RankCountryImports of Paints & varnishes (incl. enamels & lacquers) based on polyesters in USD (2010)
1Russia$271,899,230
2China$165,508,088
3France$128,775,343
4Belgium$126,915,703
5Germany$119,735,597
6Canada$89,834,081
7Austria$89,211,618
8Spain$77,746,916
9United Kingdom$76,879,249
10Netherlands$76,496,867
11Poland$74,383,855
12Mexico$68,870,552
13United States$66,305,497
14Sweden$52,477,392
15Italy$47,375,738
16Czech Republic$45,506,431
17Ukraine$35,313,130
18Finland$30,564,407
19Portugal$26,268,642
20Belarus$26,093,600
21Romania$25,240,098
22Greece$25,191,123
23Hong Kong$25,037,740
24Slovakia$24,939,507
25Switzerland$24,061,533
26Denmark$23,233,644
27Indonesia$23,024,016
28Norway$23,009,855
29Turkey$21,288,300
30Argentina$19,684,698
31Singapore$18,386,552
32Thailand$17,285,826
33India$15,250,497
34Hungary$15,213,000
35Iran$13,702,764
36Japan$12,584,027
37Lithuania$12,091,243
38Slovenia$11,315,304
39Vietnam$11,055,490
40Korea, South$10,632,359
41Ireland$9,587,410
42South Africa$9,382,377
43Brazil$8,990,625
44Australia$7,915,950
45Morocco$7,889,978
46El Salvador$7,646,915
47Croatia$7,601,150
48Colombia$7,434,100
49Estonia$7,328,080
50Ecuador$7,130,739
51Chile$7,047,212
52Egypt$6,675,310
53Israel$6,612,000
54New Zealand$6,477,425
55Bulgaria$6,447,056
56Panama$6,363,861
57Malaysia$6,027,539
58Serbia$5,858,929
59Nigeria$5,820,945
60Paraguay$5,060,924
61Latvia$4,997,698
62Guatemala$4,942,168
63Bahamas, The$4,778,232
64Philippines$4,685,216
65Bolivia$4,520,072
66Kyrgyzstan$4,388,797
67Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,210,702
68Costa Rica$4,066,025
69Qatar$4,054,733
70Luxembourg$3,964,447
71Nicaragua$3,863,927
72Dominican Republic$3,336,200
73Moldova$3,038,078
74Saudi Arabia$2,999,470
75Botswana$2,798,904
76Peru$2,732,064
77Tunisia$2,662,378
78Venezuela$2,369,013
79Mozambique$2,295,954
80Kenya$2,007,584
81Georgia$1,959,528
82Albania$1,834,656
83Oman$1,818,347
84Trinidad and Tobago$1,802,229
85Guyana$1,642,136
86Syria$1,566,439
87Malta$1,416,876
88Algeria$1,396,391
89Cyprus$1,247,895
90Bahrain$1,223,143
91Zambia$1,016,136
92Yemen$986,528
93Iceland$902,638
94New Caledonia$868,948
95Armenia$747,337
96Montenegro$726,250
97Jordan$674,037
98Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$601,533
99Suriname$590,155
100Belize$577,993
101Mauritius$568,433
102Cote d'Ivoire$539,468
103Bermuda$496,387
104Niger$415,610
105Zimbabwe$394,916
106Jamaica$360,361
107Ghana$353,036
108French Polynesia$347,963
109Ethiopia$345,184
110Barbados$311,913
111Dominica$300,953
112Sri Lanka$277,267
113Pakistan$242,856
114Bhutan$231,752
115Tanzania$218,517
116Lebanon$217,788
117Aruba$188,662
118Antigua and Barbuda$168,015
119Cambodia$147,416
120Azerbaijan$142,952
121Tonga$134,887
122Cameroon$126,693
123Nepal$97,357
124Macau$96,435
125Mali$86,165
126Madagascar$77,917
127Burundi$70,362
128Senegal$58,323
129Samoa$56,830
130Cape Verde$53,485
131Malawi$52,352
132Fiji$52,326
133Burkina Faso$42,878
134Sao Tome and Principe$24,843
135Mauritania$21,140
136Uganda$13,171
137Maldives$11,441
138Benin$5,166
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,121,728$1,441,862$1,378,686$1,923,850$1,667,883$1,834,656$2,110,575
Algeria$900,215$1,323,659$1,293,492$1,050,157$782,291$1,396,391$1,765,177
Antigua and Barbuda$362,040$492,503$445,345 $219,817$168,015$138,512
Argentina$8,281,373$11,152,270$13,681,751$16,472,935$13,020,460$19,684,698$27,778,686
Armenia$302,985$329,279$482,025$445,310$670,125$747,337$995,279
Aruba    $513,424$188,662$17,707
Australia$5,647,720$4,775,552$6,268,169$7,165,575$7,984,914$7,915,950$10,361,082
Austria$68,070,718$80,112,179$98,959,807$102,598,411$76,859,739$89,211,618 
Azerbaijan$855,474$965,640$475,028$482,238$495,469$142,952$101,028
Bahamas, The$4,945,659$5,976,494$5,938,982$5,851,133$4,753,975$4,778,232$5,840,782
Bahrain$1,280,469$620,307$1,030,113$1,218,833$1,585,379$1,223,143$1,482,231
Bangladesh$1,168,343$1,412,979$1,106,814    
Barbados$184,309$258,968$215,719$309,538$259,651$311,913$656,682
Belarus$14,578,800$16,811,400$21,584,800$28,378,600$21,350,200$26,093,600$29,955,100
Belgium$95,710,245$104,842,281$114,792,617$131,693,510$115,971,569$126,915,703$131,282,629
Belize$670,230$965,857$1,069,075$974,385$717,715$577,993 
Benin$9,225$12,943   $5,166 
Bermuda     $496,387 
Bhutan$238,946$195,034$175,282$198,638$137,915$231,752 
Bolivia$2,088,018$1,924,862$2,628,966$3,277,765$3,402,107$4,520,072$5,239,585
Bosnia and Herzegovina$4,575,073$4,330,510$5,825,292$6,364,314$3,990,988$4,210,702$5,297,570
Botswana$872,341$1,384,198$2,686,622$3,169,477$2,740,361$2,798,904$2,337,307
Brazil$7,596,114$7,503,149$10,306,172$11,432,001$7,151,587$8,990,625$10,715,187
Brunei $435,245     
Bulgaria$7,236,988$6,634,954$6,804,497$6,933,114$7,710,573$6,447,056$7,115,357
Burkina Faso$18,986 $23,752$45,036$56,483$42,878 
Burundi$8,412$25,735$22,175$22,783$23,965$70,362 
Cambodia$125,001$190,645$746,844$65,148$180,651$147,416 
Cameroon$31,394$14,269$304,417$132,939$356,715$126,693 
Canada$48,826,208$64,006,368$52,375,237$56,338,078$70,344,749$89,834,081$105,875,633
Cape Verde$35,067$15,025$22,411$3,086$33,496$53,485$23,390
Central African Republic$59,537 $26,666$23,987   
Chile$3,827,814$5,591,249$6,136,461$6,891,399$5,570,594$7,047,212$8,001,821
China$144,963,792$143,249,803$123,779,113$130,021,096$124,803,763$165,508,088$170,225,489
Colombia$4,758,599$5,078,992$5,813,015$5,399,484$5,162,836$7,434,100$8,008,293
Comoros$36,693$77,109$39,872    
Costa Rica$3,892,652$5,682,340$4,971,298$6,666,862$2,944,157$4,066,025$4,517,804
Cote d'Ivoire$549,797$537,276$893,066$933,541$1,308,668$539,468$601,744
Croatia$10,040,820$10,734,596$13,690,474$12,615,727$8,526,201$7,601,150$9,079,484
Cuba$14,238,046$12,289,035     
Cyprus$1,570,038$1,263,267$1,699,995$1,496,670$1,830,540$1,247,895$1,717,802
Czech Republic$33,675,858$39,912,127$47,411,223$50,942,248$42,169,364$45,506,431$55,038,065
Denmark$20,594,687$24,607,495$27,732,598$28,553,623$24,768,452$23,233,644$30,330,636
Dominica$196,665$237,307$317,154$383,220$305,417$300,953 
Dominican Republic$390,158$429,013$836,552$989,347$1,962,129$3,336,200$3,619,636
East Timor$66,123      
Ecuador$4,303,475$5,055,777$4,858,687$6,034,472$4,534,916$7,130,739$6,721,523
Egypt$1,684,178$1,420,239$561,107$5,307,996$4,780,090$6,675,310$5,085,812
El Salvador$7,841,486$11,186,732$9,864,080$9,356,637$7,766,038$7,646,915 
Estonia$8,363,566$9,149,262$8,813,009$8,037,228$6,368,552$7,328,080$8,699,576
Ethiopia$111,267$95,781$109,018$93,972$127,590$345,184$102,545
Faroe Islands$378,239$499,202$872,924$564,775$592,174  
Fiji$378$9,229$27,615$5,957$18,946$52,326 
Finland$23,912,193$29,063,445$32,429,115$33,844,361$27,154,974$30,564,407$33,189,568
France$91,093,224$99,238,497$119,895,567$122,315,887$104,765,755$128,775,343$135,789,223
French Polynesia$402,757$297,869$303,671$359,022$307,968$347,963$450,011
Gabon$10,550$49,734$83,482$87,820$48,132  
Gambia, The$13,779$44,537$30,904$408$263 $2,884
Georgia$1,876,950$3,260,785$2,992,283$2,720,191$1,818,015$1,959,528 
Germany$116,581,000$113,923,000$136,765,000$152,343,000$125,862,000$119,735,597$146,581,806
Ghana$598,623$975,865$772,524$1,359,408$981,493$353,036$802,134
Greece$25,992,715$27,628,193$33,335,578$33,079,640$25,051,239$25,191,123$27,114,767
Greenland$64,563$46,623$69,776    
Grenada$252,543$190,421$175,472$198,091$82,849  
Guatemala$4,479,835$4,451,675$6,722,908$5,808,654$4,542,271$4,942,168$5,946,334
Guinea$96,022$60,360$9,451$29,477   
Guinea-Bissau$10,788      
Guyana$656,875$1,169,811$1,720,864$1,960,846$1,393,367$1,642,136$1,533,233
Honduras$9,190,965$13,264,742$15,357,926 $14,760,896  
Hong Kong$15,118,653$20,621,320$9,436,701$12,858,464$20,603,327$25,037,740$17,874,580
Hungary$14,142,000$15,701,000$18,598,000$22,099,000$14,543,000$15,213,000$20,263,000
Iceland$1,588,260$1,618,573$2,033,947$1,594,779$1,218,425$902,638$950,052
India$4,881,582$5,096,515$6,869,506$8,558,830$7,889,988$15,250,497$17,236,437
Indonesia$24,174,038$23,055,356$13,670,661$27,104,174$15,768,764$23,024,016$29,394,670
Iran$12,449,155$970,833   $13,702,764 
Ireland$14,780,750$18,426,223$21,488,654$16,362,852$9,441,407$9,587,410$29,494,275
Israel$4,503,000$4,671,000$8,104,000$7,871,000$6,868,000$6,612,000$6,378,000
Italy$51,174,689$45,680,718$53,822,128$57,999,673$46,308,536$47,375,738$54,555,632
Jamaica$628,533$1,019,956$690,569$1,060,715$596,824$360,361 
Japan$10,348,635$10,357,146$11,222,658$12,570,661$10,343,944$12,584,027$13,393,385
Jordan$1,452,722$1,400,293$627,596$828,151$1,090,942$674,037$948,686
Kazakhstan$17,186,509$30,896,727$30,574,944$32,318,231$30,108,069  
Kenya$134,685$700,985$1,079,874$1,831,720$1,800,553$2,007,584 
Kiribati$2,132   $45,965  
Korea, South$19,452,041$17,710,222$15,709,153$19,292,690$10,363,362$10,632,359$12,464,149
Kuwait $2,491,157$2,422,643$1,562,743   
Kyrgyzstan$2,106,550$2,824,979$3,065,374$3,406,566$4,983,500$4,388,797$5,542,794
Latvia$5,985,611$7,276,986$6,339,179$5,997,222$3,795,797$4,997,698$7,190,614
Lebanon$302,000$171,171$406,893$482,342$350,124$217,788$292,041
Lesotho   $28,755   
Lithuania$9,295,671$10,007,563$11,355,534$16,127,386$12,139,475$12,091,243$17,074,173
Luxembourg$3,456,396$2,979,761$3,579,871$3,590,963$3,911,423$3,964,447$4,050,576
Macau$138,971$125,324$213,596$152,142$161,849$96,435$79,388
Macedonia$3,280,021$4,932,248$6,110,791$6,001,282$5,410,334 $5,206,374
Madagascar$31,579$88,549$142,012$435,836$196,553$77,917 
Malawi$1,206$104$3,782$3,625$10,059$52,352$326,383
Malaysia$8,570,451$7,874,451$9,058,723$7,667,847$4,781,214$6,027,539$7,742,609
Maldives$90,062$187,091$53,555$8,219$44,837$11,441$81,734
Mali$231,081$103,572$46,939$9,928 $86,165 
Malta$1,867,663$1,206,398$1,237,070$2,750,211$1,553,479$1,416,876 
Mauritania$30,639$42,703$43,188$52,290$97,757$21,140$24,074
Mauritius$267,291$229,826$548,875$696,058$442,283$568,433$1,215,529
Mayotte$95,563$26,650$45,317$94,675$235,293  
Mexico$75,191,964$69,954,912$70,116,639$73,647,043$62,366,382$68,870,552$85,315,426
Moldova$2,068,428$1,874,942$1,715,401$2,635,634$2,665,519$3,038,078$2,932,340
Mongolia$30,433$88,745$103,365    
Montenegro $257,260$412,653$1,089,530$756,224$726,250$690,777
Montserrat$6,297$1,107$1,235$3,942$8,086  
Morocco$2,241,134$3,394,947$6,280,887$4,957,583$6,997,674$7,889,978 
Mozambique$309,283$394,023$253,077$1,408,008$2,468,626$2,295,954$2,429,000
Namibia$863,213$1,146,018$523,724$1,285,823   
Nepal    $62,588$97,357 
Netherlands$41,024,609$43,322,192$58,513,391$72,494,075$54,708,325$76,496,867 
Netherlands Antilles$640,466$751,958$481,645$882,620   
New Caledonia$808,666$720,794$650,952$730,794$863,720$868,948$972,463
New Zealand$11,526,469$9,550,738$10,798,155$12,735,779$5,495,242$6,477,425$4,766,128
Nicaragua$2,068,450$1,448,026$1,874,329$2,017,804$1,678,172$3,863,927$5,846,521
Niger$11,714$43,184$55,699$37,185$79,621$415,610$39,495
Nigeria $6,857,744$7,514,220$3,725,907$11,118,975$5,820,945 
Norway$19,940,394$19,247,380$23,937,116$25,065,110$20,053,934$23,009,855$28,632,084
Oman$1,040,270$2,503,763$2,768,650$3,748,176$3,385,219$1,818,347 
Pakistan$2,115,129$3,093,560$4,098,761$5,620,080$2,808,319$242,856$3,249,415
Panama$2,143,806$3,365,512$5,128,091$5,234,631$5,491,323$6,363,861$7,152,196
Paraguay$1,748,079$2,230,879$2,714,721$4,147,197$3,482,709$5,060,924$6,846,134
Peru$1,020,081$1,630,690$2,667,000$6,078,486$2,185,093$2,732,064$2,345,324
Philippines$2,483,074$2,748,881$4,085,248$4,258,258$4,658,525$4,685,216$3,987,257
Poland$43,620,999$50,896,584$67,141,375$80,126,825$66,892,171$74,383,855$86,743,676
Portugal$18,722,521$23,717,914$21,542,948$20,398,549$17,914,635$26,268,642$30,540,932
Qatar$10,494,165$4,276,847$2,410,250$6,596,730 $4,054,733 
Romania$21,385,471$27,609,329$35,204,628$33,519,957$26,400,370$25,240,098$28,245,811
Russia$95,032,489$164,384,658$235,097,972$264,827,584$243,385,349$271,899,230$353,273,421
Rwanda$404$15,536$10,923$443$11,078 $6,982
Saint Kitts and Nevis$459,371$863,314$825,488$683,822   
Saint Lucia$203,023$235,105$309,283$180,588   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$264,315$233,113$316,796$360,591$377,567$601,533 
Samoa    $116$56,830$104,977
Sao Tome and Principe$29,177$43,903$38,128$53,906$23,083$24,843 
Saudi Arabia$2,359,602$2,184,088$2,467,903  $2,999,470 
Senegal$192,835$210,388$142,388$25,141$145,146$58,323$104,666
Serbia$4,685,709$5,387,176$6,961,673$6,725,049$5,047,593$5,858,929$5,111,568
Seychelles$133,525$208,284$275,627$471,034   
Singapore$11,932,770$8,651,261$12,074,865$13,559,375$13,212,451$18,386,552$18,696,884
Slovakia$26,988,285$19,796,719$25,202,998$26,145,511$21,519,586$24,939,507$33,998,338
Slovenia$8,948,507$9,448,127$13,587,881$16,041,768$12,336,061$11,315,304$11,177,866
South Africa$12,305,474$14,714,349$15,552,430$12,743,559$8,430,870$9,382,377$7,427,888
Spain$43,625,274$53,378,222$65,021,726$83,512,232$69,204,631$77,746,916 
Sri Lanka$78,115$117,680$159,665$95,492$98,841$277,267$358,912
Sudan$628,924$149,831$102,048$589,501$52,210  
Suriname    $1,493,327$590,155$518,440
Swaziland$554,363$781,290$1,246,458    
Sweden$37,829,329$36,951,741$53,935,791$63,790,342$49,140,744$52,477,392$51,007,399
Switzerland$20,252,000$22,299,005$25,177,083$27,993,381$25,476,870$24,061,533$25,279,463
Syria$352,525$1,196,341$722,655$1,142,348 $1,566,439 
Tanzania$133,842$95,483$25,882$77,317$157,927$218,517$93,216
Thailand$9,402,799$8,501,086$10,881,451$12,714,358$11,572,146$17,285,826$20,643,789
Togo$25,093      
Tonga$103,700$55,015$87,685$99,236$133,307$134,887 
Trinidad and Tobago$1,482,817$1,469,226$1,935,998$1,869,134$1,805,057$1,802,229 
Tunisia$807,375$986,601$1,578,766$1,865,097$2,418,504$2,662,378 
Turkey$32,672,941$23,277,405$23,191,999$22,609,125$21,149,185$21,288,300$26,380,528
Uganda$5,880$53,986$3,411$24,374$42,410$13,171 
Ukraine$22,588,378$25,818,626$34,606,545$44,344,810$28,867,353$35,313,130$55,805,484
United Arab Emirates$12,773,997 $17,055,889$26,191,708   
United Kingdom$71,686,756$76,019,514$89,493,564$91,893,901$78,672,668$76,879,249$81,299,826
United States$63,558,964$77,401,809$82,000,941$73,660,781$45,796,616$66,305,497$84,880,016
Uruguay$1,625,718$1,850,489$1,843,015$2,947,081$2,586,516  
Vanuatu $3,220$5,194    
Venezuela$1,746,655$3,088,520$2,557,414$3,601,610$1,609,108$2,369,013$1,998,914
Vietnam$11,888,911$17,956,165$18,467,267$19,771,666$16,019,738$11,055,490 
Wallis and Futuna$23,107$36,976     
Yemen$1,033,732$890,004$1,290,850$996,019$931,796$986,528$547,050
Zambia$133,031$181,765$191,345$385,589$676,982$1,016,136 
Zimbabwe$483$5,685$49,894$62,726$254,745$394,916