| Rank | Country | Imports of Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | United States | $175,684,680 |  | | 2 | Germany | $94,432,086 | | | 3 | Brazil | $75,376,317 | | | 4 | Belgium | $72,616,978 | | | 5 | Italy | $67,877,467 | | | 6 | Switzerland | $63,225,874 | | | 7 | India | $62,608,287 | | | 8 | China | $59,803,563 | | | 9 | Korea, South | $59,234,522 | | | 10 | Japan | $55,950,015 | | | 11 | Mexico | $39,918,617 | | | 12 | France | $37,021,884 | | | 13 | United Kingdom | $35,911,095 | | | 14 | Spain | $33,546,297 | | | 15 | Singapore | $31,960,103 | | | 16 | Thailand | $23,738,590 | | | 17 | Canada | $22,890,325 | | | 18 | Argentina | $17,448,148 | | | 19 | Austria | $16,548,635 | | | 20 | Russia | $16,123,969 | | | 21 | Netherlands | $15,833,659 | | | 22 | Saudi Arabia | $12,903,216 | | | 23 | Israel | $11,316,000 | | | 24 | Turkey | $8,074,538 | | | 25 | South Africa | $7,802,906 | | | 26 | Poland | $7,619,833 | | | 27 | Czech Republic | $6,721,141 | | | 28 | Colombia | $5,705,163 | | | 29 | Romania | $5,379,957 | | | 30 | Hungary | $4,797,000 | | | 31 | Malaysia | $4,646,271 | | | 32 | Australia | $4,439,365 | | | 33 | Algeria | $4,291,376 | | | 34 | Sweden | $3,870,601 | | | 35 | Finland | $3,636,738 | | | 36 | Slovakia | $3,421,495 | | | 37 | Norway | $3,237,281 | | | 38 | Peru | $3,098,940 | | | 39 | Ukraine | $2,920,316 | | | 40 | Nigeria | $2,677,432 | | | 41 | Greece | $2,618,531 | | | 42 | Yemen | $2,275,144 | | | 43 | Indonesia | $1,986,966 | | | 44 | Ireland | $1,938,235 | | | 45 | Hong Kong | $1,903,975 | | | 46 | Lithuania | $1,891,954 | | | 47 | Morocco | $1,829,011 | | | 48 | Tunisia | $1,778,511 | | | 49 | Costa Rica | $1,599,028 | | | 50 | Vietnam | $1,556,240 | | | 51 | Venezuela | $1,452,071 | | | 52 | Guatemala | $1,415,597 | | | 53 | Chile | $1,383,069 | | | 54 | Egypt | $1,309,926 | | | 55 | Philippines | $1,298,986 | | | 56 | Serbia | $1,267,194 | | | 57 | Slovenia | $1,154,393 | | | 58 | Ghana | $1,137,938 | | | 59 | Portugal | $1,135,896 | | | 60 | Bulgaria | $1,055,736 | | | 61 | New Zealand | $922,790 | | | 62 | Belarus | $885,900 | | | 63 | Denmark | $743,343 | | | 64 | Bolivia | $717,562 | | | 65 | Iran | $705,036 | | | 66 | Croatia | $695,594 | | | 67 | Qatar | $540,222 | | | 68 | Pakistan | $489,132 | | | 69 | Ecuador | $350,439 | | | 70 | Paraguay | $349,712 | | | 71 | Oman | $306,786 | | | 72 | Jordan | $271,827 | | | 73 | Kyrgyzstan | $267,708 | | | 74 | Dominican Republic | $260,250 | | | 75 | Tanzania | $225,359 | | | 76 | Kenya | $164,421 | | | 77 | Sri Lanka | $156,531 | | | 78 | El Salvador | $144,067 | | | 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $120,637 | | | 80 | Luxembourg | $119,471 | | | 81 | Cameroon | $92,605 | | | 82 | Syria | $62,115 | | | 83 | Mauritius | $53,666 | | | 84 | Jamaica | $52,266 | | | 85 | Mali | $43,720 | | | 86 | Lebanon | $40,288 | | | 87 | Zimbabwe | $34,170 | | | 88 | Latvia | $30,620 | | | 89 | Iceland | $30,552 | | | 90 | Georgia | $29,840 | | | 91 | Suriname | $29,708 | | | 92 | Estonia | $29,519 | | | 93 | Montenegro | $28,341 | | | 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | $24,500 | | | 95 | Cambodia | $23,215 | | | 96 | Uganda | $19,049 | | | 97 | Albania | $18,778 | | | 98 | Armenia | $17,884 | | | 99 | Barbados | $17,198 | | | 100 | Cyprus | $16,175 | | | 101 | Ethiopia | $14,967 | | | 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | $12,697 | | | 103 | Bahrain | $10,811 | | | 104 | Nicaragua | $9,685 | | | 105 | Malta | $9,060 | | | 106 | Nepal | $7,275 | | | 107 | Bermuda | $3,150 | | | 108 | Panama | $3,007 | | | 109 | Fiji | $1,784 | | | 110 | Malawi | $1,517 | | | 111 | New Caledonia | $1,442 | | | 112 | Botswana | $1,255 | | | 113 | Mauritania | $997 | | | 114 | Zambia | $829 | | | 115 | Moldova | $763 | | | 116 | French Polynesia | $613 | | | 117 | Azerbaijan | $418 | | | 118 | Antigua and Barbuda | $259 | | | 119 | Bahamas, The | $256 | | | 120 | Maldives | $121 | | | 121 | Guyana | $83 | | | 122 | Aruba | $82 | | | 123 | Mozambique | $76 | | | 124 | Madagascar | $65 | | | 125 | Bhutan | $34 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $2,902 | $4,520 | $11,531 | $6,393 | $29,304 | $18,778 | $6,711 |
| Algeria | $1,460,716 | $1,355,652 | $4,229,081 | $2,564,783 | $3,001,544 | $4,291,376 | $6,973,872 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | | | | | | $259 | |
| Argentina | $14,179,587 | $13,703,769 | $20,468,796 | $17,419,271 | $13,271,495 | $17,448,148 | $14,961,168 |
| Armenia | $68,758 | $50,655 | $448 | $1,257,246 | $10,446 | $17,884 | $65,151 |
| Aruba | | | | | $450 | $82 | $263,276 |
| Australia | $5,730,568 | $5,788,293 | $4,487,031 | $4,515,274 | $4,911,607 | $4,439,365 | $3,901,981 |
| Austria | $25,071,658 | $24,760,813 | $35,970,080 | $51,818,962 | $19,032,038 | $16,548,635 | |
| Azerbaijan | | $195 | | | | $418 | $1,264 |
| Bahamas, The | $9,063,613 | $3,499,575 | $322,714 | | $914 | $256 | $4,244 |
| Bahrain | $112,872 | $2,867 | $2,338 | $30,787 | $32,006 | $10,811 | $32,727 |
| Bangladesh | $141,757 | $126,573 | $173,325 | | | | |
| Barbados | $125 | $936 | $25,523 | $2,741 | $1,790 | $17,198 | $4,296 |
| Belarus | $129,400 | $491,600 | $385,000 | $408,000 | $565,000 | $885,900 | $1,238,200 |
| Belgium | $58,831,081 | $61,931,991 | $58,081,863 | $69,682,663 | $58,128,078 | $72,616,978 | $101,681,734 |
| Belize | | | | | $35 | | |
| Benin | | $27,173 | | | | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $3,150 | |
| Bhutan | | | | | | $34 | |
| Bolivia | $194,963 | $126,621 | $343,629 | $497,083 | $774,596 | $717,562 | $1,138,276 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $18,517 | $111,058 | $116,004 | $137,563 | $119,828 | $120,637 | $314,954 |
| Botswana | $4,722 | $1,088 | $10,164 | $6,221 | $2,582 | $1,255 | $19,115 |
| Brazil | $67,965,206 | $63,530,144 | $67,482,538 | $95,575,052 | $87,111,601 | $75,376,317 | $93,020,682 |
| Brunei | | $380,549 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $1,035,643 | $1,236,621 | $1,294,060 | $2,045,697 | $1,161,681 | $1,055,736 | $2,125,284 |
| Burkina Faso | $1,397,506 | | | $96,911 | | | |
| Burundi | | $828 | | | | | |
| Cambodia | $39,435 | $52,243 | $43,481 | $38,958 | $13,411 | $23,215 | |
| Cameroon | $289,110 | $377,636 | $478,594 | $389,810 | $247,235 | $92,605 | |
| Canada | $20,026,479 | $20,135,471 | $22,007,397 | $23,191,792 | $19,957,694 | $22,890,325 | $24,615,968 |
| Cape Verde | | | | $109 | | | |
| Chile | $606,988 | $596,095 | $1,800,690 | $1,161,544 | $625,908 | $1,383,069 | $1,256,466 |
| China | $39,941,397 | $49,501,114 | $46,819,103 | $56,234,780 | $60,961,720 | $59,803,563 | $76,954,756 |
| Colombia | $7,253,717 | $9,418,990 | $8,919,369 | $8,918,310 | $6,142,568 | $5,705,163 | $6,767,756 |
| Cook Islands | $240 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $2,566,346 | $1,112,577 | $745,060 | $510,349 | $812,528 | $1,599,028 | $1,874,125 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $2,622,502 | $2,991,565 | $133 | $34,857 | $7,369 | $12,697 | $323,835 |
| Croatia | $841,298 | $875,580 | $1,182,755 | $890,372 | $1,019,804 | $695,594 | $795,341 |
| Cuba | $65,202 | $104,803 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $76,345 | $17,909 | $27,627 | $65,030 | $47,508 | $16,175 | $7,837 |
| Czech Republic | $5,284,580 | $5,079,228 | $5,948,631 | $6,771,011 | $5,712,202 | $6,721,141 | $10,230,781 |
| Denmark | $1,711,249 | $3,683,495 | $3,457,141 | $1,976,818 | $856,414 | $743,343 | $1,236,366 |
| Dominica | $568 | | | | | | |
| Dominican Republic | $18,112 | $50,391 | $119,967 | $96,049 | $69,568 | $260,250 | $452,616 |
| Ecuador | $309,520 | $326,311 | $319,266 | $1,454,606 | $560,534 | $350,439 | $582,604 |
| Egypt | $2,847,490 | $1,558,976 | $1,657,575 | $1,782,174 | $1,827,043 | $1,309,926 | $1,506,155 |
| El Salvador | $65,567 | $22,813 | $44,802 | $72,054 | | $144,067 | |
| Estonia | $109,822 | $70,383 | $29,279 | $83,316 | $35,245 | $29,519 | $13,959 |
| Ethiopia | $532 | $733 | $55,594 | $30,887 | $2,077 | $14,967 | $740,839 |
| Faroe Islands | $899 | $69 | $172 | | $80 | | |
| Fiji | | $1,336 | $13,025 | $2,359 | $2,512 | $1,784 | |
| Finland | $3,659,742 | $3,814,516 | $2,601,819 | $3,182,301 | $3,388,882 | $3,636,738 | $4,330,876 |
| France | $43,911,637 | $39,615,043 | $43,278,465 | $41,954,683 | $44,725,520 | $37,021,884 | $54,943,222 |
| French Polynesia | $832 | $557 | $553 | | | $613 | $1,095 |
| Gabon | | $498 | | $1,693 | $1,363 | | |
| Georgia | $326 | $17,326 | $93,076 | $57,949 | $157,442 | $29,840 | |
| Germany | $56,249,000 | $55,405,000 | $71,700,000 | $86,645,000 | $72,094,000 | $94,432,086 | $111,235,758 |
| Ghana | $66,691 | $202,113 | $191,233 | $975,366 | $838,074 | $1,137,938 | $1,808,410 |
| Greece | $1,789,489 | $1,510,792 | $2,098,244 | $4,099,016 | $5,847,728 | $2,618,531 | $2,570,510 |
| Greenland | | $1,567 | | | | | |
| Grenada | $111 | $32 | $6,098 | $108 | $124 | | |
| Guatemala | $1,766,055 | $3,474,318 | $2,556,395 | $1,913,329 | $1,386,901 | $1,415,597 | $1,602,581 |
| Guyana | $56 | $68 | | | $18,101 | $83 | |
| Honduras | $53 | $20,598 | $24,959 | | $9,027 | | |
| Hong Kong | $585,029 | $539,710 | $1,097,435 | $1,592,228 | $1,391,707 | $1,903,975 | $1,230,836 |
| Hungary | $5,472,000 | $6,216,000 | $5,933,000 | $5,375,000 | $3,416,000 | $4,797,000 | $6,607,000 |
| Iceland | $12,840 | $16,454 | $56,480 | $28,922 | $38,211 | $30,552 | $72,154 |
| India | $45,531,487 | $37,513,816 | $44,515,257 | $115,087,299 | $56,157,299 | $62,608,287 | $73,997,398 |
| Indonesia | $1,604,726 | $1,559,258 | $1,433,260 | $1,871,793 | $2,368,678 | $1,986,966 | $2,650,851 |
| Iran | $1,151,808 | $395,075 | | | | $705,036 | |
| Ireland | $4,004,598 | $3,353,970 | $1,730,656 | $3,362,735 | $3,142,521 | $1,938,235 | $1,348,596 |
| Israel | $12,548,000 | $13,769,000 | $16,563,000 | $16,654,000 | $11,137,000 | $11,316,000 | $14,205,000 |
| Italy | $53,574,736 | $51,931,407 | $52,961,522 | $62,478,717 | $48,741,412 | $67,877,467 | $68,693,647 |
| Jamaica | $33,019 | $29,691 | $28,188 | $56,790 | $64,235 | $52,266 | |
| Japan | $35,305,593 | $44,150,261 | $50,143,240 | $56,235,941 | $37,761,004 | $55,950,015 | $70,779,020 |
| Jordan | $165,336 | $54,380 | $136,818 | $654,329 | $82,558 | $271,827 | $66,576 |
| Kazakhstan | $722,690 | $281,654 | $762,908 | $162,966 | $321,578 | | |
| Kenya | $82,573 | $129,207 | $68,789 | $64,459 | $84,881 | $164,421 | |
| Korea, South | $27,979,405 | $29,534,159 | $33,399,579 | $37,831,361 | $43,837,249 | $59,234,522 | $81,113,073 |
| Kuwait | | $1,223,457 | $969,485 | $2,260,321 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $704,361 | $728,105 | $515,726 | $800,947 | $1,400,002 | $267,708 | $230,849 |
| Latvia | $49,592 | $53,332 | $144,239 | $80,108 | $10,496 | $30,620 | $61,330 |
| Lebanon | $17,000 | $13,557 | $6,953 | $7,111 | $12,023 | $40,288 | $124,071 |
| Lithuania | $1,170,463 | $705,422 | $1,483,361 | $2,035,406 | $903,631 | $1,891,954 | $5,556,268 |
| Luxembourg | $280,320 | $291,334 | $167,550 | $189,093 | $119,878 | $119,471 | $193,395 |
| Macedonia | $207,132 | $489,301 | $585,550 | $584,540 | $340,717 | | $531,799 |
| Madagascar | $11,630 | $11,361 | $17,786 | $9,922 | | $65 | |
| Malawi | | $1,658 | | | | $1,517 | $6,170 |
| Malaysia | $4,263,429 | $3,437,818 | $3,502,446 | $6,643,587 | $3,602,981 | $4,646,271 | $4,935,643 |
| Maldives | $3,694 | $889 | | $220 | | $121 | $415 |
| Mali | $1,586 | $5,774 | $36,146 | $58,861 | | $43,720 | |
| Malta | $18,705 | $3,728 | $18,634 | $11,528 | $47,486 | $9,060 | |
| Mauritania | $1,200 | | | $53,907 | | $997 | |
| Mauritius | $133,073 | $134,871 | $190,986 | $218,104 | $147,118 | $53,666 | $79,622 |
| Mexico | $31,903,615 | $37,412,226 | $36,954,789 | $39,141,635 | $36,460,744 | $39,918,617 | $38,816,348 |
| Moldova | $2,723 | $1,585 | $728 | $636 | $213 | $763 | $1,406 |
| Mongolia | $801 | $6,000 | $1,103,644 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $1,706 | $3,478 | | $36 | $28,341 | $12,469 |
| Morocco | $1,715,379 | $1,669,319 | $1,632,885 | $2,158,888 | $1,976,091 | $1,829,011 | |
| Mozambique | | $13,755 | $2,461 | $12,041 | $5,024 | $76 | $4,000 |
| Namibia | $76 | $5,399 | $95 | | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $1,159 | $7,275 | |
| Netherlands | $31,017,091 | $28,492,846 | $28,954,741 | $23,698,088 | $18,384,430 | $15,833,659 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $226 | $1 | $41 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | $74 | $52 | $75 | $746 | $14 | $1,442 | $362 |
| New Zealand | $721,433 | $629,818 | $579,455 | $856,178 | $1,141,586 | $922,790 | $1,294,199 |
| Nicaragua | $5,710 | $1,641 | $12,201 | $7,322 | $133,500 | $9,685 | $10,084 |
| Nigeria | | $1,531,753 | $4,216,003 | $3,550,071 | $2,449,788 | $2,677,432 | |
| Norway | $1,830,658 | $2,544,536 | $2,906,710 | $3,353,441 | $3,315,640 | $3,237,281 | $4,141,593 |
| Oman | $164,440 | $12,239 | $259,391 | $665,610 | $21,394 | $306,786 | |
| Pakistan | $976,554 | $1,083,063 | $1,315,326 | $1,820,814 | $283,482 | $489,132 | $972,870 |
| Panama | $810 | $801 | $44,824 | $15,550 | $6,094 | $3,007 | $126,102 |
| Paraguay | $311,926 | $182,354 | $750,143 | $2,537,297 | $1,194,077 | $349,712 | $56,347 |
| Peru | $1,069,199 | $2,120,246 | $1,917,524 | $3,899,501 | $2,483,456 | $3,098,940 | $4,284,360 |
| Philippines | $3,273,519 | $2,823,572 | $4,222,794 | $3,638,576 | $2,858,079 | $1,298,986 | $3,498,634 |
| Poland | $4,977,208 | $6,977,126 | $7,968,773 | $8,315,527 | $5,469,725 | $7,619,833 | $8,374,597 |
| Portugal | $1,142,178 | $2,062,991 | $4,623,570 | $2,141,372 | $1,735,529 | $1,135,896 | $1,928,146 |
| Qatar | $473,729 | $232,922 | $206,671 | $276,687 | | $540,222 | |
| Romania | $3,705,000 | $3,548,463 | $5,982,770 | $3,730,678 | $4,738,610 | $5,379,957 | $6,353,561 |
| Russia | $11,082,660 | $16,730,673 | $21,681,268 | $16,607,816 | $15,118,510 | $16,123,969 | $25,494,825 |
| Rwanda | | | | $1,050 | $132 | | |
| Saint Lucia | $16,106 | $6,695 | $16,975 | $28,954 | | | |
| Samoa | | | | | | | $1,572 |
| Saudi Arabia | $8,391,607 | $8,365,770 | $3,099,337 | | | $12,903,216 | |
| Senegal | $321,716 | $637,557 | $123,684 | $4,747 | $25,163 | | $2,315 |
| Serbia | $1,236,982 | $1,263,001 | $1,976,705 | $2,556,900 | $1,388,387 | $1,267,194 | $1,791,623 |
| Seychelles | | | $662 | | | | |
| Singapore | $13,401,177 | $18,859,785 | $23,447,312 | $24,088,350 | $23,114,618 | $31,960,103 | $29,267,880 |
| Slovakia | $1,913,318 | $2,967,316 | $2,894,102 | $4,618,725 | $3,875,606 | $3,421,495 | $3,766,672 |
| Slovenia | $356,846 | $494,419 | $545,901 | $906,271 | $846,016 | $1,154,393 | $1,434,344 |
| South Africa | $2,874,243 | $2,824,154 | $3,700,607 | $4,412,080 | $4,016,260 | $7,802,906 | $9,426,128 |
| Spain | $32,205,982 | $31,446,888 | $34,648,360 | $38,265,110 | $30,540,055 | $33,546,297 | |
| Sri Lanka | $167,585 | $93,066 | $8,116 | $83,531 | $82,758 | $156,531 | $230,907 |
| Sudan | $41,841 | $111,874 | $38 | $150,149 | | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $29,708 | $39,389 |
| Swaziland | $2,446 | $1,946 | $1,440 | | | | |
| Sweden | $3,474,405 | $3,894,848 | $4,801,982 | $4,573,497 | $4,064,043 | $3,870,601 | $3,223,760 |
| Switzerland | $51,731,855 | $51,630,161 | $54,587,418 | $64,934,640 | $56,133,344 | $63,225,874 | $44,959,366 |
| Syria | $291,227 | $178,294 | $172,050 | $225,289 | | $62,115 | |
| Tanzania | $83,791 | $156,400 | $181,177 | $547,403 | $727,889 | $225,359 | $155,454 |
| Thailand | $10,938,319 | $10,393,371 | $10,793,510 | $14,038,079 | $16,522,777 | $23,738,590 | $19,831,419 |
| Tonga | | | | $2,895 | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $17,648 | $301,780 | $12,670 | $26,990 | $21,239 | $24,500 | |
| Tunisia | $790,916 | $1,769,809 | $2,023,786 | $1,647,599 | $1,376,645 | $1,778,511 | |
| Turkey | $5,401,151 | $6,667,878 | $8,278,797 | $11,112,802 | $6,410,544 | $8,074,538 | $9,501,490 |
| Uganda | | $4,276 | $2,470 | $7,168 | $8,690 | $19,049 | |
| Ukraine | $2,107,568 | $3,118,479 | $3,854,505 | $4,342,830 | $2,177,962 | $2,920,316 | $6,477,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | $1,150,917 | | $1,444,605 | $1,873,711 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $33,693,658 | $40,536,154 | $39,087,437 | $40,350,287 | $35,247,667 | $35,911,095 | $46,778,284 |
| United States | $155,363,204 | $153,848,959 | $164,034,371 | $174,279,773 | $143,511,052 | $175,684,680 | $223,197,621 |
| Uruguay | $430,276 | $617,453 | $642,160 | $625,996 | $585,183 | | |
| Venezuela | $3,800,486 | $3,733,929 | $5,716,793 | $8,306,572 | $3,796,277 | $1,452,071 | $1,061,003 |
| Vietnam | $863,914 | $1,105,757 | $1,737,554 | $2,101,948 | $1,615,222 | $1,556,240 | |
| Yemen | $65 | $94,529 | $403,965 | $1,700,581 | $1,768,824 | $2,275,144 | $4,324,946 |
| Zambia | $20,680 | $16,804 | $36,086 | $144 | $2,795 | $829 | |
| Zimbabwe | $1,554 | $2,774 | $1,394 | $6,929 | $4,282 | $34,170 | |
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