,170$249,864$335,476
Antigua and Barbuda$2,154$3,755$2,297 $2,469$9,105$10,516
Argentina$714,345$928,980$1,054,038$1,217,923$1,174,867$1,403,005$1,168,340
Armenia$7,746$6,312$52,227$101,565$171,137$122,616$197,148
Aruba    $207,774$104,468$76,308
Australia$1,811,149$1,889,603$2,310,545$2,790,974$1,853,582$2,329,566$2,669,016
Austria$4,631,195$4,748,374$6,160,213$4,305,210$4,674,011$4,884,435 
Azerbaijan$2,557$3,512$1,191$23,059$10,790$23,859$9,135
Bahamas, The$22,038$55,594$17,161$38,182$37,722$51,286$49,024
Bahrain$17,910$32,582$39,649$297,292$224,827$688,234$811,169
Bangladesh$171,695$177,503$125,386    
Barbados$22,841$31,443$30,875$40,014$32,121$40,857$31,014
Belarus$410,200$633,300$740,200$1,057,000$1,044,100$1,316,100$983,900
Belgium$5,584,499$7,356,974$7,637,116$5,908,559$4,909,366$6,476,176$5,909,700
Belize$15,064$12,598$21,600$18,185$22,370$35,757 
Benin$4,288$21,085   $4,480 
Bermuda     $7,840 
Bhutan$7,071$4,695$5,766$12,358$15,866$19,616 
Bolivia$551,213$526,193$642,016$720,560$959,271$1,245,993$1,722,710
Bosnia and Herzegovina$347,187$429,440$533,683$788,599$399,355$456,473$401,347
Botswana$59,677$19,773$29,209$77,826$190,641$190,287$64,791
Brazil$114,291$186,680$151,985$227,180$209,494$265,079$338,723
Brunei $41,264     
Bulgaria$274,007$194,451$309,051$411,319$377,661$630,533$454,516
Burkina Faso$2,960 $2,694$3,407$8,934$1,364 
Burundi$911$799  $297$39 
Cambodia$961$4,994$1,485$6,206$20$1,380 
Cameroon$3,284$7,192$26,583$24,935$6,267$20,938 
Canada$4,542,536$6,733,836$6,877,314$7,703,842$5,421,773$6,765,029$6,571,007
Cape Verde$16,423$20,631$35,877$45,533$30,086$24,979$33,460
Central African Republic$1,102      
Chile$525,861$781,798$1,171,917$1,106,957$1,094,485$974,209$1,490,508
China$544,974$829,639$1,099,208$834,551$716,569$1,020,422$962,975
Colombia$613,812$817,307$607,600$537,033$765,097$604,756$647,838
Comoros$1,128$326     
Costa Rica$504,449$640,430$763,744$754,516$299,565$614,722$791,258
Cote d'Ivoire$8,160$48,139$53,046$43,608$30,435$27,867$35,496
Croatia$658,999$823,014$803,252$1,193,870$801,753$632,749$833,177
Cuba$790,613$1,279,361     
Cyprus$183,074$173,710$283,690$369,868$326,691$252,180$216,763
Czech Republic$3,360,050$2,166,599$1,516,410$1,813,099$1,046,909$1,069,661$1,331,453
Denmark$1,904,451$2,308,094$1,957,997$3,557,925$2,114,235$1,788,118$1,504,609
Djibouti    $180,560  
Dominica$2,283$3,744$3,130$2,566$4,689$2,622 
Dominican Republic$336,227$487,157$548,844$1,002,966$560,724$921,039$2,016,520
East Timor$72      
Ecuador$789,247$958,906$1,299,736$1,585,822$1,212,506$1,458,605$1,248,694
Egypt$206,967$243,060$245,081$405,723$274,395$657,640$673,826
El Salvador$244,669$183,390$320,281$133,871$132,030$215,877 
Estonia$429,150$516,028$694,378$811,398$571,854$602,118$665,416
Ethiopia$4,155$26,118$1,434$1,656$7,034$9,971$2,840
Faroe Islands$52,954$50,875$57,739$41,489$42,261  
Fiji$15,108$14,664$21,488$20,842$14,513$33,895 
Finland$1,063,611$807,281$941,310$1,055,424$890,856$1,036,728$1,429,016
France$9,426,612$8,453,603$13,410,944$12,367,002$9,953,038$12,357,417$14,198,107
French Polynesia$56,690$48,109$51,763$96,874$101,793$57,725$60,667
Gabon$29,558$31,089$41,510$14,491$36,410  
Gambia, The $998$808   $30
Georgia$50,463$65,472$153,049$148,865$115,056$179,581 
Germany$18,031,000$19,692,000$25,932,000$17,936,000$13,848,000$14,539,020$19,616,212
Ghana$15,124$12,818$38,473$40,497$56,171$14,439$171,234
Greece$1,545,357$1,852,869$3,343,646$2,775,786$1,882,736$1,231,583$1,640,215
Greenland$14,801$26,071$32,748    
Grenada$5,583$9,975$4,103$9,402$10,623  
Guatemala$409,237$524,643$583,822$790,053$490,153$922,133$929,565
Guinea$47,361 $161$101   
Guyana$6,835$13,386$8,504$4,083$9,861$30,078$5,753
Honduras$356,879$373,039$517,771 $275,987  
Hong Kong$5,815,081$6,068,021$4,111,708$6,400,440$5,974,145$7,374,526$5,297,119
Hungary$1,832,000$1,890,000$1,231,000$943,000$1,461,000$1,271,000$1,698,000
Iceland$129,837$158,267$151,795$134,654$102,456$99,317$75,425
India$54,115$109,571$123,577$258,237$46,273$112,397$94,742
Indonesia$367,364$450,348$889,148$544,499$2,468,733$2,671,057$3,707,918
Iran$173,684$111,063   $667,718 
Ireland$12,378,124$6,248,044$3,458,089$2,555,903$1,764,805$2,109,808$1,992,121
Israel$386,000$635,000$571,000$649,000$468,000$544,000$740,000
Italy$4,791,563$5,356,970$6,786,633$6,483,938$6,507,819$5,595,359$6,979,263
Jamaica$86,284$55,922$145,199$74,100$93,265$113,794 
Japan$3,050,483$2,559,826$2,897,711$2,569,348$2,008,241$2,030,643$2,334,366
Jordan$177,034$126,756$147,422$105,411$172,424$152,403$178,287
Kazakhstan$595,822$802,075$1,363,102$941,021$1,103,975  
Kenya$7,017$50,576$61,382$22,968$50,198$63,369 
Kiribati    $540  
Korea, South$1,831,407$1,656,929$1,797,460$1,524,054$1,719,644$1,032,313$1,066,461
Kuwait $377,864$569,191$564,139   
Kyrgyzstan$62,141$55,331$69,560$130,798$112,664$135,196$159,419
Latvia$413,027$528,792$644,393$894,191$633,513$671,196$980,466
Lebanon$386,000$250,732$413,203$201,735$224,498$279,876$329,232
Lesotho   $10,306   
Lithuania$629,218$706,880$912,666$1,147,381$720,126$894,416$939,276
Luxembourg$543,183$512,380$476,821$493,036$498,370$470,080$530,067
Macau$14,774$55,079$5,890$1,440$369$25,758$4,692
Macedonia$78,035$120,642$110,441$192,057$148,645 $224,203
Madagascar$11,258$18,295$68,881$31,165$10,971$21,616 
Malawi$1,128$2,216$3,125$1,047$13,841$2,592$4,901
Malaysia$204,106$288,233$712,188$224,919$292,966$331,310$309,230
Maldives$73,597$24,396$94,600$87,902$20,864$18,896$55,808
Mali     $2,049 
Malta$74,466$119,225$66,652$148,760$126,043$149,346 
Mauritania   $111 $15,539 
Mauritius$79,866$145,636$147,228$157,465$144,681$189,568$132,833
Mayotte$18,940$13,141$13,791$23,992$13,943  
Mexico$991,644$1,578,498$1,654,303$1,881,852$901,559$1,363,326$1,307,403
Moldova$93,784$149,766$150,125$271,415$196,690$228,839$287,386
Mongolia$1,688$2,805$43,764    
Montenegro $72,644$143,435$160,383$83,465$120,549$111,445
Montserrat$433$511$137$469$231  
Morocco$377,008$307,678$580,182$1,022,911$917,874$953,069 
Mozambique$11,738$10,606$8,726$7,681$7,515$27,771$20,000
Namibia$13,297$14,830$27,219$27,207   
Nepal    $83,343$75,890 
Netherlands$5,844,142$5,252,583$4,954,807$4,189,123$7,741,547$8,727,537 
Netherlands Antilles$35,427$103,317$122,670$1,034,004   
New Caledonia$22,134$55,491$28,191$52,257$46,882$61,864$195,991
New Zealand$321,061$540,121$551,252$594,678$599,990$479,461$571,715
Nicaragua$122,950$200,269$151,155$143,012$180,553$291,934$292,939
Niger$3,043$265 $2,611$2,033$1,778$1,267
Nigeria $567,832$2,676,816$1,698,001$315,805$90,069 
Norway$2,535,228$1,802,720$2,328,272$1,268,537$1,028,366$1,514,452$1,580,771
Oman$263,534$232,512$226,044$252,739$324,385$349,384 
Pakistan$56,665$225,089$108,527$127,767$180,807$231,210$293,959
Panama$248,244$551,238$552,576$596,943$656,578$816,291$841,478
Paraguay$261,286$291,537$369,507$498,819$438,912$731,705$1,013,339
Peru$401,207$397,704$550,052$533,812$506,183$666,564$1,025,612
Philippines$386,442$379,994$370,267$481,967$362,912$386,030$654,100
Poland$1,916,588$1,634,681$2,447,660$2,993,396$2,035,826$3,087,376$3,243,381
Portugal$2,578,711$3,053,108$3,884,971$3,922,255$3,111,376$3,009,015$2,698,920
Qatar$53,947$235,400$201,358$665,419 $563,512 
Romania$934,697$762,349$1,508,019$1,861,949$1,434,775$1,590,021$2,433,711
Russia$1,663,192$1,692,370$1,279,082$3,034,034$3,616,812$4,461,552$4,959,570
Rwanda$568$22$18,953$4,323$2,132 $1,549
Saint Kitts and Nevis$666$970$650$570   
Saint Lucia$9,991$10,991$11,514$19,591   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,420$5,006$3,224$5,260$2,929$4,029 
Samoa$1,937$3,853$1,550$7,101$11,648$345$757
Sao Tome and Principe $174  $199  
Saudi Arabia$3,214,535$3,531,146$3,785,267  $3,005,070 
Senegal$11,143$6,442$7,528$11,052$11,805$14,418$13,011
Serbia$519,777$701,683$813,672$874,086$536,160$450,241$636,407
Seychelles$2,317$20,602$8,605$2,822   
Singapore$517,451$426,392$692,023$692,392$538,836$652,675$994,693
Slovakia$1,101,399$1,281,952$860,668$1,203,727$841,651$1,214,389$1,366,092
Slovenia$462,283$446,693$509,623$507,100$422,903$616,532$734,574
South Africa$622,017$1,297,807$862,254$1,124,357$702,348$1,009,524$1,060,066
Spain$6,950,871$7,682,770$9,146,656$8,322,265$7,494,581$9,595,179 
Sri Lanka$293,542$371,896$421,479$331,192$230,356$280,836$336,984
Sudan$7,457$17,098$8,864$6,297$44,057  
Suriname    $64,604$20,385$22,946
Swaziland$4,388$6,319$2,921    
Sweden$2,194,911$1,924,464$2,380,958$2,362,799$2,368,035$2,961,107$2,571,145
Switzerland$2,771,003$3,089,864$3,132,652$3,563,246$2,942,769$3,534,108$3,684,739
Syria$79,526$152,114$176,237$210,148 $74,105 
Tanzania$1,832$1,968$3,569$4,613$6,522$7,568$6,014
Thailand$497,966$734,114$665,065$630,059$915,820$878,734$827,173
Togo$3,572 $3,576  $6,626$9,029
Tonga   $15,811$491$484 
Trinidad and Tobago$153,007$121,135$129,662$192,126$173,507$99,622 
Tunisia$240,167$248,827$389,585$334,995$356,895$168,472 
Turkey$1,350,160$1,683,239$1,367,391$1,617,845$1,313,365$2,175,492$2,707,660
Uganda$406$879$1,681$2,110$2,070$2,776 
Ukraine$847,929$1,228,753$1,332,839$2,394,439$3,027,774$3,067,396$2,880,557
United Arab Emirates$1,158,622 $1,073,156$1,575,896   
United Kingdom$9,930,545$10,060,334$11,521,194$13,139,710$10,083,694$10,955,318$10,590,864
United States$33,375,593$32,917,652$39,621,304$37,894,916$31,185,114$38,337,075$38,701,304
Uruguay$181,533$155,310$233,022$312,505$266,028  
Vanuatu $4,012$13,895    
Venezuela$174,809$227,139$172,726$498,090$650,840$477,891$81,926
Vietnam$33,357$138,554$160,686$65,199$105,778$89,900 
Wallis and Futuna$41,074$47,633     
Yemen$8,673$4,999$24,972$10,370$16,893$37,371$46,411
Zambia$3,010$5,644$5,768$16,928$22,293$26,244 
Zimbabwe$8,659$3,111$9,626$609$1,341$29,329