RankCountryImports of Cationic surface-active agents, whether or not PURS in USD (2010)
1China$42,058,847
2United Kingdom$34,269,481
3Brazil$28,765,667
4France$28,342,664
5Italy$25,061,263
6Canada$24,642,919
7United States$22,262,021
8Indonesia$20,039,274
9Germany$19,186,630
10Belgium$15,482,713
11Turkey$14,375,112
12Mexico$12,493,373
13Russia$11,758,735
14Poland$11,264,630
15Korea, South$10,590,754
16Colombia$10,182,976
17South Africa$10,110,493
18Netherlands$9,206,139
19Thailand$8,700,980
20Venezuela$8,189,808
21Spain$8,154,836
22Portugal$7,950,935
23Austria$7,596,297
24Hungary$5,955,000
25Czech Republic$5,834,821
26Sweden$5,377,937
27Finland$5,180,058
28Argentina$5,080,731
29Morocco$4,408,603
30Australia$4,297,376
31Chile$4,147,933
32Denmark$4,045,798
33Singapore$4,029,612
34Ireland$3,904,257
35India$3,747,765
36Greece$3,642,809
37Vietnam$3,620,900
38Japan$3,611,349
39Croatia$3,538,565
40Israel$3,377,000
41Saudi Arabia$2,901,337
42Algeria$2,706,133
43Iran$2,453,564
44Philippines$2,140,069
45Norway$2,139,650
46Switzerland$2,097,804
47Pakistan$2,014,350
48Bulgaria$1,992,567
49Malaysia$1,968,059
50Belarus$1,868,100
51Dominican Republic$1,840,387
52Ukraine$1,789,652
53Egypt$1,738,680
54Romania$1,705,893
55Peru$1,678,604
56Hong Kong$1,521,633
57New Zealand$1,497,787
58Guatemala$1,145,872
59Tunisia$1,028,197
60El Salvador$848,543
61Azerbaijan$793,513
62Lebanon$752,558
63Serbia$716,309
64Kenya$713,256
65Ecuador$695,470
66Jordan$616,540
67Trinidad and Tobago$600,908
68Slovenia$577,207
69Sri Lanka$544,458
70Luxembourg$520,852
71Costa Rica$511,563
72Slovakia$457,025
73Paraguay$444,442
74Lithuania$439,291
75Cyprus$424,044
76Syria$406,449
77Bosnia and Herzegovina$393,475
78Oman$331,418
79Botswana$324,092
80Mali$310,792
81Nigeria$238,974
82Latvia$203,771
83Albania$197,860
84Panama$197,117
85Ghana$185,847
86Malta$169,824
87Georgia$167,023
88Uganda$150,510
89Nepal$144,131
90Moldova$120,934
91Mauritius$115,583
92Bahrain$108,283
93Zambia$107,292
94Estonia$103,936
95New Caledonia$83,980
96Cambodia$78,787
97Nicaragua$76,456
98Ethiopia$62,325
99Cote d'Ivoire$61,965
100Jamaica$57,835
101Zimbabwe$46,513
102Tanzania$42,719
103Suriname$40,768
104Senegal$38,552
105Mozambique$37,347
106Iceland$34,177
107French Polynesia$33,063
108Guyana$32,918
109Armenia$31,285
110Madagascar$25,713
111Barbados$22,455
112Bolivia$18,192
113Montenegro$17,696
114Tonga$12,128
115Antigua and Barbuda$9,997
116Bahamas, The$9,430
117Cameroon$7,399
118Burkina Faso$6,486
119Kyrgyzstan$6,480
120Benin$6,163
121Malawi$5,747
122Burundi$5,573
123Belize$4,543
124Mauritania$3,330
125Niger$3,098
126Bermuda$1,862
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,802
128Dominica$1,181
129Yemen$1,031
130Samoa$512
131Qatar$455
132Sao Tome and Principe$70
133Bhutan$37
134Aruba$26
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$145,227$223,004$143,897$280,082$214,343$197,860$210,008
Algeria$206,367$178,369$722,712$1,984,683$3,016,761$2,706,133$3,259,738
Antigua and Barbuda$402$1,411$5,369 $19,475$9,997$4,515
Argentina$7,313,241$9,608,363$6,499,147$3,670,173$4,247,229$5,080,731$6,781,874
Armenia$119$125$596$1,292$14,826$31,285$11,829
Aruba    $147$26$1,036
Australia$2,181,441$2,377,740$3,520,892$5,880,321$3,775,866$4,297,376$4,288,084
Austria$10,095,048$11,352,356$3,654,060$7,574,291$6,098,005$7,596,297 
Azerbaijan$545$180,158$2,741$42,169$196,329$793,513$574,630
Bahamas, The $7,781$3,442$115$210$9,430$8,419
Bahrain$35,481$14,729$62,715$140,611$10,056$108,283$67,665
Bangladesh$352,292$644,953$1,184,970    
Barbados$61,733$10,550$13,703$20,379$205,574$22,455$22,119
Belarus$1,226,100$1,064,600$1,542,400$1,779,200$2,187,400$1,868,100$1,237,800
Belgium$17,586,526$18,086,477$20,677,553$26,273,699$21,666,646$15,482,713$20,440,618
Belize$24,134$3,687$2,782$8,049$1,404$4,543 
Benin     $6,163 
Bermuda     $1,862 
Bhutan    $15,395$37 
Bolivia$57,346$116,326$81,023$10,806$71,479$18,192$63,509
Bosnia and Herzegovina$51,933$244,593$300,487$369,579$352,596$393,475$320,516
Botswana$1,119,999$813,546$1,073,505$559,744$289,030$324,092$385,705
Brazil$4,681,237$6,783,429$8,805,104$13,235,587$15,601,610$28,765,667$30,452,128
Brunei $87     
Bulgaria$816,037$1,218,773$1,524,871$1,961,853$1,750,248$1,992,567$1,749,266
Burkina Faso  $491  $6,486 
Burundi   $389$13,050$5,573 
Cambodia$40,675$11,826$11,157$128,319$50$78,787 
Cameroon$21,199$19,486$99,089$25,674$13,849$7,399 
Canada$12,406,618$11,967,937$13,351,018$17,162,419$18,446,961$24,642,919$25,963,842
Cape Verde$33$345$3,157    
Chile$3,303,090$3,177,654$2,164,314$3,893,864$3,296,432$4,147,933$6,147,122
China$25,262,105$25,729,277$28,705,248$30,864,250$28,440,817$42,058,847$41,685,119
Colombia$4,080,797$4,569,409$5,222,478$6,969,266$8,224,094$10,182,976$12,372,631
Costa Rica$487,882$462,631$494,982$294,308$194,127$511,563$502,814
Cote d'Ivoire$255,690$13,666$15,804$80,628$55,491$61,965$52,753
Croatia$1,503,028$1,935,315$2,193,998$3,303,660$2,800,827$3,538,565$4,644,816
Cuba$309,287$409,075     
Cyprus$226,909$370,700$254,844$336,031$364,317$424,044$285,859
Czech Republic$9,557,201$18,692,804$19,631,571$16,145,923$9,329,256$5,834,821$8,042,419
Denmark$7,932,095$7,130,268$9,436,221$6,616,190$4,333,228$4,045,798$4,522,483
Dominica$52$6,207$5,779$15,555$8,177$1,181 
Dominican Republic$419,151$290,493$408,896$570,411$1,138,596$1,840,387$1,661,257
East Timor$2,754      
Ecuador$58,942$168,485$425,289$386,177$682,820$695,470$861,348
Egypt$589,542$238,609$124,899$3,475,731$2,374,428$1,738,680$4,448,512
El Salvador$510,068$588,443$487,465$610,006$663,902$848,543 
Estonia$219,434$154,127$205,956$290,048$88,932$103,936$121,487
Ethiopia$86,463$120,206$44,849$15,963$120,793$62,325$395,707
Faroe Islands$5,792$6,047$5,672$5,856$2,789  
Fiji$6,723 $139    
Finland$3,523,894$4,438,345$4,767,698$7,713,836$4,895,590$5,180,058$5,555,143
France$49,607,919$45,180,887$37,765,031$32,248,804$24,287,856$28,342,664$25,556,314
French Polynesia$26,941$20,899$15,850$24,040$8,016$33,063$23,571
Gabon$742$3,023$2,143$14,796$6,833  
Gambia, The  $323$1,178$7,181  
Georgia$7$109,717$104,143$60,573$151,555$167,023 
Germany$36,604,000$23,482,000$25,263,000$35,578,000$23,338,000$19,186,630$24,646,528
Ghana$2,385$37,452$144,844$53,402$25,766$185,847$74,783
Greece$5,286,671$7,234,628$6,457,729$6,805,166$5,070,445$3,642,809$2,975,463
Greenland$196,350$107,297$117,771    
Grenada$9,731$35,624$19,960$16,555$13,431  
Guatemala$575,765$437,054$642,461$800,664$804,241$1,145,872$1,637,916
Guinea$993  $11   
Guinea-Bissau$385      
Guyana$25,629$29,304$30,873$12,726$26,861$32,918$29,432
Honduras$36,148$237,119$7,601 $58,607  
Hong Kong$2,105,891$2,402,982$2,523,814$2,318,586$1,629,560$1,521,633$1,849,721
Hungary$4,114,000$5,179,000$5,688,000$8,032,000$6,772,000$5,955,000$8,592,000
Iceland$93,502$51,203$89,572$97,364$79,110$34,177$50,097
India$1,400,487$2,023,643$1,382,716$3,667,908$2,806,752$3,747,765$3,231,407
Indonesia$6,478,192$6,991,932$11,934,423$20,383,507$20,339,405$20,039,274$28,744,151
Iran$1,179,664$511,258   $2,453,564 
Ireland$7,970,123$7,913,465$7,814,338$10,122,276$6,505,671$3,904,257$3,977,098
Israel$3,179,000$2,290,000$2,573,000$2,947,000$3,070,000$3,377,000$3,138,000
Italy$34,203,324$39,432,849$36,668,843$32,191,504$31,805,417$25,061,263$30,047,198
Jamaica$83,046$172,231$103,385$138,157$77,291$57,835 
Japan$7,397,956$14,165,637$8,666,851$8,798,339$6,038,668$3,611,349$3,123,472
Jordan$123,425$158,161$142,306$412,677$343,977$616,540$944,645
Kazakhstan$377,356$731,837$490,231$610,688$862,608  
Kenya$337,842$351,485$319,697$330,221$367,009$713,256 
Korea, South$5,250,703$8,020,104$9,148,368$10,358,172$9,042,362$10,590,754$12,802,974
Kuwait $151,275$302,945    
Kyrgyzstan$9,423$28,667$10,857$32,054$27,353$6,480$28,244
Latvia$104,453$170,943$188,533$163,991$158,132$203,771$504,501
Lebanon$323,000$479,890$382,015$655,082$454,954$752,558$641,878
Lesotho   $44,909   
Lithuania$377,152$431,702$423,036$1,056,472$460,196$439,291$891,214
Luxembourg$324,649$319,257$441,546$439,960$410,533$520,852$836,518
Macedonia$118,280$95,577$141,370$69,802$63,503 $45,064
Madagascar$43,181$127,180$299,253$50,903$48,040$25,713 
Malawi$2,046$4,393$3,127$4,610$3,636$5,747$2,494
Malaysia$782,773$1,435,910$1,619,674$2,933,828$1,207,773$1,968,059$4,835,740
Maldives$128$73$404    
Mali$120,269 $5,430$229 $310,792 
Malta$32,359$71,116$85,903$24,872$99,942$169,824 
Mauritania  $9,229$20,038 $3,330 
Mauritius$20,404$17,973$80,405$80,577$140,804$115,583$145,140
Mayotte $1,379     
Mexico$23,705,540$11,356,981$7,715,300$10,312,349$11,463,569$12,493,373$12,832,341
Moldova$7,313$26,276$12,105$44,836$98,607$120,934$78,389
Mongolia$52,183$9,113$31,757    
Montenegro  $111$708$7,307$17,696$22,213
Montserrat$7$23 $113$181  
Morocco$1,607,803$1,891,774$3,051,199$3,722,080$3,699,578$4,408,603 
Mozambique$889$8,661$14,389$22,658$56,318$37,347$40,000
Namibia$202,779$86,521$46,512$58,229   
Nepal    $52,497$144,131 
Netherlands$13,370,293$27,191,321$22,422,904$18,918,096$18,854,502$9,206,139 
New Caledonia$30,784$117,452$86,105$129,603$63,234$83,980$97,107
New Zealand$839,494$847,002$952,471$1,402,834$1,376,989$1,497,787$1,750,406
Nicaragua$17,250$69,124$35,724$96,769$93,417$76,456$162,941
Niger    $2,633$3,098$5,001
Nigeria $373,562$334,144$619,083$1,064,867$238,974 
Norway$4,474,747$2,715,773$3,392,650$3,500,423$2,467,452$2,139,650$3,301,850
Oman$56,585$13,267$62,164$79,277$205,808$331,418 
Pakistan$1,433,891$1,243,223$1,593,670$2,842,327$1,386,655$2,014,350$3,221,209
Panama$164,489$942,721$398,700$321,285$554,944$197,117$474,910
Paraguay$169,190$239,638$381,945$296,413$478,145$444,442$400,825
Peru$1,329,885$1,475,884$1,563,464$1,802,545$2,024,166$1,678,604$2,015,936
Philippines$1,906,973$1,790,428$2,098,243$2,020,545$2,324,075$2,140,069$3,342,755
Poland$8,209,051$8,205,174$10,694,476$15,626,170$11,818,101$11,264,630$15,562,419
Portugal$2,833,918$3,759,107$5,466,743$6,772,450$8,741,917$7,950,935$8,649,472
Qatar$684$628,395$737,990$421,039 $455 
Romania$1,784,657$1,189,629$1,857,778$2,531,673$3,183,542$1,705,893$4,637,568
Russia$7,950,744$8,913,207$14,114,010$20,798,230$10,671,532$11,758,735$15,734,284
Rwanda $80 $1,308$5,323 $11,192
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,051$2,164$407$3,220   
Saint Lucia$11,250$4,335$4$571   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$32,538$22,474$30,012$17,311$13,540$1,802 
Samoa     $512 
Sao Tome and Principe     $70 
Saudi Arabia$3,039,820$1,316,231$2,148,710  $2,901,337 
Senegal$46,632$43,381$4,062$6,259$28,378$38,552$40,250
Serbia$460,305$278,054$392,717$897,587$576,503$716,309$765,875
Seychelles$14,821$6,005$16,492$88,454   
Singapore$3,256,412$3,916,907$5,663,682$9,859,031$3,594,450$4,029,612$6,727,692
Slovakia$1,331,742$872,304$512,989$521,790$497,785$457,025$613,413
Slovenia$673,502$688,927$1,098,616$943,803$666,007$577,207$1,146,729
South Africa$6,525,960$7,080,922$7,899,967$11,895,130$7,074,282$10,110,493$10,472,692
Spain$8,532,258$16,990,906$9,309,407$8,799,160$10,446,172$8,154,836 
Sri Lanka$637,371$490,590$491,789$522,684$485,654$544,458$649,369
Sudan  $2,166$9,200$2,877,871  
Suriname    $99,149$40,768$5,309
Swaziland$7,197$1,795$1,250    
Sweden$7,214,434$6,012,506$8,349,751$7,544,392$5,481,333$5,377,937$6,365,036
Switzerland$2,408,080$2,936,461$2,162,185$3,293,609$2,079,876$2,097,804$2,771,333
Syria$573,524$620,993$203,147$308,499 $406,449 
Tanzania$25,877$494,616$7,441$94,740$17,971$42,719$78,231
Thailand$3,360,437$2,773,225$4,358,431$7,932,446$6,491,675$8,700,980$10,181,066
Tonga   $15,922$257$12,128 
Trinidad and Tobago$13,985$52,688$189,467$202,476$343,931$600,908 
Tunisia$441,503$383,935$1,140,641$1,913,619$1,562,595$1,028,197 
Turkey$15,280,353$16,657,355$21,205,904$23,437,032$17,260,890$14,375,112$22,068,666
Uganda$45,982$73,922$21,618$19,095$20,088$150,510 
Ukraine$348,487$903,824$1,671,239$2,592,150$1,734,780$1,789,652$2,880,647
United Arab Emirates$446,978 $844,391$1,133,859   
United Kingdom$44,784,291$42,479,824$43,798,661$44,345,711$30,306,242$34,269,481$42,639,225
United States$18,078,908$21,149,193$19,504,262$21,273,897$20,385,024$22,262,021$25,151,091
Uruguay$141,574$225,871$382,122$195,737$134,582  
Venezuela$2,351,348$3,327,593$4,141,477$10,148,872$8,165,283$8,189,808$12,281,648
Vietnam$502,909$686,700$1,423,383$2,141,554$2,498,926$3,620,900 
Yemen$25,033$81,171 $4,116$949$1,031$1,335
Zambia$12,963$181,141$207,721$209,850$77,976$107,292 
Zimbabwe$3,222$51,917$14,525$2,674$49,026$46,513