RankCountryImports of Dictionaries & encyclopaedias, & serial instalments thereof in USD (2010)
1France$18,530,161
2Belgium$13,351,300
3United Kingdom$12,736,863
4Mexico$12,347,183
5Argentina$12,023,345
6Netherlands$11,978,322
7Portugal$11,547,241
8Egypt$11,366,200
9Venezuela$10,229,929
10Canada$9,469,760
11United States$7,543,779
12Russia$7,419,064
13Germany$6,522,288
14Peru$6,199,959
15Switzerland$5,474,531
16Austria$5,202,933
17Italy$4,267,944
18Colombia$4,195,860
19Singapore$4,115,474
20Romania$3,811,642
21Spain$3,767,336
22Chile$3,377,370
23Brazil$3,368,768
24Ireland$3,202,538
25Ecuador$3,148,896
26Australia$2,871,232
27Poland$2,717,916
28Costa Rica$2,528,502
29Nigeria$2,304,563
30Ukraine$2,151,893
31Algeria$2,091,022
32Dominican Republic$1,983,037
33Guatemala$1,922,754
34India$1,851,897
35Paraguay$1,732,150
36Bahrain$1,625,935
37Czech Republic$1,586,259
38El Salvador$1,582,192
39South Africa$1,560,683
40Slovakia$1,279,206
41Japan$1,222,774
42Bolivia$1,104,954
43Nicaragua$1,066,707
44Malaysia$1,065,459
45Sweden$1,034,154
46Norway$1,000,060
47Hungary$868,000
48Cote d'Ivoire$816,090
49Greece$803,953
50Korea, South$778,855
51Denmark$699,194
52Kenya$684,571
53Belarus$661,500
54Jamaica$602,575
55Tunisia$599,360
56Cameroon$564,071
57Luxembourg$504,244
58Turkey$499,601
59Hong Kong$495,920
60Trinidad and Tobago$482,729
61Mauritius$449,426
62Thailand$434,161
63Panama$414,487
64Tanzania$411,265
65Suriname$398,109
66Mali$384,519
67New Caledonia$360,810
68Croatia$340,460
69Vietnam$339,750
70Sri Lanka$336,015
71Bulgaria$302,588
72Morocco$269,753
73New Zealand$269,396
74Finland$264,051
75Moldova$261,066
76Indonesia$260,639
77Bahamas, The$251,485
78Philippines$248,760
79Pakistan$243,673
80Azerbaijan$236,013
81China$224,821
82Saudi Arabia$220,000
83French Polynesia$219,984
84Uganda$215,777
85Barbados$212,628
86Georgia$187,723
87Bosnia and Herzegovina$184,927
88Latvia$176,231
89Madagascar$175,325
90Israel$168,000
91Bhutan$167,947
92Syria$167,142
93Ghana$160,920
94Burkina Faso$147,120
95Malawi$146,409
96Iceland$138,086
97Estonia$127,982
98Fiji$123,174
99Ethiopia$120,952
100Lebanon$119,970
101Cyprus$110,725
102Samoa$95,265
103Lithuania$68,588
104Kyrgyzstan$68,211
105Albania$61,399
106Serbia$60,086
107Armenia$59,998
108Mozambique$53,916
109Aruba$51,863
110Zimbabwe$51,253
111Belize$50,665
112Togo$47,775
113Zambia$47,365
114Maldives$44,935
115Cape Verde$44,718
116Qatar$44,387
117Botswana$44,095
118Niger$35,202
119Jordan$32,766
120Bermuda$31,874
121Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$29,428
122Montenegro$28,326
123Tonga$27,848
124Slovenia$26,595
125Benin$24,087
126Nepal$16,460
127Antigua and Barbuda$15,394
128Senegal$12,857
129Dominica$11,891
130Oman$9,319
131Burundi$8,034
132Gambia, The$5,882
133Mauritania$5,725
134Malta$5,192
135Iran$5,029
136Guyana$4,148
137Sao Tome and Principe$2,426
138Cambodia$1,542
139Yemen$1,216
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$277,759$26,804$58,478$27,563$31,333$61,399$76,684
Algeria$1,796,888$1,145,314$2,862,495$2,799,086$3,103,054$2,091,022$2,816,454
Anguilla $9,959$847$29,363   
Antigua and Barbuda$22,793$39,516$27,598 $20,057$15,394$165,210
Argentina$10,166,236$15,167,199$10,714,030$9,940,494$10,373,624$12,023,345$10,030,170
Armenia$123$107,073$46,447$82,723$57,553$59,998$59,618
Aruba    $6,417$51,863$30,458
Australia$2,587,782$3,241,252$3,093,709$3,110,238$2,390,808$2,871,232$2,635,613
Austria$2,082,959$1,863,021$3,445,037$5,040,472$6,277,486$5,202,933 
Azerbaijan$323$6,988$333$15,744$13,834$236,013$239,459
Bahamas, The$115,033$151,116$225,508$155,297$174,250$251,485$210,374
Bahrain$41,806$14,939$33,758$134,619$123,092$1,625,935$259,530
Bangladesh$83,161$15,725$106,386    
Barbados$144,842$160,958$147,929$157,503$133,939$212,628$114,238
Belarus$135,700$205,400$460,700$618,100$536,500$661,500$473,800
Belgium$9,089,736$7,632,376$30,051,560$27,440,970$15,428,842$13,351,300$27,863,954
Belize$64,731$62,791$47,014$116,465$78,885$50,665 
Benin$83,970$74,166   $24,087 
Bermuda     $31,874 
Bhutan$3,193$18,023$52,830$125,455$22,430$167,947 
Bolivia$720,746$1,447,377$1,133,478$1,620,479$1,298,789$1,104,954$1,027,265
Bosnia and Herzegovina$293,074$422,031$296,533$183,608$160,714$184,927$88,800
Botswana$461,339$290,284$293,902$303,479$176,675$44,095$314,797
Brazil$2,762,424$2,188,542$4,330,118$3,729,371$3,387,441$3,368,768$3,584,427
Brunei $681,163     
Bulgaria$704,974$2,200,838$2,596,811$2,106,347$331,446$302,588$375,685
Burkina Faso$120,934 $303,710$121,781$168,880$147,120 
Burundi$28,878$4,800$254$20,231$7,684$8,034 
Cambodia$10,707$28,920$6,416 $6,848$1,542 
Cameroon$344,368$389,056$580,582$624,772$455,549$564,071 
Canada$13,306,149$11,307,146$13,710,790$12,051,136$10,327,762$9,469,760$9,854,303
Cape Verde$34,951$27,683$24,193$34,600$51,706$44,718$49,505
Central African Republic$2,413 $8,686$146$8,435  
Chile$2,812,762$3,472,411$2,839,152$3,687,853$4,911,627$3,377,370$3,028,680
China$406,653$565,890$493,432$228,698$182,032$224,821$288,945
Colombia$7,556,344$5,053,275$4,830,418$6,059,493$6,228,883$4,195,860$2,259,524
Comoros$200$1,649$638    
Costa Rica$2,156,148$1,676,720$2,809,736$2,112,783$1,520,855$2,528,502$1,785,087
Cote d'Ivoire$357,647$469,910$728,171$754,788$596,545$816,090$893,979
Croatia$3,265,523$1,296,373$3,350,181$1,239,415$399,240$340,460$367,823
Cuba$75,844$197,415     
Cyprus$1,203,243$582,461$317,683$108,519$271,933$110,725$165,791
Czech Republic$1,912,236$1,776,580$1,889,692$2,280,891$1,655,834$1,586,259$769,966
Denmark$499,867$665,506$685,956$1,329,450$528,030$699,194$237,977
Djibouti    $264  
Dominica$16,483$20,517$3,396$55,236$2,927$11,891 
Dominican Republic$1,566,223$9,754,033$2,337,510$2,618,714$1,360,812$1,983,037$2,494,923
East Timor$1,241      
Ecuador$5,196,025$4,924,268$3,821,284$4,455,465$3,704,661$3,148,896$3,338,513
Egypt$755,961$464,732$298,219$1,666,956$7,749,484$11,366,200$1,660,307
El Salvador$4,443,555$2,942,837$2,439,300$1,670,953$1,104,837$1,582,192 
Estonia$334,860$373,582$285,995$181,301$160,416$127,982$103,233
Ethiopia$246,448$387,146$3,828,423$135,390$112,767$120,952$87,963
Faroe Islands$30,640$23,739$41,622$153,571$23,360  
Fiji$261,697$161,704$140,403$151,367$68,730$123,174 
Finland$573,300$285,056$88,833$662,388$170,969$264,051$167,092
France$45,819,108$39,336,312$28,990,477$42,153,605$22,540,418$18,530,161$15,423,953
French Polynesia$277,312$489,741$252,516$344,796$296,450$219,984$146,757
Gabon$780,850$281,375$599,152$451,718$282,774  
Gambia, The$48,786$8,124$8,605$9,424$24,550$5,882$40,412
Georgia$68,562$92,302$149,056$169,022$176,364$187,723 
Germany$13,927,000$11,912,000$11,647,000$7,465,000$7,536,000$6,522,288$5,307,983
Ghana$127,308$101,743$792,269$142,240$130,274$160,920$304,349
Greece$1,946,404$5,711,169$6,340,890$5,276,579$1,095,884$803,953$586,453
Greenland$17,083$11,553$3,147    
Grenada$7,195$12,954$11,300$11,595$1,831  
Guatemala$3,754,731$3,249,387$3,515,740$3,428,744$1,852,848$1,922,754$1,797,951
Guinea$31,339$18,522$15,904$52,920   
Guyana$67,382$387,116$58,611$9,529$3,674$4,148$41,277
Honduras$1,799,935$1,924,636$2,968,267 $2,136,682  
Hong Kong$508,782$707,022$614,184$899,434$560,909$495,920$414,374
Hungary$963,000$1,155,000$386,000$1,079,000$776,000$868,000$667,000
Iceland$71,841$87,890$120,263$203,613$57,664$138,086$9,276
India$1,845,897$662,565$3,076,545$2,623,494$2,325,529$1,851,897$140,564
Indonesia$215,839$73,187$210,968$395,355$363,451$260,639$311,474
Iran$61,359    $5,029 
Ireland$1,559,897$2,072,716$1,166,732$12,181,535$12,682,706$3,202,538$1,023,826
Israel$1,403,000$1,091,000$766,000$563,000$95,000$168,000$53,000
Italy$3,388,854$19,387,484$7,119,345$4,043,346$3,671,160$4,267,944$4,630,996
Jamaica$564,453$895,767$1,014,700$776,285$633,979$602,575 
Japan$2,181,998$1,326,586$1,084,886$1,724,865$788,758$1,222,774$689,303
Jordan$83,254$13,182$4,544 $1,690$32,766$17,093
Kazakhstan$961,961$1,154,951$1,705,428$1,422,353$1,668,152  
Kenya$832,509$983,924$1,197,865$974,338$619,023$684,571 
Kiribati$29,798   $84  
Korea, South$779,892$1,109,307$1,332,773$1,353,674$963,798$778,855$622,840
Kuwait $160,011$298,765$88,790   
Kyrgyzstan$55,992$83,934$60,184$119,183$105,018$68,211$85,867
Latvia$320,081$258,800$258,856$278,930$155,305$176,231$156,038
Lebanon$331,000$239,212$248,338$221,962$171,936$119,970$165,001
Lesotho   $6,766   
Lithuania$138,315$209,898$120,887$136,214$177,641$68,588$41,378
Luxembourg$3,359,979$4,001,226$3,971,742$3,544,107$1,138,824$504,244$483,522
Macau$16,136$16,242$12,921$12,910   
Macedonia$57,560$58,708$13,007$33,408$48,808 $16,829
Madagascar$209,945$400,691$157,626$289,901$343,792$175,325 
Malawi$25,342$15,436$52,591$147,539$380,018$146,409$147,027
Malaysia$3,162,358$2,059,247$1,777,309$3,984,088$1,448,822$1,065,459$1,320,070
Maldives$47,887$84,406$236,965$164,466$36,537$44,935$29,647
Mali$9,298$52,598$18,354$51,696 $384,519 
Malta$48,475$35,487$14,496$104,244$1,169$5,192 
Mauritania$25,543$764$56,265$16,221$45,800$5,725$9,934
Mauritius$331,573$227,452$255,352$341,307$286,326$449,426$139,387
Mayotte$8,573$15,675$1,261$26,390$22,134  
Mexico$31,348,793$24,066,303$20,881,708$19,656,405$11,310,344$12,347,183$11,106,606
Moldova$260,449$310,368$647,775$563,809$495,919$261,066$265,014
Mongolia$12,261$27,938$114,708    
Montenegro $117,403$84,073$69,666$47,275$28,326$25,559
Montserrat$47$1,340$405$1,807$36  
Morocco$1,165,103$924,070$1,132,870$417,665$551,498$269,753 
Mozambique$138,487$280,507$298,609$331,114$277,960$53,916$252,000
Namibia$59,062$66,101$60,907$72,528   
Nepal    $16,970$16,460 
Netherlands$723,525$5,647,061$6,427,524$13,584,074$11,652,771$11,978,322 
Netherlands Antilles$6,702$16,673$49,924$1,410   
New Caledonia$482,502$625,236$541,446$775,800$644,148$360,810$283,125
New Zealand$795,868$510,484$369,389$154,675$302,041$269,396$112,329
Nicaragua$1,464,070$1,657,405$1,436,433$1,328,104$869,990$1,066,707$677,844
Niger$21,596$34,142$73,133$87,882$20,873$35,202$20,807
Nigeria $12,320,221$7,322,011$4,260,238$4,728,213$2,304,563 
Norway$536,886$1,072,650$1,011,824$1,415,238$724,262$1,000,060$1,183,078
Oman$15,007$22,596$154,434$3,992$16,809$9,319 
Pakistan$466,335$545,509$982,195$877,451$663,317$243,673$55,975
Panama$1,471,537$1,182,970$1,991,000$1,546,876$422,684$414,487$686,422
Paraguay$815,777$1,309,503$1,754,569$2,900,601$1,967,796$1,732,150$1,783,393
Peru$3,327,847$3,230,166$4,341,072$5,783,594$7,075,339$6,199,959$3,774,807
Philippines$378,626$522,675$113,640$673,484$411,409$248,760$246,515
Poland$18,675,673$2,138,549$2,051,494$1,677,319$1,661,766$2,717,916$719,188
Portugal$5,233,028$16,384,877$6,456,231$14,819,025$9,889,754$11,547,241$8,138,506
Qatar$12,865$13,713$74,953$36,017 $44,387 
Romania$785,744$622,424$1,816,752$4,840,880$1,239,203$3,811,642$2,666,290
Russia$2,737,129$4,550,867$2,654,874$5,609,111$3,579,100$7,419,064$14,196,778
Rwanda$54,831$56,007$113,986$393,209$55,152 $313,466
Saint Kitts and Nevis$95,464$33,200$78,612$34,608   
Saint Lucia$54,838$106,749$130,569$92,721   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$12,797$23,354$63,947$16,148$29,413$29,428 
Samoa$49,612$109,711$109,954$118,778$100,390$95,265$168,337
Sao Tome and Principe $81,472$33$567$7,128$2,426 
Saudi Arabia$456,711$409,178$272,652  $220,000 
Senegal$232,059$451,375$440,015$664,045$312,769$12,857$224,323
Serbia$315,865$201,295$228,508$156,822$38,982$60,086$56,080
Seychelles$41,302$18,822$43,586$27,459   
Singapore$1,228,273$2,251,432$1,923,476$20,158,122$12,253,065$4,115,474$5,648,009
Slovakia$1,263,459$2,202,569$1,681,454$1,425,520$2,281,758$1,279,206$424,893
Slovenia$1,033,178$215,808$403,879$758,335$96,980$26,595$31,697
South Africa$2,034,120$1,985,625$2,507,815$2,031,977$1,578,219$1,560,683$1,207,879
Spain$5,973,179$4,412,831$4,807,376$5,980,192$4,483,197$3,767,336 
Sri Lanka$1,289,119$540,723$239,188$244,747$469,023$336,015$532,358
Sudan$5,911$8,698$26,122$44,971$3,466  
Suriname$250,246$96,035$117,364$122,089$96,063$398,109$108,308
Swaziland$131,370$146,930$74,029    
Sweden$2,569,838$1,090,416$2,061,024$1,642,629$4,350,267$1,034,154$863,524
Switzerland$9,819,729$10,397,395$11,399,609$10,942,898$6,003,841$5,474,531$4,462,866
Syria $32,092$67,595$58,055 $167,142 
Tanzania$144,908$211,924$196,338$292,495$365,771$411,265$246,689
Thailand$490,183$500,599$698,941$793,838$578,640$434,161$962,901
Togo$21,149 $7,510  $47,775$103,412
Tonga   $12,266$94,900$27,848 
Trinidad and Tobago$2,032,010$675,556$737,684$312,927$1,852,423$482,729 
Tunisia$874,509$770,832$817,257$567,174$482,226$599,360 
Turkey$626,639$369,581$347,970$460,032$452,728$499,601$785,629
Uganda$32,806$25,318$54,472$319,241$679,468$215,777 
Ukraine$1,461,621$2,306,012$3,416,008$4,749,744$2,538,883$2,151,893$2,021,202
United Arab Emirates$353,623 $551,618$273,269   
United Kingdom$13,467,870$8,424,483$9,906,600$4,609,055$7,694,086$12,736,863$16,893,176
United States$25,326,492$18,441,283$13,619,391$13,867,011$7,920,805$7,543,779$7,954,428
Uruguay$7,300$4,540$1,231$295$2,163  
Vanuatu $12,977$22,825    
Venezuela$15,285,448$23,075,152$52,959,210$158,779,113$63,691,811$10,229,929$4,036,642
Vietnam$393,735$237,622$1,046,876$449,736$382,798$339,750 
Wallis and Futuna$7,552$9,745     
Yemen$167,327$333$42,686$123,885$32,400$1,216 
Zambia$159,482$75,644$28,828$28,182$99,645$47,365 
Zimbabwe$4,935$10,846$13,581$9,139$14,232$51,253