RankCountryImports of Alginic acid, its salts & esters, in primary forms in USD (2010)
1United States$59,846,082
2United Kingdom$28,815,222
3Germany$28,324,194
4Italy$17,869,161
5Korea, South$14,393,522
6Japan$13,737,001
7France$13,281,274
8Denmark$10,859,920
9Brazil$10,104,961
10Pakistan$10,019,183
11Mexico$9,341,629
12Belgium$9,254,303
13Spain$9,194,618
14Turkey$8,949,915
15Austria$8,217,331
16Netherlands$6,126,378
17Indonesia$6,016,891
18Canada$5,922,021
19Thailand$5,777,806
20India$5,231,589
21Australia$4,434,595
22China$4,175,546
23Sweden$3,835,401
24Poland$2,756,862
25Switzerland$2,693,709
26Philippines$2,234,261
27Ireland$2,093,485
28South Africa$1,959,529
29Malaysia$1,858,410
30Russia$1,834,754
31Venezuela$1,650,120
32Argentina$1,507,625
33Nigeria$1,334,349
34Hong Kong$1,026,180
35Portugal$876,899
36Singapore$854,850
37Hungary$839,000
38Israel$828,000
39Vietnam$821,640
40Tanzania$809,953
41Czech Republic$806,664
42New Zealand$769,492
43Romania$745,826
44Finland$618,523
45Colombia$602,859
46Iran$582,148
47Greece$426,813
48Ukraine$397,926
49Bulgaria$376,648
50Peru$362,102
51Bolivia$348,661
52Slovenia$346,966
53Egypt$327,001
54Sri Lanka$251,594
55Chile$238,051
56Syria$150,011
57Kenya$140,614
58Belarus$135,400
59Estonia$134,233
60Algeria$129,011
61Ghana$103,895
62Togo$98,287
63Croatia$96,081
64Dominican Republic$88,893
65Oman$83,373
66Morocco$80,884
67Nepal$80,719
68Cote d'Ivoire$71,574
69Zimbabwe$65,962
70Azerbaijan$62,428
71Ecuador$55,242
72Tunisia$50,602
73Serbia$49,376
74Jordan$48,637
75Bahrain$44,986
76Cameroon$38,741
77Lebanon$37,028
78Slovakia$32,510
79Lithuania$28,628
80Latvia$27,334
81Costa Rica$27,169
82Paraguay$24,695
83Bosnia and Herzegovina$24,589
84Panama$21,867
85El Salvador$20,673
86Albania$18,262
87Cyprus$14,352
88Senegal$13,886
89Luxembourg$12,351
90Barbados$12,050
91Guatemala$11,786
92Malta$9,219
93Malawi$7,203
94Nicaragua$6,356
95Armenia$5,992
96Uganda$4,746
97Mauritius$3,616
98Moldova$3,477
99Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,079
100Iceland$1,758
101French Polynesia$1,567
102Kyrgyzstan$1,435
103Georgia$1,086
104Zambia$858
105Bhutan$663
106Mozambique$575
107New Caledonia$529
108Qatar$445
109Bahamas, The$376
110Belize$257
111Maldives$231
112Jamaica$116
113Dominica$107
114Sao Tome and Principe$69
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,558$44$2,269$811$4,501$18,262$10,441
Algeria$1,841,495$2,160,443$428,948$301,977$426,242$129,011$606,746
Anguilla  $537    
Antigua and Barbuda  $1,241 $554 $46
Argentina$1,072,465$956,309$1,245,129$1,223,784$1,183,772$1,507,625$1,674,155
Armenia$1,285$2,959$5,653$7,805$3,120$5,992$8,581
Australia$3,586,526$2,920,474$2,976,526$3,256,387$4,161,336$4,434,595$4,412,303
Austria$686,933$1,139,988$3,931,053$2,984,218$5,057,859$8,217,331 
Azerbaijan   $2,184$2,930$62,428$34,714
Bahamas, The $2,337  $9$376$385
Bahrain$833,217 $489$17,734$16,203$44,986$32,285
Bangladesh$21,270$13,143$77,579    
Barbados$3,546$10,120$4,535$35,824$12,804$12,050$13,240
Belarus$135,600$117,200$123,700$119,700$113,100$135,400$230,900
Belgium$13,169,691$7,420,658$7,492,292$12,183,503$8,805,987$9,254,303$14,109,716
Belize     $257 
Bhutan     $663 
Bolivia$113,455$98,554$151,965$224,256$139,076$348,661$220,800
Bosnia and Herzegovina$30,194$17,794$38,400$25,799$22,513$24,589$75,906
Botswana $199$696$203  $83
Brazil$3,426,961$4,185,207$4,285,651$7,250,808$7,474,158$10,104,961$9,595,878
Brunei $6,248     
Bulgaria$405,450$402,624$296,669$421,227$507,591$376,648$601,930
Burkina Faso  $22,244$8,043   
Burundi    $108  
Cambodia $25  $40  
Cameroon$26,293$25,579  $50$38,741 
Canada$2,186,316$2,035,279$2,541,082$4,236,519$5,480,409$5,922,021$6,009,092
Cape Verde  $81$729$54  
Chile$172,224$133,729$165,842$455,508$415,100$238,051$324,723
China$2,164,314$2,494,156$2,414,576$4,758,700$3,885,830$4,175,546$4,013,970
Colombia$551,513$572,298$618,252$710,475$622,123$602,859$694,373
Comoros$948$81     
Costa Rica$85,978$29,403$48,138$14,402$38,496$27,169$30,752
Cote d'Ivoire$72,900$72,508$89,616$99,170$92,468$71,574$36,812
Croatia$42,109$37,448$45,926$60,728$135,196$96,081$106,306
Cuba$5,956$13,541     
Cyprus$5,978$14,371$13,703$40,685$13,994$14,352$1,947
Czech Republic$1,205,729$828,816$632,559$1,086,705$786,887$806,664$807,941
Denmark$6,354,094$7,982,354$8,452,919$9,636,946$8,657,176$10,859,920$8,715,870
Dominica$65$85   $107 
Dominican Republic$32,390$62,977$110,995$71,359$34,199$88,893$86,358
East Timor$1,621      
Ecuador$88,709$43,760$61,633$73,997$42,179$55,242$111,663
Egypt$345,248$626,013$465,355$552,503$536,221$327,001$1,071,586
El Salvador$3,246$13,846$9,143$35,776$31,083$20,673 
Estonia$36,308$60,928$118,209$152,484$61,881$134,233$321,544
Ethiopia   $10$37 $5,093
Faroe Islands$189 $2,165    
Fiji  $336    
Finland$547,009$567,031$758,894$970,323$518,046$618,523$601,297
France$6,649,395$5,919,908$9,337,289$11,646,466$11,202,199$13,281,274$11,123,056
French Polynesia$2,080$3,619$2,114$4,836$4,149$1,567$4,530
Gabon   $8,495$8,327  
Georgia$1,032$696$1,699$2,286$2,123$1,086 
Germany$22,202,000$24,422,000$25,860,000$24,819,000$28,165,000$28,324,194$26,415,208
Ghana$165,799$228,759$280,445$493,417$169,357$103,895$200,547
Greece$217,446$354,370$539,421$467,796$505,343$426,813$437,558
Greenland$7$4,054     
Guatemala$69,293$200,949$165,335$74,986$65,283$11,786$42,287
Guinea  $77    
Guyana $1,161     
Honduras $3,085$31,866 $9,464  
Hong Kong$610,408$960,847$736,435$1,288,241$704,302$1,026,180$808,097
Hungary$523,000$623,000$645,000$972,000$1,203,000$839,000$1,427,000
Iceland$13,646$40,040$742$5,538$35,216$1,758$640
India$2,406,491$2,535,538$3,563,068$4,280,136$4,106,728$5,231,589$4,696,407
Indonesia$3,649,613$3,224,514$3,623,373$8,512,004$4,865,295$6,016,891$7,339,361
Iran$357,844$147,522   $582,148 
Ireland$502,038$640,575$1,125,572$837,473$1,098,251$2,093,485$2,507,886
Israel$803,000$1,044,000$1,138,000$838,000$861,000$828,000$803,000
Italy$9,566,166$10,949,324$12,133,729$15,590,374$16,592,055$17,869,161$19,150,725
Jamaica   $5,001 $116 
Japan$7,057,200$9,373,273$10,481,208$14,945,345$13,769,067$13,737,001$14,531,017
Jordan$51,415$22,894$16,800$35,107$3,642$48,637$78,699
Kazakhstan$88,167$82,252$32,139$66,731$57,921  
Kenya$47,156$42,127$130,952$81,421$23,360$140,614 
Korea, South$8,621,628$9,789,625$12,611,646$14,068,012$13,710,211$14,393,522$15,279,305
Kuwait $124,352$27,028$26,451   
Kyrgyzstan$765$483$1,237$564$8,612$1,435$7,925
Latvia$29,303$30,064$23,467$34,556$22,988$27,334$43,686
Lebanon$33,000$30,210$86,213$49,157$41,762$37,028$26,425
Lesotho   $1,064   
Lithuania$147,813$61,139$5,026$11,928$149,367$28,628$62,597
Luxembourg$290$1,369$5,903$10,066$10,319$12,351$14,015
Macedonia$5,705$9,375$10,930$27,884$6,104 $13,392
Madagascar $534$1,503$2,919$3  
Malawi  $214  $7,203$668
Malaysia$543,412$818,030$1,487,424$1,502,932$1,920,303$1,858,410$2,499,828
Maldives$302 $5$165$106$231$482
Mali$1,100$10,565 $26,477   
Malta$34,869$14,379$29,263$27,707$1,948$9,219 
Mauritania  $403    
Mauritius$79,139$97,147$55,981$41,514$23,455$3,616$5,439
Mayotte  $250 $842  
Mexico$5,459,839$4,384,173$5,128,259$5,721,539$6,713,157$9,341,629$12,340,971
Moldova$1,537$555$300$7,681$3,291$3,477$12,822
Mongolia$11$8$305    
Montenegro $8,958$454    
Morocco$112,877$236,223$201,724$218,626$21,688$80,884 
Mozambique$186   $7$575$8,000
Namibia$284 $4,272$7,048   
Nepal    $53,951$80,719 
Netherlands$3,948,308$3,996,285$6,231,253$5,431,272$5,462,324$6,126,378 
Netherlands Antilles $337$109    
New Caledonia$36,182 $280$17,456$201$529$775
New Zealand$596,513$649,558$720,142$636,840$762,469$769,492$679,818
Nicaragua$20   $6,139$6,356$6,647
Niger $2,442     
Nigeria $4,157,233$5,588,632$1,504,652$1,014,759$1,334,349 
Oman$290,973$63,410$1,079,472$388,952$204,349$83,373 
Pakistan$5,569,923$7,855,881$9,741,893$11,600,258$11,892,608$10,019,183$11,916,246
Panama$57,281$139,132$29,679$15,695$34,170$21,867$75,722
Paraguay$13,064$30,154$7,989$36,316$32,372$24,695$87,044
Peru$253,769$236,426$221,963$269,702$314,096$362,102$483,484
Philippines$462,860$749,748$591,039$936,337$1,196,594$2,234,261$940,622
Poland$970,968$997,628$1,481,302$1,949,557$2,855,971$2,756,862$7,643,035
Portugal$673,734$480,678$771,780$893,569$924,396$876,899$884,967
Qatar $3,071$27,178$34,738 $445 
Romania$516,197$834,401$639,706$1,052,482$666,137$745,826$889,347
Russia$402,844$483,284$331,300$2,151,666$3,316,214$1,834,754$2,742,118
Rwanda$19,332$41,877$22,200 $44,875 $88,750
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $138 $3,079 
Sao Tome and Principe     $69 
Saudi Arabia$16,428$14,997$17,595    
Senegal$30,590$33,058$28,784 $6,134$13,886 
Serbia$66,497$88,482$156,904$99,567$34,073$49,376$66,799
Seychelles$29$11     
Singapore$804,966$1,148,435$1,346,952$1,036,754$1,057,243$854,850$280,360
Slovakia$162,707$125,962$124,458$111,929$44,274$32,510$34,032
Slovenia$210,681$200,422$313,035$287,053$229,215$346,966$400,326
South Africa$776,991$1,000,539$1,411,072$1,385,401$1,442,295$1,959,529$2,187,503
Spain$5,011,365$5,701,695$7,733,919$7,188,503$6,708,181$9,194,618 
Sri Lanka$27,175$79,667$57,504$163,612$207,940$251,594$471,232
Sudan $5,826$588$115,903   
Suriname    $2,072 $1,227
Swaziland$1,530$8,358$847    
Sweden$16,939,901$21,107,963$29,296,842$36,385,536$33,138,396$3,835,401$1,323,114
Switzerland$890,809$1,632,251$1,335,416$1,698,248$2,244,428$2,693,709$3,148,078
Syria$220,220$286,395$339,351$316,131 $150,011 
Tanzania$794,747$1,043,490$1,393,935$1,660,269$661,548$809,953$469,280
Thailand$3,390,650$3,647,144$4,703,451$6,075,995$4,798,815$5,777,806$5,568,141
Togo$78,533 $87,690  $98,287$147,530
Tonga   $1,125   
Trinidad and Tobago   $183   
Tunisia$33,706$28,038$37,886$54,801$65,965$50,602 
Turkey$6,712,494$5,959,690$8,416,853$9,791,371$7,295,296$8,949,915$12,129,226
Uganda$36,445$72,891$67,586$12,801$28,782$4,746 
Ukraine$309,260$415,188$329,590$335,210$369,594$397,926$871,081
United Arab Emirates$181,185 $267,505$325,643   
United Kingdom$3,305,287$4,541,434$4,561,582$4,768,864$4,282,826$28,815,222$20,874,088
United States$36,255,872$39,357,998$37,766,779$47,094,205$53,855,152$59,846,082$56,176,644
Uruguay$39,380$63,400$61,278$124,927$177,162  
Venezuela$402,274$190,823$567,854$1,210,203$1,623,655$1,650,120$1,451,794
Vietnam$85,227$118,162$280,869$325,776$317,580$821,640 
Wallis and Futuna$400      
Yemen$111,285     $5,171
Zambia $256,137$21,955$18,120$4,686$858 
Zimbabwe $4,101 $8,011$6,961$65,962