| Rank | Country | Imports of Tar distilled from coal, from lignite or from peat in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Spain | $54,781,187 |  | | 2 | Czech Republic | $47,258,736 | | | 3 | Japan | $34,990,978 | | | 4 | United States | $12,135,048 | | | 5 | China | $7,889,269 | | | 6 | Korea, South | $6,826,822 | | | 7 | Ukraine | $6,461,090 | | | 8 | Norway | $4,221,622 | | | 9 | France | $2,780,850 | | | 10 | Austria | $1,494,234 | | | 11 | India | $1,413,210 | | | 12 | Maldives | $844,825 | | | 13 | Indonesia | $700,725 | | | 14 | Vietnam | $686,020 | | | 15 | Belarus | $633,800 | | | 16 | Ireland | $624,787 | | | 17 | Russia | $584,574 | | | 18 | Iran | $553,821 | | | 19 | Pakistan | $543,487 | | | 20 | Saudi Arabia | $540,534 | | | 21 | Guyana | $540,473 | | | 22 | Poland | $535,780 | | | 23 | Malaysia | $514,789 | | | 24 | Thailand | $315,290 | | | 25 | Bahamas, The | $237,085 | | | 26 | Botswana | $166,547 | | | 27 | Peru | $150,349 | | | 28 | Sri Lanka | $141,051 | | | 29 | Madagascar | $117,458 | | | 30 | Hungary | $113,000 | | | 31 | Algeria | $87,747 | | | 32 | Portugal | $87,197 | | | 33 | Mauritania | $86,198 | | | 34 | Malawi | $81,446 | | | 35 | Croatia | $78,685 | | | 36 | South Africa | $77,555 | | | 37 | Nigeria | $69,253 | | | 38 | Switzerland | $64,975 | | | 39 | Singapore | $62,207 | | | 40 | Mexico | $61,194 | | | 41 | Zambia | $58,073 | | | 42 | Lithuania | $47,663 | | | 43 | United Kingdom | $45,719 | | | 44 | Zimbabwe | $45,709 | | | 45 | Israel | $45,000 | | | 46 | Sweden | $42,017 | | | 47 | Romania | $39,977 | | | 48 | Tanzania | $39,897 | | | 49 | New Caledonia | $38,907 | | | 50 | Egypt | $38,762 | | | 51 | Venezuela | $38,553 | | | 52 | Jordan | $36,628 | | | 53 | Philippines | $34,312 | | | 54 | Senegal | $29,251 | | | 55 | Mozambique | $26,649 | | | 56 | Tunisia | $26,486 | | | 57 | Slovakia | $25,727 | | | 58 | Turkey | $25,594 | | | 59 | Serbia | $20,560 | | | 60 | Nepal | $19,675 | | | 61 | Bahrain | $18,664 | | | 62 | Costa Rica | $18,091 | | | 63 | Lebanon | $16,186 | | | 64 | Colombia | $15,470 | | | 65 | Chile | $15,098 | | | 66 | Cote d'Ivoire | $13,784 | | | 67 | Qatar | $11,303 | | | 68 | Australia | $10,806 | | | 69 | Finland | $10,776 | | | 70 | New Zealand | $10,482 | | | 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $9,580 | | | 72 | Brazil | $9,275 | | | 73 | Albania | $8,838 | | | 74 | Greece | $8,126 | | | 75 | Niger | $7,001 | | | 76 | Panama | $6,831 | | | 77 | Burkina Faso | $6,538 | | | 78 | Slovenia | $5,963 | | | 79 | Suriname | $5,963 | | | 80 | Luxembourg | $5,636 | | | 81 | Morocco | $4,550 | | | 82 | Bermuda | $3,608 | | | 83 | El Salvador | $2,760 | | | 84 | Bolivia | $2,458 | | | 85 | Uganda | $1,858 | | | 86 | Ecuador | $1,610 | | | 87 | Dominican Republic | $1,485 | | | 88 | Iceland | $1,196 | | | 89 | Mauritius | $1,179 | | | 90 | Cameroon | $998 | | | 91 | Ethiopia | $600 | | | 92 | Nicaragua | $526 | | | 93 | Mali | $421 | | | 94 | Kenya | $416 | | | 95 | Belize | $253 | | | 96 | Jamaica | $244 | | | 97 | Cape Verde | $137 | | | 98 | French Polynesia | $106 | | | 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | $14 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | | $2,615 | $12,851 | $8,838 | $1 |
| Algeria | $33,207 | $18,760 | $282,937 | $244,485 | $66,703 | $87,747 | $179,448 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $22 | $12,483 | | | | | |
| Argentina | | $3,620 | | $30,909 | $3,916 | | $4,553 |
| Armenia | | | | | | | $17,000 |
| Australia | $9,044 | | $30,938 | | $22,315 | $10,806 | $135,619 |
| Austria | $149,077 | $168,773 | $261,594 | $164,695 | $135,693 | $1,494,234 | |
| Bahamas, The | $31,407 | $38,575 | $56,372 | $82,951 | $481,578 | $237,085 | $43,542 |
| Bahrain | | $13,500 | $9,433 | $9,630 | | $18,664 | $11,912 |
| Bangladesh | $1,869,563 | $1,298,929 | $2,406,665 | | | | |
| Barbados | | | | | | | $57 |
| Belarus | | $500 | | | $600,100 | $633,800 | $225,900 |
| Belize | $1,118 | $1,130 | $167 | | | $253 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $3,608 | |
| Bhutan | $402 | $236 | $29 | $6,303 | $486 | | |
| Bolivia | $4,019 | | | | | $2,458 | $2,144 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,547 | $3,634 | | $578,510 | $1,696 | $9,580 | $23,359 |
| Botswana | $88,887 | $18,879 | $138,543 | $164,907 | $106,932 | $166,547 | $165,092 |
| Brazil | $182,146 | $20,592 | $5,221 | $165,412 | $8,136 | $9,275 | $48,062 |
| Bulgaria | $14,089 | $2,851 | $2,830 | | | | |
| Burkina Faso | $31,171 | | $39,261 | $55,202 | $32,183 | $6,538 | |
| Cambodia | | | | $3,198 | | | |
| Cameroon | $3,666 | $3,808 | $2,292 | $2,890 | $5,239 | $998 | |
| Cape Verde | $1,050 | $6,901 | $15,778 | $169,247 | $444,486 | $137 | $1,018 |
| Central African Republic | $909 | | | | | | |
| Chile | $6,199 | $68,331 | $16,367 | $84,021 | $23,902 | $15,098 | $67,322 |
| China | $983,958 | $1,409,876 | $1,479,084 | $1,929,572 | $8,637,708 | $7,889,269 | $9,178,318 |
| Colombia | $13,991 | $26,164 | $16,738 | $17,921 | $16,376 | $15,470 | $31,424 |
| Comoros | $40,164 | $47,536 | $77,760 | | | | |
| Cook Islands | $188 | | $3,942 | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $41,793 | $21,246 | $29,393 | $16,425 | $40,408 | $18,091 | $48,518 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $98 | $572 | $35,456 | $5,867 | $79,033 | $13,784 | $68,991 |
| Croatia | $32,957 | $18,494 | $27,258 | $41,843 | $36,665 | $78,685 | $57,240 |
| Cyprus | $9 | | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | $46,765,815 | $72,064,839 | $83,731,308 | $71,207,010 | $38,641,648 | $47,258,736 | $76,651,418 |
| Dominica | | $200 | | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | $62 | | $361 | $372 | $54 | $1,485 | |
| Ecuador | $75 | $1,174 | $6,852 | $61,630 | $35,665 | $1,610 | $33,163 |
| Egypt | $16,698 | $156,894 | $80,545 | $29,095 | $48,232 | $38,762 | $44,539 |
| El Salvador | $4,300 | $4,410 | $5,857 | $5,602 | $2,900 | $2,760 | |
| Ethiopia | | | $3,666 | $2,218 | | $600 | |
| Faroe Islands | $7,797 | $8,723 | $6,203 | $9,713 | $2,215 | | |
| Fiji | $76 | | | | | | |
| Finland | $15,907 | $42,905 | $9,452 | $20,517 | $9,676 | $10,776 | $11,799 |
| France | $665,686 | $360,342 | $1,765,067 | $4,526,562 | $2,471,951 | $2,780,850 | $4,021,220 |
| French Polynesia | $416 | $234 | | | $142 | $106 | $380 |
| Gabon | $16,466 | $3,006 | $12,836 | $22,857 | $19,422 | | |
| Gambia, The | $1,504 | | | | | | |
| Georgia | $2,144 | | | | | | |
| Ghana | | $586,564 | | | | | |
| Greece | $6,225 | $39,403 | $40,087 | $28,809 | $7,109 | $8,126 | $14,082 |
| Greenland | $358,970 | $246 | | | | | |
| Grenada | | $63 | $4,021 | | | | |
| Guatemala | | | | $140 | | | $714 |
| Guinea | $371 | $3,225 | | $9,493 | | | |
| Guinea-Bissau | $550 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | $20,772 | $887 | $9,449 | $168,698 | $8,965 | $540,473 | $794,379 |
| Hong Kong | $4,705 | $11,071 | $6,090 | | $4,879 | | $13,292 |
| Hungary | | | | $486,000 | | $113,000 | $335,000 |
| Iceland | $1,955 | $752 | $11,186 | $3,079 | $14,842 | $1,196 | $6,115 |
| India | $93,322 | $41,640 | $478,998 | $4,327,460 | $1,656,943 | $1,413,210 | $7,564,553 |
| Indonesia | $950,374 | $438,633 | $314,187 | $663,800 | $644,837 | $700,725 | $513,748 |
| Iran | $698,540 | $80,746 | | | | $553,821 | |
| Ireland | $893,854 | $1,259,497 | $1,062,243 | $837,419 | $502,467 | $624,787 | $673,104 |
| Israel | $289,000 | $110,000 | $60,000 | $87,000 | $73,000 | $45,000 | $42,000 |
| Jamaica | $6,663 | | | | | $244 | |
| Japan | $49,922,286 | $59,452,765 | $60,846,141 | $66,967,698 | $3,645,544 | $34,990,978 | $95,249,420 |
| Jordan | $17,505 | $24,659 | $7,001 | $55,326 | $1,039 | $36,628 | $169,569 |
| Kazakhstan | $9,439 | $7,765 | $145 | | $127,298 | | |
| Kenya | $239 | $35,927 | $1,102 | $303 | $1,049 | $416 | |
| Kiribati | $152 | | | | | | |
| Korea, South | $7,782,991 | $14,469,873 | $5,890,115 | $3,111,231 | $15,582,090 | $6,826,822 | $3,163,520 |
| Kuwait | | $25,644 | $61,753 | $160,802 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | $109 | | | | | |
| Latvia | $354,618 | $82,877 | | | | | |
| Lebanon | $4,000 | | $15,544 | $4,000 | | $16,186 | $13,234 |
| Lesotho | | | | $647,556 | | | |
| Lithuania | $152,611 | $194,543 | $154 | $1,208 | $883 | $47,663 | $108 |
| Luxembourg | $110,298 | $207,494 | $458,341 | $114,417 | $499 | $5,636 | $40,162 |
| Macau | | | $706 | $707 | | | |
| Macedonia | | | $343 | | | | $63,690 |
| Madagascar | $78 | $121 | $10,112 | $27,506 | $117,156 | $117,458 | |
| Malawi | $2,685 | | $746 | | $16,909 | $81,446 | $6,934 |
| Malaysia | $223,953 | $1,025,597 | $258,280 | $399,042 | $219,816 | $514,789 | $368,433 |
| Maldives | $85,307 | $53,299 | $294,265 | $1,717,721 | $136,839 | $844,825 | $689,583 |
| Mali | | $30,648 | | $171,567 | | $421 | |
| Malta | $1,707 | $22,069 | | $2,462 | | | |
| Mauritania | $25,215 | $24,483 | $71,218 | $8,628 | $7,304 | $86,198 | $63,269 |
| Mauritius | $1,464 | $2,238 | $5,417 | $2,435 | | $1,179 | $536 |
| Mayotte | $220 | $220 | | | | | |
| Mexico | $31,946 | $101,322 | $156,911 | $81,919 | $139,538 | $61,194 | $54,588 |
| Mongolia | $22,294 | $1,987 | $7,040 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $419 | | $223 | | | |
| Montserrat | $863 | $898 | $83 | $908 | $21 | | |
| Morocco | $14,027 | $10,189 | $15,195 | $18,582 | $5,060 | $4,550 | |
| Mozambique | $55,298 | $12,419 | $46,211 | $223,761 | $36,809 | $26,649 | $9,000 |
| Namibia | $95,900 | $88,714 | $68,665 | $161,446 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $30,561 | $19,675 | |
| New Caledonia | $19,346 | $384 | $22,147 | $210 | $29,341 | $38,907 | $42,390 |
| New Zealand | $3,576 | $1,527 | $1,467 | $11,544 | $29,487 | $10,482 | $27,861 |
| Nicaragua | $490 | $2,047 | $867 | $340 | $60,512 | $526 | $2,082 |
| Niger | $227 | $53 | $101 | $874 | $1,348 | $7,001 | $211 |
| Nigeria | | | | | $13,441 | $69,253 | |
| Norway | $1,114,289 | $1,481,703 | $2,222,212 | $1,998,896 | $2,195,007 | $4,221,622 | $5,168,357 |
| Oman | | $11,074 | $5,347 | | | | |
| Pakistan | $62,343 | $337,774 | $857,892 | $395,319 | $210,949 | $543,487 | $178,176 |
| Panama | $678 | $6,879 | $10,973 | $4,365 | $5,442 | $6,831 | $3,453 |
| Peru | $58,416 | $116,224 | $120,584 | $166,741 | $100,735 | $150,349 | $93,747 |
| Philippines | $41,626 | $107,829 | $142,585 | $69,887 | $28,482 | $34,312 | $19,221 |
| Poland | $5,007,758 | $12,464,637 | $11,877,577 | $4,583,712 | $351,943 | $535,780 | $678,374 |
| Portugal | $245,508 | $361,534 | $608,077 | $472,853 | $144,509 | $87,197 | $91,295 |
| Qatar | $431 | | $61,836 | | | $11,303 | |
| Romania | $5,395 | | | $13,639 | $22,385 | $39,977 | $32,431 |
| Russia | $654 | $818,060 | $2,244,580 | $2,503,105 | $1,396,220 | $584,574 | $429,229 |
| Rwanda | | $10,367 | | | | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | | $34 | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $1,282 | $235 | | $2,488 | $150 | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | $235 | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $375,525 | $608,040 | $865,980 | | | $540,534 | |
| Senegal | $16,551 | $26,641 | $24,035 | $52,697 | $23,787 | $29,251 | $28,411 |
| Serbia | $6,034 | $44,200 | $26,827 | $19,355 | $14,764 | $20,560 | $8,231 |
| Singapore | $247,482 | $186,602 | $178,808 | $213,229 | $183,160 | $62,207 | $77,730 |
| Slovakia | | | $1,331 | | $15,815 | $25,727 | $17,142 |
| Slovenia | $19,902 | $11,969 | $26,215 | $2,624 | $24,564 | $5,963 | $14,040 |
| South Africa | $26,927 | $55,516 | $69,659 | $76,881 | $60,286 | $77,555 | $63,088 |
| Spain | $44,030,757 | $70,502,647 | $82,215,682 | $77,684,367 | $58,769,005 | $54,781,187 | |
| Sri Lanka | $20,124 | $43,772 | $111,223 | $122,174 | $167,773 | $141,051 | $359,577 |
| Sudan | | $47,155 | $42 | | | | |
| Suriname | $6,704 | $3,068 | $636 | $1,275 | $2,391 | $5,963 | $4,081 |
| Swaziland | $58,975 | $92,572 | $3,252,784 | | | | |
| Sweden | $26,120 | $28,123 | $79,093 | $102,991 | $33,456 | $42,017 | $617 |
| Switzerland | $34,695 | $22,250 | $19,239 | $16,012 | $19,910 | $64,975 | $33,113 |
| Tanzania | $2,840 | $120,321 | $5,287 | $525,580 | $857,425 | $39,897 | $7,714 |
| Thailand | $64,411 | $75,113 | $65,333 | $100,178 | $162,557 | $315,290 | $81,117 |
| Togo | $377 | | | | | | |
| Tonga | $115 | $33 | $799 | $120 | $580 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | $3,421 | | $9,491 | $14 | |
| Tunisia | $77,378 | $19,694 | $6,020 | $9,296 | $20,549 | $26,486 | |
| Turkey | $26,634 | $43,941 | $51,325 | $54,807 | | $25,594 | $628,035 |
| Uganda | $12,788 | $17,988 | $25,566 | | $4,578 | $1,858 | |
| Ukraine | $13,206 | $3,274,913 | $3,299,693 | $10,730,990 | $4,215,249 | $6,461,090 | $17,425,453 |
| United Arab Emirates | $683,880 | | $1,485,509 | $373,614 | | | |
| United Kingdom | | $97,309 | $1,190,194 | $455,992 | $194,871 | $45,719 | $694,428 |
| United States | $8,283,899 | $5,947,256 | $6,735,718 | $9,387,339 | $22,064,824 | $12,135,048 | $11,932,582 |
| Uruguay | $7,385 | | | | | | |
| Vanuatu | | $917 | $2,375 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $1,616,001 | $101,676 | $115,823 | $91,163 | $84,202 | $38,553 | $26,277 |
| Vietnam | $48,246 | $25,072 | $44,748 | $34,282 | $47,093 | $686,020 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | $878 | | | | | | |
| Yemen | | | $6,090 | $115,036 | $342,824 | | |
| Zambia | $398 | | $35,286 | $32,067 | $740 | $58,073 | |
| Zimbabwe | | $31,998 | $167,192 | $102,520 | $18,774 | $45,709 | |
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