RankCountryImports of Lactic acid, its salts & esters in USD (2010)
1Netherlands$100,328,889
2United States$47,443,266
3Japan$37,780,546
4France$24,782,434
5Germany$20,299,513
6Belgium$19,676,837
7Canada$17,088,561
8Italy$16,756,021
9Korea, South$16,454,433
10Brazil$14,440,339
11China$13,611,017
12Mexico$11,722,673
13Venezuela$10,638,107
14United Kingdom$8,529,038
15Switzerland$8,484,737
16Malaysia$8,107,138
17Ireland$8,046,571
18Poland$8,020,464
19Russia$7,605,332
20India$6,690,179
21Australia$6,448,052
22Ukraine$5,785,144
23Argentina$4,977,245
24Israel$4,867,000
25Indonesia$4,864,170
26Turkey$4,821,858
27South Africa$4,607,270
28Norway$4,146,729
29Thailand$3,810,971
30Colombia$3,797,904
31Vietnam$3,610,300
32Singapore$3,482,853
33Czech Republic$3,476,429
34Austria$3,224,087
35Sweden$3,107,750
36Greece$2,963,347
37Romania$2,667,647
38Chile$2,619,308
39Finland$2,590,244
40Hungary$2,038,000
41Costa Rica$1,751,644
42Philippines$1,737,361
43New Zealand$1,585,495
44Hong Kong$1,457,812
45Belarus$1,439,000
46Egypt$1,348,830
47Iran$1,314,989
48Pakistan$1,300,250
49Dominican Republic$1,170,441
50Portugal$1,155,071
51Saudi Arabia$1,100,535
52Paraguay$1,095,373
53Nigeria$1,064,296
54Ecuador$891,724
55Guatemala$823,661
56Croatia$702,211
57Algeria$695,644
58Slovakia$689,163
59Slovenia$629,422
60Morocco$567,150
61Bulgaria$522,302
62Zimbabwe$468,924
63Peru$428,057
64Serbia$412,907
65Zambia$364,049
66Bosnia and Herzegovina$337,907
67Tunisia$333,870
68Lithuania$313,882
69Estonia$307,281
70Panama$236,418
71Bolivia$232,312
72El Salvador$213,606
73Latvia$183,177
74Botswana$177,809
75Moldova$176,987
76Cyprus$167,228
77Syria$129,560
78Sri Lanka$115,448
79Kenya$115,079
80Bahrain$98,304
81Ghana$60,633
82Nicaragua$55,187
83Montenegro$50,449
84Luxembourg$46,276
85Georgia$44,644
86Nepal$39,985
87Lebanon$35,540
88Uganda$33,675
89Tanzania$30,614
90Cote d'Ivoire$28,434
91Ethiopia$25,234
92Cameroon$23,743
93Guyana$21,963
94Jordan$21,603
95French Polynesia$19,777
96Albania$19,002
97Malawi$16,985
98Iceland$16,092
99Oman$16,018
100Qatar$15,032
101Armenia$13,957
102Cambodia$12,894
103Bhutan$12,649
104Yemen$12,542
105Kyrgyzstan$10,429
106Mauritius$10,277
107Trinidad and Tobago$10,209
108Samoa$9,478
109New Caledonia$5,949
110Bahamas, The$3,786
111Belize$3,391
112Barbados$1,016
113Malta$808
114Madagascar$389
115Jamaica$383
116Benin$346
117Sao Tome and Principe$327
118Burundi$246
119Fiji$144
120Cape Verde$99
121Mozambique$97
122Dominica$43
123Aruba$36
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$4,867$27,184$9,946$19,927$10,320$19,002$21,343
Algeria$58,847$636,170$618,455$1,158,768$921,609$695,644$1,136,417
Argentina$2,600,230$2,520,586$3,252,112$4,074,246$4,541,752$4,977,245$5,288,385
Armenia$1,215$14,506$1,358$14,095$24,138$13,957$11,836
Aruba     $36$353
Australia$2,693,800$3,426,456$3,539,555$4,225,136$5,248,823$6,448,052$6,484,373
Austria$2,250,121$2,471,241$2,323,725$2,939,290$6,259,713$3,224,087 
Azerbaijan $2,750  $3,193 $5,379
Bahamas, The$1,251$5,932$4,269$15,584$10,955$3,786$796
Bahrain$124,215$55,362$164,260$199,771$140,473$98,304$61,203
Bangladesh$166,907$131,504$130,619    
Barbados$1,231$1,170$3,128$6,545$2,077$1,016$392
Belarus$586,600$903,300$1,111,700$1,195,300$1,071,900$1,439,000$1,565,600
Belgium$10,808,054$10,208,901$11,705,088$15,304,457$15,673,233$19,676,837$21,435,133
Belize     $3,391 
Benin     $346 
Bhutan$27 $18 $1,099$12,649 
Bolivia$31,431$61,658$39,947$202,304$255,251$232,312$505,313
Bosnia and Herzegovina$247,475$435,785$487,865$540,487$370,345$337,907$380,472
Botswana$106,598$82,863$793,852$127,828$151,651$177,809$150,054
Brazil$1,520,172$2,363,898$3,677,135$5,525,379$9,957,105$14,440,339$11,819,496
Bulgaria$324,542$278,353$353,165$514,519$412,179$522,302$667,367
Burkina Faso$6,205      
Burundi   $8,869 $246 
Cambodia$12,618$5,113$20,408$63,338$10,526$12,894 
Cameroon$15,728$17,945$16,585$75,452$45,095$23,743 
Canada$5,821,886$7,051,966$9,002,668$10,924,180$11,145,066$17,088,561$17,763,805
Cape Verde $53  $798$99$368
Chile$1,069,954$1,088,168$1,265,166$1,748,155$2,352,567$2,619,308$2,423,532
China$6,468,367$8,126,434$8,582,855$10,404,307$12,428,479$13,611,017$12,313,268
Colombia$1,709,224$2,120,137$2,964,650$3,098,207$3,578,771$3,797,904$3,401,966
Comoros$184      
Costa Rica$524,450$681,706$790,795$1,021,689$1,215,474$1,751,644$1,304,271
Cote d'Ivoire$13,702$28,335$14,587$38,074$40,440$28,434$53,987
Croatia$563,491$670,093$599,041$796,099$868,837$702,211$917,411
Cuba$43,748$12,210     
Cyprus$181,123$200,104$196,170$329,150$177,724$167,228$304,246
Czech Republic$2,106,589$2,645,105$2,628,325$3,446,266$3,282,679$3,476,429$3,694,733
Denmark$5,061,262$5,481,228$6,592,432$6,642,617$6,060,129  
Dominica$8,062$1,266$2,508$2,940$2,435$43 
Dominican Republic$217,830$217,265$375,323$576,646$672,126$1,170,441$1,123,666
Ecuador$302,229$294,866$297,427$733,715$661,727$891,724$810,894
Egypt$1,545,127$702,923$576,145$1,082,331$539,935$1,348,830$843,913
El Salvador$101,810$153,139$132,895$179,078$160,575$213,606 
Estonia$204,859$274,752$285,055$213,193$269,024$307,281$298,870
Ethiopia$13,093$32,777$33,546$34,114$22,747$25,234$73,627
Faroe Islands$3,094$1,124$3,385 $1,192  
Fiji     $144 
Finland$2,130,505$1,947,140$1,942,776$2,501,877$2,993,740$2,590,244$2,729,785
France$20,309,023$25,950,917$23,608,806$24,972,710$21,389,802$24,782,434$24,493,265
French Polynesia$1,872$4,554$1,553$2,516$10,497$19,777$14,345
Gambia, The$1,644$463 $5,754   
Georgia$179$29,834$13,426$27,282$55,000$44,644 
Germany$32,168,000$34,624,000$41,794,000$35,319,000$20,400,000$20,299,513$25,161,819
Ghana$81,050$18,604$30,986$27,188$96,726$60,633$91,259
Greece$1,483,657$1,884,281$3,103,850$3,314,894$2,933,458$2,963,347$2,843,474
Grenada $23$425    
Guatemala$1,189,937$1,157,015$1,116,457$1,154,490$1,007,317$823,661$982,508
Guyana$4,945$7,165$12,561$11,599$1,932$21,963$5,878
Honduras$249,358$349,168$480,231 $553,265  
Hong Kong$943,171$899,309$899,500$832,735$538,393$1,457,812$1,039,671
Hungary$2,898,000$2,740,000$2,581,000$3,191,000$1,739,000$2,038,000$1,828,000
Iceland$47,484$49,864$105,256$113,141$52,714$16,092$36,709
India$3,094,017$1,889,798$4,357,925$5,238,369$5,960,037$6,690,179$8,281,109
Indonesia$2,563,137$2,628,940$2,892,431$3,697,332$3,718,762$4,864,170$5,461,123
Iran$166,823$94,569   $1,314,989 
Ireland$2,795,793$5,206,779$4,979,820$11,291,569$7,902,948$8,046,571$7,945,120
Israel$1,704,000$1,847,000$2,069,000$5,274,000$3,880,000$4,867,000$4,975,000
Italy$11,667,793$12,892,644$14,678,270$15,385,794$14,705,240$16,756,021$19,466,598
Jamaica$3,074$3,473$445$1,191$1,104$383 
Japan$21,631,627$19,496,375$23,881,898$25,952,321$25,103,262$37,780,546$41,560,481
Jordan$18,324$28,199$70,556$66,454$45,304$21,603$67,163
Kazakhstan$186,451$289,431$364,794$319,511$217,459  
Kenya$136,892$138,313$144,171$160,572$60,709$115,079 
Korea, South$6,553,282$7,456,526$9,898,008$10,677,046$11,743,432$16,454,433$22,952,959
Kuwait $109,278$264,928$334,461   
Kyrgyzstan$4,617$4,342 $1,380$107$10,429$49,815
Latvia$164,486$76,864$100,591$88,974$124,713$183,177$293,870
Lebanon$42,000$36,130$39,306$74,764$46,215$35,540$128,544
Lesotho   $10,734   
Lithuania$325,459$334,622$296,752$312,219$202,558$313,882$478,349
Luxembourg$18,876$31,538$23,131$32,717$47,501$46,276$45,081
Macau   $131   
Macedonia$46,940$49,511$269,045$245,282$370,391 $451,168
Madagascar$799$2,625 $1,203$48$389 
Malawi$11,776$17,631$10,662$56,274$65,632$16,985$13,509
Malaysia$3,636,338$3,982,500$4,816,423$4,358,081$7,608,831$8,107,138$7,560,609
Mali  $125    
Malta$22,576$34,217$29,599$9,700$1,255$808 
Mauritius$25,093$15,109$13,378$3,364$6,056$10,277$12,913
Mayotte$19$30  $41  
Mexico$7,907,341$9,290,921$9,926,269$11,471,655$11,047,732$11,722,673$11,676,993
Moldova$83,005$85,204$80,629$104,607$110,126$176,987$206,880
Mongolia$789$19,300$254    
Montenegro $26,685$41,274$52,063$53,411$50,449$43,108
Morocco$172,025$290,115$296,462$532,551$500,143$567,150 
Mozambique$10,204$2,344$4,622$7,695$4,454$97$6,000
Namibia$3,869$156$166$12,790   
Nepal    $94,287$39,985 
Netherlands$21,832,551$27,580,774$32,493,104$101,062,036$93,432,797$100,328,889 
Netherlands Antilles$603  $21   
New Caledonia$1,780$7,016$666$4,509$1,737$5,949$7,046
New Zealand$691,550$736,178$1,035,776$1,409,979$1,077,573$1,585,495$1,180,801
Nicaragua$23,740$35,909$77,835$16,930$28,466$55,187$83,650
Niger $159     
Nigeria $692,835$568,838$415,984$995,534$1,064,296 
Norway$1,395,815$1,816,223$2,717,325$3,113,020$3,586,647$4,146,729$4,169,708
Oman$10,369$20,783$67,274$38,341$123,987$16,018 
Pakistan$833,617$589,579$733,998$1,073,638$1,376,191$1,300,250$1,316,188
Panama$51,536$101,142$124,838$182,966$187,859$236,418$334,456
Paraguay$438,418$588,947$845,242$1,117,011$1,053,687$1,095,373$1,107,645
Peru$191,991$253,428$331,077$383,347$234,434$428,057$661,547
Philippines$1,394,938$1,302,098$1,398,152$1,972,134$1,688,017$1,737,361$2,262,851
Poland$4,900,505$6,353,628$6,880,252$8,375,255$6,899,107$8,020,464$8,522,174
Portugal$740,763$710,618$932,571$1,000,294$1,202,179$1,155,071$1,423,109
Qatar     $15,032 
Romania$1,905,335$2,550,842$2,777,009$3,716,348$3,278,856$2,667,647$2,533,795
Russia$3,483,950$5,616,679$6,641,225$6,729,130$8,161,108$7,605,332$9,768,635
Rwanda$5,101$210    $231
Saint Lucia$341      
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,846$1,372$2,122$3,224$952  
Samoa     $9,478$8,795
Sao Tome and Principe     $327 
Saudi Arabia$105,995$420,501$732,478  $1,100,535 
Senegal$40$8,608$839$1,360  $16,863
Serbia$960,486$906,551$1,125,722$668,740$493,896$412,907$351,449
Seychelles$690$1,822$4,373    
Singapore$2,273,386$2,076,435$2,420,388$2,374,613$2,444,178$3,482,853$4,065,022
Slovakia$343,259$400,027$438,694$635,152$631,240$689,163$891,309
Slovenia$443,742$579,180$698,307$691,435$358,708$629,422$568,092
South Africa$2,622,893$3,398,221$3,981,526$3,967,810$4,301,213$4,607,270$4,913,784
Sri Lanka$100,687$99,645$76,134$153,880$93,287$115,448$200,409
Sudan$41,483 $1,585    
Suriname      $485
Swaziland$397,254$138,222$40,326    
Sweden$1,756,625$2,116,706$1,689,746$3,194,120$3,441,672$3,107,750$3,386,875
Switzerland$6,477,062$6,590,016$8,086,047$7,685,002$8,723,863$8,484,737$10,031,416
Syria$43,309$51,363   $129,560 
Tanzania$103,167$33,089$25,779$14,955$16,373$30,614$228,134
Thailand$2,256,439$2,457,646$2,630,266$3,059,507$2,815,292$3,810,971$3,313,000
Togo$14,123 $35,736   $40,098
Trinidad and Tobago$3,723$656$3,293$5,843$5,477$10,209 
Tunisia$150,117$152,964$193,205$229,756$261,690$333,870 
Turkey$3,390,706$3,394,870$4,201,036$5,040,182$4,392,258$4,821,858$5,394,448
Uganda$24,113$28,009$55,900$69,537$47,395$33,675 
Ukraine$805,253$926,323$1,295,855$4,503,780$2,762,309$5,785,144$4,582,845
United Arab Emirates$313,588 $918,156$1,403,971   
United Kingdom$9,513,842$10,012,766$11,753,151$12,024,957$8,156,884$8,529,038$11,439,298
United States$36,064,341$32,264,460$37,449,000$55,091,545$42,323,208$47,443,266$38,675,658
Uruguay$311,302$253,165$292,325$367,730$397,802  
Venezuela$1,608,798$2,055,149$1,499,816$2,228,652$2,994,851$10,638,107$7,888,507
Vietnam$1,123,460$1,416,700$1,651,507$1,963,752$2,259,657$3,610,300 
Yemen$24,259$15,680$13,765$8,339$42,587$12,542$12,855
Zambia$113,454$64,407$69,449$182,486$140,569$364,049 
Zimbabwe$15,321$281,528$268,484$144,664$428,877$468,924