RankCountryImports of Pigments & preps. based thereon in USD (2010)
1Germany$653,177,449
2United States$503,923,845
3Belgium$327,061,954
4Japan$310,228,023
5Korea, South$283,031,311
6China$240,836,679
7Italy$239,230,611
8France$224,094,334
9Switzerland$177,264,813
10Netherlands$170,373,238
11United Kingdom$139,721,884
12Brazil$128,579,970
13Spain$117,109,951
14Indonesia$114,152,125
15Hong Kong$106,587,631
16Turkey$102,861,246
17Mexico$97,934,395
18Canada$92,448,322
19Malaysia$77,462,108
20India$72,279,510
21Sweden$68,630,404
22Thailand$68,382,446
23Denmark$67,050,740
24Vietnam$55,043,790
25Poland$54,359,952
26Singapore$50,028,593
27Austria$43,176,807
28Australia$42,717,824
29Saudi Arabia$41,680,319
30South Africa$37,787,596
31Russia$33,602,299
32Finland$33,542,599
33Argentina$30,483,457
34Egypt$29,985,081
35Portugal$28,182,926
36Colombia$25,560,048
37Pakistan$25,186,237
38Iran$23,433,933
39Czech Republic$21,880,375
40Norway$18,636,956
41Ireland$18,003,871
42Romania$16,892,408
43Hungary$16,773,000
44Philippines$16,472,912
45Israel$15,748,000
46Peru$14,791,530
47Greece$14,412,536
48Nigeria$13,995,258
49Morocco$12,787,116
50Chile$12,022,893
51Venezuela$10,772,873
52Slovenia$9,948,485
53Sri Lanka$7,747,559
54Ukraine$7,483,873
55New Zealand$6,862,262
56Slovakia$6,845,593
57Luxembourg$6,471,891
58Belarus$6,348,100
59Algeria$6,033,333
60Serbia$5,971,635
61Guatemala$5,812,108
62Tunisia$5,645,015
63Ecuador$5,352,949
64Kenya$5,141,019
65Jordan$4,934,269
66Bulgaria$4,652,112
67Costa Rica$4,522,587
68Dominican Republic$4,475,022
69Tanzania$3,983,868
70Panama$3,849,047
71Syria$3,833,915
72El Salvador$3,496,775
73Croatia$3,281,874
74Lithuania$3,144,525
75Ethiopia$3,126,682
76Cote d'Ivoire$2,600,617
77Paraguay$2,534,973
78Ghana$2,368,543
79Lebanon$2,283,736
80Bolivia$2,063,521
81Senegal$1,866,136
82Qatar$1,739,065
83Estonia$1,597,657
84Latvia$1,461,791
85Uganda$1,372,476
86Mali$1,355,454
87Oman$1,353,795
88Cameroon$1,142,058
89Cyprus$956,590
90Bosnia and Herzegovina$923,239
91Moldova$813,392
92Zimbabwe$760,806
93Azerbaijan$707,439
94Cambodia$690,475
95Nepal$644,049
96Mauritius$616,650
97Bahrain$456,512
98Albania$449,482
99Trinidad and Tobago$392,897
100New Caledonia$368,232
101Madagascar$349,052
102Malta$342,589
103Armenia$338,028
104Zambia$280,151
105Georgia$275,784
106Nicaragua$271,506
107Jamaica$264,508
108Yemen$176,207
109Burkina Faso$142,899
110Malawi$129,063
111French Polynesia$105,137
112Benin$97,463
113Botswana$84,353
114Burundi$83,995
115Iceland$80,503
116Montenegro$73,704
117Mozambique$61,712
118Barbados$57,601
119Niger$56,618
120Mauritania$34,577
121Belize$31,497
122Aruba$28,822
123Kyrgyzstan$23,937
124Fiji$12,266
125Bermuda$8,156
126Cape Verde$3,132
127Bhutan$2,935
128Dominica$2,632
129Samoa$790
130Sao Tome and Principe$603
131Bahamas, The$514
132Gambia, The$401
133Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$339
134Guyana$175
135Antigua and Barbuda$101
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$122,979$191,781$394,267$449,006$394,893$449,482$433,008
Algeria$2,902,477$3,411,016$4,635,809$4,167,395$5,814,572$6,033,333$9,737,137
Antigua and Barbuda$23   $212$101 
Argentina$19,532,107$22,085,261$20,908,286$24,167,276$18,104,007$30,483,457$37,547,198
Armenia$96,918$115,513$163,141$184,060$123,721$338,028$271,818
Aruba    $113,995$28,822$5,059
Australia$44,072,658$43,097,297$47,422,551$50,688,815$37,405,133$42,717,824$42,908,029
Austria$38,893,244$42,585,098$52,301,004$51,647,377$37,677,500$43,176,807 
Azerbaijan$452,697$547,963$958,826$770,009$585,117$707,439$772,389
Bahamas, The$480$31$63$2,457$6,094$514$953
Bahrain$403,933$424,646$474,962$716,728$536,389$456,512$1,211,234
Bangladesh$6,052,915$7,746,562$9,167,942    
Barbados$1,854$11,935$18,460$9,628$1,166$57,601$19,555
Belarus$3,639,300$4,122,900$5,068,600$7,265,900$5,580,500$6,348,100$6,223,700
Belgium$205,948,156$270,057,063$267,201,039$383,207,016$268,462,980$327,061,954$334,327,178
Belize   $10,344$30,926$31,497 
Benin$119,794$44,418   $97,463 
Bermuda     $8,156 
Bhutan$4 $230$325$237$2,935 
Bolivia$959,684$1,062,083$1,192,378$1,780,024$1,230,790$2,063,521$2,763,250
Bosnia and Herzegovina$617,933$683,522$916,442$1,323,470$798,980$923,239$1,025,163
Botswana$55,861$73,342$20,599$39,282$47,801$84,353$111,891
Brazil$57,542,101$66,949,187$90,166,381$105,602,740$86,411,264$128,579,970$129,246,963
Brunei $26,673     
Bulgaria$4,013,003$4,631,778$7,501,062$7,719,349$4,631,140$4,652,112$4,946,684
Burkina Faso$118,235 $176,757$181,751$155,024$142,899 
Burundi$29,861$120,143$3,990$4,833$73$83,995 
Cambodia$81,082$125,025$363,085$306,142$1,096,287$690,475 
Cameroon$656,092$800,392$1,180,227$1,024,403$993,378$1,142,058 
Canada$117,193,019$99,946,934$92,616,709$98,325,795$78,258,050$92,448,322$104,069,739
Cape Verde $495   $3,132$10,147
Central African Republic$463 $7,996$3,703   
Chile$7,761,749$7,566,689$9,958,840$12,074,759$7,468,680$12,022,893$12,529,586
China$172,215,987$205,798,530$213,182,959$195,103,338$165,914,410$240,836,679$246,526,529
Colombia$16,781,604$19,507,478$22,106,740$25,572,238$20,900,224$25,560,048$28,105,577
Comoros$48      
Costa Rica$3,484,274$3,562,363$4,363,456$5,212,593$3,125,147$4,522,587$5,044,075
Cote d'Ivoire$980,932$1,552,911$2,059,484$2,560,220$4,506,634$2,600,617$2,841,849
Croatia$2,810,874$3,497,730$4,684,090$4,903,475$3,621,296$3,281,874$3,191,500
Cuba$233,521$265,140     
Cyprus$692,166$932,515$1,019,295$1,019,584$752,033$956,590$657,724
Czech Republic$14,153,205$15,849,955$17,887,847$19,497,641$15,364,930$21,880,375$24,796,407
Denmark$49,346,902$55,926,380$66,706,715$77,121,749$55,727,475$67,050,740$70,448,194
Dominica  $2,250 $2,707$2,632 
Dominican Republic$401,830$822,912$2,136,752$4,532,460$3,860,905$4,475,022$3,806,373
East Timor$632      
Ecuador$2,379,353$2,748,686$2,968,775$4,339,270$3,896,355$5,352,949$5,501,217
Egypt$8,151,337$10,987,939$13,493,213$37,386,666$27,641,028$29,985,081$39,528,973
El Salvador$2,096,761$3,266,330$2,982,564$3,361,014$2,442,881$3,496,775 
Estonia$1,882,867$2,152,864$2,800,380$2,632,916$1,597,700$1,597,657$1,918,425
Ethiopia$1,074,620$1,280,949$1,778,372$2,675,889$2,392,267$3,126,682$4,732,341
Faroe Islands$4,909$10,671$6,007$15,630$15,871  
Fiji$207,334$77,794$36,643$26,929$13,035$12,266 
Finland$43,230,014$44,230,263$43,365,111$40,091,202$33,224,127$33,542,599$30,771,002
France$216,846,916$227,580,591$264,710,702$225,009,306$181,100,603$224,094,334$256,514,873
French Polynesia$35,886$13,140$13,962$32,719$152,854$105,137$78,019
Gabon$252,629$210,683$439,546$624,982$513,757  
Gambia, The  $525 $489$401 
Georgia$265,192$464,147$478,146$264,423$177,711$275,784 
Germany$480,360,000$543,997,000$638,697,000$669,024,000$491,298,000$653,177,449$701,835,562
Ghana$1,045,278$1,111,204$2,291,417$1,598,108$1,787,777$2,368,543$3,330,353
Greece$13,005,271$16,645,023$22,850,330$22,244,576$14,919,967$14,412,536$13,428,645
Greenland$93$180     
Guatemala$5,662,727$4,995,604$6,673,145$6,739,274$5,718,816$5,812,108$5,668,932
Guinea$10,345$17,391$16,957$37,948   
Guyana $1,774  $121$175 
Honduras$1,233,775$1,400,674$1,395,012 $735,773  
Hong Kong$121,523,077$118,742,008$124,304,013$109,685,437$77,581,143$106,587,631$100,933,013
Hungary$16,054,000$18,331,000$20,898,000$17,692,000$14,631,000$16,773,000$22,485,000
Iceland$66,254$36,864$62,671$67,384$58,005$80,503$103,724
India$23,330,256$27,594,069$32,666,689$54,594,697$52,902,650$72,279,510$81,920,032
Indonesia$55,703,608$66,284,471$79,578,018$100,490,613$86,027,945$114,152,125$131,624,954
Iran$18,581,870$7,672,036   $23,433,933 
Ireland$11,708,389$10,244,325$12,729,052$11,575,438$11,301,957$18,003,871$14,577,999
Israel$9,835,000$12,509,000$15,448,000$18,486,000$12,233,000$15,748,000$16,741,000
Italy$206,452,540$212,453,988$265,967,903$304,020,907$233,072,565$239,230,611$255,658,210
Jamaica$16,844$55,159$65,873$183,009$141,889$264,508 
Japan$201,915,837$211,427,670$234,757,081$289,001,223$183,593,118$310,228,023$366,988,059
Jordan$2,039,933$2,700,682$3,521,352$4,941,131$3,780,276$4,934,269$4,448,535
Kazakhstan$1,358,254$1,745,342$2,649,619$2,531,783$1,710,718  
Kenya$3,997,424$4,171,097$4,453,992$4,611,978$4,424,245$5,141,019 
Korea, South$114,101,755$133,763,960$158,401,915$164,985,827$211,193,323$283,031,311$337,111,075
Kuwait $1,556,821$1,133,004$368,566   
Kyrgyzstan$22,618$19,133$63,041$39,667$26,525$23,937$49,793
Latvia$1,434,482$1,728,067$1,998,088$2,031,964$1,293,620$1,461,791$1,437,633
Lebanon$1,412,000$1,092,764$1,408,909$2,079,280$2,142,925$2,283,736$2,440,529
Lesotho   $9,504   
Lithuania$1,942,126$2,727,760$2,659,375$3,077,437$2,713,505$3,144,525$4,003,181
Luxembourg$4,800,770$5,868,891$9,801,408$10,178,568$6,978,376$6,471,891$8,037,642
Macau$6,861$2,709$5,409$175$1,001  
Macedonia$486,618$578,136$718,029$726,182$668,934 $658,817
Madagascar$468,992$557,218$345,578$497,023$504,155$349,052 
Malawi$46,594$97,702$222,550$75,453$36,673$129,063$141,534
Malaysia$46,593,150$52,597,800$63,122,975$70,157,159$63,191,307$77,462,108$89,099,741
Mali$582,045$788,892$526,301$651,004 $1,355,454 
Malta$1,895,622$653,861$681,227$797,894$242,723$342,589 
Mauritania $1,616$6,640$4,967 $34,577$84,707
Mauritius$522,682$441,718$543,635$732,186$712,154$616,650$552,778
Mayotte$22,380$25,064$28,445$43,516$16,869  
Mexico$74,125,406$69,039,852$72,998,996$80,590,225$68,974,407$97,934,395$109,939,387
Moldova$290,987$332,922$444,572$609,936$732,178$813,392$1,205,588
Mongolia$2,696$4,676$2,619    
Montenegro $30,643$83,995$64,034$42,721$73,704$44,914
Morocco$5,504,212$6,193,183$8,731,198$10,525,171$9,600,711$12,787,116 
Mozambique$31,137$62,266$47,682$38,883$32,343$61,712$31,000
Namibia$40,893$79,328$31,063$11,334   
Nepal    $416,416$644,049 
Netherlands$146,696,543$182,790,154$199,401,481$212,641,820$180,396,172$170,373,238 
Netherlands Antilles$262,003$331,212$297,594$431,236   
New Caledonia$106,280$221,680$197,865$336,056$258,402$368,232$334,581
New Zealand$10,099,866$9,785,757$8,291,731$6,843,182$6,127,452$6,862,262$9,335,247
Nicaragua$260,210$198,940$249,045$271,512$351,170$271,506$283,265
Niger$57,711$1,025$144,241$278,110$10,343$56,618$26,921
Nigeria $14,473,653$23,749,810$16,690,308$15,857,518$13,995,258 
Norway$16,336,532$14,129,031$17,321,087$18,201,778$16,720,706$18,636,956$20,430,523
Oman$629,282$1,221,524$890,965$1,718,277$921,561$1,353,795 
Pakistan$18,437,286$19,049,148$23,604,142$29,892,994$23,293,541$25,186,237$25,686,501
Panama$1,994,727$4,584,496$4,295,644$4,931,960$2,400,746$3,849,047$4,636,673
Paraguay$708,796$975,609$1,143,887$1,846,005$1,605,372$2,534,973$2,738,626
Peru$6,744,609$7,955,533$9,315,194$13,428,916$10,386,865$14,791,530$14,772,853
Philippines$13,587,673$15,374,972$15,358,373$17,837,729$13,221,760$16,472,912$18,822,883
Poland$32,418,275$40,251,303$46,772,320$54,608,509$53,582,118$54,359,952$57,792,663
Portugal$22,256,281$24,773,228$23,560,017$31,240,082$24,310,271$28,182,926$28,621,926
Qatar$319,152$848,696$912,997$356,870 $1,739,065 
Romania$13,064,385$17,296,630$21,899,117$23,256,435$14,176,767$16,892,408$16,116,046
Russia$12,434,329$16,168,887$22,758,203$25,679,477$21,967,939$33,602,299$33,672,981
Rwanda$61,864$81,781$78,750$111,307$79,604 $157,208
Saint Kitts and Nevis$2,137$2,200$11,423$3,137   
Saint Lucia$9,744$16,902$17,336$15,184   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$15   $2,052$339 
Samoa   $21$696$790$1,299
Sao Tome and Principe  $6,879$3,713$1,845$603 
Saudi Arabia$13,499,343$15,506,838$21,350,774$3,011,204$2,816,507$41,680,319 
Senegal$1,107,172$1,385,932$1,451,544$1,747,692$1,562,642$1,866,136$1,453,126
Serbia$4,581,635$5,026,617$7,775,506$7,196,988$5,398,362$5,971,635$5,959,250
Seychelles$314$310$372$2,735   
Singapore$28,608,590$33,389,151$37,005,972$52,985,393$39,588,612$50,028,593$36,834,999
Slovakia$3,898,494$4,920,959$7,037,398$11,866,994$7,888,272$6,845,593$7,750,127
Slovenia$8,620,937$9,743,460$12,151,163$13,643,025$7,433,612$9,948,485$8,622,823
South Africa$28,683,667$31,526,283$40,073,286$37,003,496$28,563,011$37,787,596$39,430,504
Spain$84,311,102$95,428,908$123,583,821$147,596,274$152,198,391$117,109,951 
Sri Lanka$4,784,770$4,879,878$5,201,674$6,268,995$6,233,468$7,747,559$8,459,834
Sudan$170,323$228,931$61,004$72,625$436,161  
Swaziland$133,818$24,493$76,763    
Sweden$56,879,216$60,680,181$66,681,227$65,201,279$57,141,852$68,630,404$85,213,631
Switzerland$195,446,550$209,330,822$209,642,110$207,992,231$127,180,718$177,264,813$197,333,140
Syria$1,212,886$1,724,233$2,546,142$2,795,512 $3,833,915 
Tanzania$2,240,729$2,221,544$2,855,281$2,733,940$3,102,896$3,983,868$3,832,517
Thailand$41,410,566$45,240,796$50,362,490$57,014,974$48,516,457$68,382,446$81,276,597
Togo$11,720 $5,242   $2,839
Tonga   $5,881$43  
Trinidad and Tobago$76,118$291,041$1,037,148$550,959$519,555$392,897 
Tunisia$2,756,483$3,237,038$4,936,004$5,609,620$4,738,247$5,645,015 
Turkey$67,587,185$78,541,928$91,025,837$92,786,557$78,444,726$102,861,246$116,856,543
Uganda$468,986$769,494$1,178,769$1,247,115$850,798$1,372,476 
Ukraine$3,866,556$4,302,325$5,028,864$6,637,930$5,147,352$7,483,873$8,370,050
United Arab Emirates$11,075,494 $20,675,249$29,380,089   
United Kingdom$193,501,131$199,314,817$201,728,989$182,699,062$110,553,200$139,721,884$136,055,490
United States$406,604,891$423,730,657$467,168,263$489,614,486$339,402,483$503,923,845$540,215,075
Uruguay$2,921,218$2,362,519$3,362,362$4,795,165$3,741,034  
Vanuatu $1,899     
Venezuela$8,077,473$6,269,543$5,467,994$10,851,776$8,600,587$10,772,873$14,259,553
Vietnam$15,784,481$21,523,557$33,682,001$40,057,335$40,755,026$55,043,790 
Yemen$193,500$239,368$152,403$286,662$426,962$176,207$284,189
Zambia$432,520$412,718$283,086$190,576$310,847$280,151 
Zimbabwe$132,436$786,722$345,261$315,380$318,751$760,806