RankCountryImports of Candles, tapers and the like in USD (2010)
1Germany$422,858,391
2United States$420,230,158
3United Kingdom$190,249,128
4Netherlands$165,558,045
5France$117,055,480
6Sweden$95,115,221
7Canada$94,887,033
8Austria$89,530,726
9Norway$83,364,901
10Denmark$79,186,715
11Belgium$77,667,172
12Switzerland$71,185,162
13Italy$54,201,641
14Spain$43,050,787
15Japan$40,683,249
16Finland$37,974,441
17Poland$33,961,516
18Hong Kong$31,338,508
19Australia$29,162,698
20Czech Republic$25,340,766
21Greece$18,477,731
22Ireland$18,418,046
23Portugal$17,123,530
24Slovakia$16,395,072
25Russia$15,976,992
26Romania$13,332,983
27Hungary$11,007,000
28Mexico$8,736,449
29Korea, South$8,734,106
30Chile$7,709,488
31Nigeria$7,192,277
32Saudi Arabia$6,940,809
33Turkey$6,821,090
34Israel$6,595,000
35China$6,524,294
36Lithuania$6,226,024
37Luxembourg$6,040,829
38Latvia$5,575,030
39Malaysia$5,359,324
40South Africa$5,114,081
41Singapore$5,075,753
42Croatia$4,714,149
43Estonia$4,642,358
44Slovenia$4,500,533
45New Zealand$4,462,149
46Panama$3,789,647
47Zimbabwe$3,745,180
48Botswana$3,626,060
49Paraguay$3,419,835
50Ukraine$3,204,624
51Lebanon$3,008,785
52Brazil$2,835,578
53Cyprus$2,704,428
54Iceland$2,588,390
55Iran$2,145,543
56El Salvador$2,086,046
57Venezuela$1,965,183
58Yemen$1,869,133
59India$1,833,134
60Indonesia$1,746,155
61Ghana$1,739,429
62Madagascar$1,705,035
63Costa Rica$1,686,026
64Argentina$1,569,595
65Bulgaria$1,491,576
66Uganda$1,423,594
67Dominican Republic$1,383,251
68Thailand$1,336,257
69Peru$1,247,581
70Belarus$1,224,600
71Ecuador$1,192,975
72Serbia$1,166,248
73Ethiopia$1,096,610
74Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,080,124
75Qatar$1,003,347
76Jamaica$977,485
77Jordan$964,600
78Cote d'Ivoire$955,840
79Malta$954,638
80Trinidad and Tobago$946,671
81Egypt$898,383
82Colombia$873,058
83Cameroon$842,014
84Gambia, The$819,357
85Bahrain$799,796
86Aruba$758,909
87Morocco$727,532
88New Caledonia$667,249
89Bermuda$662,630
90Bahamas, The$638,603
91French Polynesia$556,532
92Georgia$550,425
93Maldives$546,371
94Guatemala$523,618
95Malawi$504,869
96Algeria$499,581
97Nicaragua$496,078
98Mauritius$492,442
99Pakistan$427,563
100Oman$412,680
101Tunisia$396,676
102Armenia$387,525
103Albania$386,848
104Philippines$333,482
105Vietnam$329,160
106Moldova$326,974
107Montenegro$324,591
108Barbados$305,364
109Senegal$302,981
110Suriname$284,889
111Zambia$276,551
112Cape Verde$225,904
113Mauritania$186,661
114Benin$183,353
115Fiji$153,194
116Kenya$142,114
117Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$140,172
118Dominica$138,514
119Belize$137,524
120Syria$136,180
121Antigua and Barbuda$133,569
122Bolivia$129,942
123Burundi$124,967
124Mozambique$119,322
125Kyrgyzstan$107,446
126Burkina Faso$89,294
127Macau$88,863
128Tanzania$86,166
129Mali$67,961
130Guyana$59,729
131Sao Tome and Principe$51,557
132Sri Lanka$38,198
133Azerbaijan$37,712
134Samoa$35,438
135Tonga$24,691
136Togo$19,979
137Cambodia$15,352
138Nepal$12,858
139Bhutan$10,484
140Niger$6,806
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$474,703$499,187$997,176$366,906$547,264$386,848$493,507
Algeria$132,246$127,755$204,725$386,977$451,518$499,581$615,779
Anguilla $40,050$47,802$46,275   
Antigua and Barbuda$159,026$178,314$171,363 $165,912$133,569$163,608
Argentina$765,241$1,027,120$1,441,245$2,620,184$915,787$1,569,595$1,980,321
Armenia$87,663$100,175$120,411$94,846$144,470$387,525$227,529
Aruba    $843,410$758,909$829,860
Australia$20,895,596$21,307,366$21,417,116$31,638,069$26,093,000$29,162,698$37,020,268
Austria$79,176,962$79,387,324$108,784,102$113,479,635$86,516,115$89,530,726 
Azerbaijan$392,145$135,409$113,451$75,610$126,851$37,712$20,569
Bahamas, The$492,516$522,470$581,680$674,012$502,113$638,603$573,139
Bahrain$439,401$179,037$397,358$859,578$718,813$799,796$955,916
Bangladesh$22,374$9,317$34,462    
Barbados$365,230$287,741$350,774$338,650$320,684$305,364$327,612
Belarus$430,200$556,500$980,700$1,335,000$1,039,800$1,224,600$1,416,100
Belgium$50,772,977$53,562,231$66,884,829$73,857,061$69,761,219$77,667,172$86,207,048
Belize$220,980$229,202$237,411$207,375$299,614$137,524 
Benin$144,299$416,143   $183,353 
Bermuda     $662,630 
Bhutan$19,155$17,829$17,447$26,787$18,468$10,484 
Bolivia$106,012$46,084$91,766$133,222$149,545$129,942$297,243
Bosnia and Herzegovina$773,431$958,144$1,119,455$1,300,560$1,050,741$1,080,124$1,243,132
Botswana$2,567,093$2,777,815$3,454,964$5,411,006$3,150,167$3,626,060$3,669,477
Brazil$618,535$693,119$1,858,746$2,223,753$1,826,814$2,835,578$4,478,069
Brunei $180,897     
Bulgaria$1,270,512$1,534,194$1,718,403$2,507,635$1,863,770$1,491,576$1,629,522
Burkina Faso$30,407 $117,284$93,067$300,191$89,294 
Burundi$38,352$110,826$45,902$82,060$111,134$124,967 
Cambodia$23,698$54,764$57,505$25,637$30,326$15,352 
Cameroon$181,361$232,428$733,425$534,523$952,749$842,014 
Canada$80,234,054$89,751,249$100,463,162$99,828,075$89,906,336$94,887,033$103,698,051
Cape Verde$267,205$347,155$341,807$384,499$371,551$225,904$438,764
Central African Republic$145,227 $155,774$296$69,387  
Chile$4,040,921$4,825,039$4,665,836$6,197,227$4,957,595$7,709,488$6,622,171
China$2,538,321$4,914,741$6,856,616$4,451,070$11,455,473$6,524,294$6,731,148
Colombia$476,416$701,231$979,374$1,320,098$983,219$873,058$1,424,636
Comoros$89,045$89,123$213,970    
Cook Islands$29,014 $21,671    
Costa Rica$760,136$1,026,381$1,315,288$2,326,939$941,545$1,686,026$2,406,034
Cote d'Ivoire$495,014$2,203,823$1,011,314$1,768,437$2,281,708$955,840$2,117,581
Croatia$3,102,536$4,032,228$4,951,714$5,174,450$4,583,601$4,714,149$4,830,150
Cuba$1,350,496$1,864,262     
Cyprus$2,170,320$2,323,965$2,804,076$2,711,185$2,423,507$2,704,428$2,895,959
Czech Republic$20,641,561$25,899,869$25,656,578$33,730,347$27,223,644$25,340,766$33,343,057
Denmark$69,277,398$70,334,172$80,900,241$91,983,800$71,699,065$79,186,715$71,080,846
Djibouti    $579,831  
Dominica$61,590$24,850$132,389$217,882$70,704$138,514 
Dominican Republic$394,567$446,295$747,546$932,167$1,067,734$1,383,251$1,149,976
East Timor$269,319      
Ecuador$872,682$1,015,764$914,715$1,221,073$577,220$1,192,975$883,334
Egypt$228,213$379,876$329,569$434,637$590,505$898,383$772,545
El Salvador$2,315,509$2,862,070$2,674,646$2,760,670$2,085,627$2,086,046 
Estonia$3,501,619$3,545,449$7,252,308$7,132,052$5,477,439$4,642,358$4,811,514
Ethiopia$1,410,124$824,925$1,408,257$2,105,179$2,786,683$1,096,610$1,361,391
Faroe Islands$473,596$595,989$543,723$748,177$613,340  
Fiji$131,372$226,903$202,392$302,657$149,996$153,194 
Finland$21,416,659$26,536,537$28,850,491$39,379,578$36,469,872$37,974,441$39,255,615
France$78,308,319$89,069,815$114,368,408$122,084,549$114,305,182$117,055,480$122,620,772
French Polynesia$339,514$410,707$426,103$607,322$507,603$556,532$473,471
Gabon$397,179$503,276$597,604$404,770$829,684  
Gambia, The$1,267,519$1,883,036$3,622,642$2,556,219$3,245,764$819,357$4,104,433
Georgia$885,231$574,469$467,166$659,662$490,108$550,425 
Germany$308,743,000$316,568,000$387,701,000$482,387,000$426,462,000$422,858,391$461,823,073
Ghana$1,936,360$4,260,997$3,922,120$1,886,944$1,880,141$1,739,429$3,045,880
Greece$18,278,773$18,239,088$21,266,628$25,304,049$19,794,610$18,477,731$18,481,542
Greenland$909,014$1,077,730$590,145    
Grenada$163,424$70,265$115,118$99,246$89,985  
Guatemala$1,613,015$775,316$420,225$659,037$369,397$523,618$611,521
Guinea$3,678$44,628$416,866$293,586   
Guinea-Bissau$168,550      
Guyana$161,750$38,519$77,756$125,891$105,098$59,729$67,191
Honduras$2,048,422$2,684,411$3,232,346 $2,730,169  
Hong Kong$42,409,596$42,597,528$40,991,517$30,057,607$27,654,213$31,338,508$23,517,271
Hungary$8,065,000$7,912,000$10,736,000$13,243,000$10,897,000$11,007,000$13,049,000
Iceland$2,806,693$3,255,804$3,570,493$3,784,423$2,655,628$2,588,390$3,208,309
India$672,895$1,128,034$1,252,552$1,452,941$1,373,779$1,833,134$2,275,263
Indonesia$618,960$630,299$917,396$1,471,167$1,039,912$1,746,155$2,194,639
Iran$306,150$308,140   $2,145,543 
Ireland$22,452,531$21,943,930$26,961,381$20,673,080$21,379,663$18,418,046$23,570,662
Israel$4,417,000$4,455,000$4,436,000$5,100,000$5,062,000$6,595,000$5,234,000
Italy$46,267,229$45,771,795$61,034,799$59,576,130$44,739,647$54,201,641$60,966,281
Jamaica$1,125,572$671,904$717,127$848,775$846,631$977,485 
Japan$27,926,333$30,820,850$32,008,693$39,608,815$37,749,214$40,683,249$53,675,389
Jordan$579,980$700,180$755,106$752,920$992,753$964,600$827,665
Kazakhstan$643,987$946,022$1,342,035$1,854,799$1,111,144  
Kenya$108,043$102,282$243,061$157,009$111,471$142,114 
Kiribati$3,030   $2,222  
Korea, South$4,323,496$6,383,345$8,050,278$8,913,001$6,776,413$8,734,106$12,976,118
Kuwait $2,004,205$1,756,885$2,508,596   
Kyrgyzstan$11,512$14,833$44,030$136,930$151,640$107,446$106,962
Latvia$3,491,417$4,858,009$5,151,482$6,548,873$4,259,949$5,575,030$8,399,263
Lebanon$1,855,000$1,866,536$2,574,830$2,773,456$3,255,069$3,008,785$4,039,527
Lesotho   $1,429,128   
Lithuania$3,835,770$5,427,757$6,319,499$8,175,898$6,157,022$6,226,024$6,250,515
Luxembourg$4,736,030$5,338,520$6,183,272$6,762,188$6,524,758$6,040,829$5,914,106
Macau$104,901$99,283$137,415$216,554$112,467$88,863$86,758
Macedonia$379,491$400,757$421,927$780,439$480,756 $596,331
Madagascar$2,212,241$1,842,867$2,642,820$1,384,785$2,856,824$1,705,035 
Malawi$98,126$188,911$170,688$390,618$960,902$504,869$469,583
Malaysia$2,335,118$2,050,398$2,721,579$4,025,785$4,732,934$5,359,324$5,167,352
Maldives$253,462$313,754$545,657$456,807$485,326$546,371$578,212
Mali$23,425$64,829$50,236$53,028 $67,961 
Malta$903,729$831,968$1,207,455$1,055,759$1,070,987$954,638 
Mauritania$33,538$320,381$564,118$171,959$564,124$186,661$290,032
Mauritius$274,128$228,793$284,010$427,990$559,457$492,442$922,006
Mayotte$54,154$75,916$105,745$125,354$111,972  
Mexico$11,480,832$13,458,940$14,382,328$14,433,235$8,062,673$8,736,449$9,849,928
Moldova$142,239$169,872$258,731$411,830$230,257$326,974$367,211
Mongolia$15,153$15,465$24,012    
Montenegro $190,249$327,124$391,370$200,342$324,591$309,195
Montserrat$3,313$5,858$4,733$5,919$7,494  
Morocco$409,589$490,649$546,952$848,980$852,963$727,532 
Mozambique$53,763$64,779$233,524$120,253$402,371$119,322$249,000
Namibia$3,691,611$4,809,814$5,930,656$7,014,251   
Nepal    $61,655$12,858 
Netherlands$74,944,502$101,277,748$124,329,975$159,789,324$133,056,962$165,558,045 
Netherlands Antilles$364,691$357,366$430,227$410,847   
New Caledonia$598,841$477,558$577,396$646,525$673,084$667,249$732,335
New Zealand$3,950,240$4,924,901$4,673,472$5,626,332$3,899,065$4,462,149$6,120,548
Nicaragua$145,270$216,393$487,039$358,522$326,236$496,078$605,671
Niger$5,475$5,575$15,494$11,240$11,577$6,806$4,488
Nigeria $8,430,489$19,991,253$10,619,136$12,885,739$7,192,277 
Norway$45,064,132$50,264,776$66,487,645$80,660,775$74,011,751$83,364,901$92,108,403
Oman$155,672$268,754$429,186$462,552$422,026$412,680 
Pakistan$81,460$244,383$565,281$1,198,589$895,884$427,563$406,578
Panama$785,211$2,680,845$3,539,849$4,605,038$2,892,273$3,789,647$4,117,177
Paraguay$1,863,749$1,969,391$2,536,328$3,824,608$3,617,220$3,419,835$4,483,150
Peru$800,894$529,776$559,671$925,304$1,027,197$1,247,581$1,351,958
Philippines$344,571$347,821$287,134$375,737$319,339$333,482$308,242
Poland$18,131,836$21,268,475$37,896,802$57,318,915$37,808,962$33,961,516$36,984,430
Portugal$11,812,098$12,046,356$16,126,183$20,681,394$15,416,572$17,123,530$17,569,649
Qatar$612,387$819,777$795,809$767,508 $1,003,347 
Romania$5,704,887$8,076,825$10,688,491$15,209,342$12,532,016$13,332,983$16,419,674
Russia$10,417,720$10,582,200$15,102,360$16,177,361$11,885,556$15,976,992$17,955,197
Rwanda$413,095$489,436$432,794$966,175$664,899 $726,262
Saint Kitts and Nevis$50,204$44,933$41,510$71,436   
Saint Lucia$335,160$361,662$230,396$343,389   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$149,028$141,777$158,245$165,126$184,231$140,172 
Samoa$19,253$16,440$20,155$33,866$24,725$35,438$22,439
Sao Tome and Principe$18,384$98,522$20,824$86,208$207,733$51,557 
Saudi Arabia$3,094,820$4,199,395$4,349,936  $6,940,809 
Senegal$124,022$143,743$314,998$133,194$643,340$302,981$972,039
Serbia$821,676$948,171$1,891,833$2,003,918$1,106,258$1,166,248$1,185,371
Seychelles$89,358$119,686$167,507$128,942   
Singapore$3,306,031$6,375,335$9,839,881$5,615,905$5,004,901$5,075,753$6,010,068
Slovakia$9,523,135$13,211,162$22,183,805$20,672,447$17,242,941$16,395,072$21,841,441
Slovenia$2,592,192$3,366,267$4,629,090$4,640,626$4,640,763$4,500,533$4,824,130
South Africa$3,692,384$5,458,930$4,713,183$5,311,637$3,815,105$5,114,081$5,916,664
Spain$35,348,428$31,867,469$46,966,030$45,970,463$35,451,252$43,050,787 
Sri Lanka$34,593$45,700$44,316$28,047$18,460$38,198$74,862
Sudan$232,667$451,914$204,385$48,239$503,344  
Suriname$267,952$308,821$206,729$265,405$317,957$284,889$250,110
Swaziland$3,405,029$2,228,737$2,227,453    
Sweden$58,760,013$62,733,984$78,979,852$109,014,668$78,732,356$95,115,221$105,530,254
Switzerland$53,729,074$56,038,806$59,116,940$71,766,923$65,571,940$71,185,162$72,894,081
Syria$146,597$193,604$85,698$102,554 $136,180 
Tanzania$37,972$104,708$102,538$96,321$135,847$86,166$282,437
Thailand$1,025,701$1,483,361$1,286,259$1,728,020$1,096,224$1,336,257$2,583,802
Togo$121,078 $221,079  $19,979$131,157
Tonga$20,053$22,306$21,595$26,432$36,862$24,691 
Trinidad and Tobago$571,229$713,947$713,257$942,221$1,006,202$946,671 
Tunisia$572,760$355,294$385,823$364,928$543,274$396,676 
Turkey$4,798,514$4,850,693$6,610,896$5,786,839$6,339,182$6,821,090$7,663,822
Tuvalu$161$113 $431   
Uganda$1,379,528$2,967,973$316,252$2,546,683$1,999,383$1,423,594 
Ukraine$1,382,072$1,665,823$2,147,423$4,250,478$2,489,960$3,204,624$2,360,586
United Arab Emirates$6,205,916 $7,009,636$10,250,649   
United Kingdom$148,048,767$151,716,096$160,179,689$171,333,213$154,280,101$190,249,128$184,257,011
United States$446,594,832$470,979,603$515,273,897$495,045,279$398,679,000$420,230,158$417,499,358
Uruguay$183,972$187,300$210,725$359,585$304,787  
Vanuatu $90,850$99,798    
Venezuela$1,323,503$1,482,864$3,994,747$3,074,424$2,413,421$1,965,183$1,329,812
Vietnam$511,487$769,627$225,309$153,369$305,894$329,160 
Wallis and Futuna$9,900$10,974     
Yemen$750,699$1,589,003$737,567$1,046,235$2,000,249$1,869,133$2,666,550
Zambia$125,330$95,158$153,848$239,891$159,939$276,551 
Zimbabwe$116,388$1,177,264$809,843$2,098,902$1,783,354$3,745,180