RankCountryImports of Printed books, brochures, leaflets & sim. printed matter (excl. dictionarie ... in USD (2010)
1United States$1,928,474,604
2Canada$1,300,371,738
3United Kingdom$1,191,753,512
4France$802,451,420
5Hong Kong$782,526,798
6Germany$590,398,932
7Switzerland$569,347,326
8Austria$544,829,481
9Australia$480,028,993
10Belgium$460,993,140
11Mexico$304,720,780
12Spain$268,485,844
13Singapore$267,150,625
14Netherlands$263,935,402
15Japan$258,598,528
16Russia$209,549,559
17Nigeria$187,485,470
18Italy$187,478,509
19Korea, South$177,956,401
20South Africa$177,628,125
21Norway$155,501,884
22Sweden$151,269,684
23Brazil$136,403,966
24China$133,418,822
25New Zealand$132,946,689
26Denmark$125,970,492
27Malaysia$125,707,666
28Ireland$123,416,678
29Czech Republic$102,571,468
30India$95,303,665
31Finland$93,819,334
32Argentina$93,203,032
33Saudi Arabia$93,164,383
34Romania$78,512,370
35Greece$77,787,587
36Poland$75,618,822
37Philippines$74,673,822
38Thailand$71,523,016
39Jamaica$68,270,946
40Morocco$61,236,202
41Colombia$60,559,270
42Portugal$60,049,974
43Peru$57,521,247
44Chile$55,529,509
45Panama$48,010,578
46Ecuador$46,774,263
47Lebanon$46,039,651
48Luxembourg$42,668,468
49Hungary$41,821,000
50Algeria$39,815,184
51Venezuela$39,738,932
52Turkey$38,819,077
53Guatemala$37,671,114
54Slovakia$36,781,150
55Ukraine$33,404,170
56Ethiopia$31,469,692
57Costa Rica$28,647,966
58Qatar$27,899,338
59Israel$27,875,000
60Belarus$24,899,600
61Kenya$23,530,783
62Cyprus$23,006,137
63Egypt$22,525,963
64Indonesia$21,848,060
65Slovenia$21,585,582
66Ghana$21,271,626
67El Salvador$19,120,620
68Pakistan$18,430,675
69Vietnam$17,744,670
70Nicaragua$17,492,280
71Botswana$16,268,961
72Croatia$14,819,884
73Mozambique$14,529,735
74Trinidad and Tobago$14,517,170
75Cote d'Ivoire$14,174,609
76Serbia$13,635,929
77Tunisia$13,475,318
78Bahamas, The$13,040,742
79Bahrain$12,421,951
80Syria$11,897,472
81Jordan$11,820,170
82Bulgaria$11,716,314
83Tanzania$10,522,034
84Cameroon$10,031,961
85Sri Lanka$9,983,144
86Senegal$9,470,445
87Iceland$9,357,006
88Dominican Republic$9,203,280
89Oman$9,081,366
90Iran$8,976,107
91Mauritius$8,895,938
92Latvia$8,739,205
93Zambia$8,594,245
94New Caledonia$8,525,916
95Barbados$8,525,259
96Azerbaijan$8,462,742
97Burkina Faso$8,227,415
98Zimbabwe$8,120,485
99Uganda$7,882,821
100Georgia$7,856,198
101Malawi$7,789,169
102Bolivia$7,658,329
103Estonia$7,574,542
104Bosnia and Herzegovina$7,318,289
105Paraguay$7,023,087
106Macau$6,938,630
107Lithuania$6,322,144
108French Polynesia$6,061,876
109Malta$5,416,922
110Nepal$5,389,903
111Bhutan$5,024,390
112Montenegro$4,690,992
113Albania$4,201,689
114Moldova$4,091,824
115Fiji$3,494,357
116Madagascar$3,473,935
117Belize$3,065,575
118Maldives$2,703,633
119Aruba$2,583,686
120Antigua and Barbuda$2,420,545
121Mali$2,358,380
122Niger$2,065,422
123Togo$1,910,332
124Bermuda$1,887,156
125Armenia$1,832,628
126Guyana$1,788,118
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,760,220
128Burundi$1,621,567
129Kyrgyzstan$1,550,828
130Dominica$1,483,052
131Cape Verde$1,459,385
132Benin$1,374,262
133Yemen$969,968
134Suriname$806,798
135Cambodia$751,572
136Tonga$566,495
137Samoa$499,665
138Sao Tome and Principe$380,437
139Mauritania$378,287
140Gambia, The$180,633
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,854,616$2,405,232$4,290,788$4,404,656$3,774,544$4,201,689$3,762,543
Algeria$27,121,389$23,130,347$31,716,979$50,564,926$50,450,693$39,815,184$46,771,380
Anguilla $304,589$356,831$283,697   
Antigua and Barbuda$2,196,076$2,260,687$3,074,154 $4,244,349$2,420,545$2,579,108
Argentina$45,955,264$56,114,147$78,645,518$104,908,051$84,181,730$93,203,032$104,751,948
Armenia$1,244,219$2,877,537$3,347,892$3,742,897$2,168,607$1,832,628$1,517,572
Aruba    $3,056,507$2,583,686$2,475,198
Australia$408,090,370$443,006,180$492,583,421$522,419,035$459,602,213$480,028,993$516,804,398
Austria$455,516,081$468,126,024$564,575,196$617,307,997$564,072,782$544,829,481 
Azerbaijan$6,660,601$4,751,372$12,352,744$5,971,077$4,020,088$8,462,742$4,191,148
Bahamas, The$9,179,061$9,886,984$11,719,121$9,781,361$12,126,102$13,040,742$12,164,394
Bahrain$5,238,919$4,565,907$4,720,181$7,113,331$7,240,582$12,421,951$11,444,035
Bangladesh$3,695,599$4,076,799$4,292,657    
Barbados$7,680,386$8,380,440$8,673,993$9,575,621$8,375,342$8,525,259$7,692,498
Belarus$9,211,100$16,747,900$18,024,900$28,907,900$21,274,700$24,899,600$31,191,800
Belgium$399,660,083$435,247,743$479,183,018$558,385,190$490,689,270$460,993,140$471,689,618
Belize$2,075,402$2,315,826$4,784,910$2,766,245$3,645,327$3,065,575 
Benin$4,328,762$2,024,727   $1,374,262 
Bermuda     $1,887,156 
Bhutan$1,234,766$1,024,030$1,581,455$1,717,066$3,986,446$5,024,390 
Bolivia$3,924,745$4,566,343$6,460,813$7,695,807$6,315,155$7,658,329$9,931,997
Bosnia and Herzegovina$13,008,216$8,270,098$9,236,225$10,071,846$10,405,124$7,318,289$9,420,036
Botswana$15,906,007$15,821,426$15,844,678$15,747,761$14,781,807$16,268,961$14,396,409
Brazil$66,444,304$84,919,450$118,247,684$125,988,901$111,524,732$136,403,966$174,493,500
Brunei $1,861,119     
Bulgaria$9,794,765$7,288,447$13,708,167$13,073,593$11,207,835$11,716,314$9,070,409
Burkina Faso$1,633,138 $7,817,721$5,070,255$9,873,036$8,227,415 
Burundi$1,239,836$836,428$850,769$1,081,562$515,823$1,621,567 
Cambodia$232,953$439,065$544,685$1,107,182$1,205,120$751,572 
Cameroon$9,179,333$12,134,898$12,419,566$12,393,353$14,578,031$10,031,961 
Canada$1,141,122,561$1,218,163,123$1,286,253,352$1,319,611,558$1,220,656,893$1,300,371,738$1,293,094,836
Cape Verde$925,506$1,164,681$1,053,477$1,362,657$927,322$1,459,385$2,046,115
Central African Republic$411,267 $320,450$617,402$590,393  
Chile$45,341,945$49,991,459$52,458,819$70,574,177$53,611,405$55,529,509$70,954,478
China$71,204,585$81,166,575$99,901,703$98,713,321$112,534,418$133,418,822$162,436,478
Colombia$35,029,360$48,802,056$52,044,170$63,068,008$53,461,250$60,559,270$69,168,314
Comoros$60,561$27,310$38,470    
Cook Islands$450,524      
Costa Rica$18,922,467$21,539,494$27,002,375$30,900,023$16,535,070$28,647,966$41,880,205
Cote d'Ivoire$5,031,631$7,725,391$9,134,985$9,494,331$13,190,875$14,174,609$9,445,676
Croatia$24,088,677$21,558,048$29,552,523$27,242,721$20,324,877$14,819,884$13,875,312
Cuba$4,051,504$3,670,105     
Cyprus$18,579,237$19,082,315$23,364,846$27,239,628$22,199,572$23,006,137$22,356,640
Czech Republic$61,917,541$82,905,678$96,272,186$114,434,207$105,326,186$102,571,468$122,959,602
Denmark$122,599,958$130,818,491$145,111,429$172,336,321$128,836,500$125,970,492$135,010,383
Djibouti    $689,792  
Dominica$1,896,389$1,355,236$2,274,923$1,708,849$1,218,942$1,483,052 
Dominican Republic$7,002,409$3,803,281$18,243,183$9,144,549$7,881,987$9,203,280$11,495,414
East Timor$78,543      
Ecuador$35,026,801$25,426,988$32,903,104$47,131,689$43,804,351$46,774,263$47,175,767
Egypt$8,382,658$9,969,284$12,365,047$24,327,661$22,121,702$22,525,963$22,514,861
El Salvador$19,184,453$26,528,197$26,153,785$28,487,402$19,838,683$19,120,620 
Estonia$7,911,930$10,142,652$15,197,625$17,039,342$10,217,987$7,574,542$8,886,731
Ethiopia$9,546,437$13,503,830$22,922,491$17,070,602$13,154,974$31,469,692$49,576,597
Faroe Islands$1,845,649$2,325,846$2,193,195$2,416,306$2,857,742  
Fiji$6,254,595$5,272,697$4,918,641$5,183,188$3,877,232$3,494,357 
Finland$57,208,067$56,967,577$67,728,215$78,810,247$89,871,053$93,819,334$84,604,065
France$651,972,907$639,054,987$750,079,537$850,815,286$821,680,141$802,451,420$833,643,422
French Polynesia$6,358,510$5,842,129$6,583,428$7,963,775$6,665,795$6,061,876$5,615,977
Gabon$3,055,262$3,372,963$4,808,281$11,987,528$3,570,205  
Gambia, The$415,780$952,064$785,125$1,228,339$1,150,407$180,633$926,978
Georgia$1,354,784$3,834,295$4,175,726$4,710,628$4,562,888$7,856,198 
Germany$601,062,000$630,324,000$684,147,000$714,819,000$613,132,000$590,398,932$687,166,368
Ghana$24,498,667$15,897,573$30,146,978$28,508,892$21,899,844$21,271,626$27,018,316
Greece$64,959,323$76,340,560$106,997,930$115,223,100$99,274,835$77,787,587$68,435,985
Greenland$1,543,692$1,299,032$1,148,255    
Grenada$3,215,865$21,641,947$8,001,517$3,963,550$4,040,840  
Guatemala$33,832,230$38,208,203$38,776,036$38,870,392$35,844,835$37,671,114$40,730,224
Guinea$1,972,342$8,822,281$2,275,254$2,322,682   
Guinea-Bissau$879,666      
Guyana$4,794,783$6,544,070$6,784,012$23,409,864$3,422,157$1,788,118$3,088,909
Honduras$16,036,748$15,095,490$18,750,249 $22,933,098  
Hong Kong$568,114,568$675,019,905$764,582,503$819,153,254$733,873,601$782,526,798$681,421,510
Hungary$49,794,000$63,512,000$77,118,000$72,771,000$48,797,000$41,821,000$24,652,000
Iceland$10,600,283$14,505,710$16,310,592$13,156,768$9,877,265$9,357,006$10,508,804
India$72,127,680$82,655,073$97,652,468$102,015,227$67,178,001$95,303,665$124,430,088
Indonesia$10,185,060$8,372,915$12,610,235$19,238,907$18,054,013$21,848,060$29,745,866
Iran$1,906,507$2,847,329   $8,976,107 
Ireland$137,977,705$189,665,678$199,220,757$195,021,767$142,556,585$123,416,678$121,476,463
Israel$30,615,000$31,396,000$37,209,000$36,492,000$26,845,000$27,875,000$29,269,000
Italy$183,117,341$218,490,626$224,682,892$230,333,224$199,467,715$187,478,509$275,053,315
Jamaica$52,069,207$70,647,944$79,685,866$175,816,081$51,966,389$68,270,946 
Japan$272,756,634$264,729,783$251,963,503$260,134,749$245,660,855$258,598,528$271,807,723
Jordan$12,982,133$15,153,901$20,559,386$19,785,285$18,137,916$11,820,170$11,808,969
Kazakhstan$22,137,561$46,745,987$40,656,683$45,343,132$42,429,110  
Kenya$21,990,749$17,792,129$17,580,379$15,556,660$16,743,090$23,530,783 
Kiribati$97,861   $91,899  
Korea, South$135,656,400$158,322,695$198,678,954$192,639,774$179,722,937$177,956,401$179,502,454
Kuwait $25,381,323$18,871,055$21,818,768   
Kyrgyzstan$1,462,049$1,467,121$2,257,249$1,971,228$2,239,198$1,550,828$1,654,275
Latvia$11,020,341$15,838,236$18,756,493$20,167,058$10,887,678$8,739,205$7,823,634
Lebanon$27,006,000$27,909,755$32,871,594$35,812,539$38,339,598$46,039,651$51,696,434
Lesotho   $3,892,508   
Lithuania$8,106,794$12,168,943$12,098,822$11,712,788$6,271,155$6,322,144$5,758,584
Luxembourg$30,067,274$29,698,508$41,983,063$42,778,139$45,417,489$42,668,468$46,039,228
Macau$2,395,846$2,200,570$2,747,443$3,386,437$5,844,634$6,938,630$7,160,044
Macedonia$2,764,069$2,181,020$2,343,216$3,235,579$3,250,945 $5,135,123
Madagascar$2,897,474$6,064,291$4,269,859$8,991,048$4,073,907$3,473,935 
Malawi$15,605,109$14,809,232$9,651,131$11,378,156$11,109,609$7,789,169$5,038,027
Malaysia$100,222,279$127,522,062$113,734,023$134,808,391$125,019,322$125,707,666$135,656,723
Maldives$4,338,396$3,288,903$3,692,092$4,583,014$3,815,362$2,703,633$3,055,553
Mali$3,070,776$976,399$2,067,191$3,344,629 $2,358,380 
Malta$4,012,904$5,079,889$6,021,593$5,319,789$5,512,067$5,416,922 
Mauritania$750,090$872,774$740,627$258,766$146,332$378,287$575,197
Mauritius$8,430,398$7,480,012$7,358,392$8,888,243$9,253,646$8,895,938$9,387,914
Mayotte$2,213,318$2,538,375$2,245,079$3,155,093$3,261,786  
Mexico$352,794,840$358,632,216$394,166,203$399,174,732$320,940,853$304,720,780$316,217,005
Moldova$2,828,334$2,582,099$3,875,471$4,438,287$3,873,162$4,091,824$6,591,447
Mongolia$562,357$468,261$814,734    
Montenegro $4,133,158$7,535,116$6,716,995$4,891,743$4,690,992$4,167,703
Montserrat$69,848$56,564$50,306$49,394$77,379  
Morocco$48,935,402$48,867,076$54,292,852$58,925,818$52,936,232$61,236,202 
Mozambique$25,063,272$18,516,002$20,135,897$22,876,101$29,541,138$14,529,735$25,784,000
Namibia$8,912,918$8,875,645$8,317,404$9,397,272   
Nepal    $4,670,675$5,389,903 
Netherlands$228,145,310$257,390,406$299,075,457$329,812,013$263,145,634$263,935,402 
Netherlands Antilles$5,013,180$5,036,198$7,376,687$6,863,000   
New Caledonia$7,091,006$7,826,208$8,326,211$9,541,223$8,847,704$8,525,916$10,121,955
New Zealand$130,434,245$129,973,414$158,617,829$137,913,334$124,620,498$132,946,689$147,505,080
Nicaragua$8,812,590$10,763,163$16,436,783$12,586,981$13,983,685$17,492,280$18,030,970
Niger$2,721,268$719,524$716,690$1,464,293$4,169,992$2,065,422$681,728
Nigeria $123,056,668$151,596,516$120,962,872$91,417,246$187,485,470 
Norway$133,835,905$144,323,653$170,980,804$193,363,743$158,018,280$155,501,884$173,217,886
Oman$5,376,660$9,254,028$7,174,031$8,138,171$7,858,521$9,081,366 
Pakistan$16,678,661$15,063,647$17,392,647$18,682,765$18,791,870$18,430,675$20,510,735
Panama$8,074,495$12,638,798$15,564,231$15,849,994$19,353,126$48,010,578$40,655,702
Paraguay$3,717,134$4,324,046$6,229,371$5,916,281$6,430,677$7,023,087$8,142,547
Peru$32,382,358$35,046,235$40,944,227$54,244,515$57,468,668$57,521,247$65,501,090
Philippines$46,202,522$61,321,944$56,911,038$85,190,312$67,641,993$74,673,822$59,545,475
Poland$88,989,477$84,832,574$101,292,446$138,101,427$89,666,001$75,618,822$85,508,819
Portugal$53,904,562$51,225,784$66,043,069$61,133,035$36,459,760$60,049,974$56,842,791
Qatar$8,072,537$9,862,687$18,298,981$35,692,731 $27,899,338 
Romania$19,503,434$23,227,080$22,726,662$37,207,490$57,115,476$78,512,370$37,952,622
Russia$93,402,442$131,055,963$179,762,593$287,870,443$214,252,492$209,549,559$206,508,434
Rwanda$1,294,426$2,811,483$4,509,051$8,383,331$6,485,695 $4,620,896
Saint Kitts and Nevis$1,199,624$1,565,212$1,257,648$1,485,373   
Saint Lucia$3,020,896$3,137,193$4,821,893$2,754,963   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,117,067$1,852,752$2,011,955$2,378,844$2,033,011$1,760,220 
Samoa$542,275$558,805$448,471$407,062$468,010$499,665$545,005
Sao Tome and Principe$69,693$88,153$78,241$68,816$214,120$380,437 
Saudi Arabia$48,045,708$41,825,617$42,057,139$4,328,539$6,037,048$93,164,383 
Senegal$8,108,011$7,387,390$9,094,381$10,485,336$13,132,485$9,470,445$7,639,048
Serbia$12,950,892$18,398,796$14,852,986$16,372,083$13,383,685$13,635,929$15,031,266
Seychelles$677,978$1,636,454$1,741,152$817,411   
Singapore$257,156,758$253,358,903$278,966,582$284,106,790$257,042,434$267,150,625$301,698,467
Slovakia$27,367,731$26,878,293$32,947,835$36,752,830$42,276,088$36,781,150$48,898,999
Slovenia$12,056,405$14,050,994$16,350,032$19,852,736$19,290,097$21,585,582$27,459,697
South Africa$203,054,910$191,480,986$204,625,082$185,558,998$156,047,179$177,628,125$194,619,503
Spain$230,498,053$253,954,819$310,641,822$370,938,259$296,124,711$268,485,844 
Sri Lanka$10,019,685$9,498,569$11,162,085$10,174,309$8,261,293$9,983,144$13,065,894
Sudan$1,012,078$480,442$584,873$565,602$98,655  
Suriname$312,037$400,415$402,947$467,884$582,677$806,798$1,613,219
Swaziland$7,364,547$7,918,654$6,978,667    
Sweden$151,376,655$167,989,310$187,654,980$166,194,623$128,862,175$151,269,684$181,201,649
Switzerland$531,089,338$543,320,751$589,646,263$653,019,315$582,392,666$569,347,326$575,802,214
Syria$367,877$3,233,929$1,117,774$1,789,888 $11,897,472 
Tanzania$10,593,421$7,528,064$11,425,578$12,701,258$10,523,156$10,522,034$11,163,415
Thailand$53,638,288$59,446,495$66,172,897$72,558,987$62,134,502$71,523,016$75,669,000
Togo$792,793 $1,370,179  $1,910,332$1,279,259
Tonga   $110,608$279,030$566,495 
Trinidad and Tobago$23,426,001$34,837,953$28,538,004$22,565,361$15,667,460$14,517,170 
Tunisia$13,692,029$11,248,576$15,439,764$15,572,703$16,598,009$13,475,318 
Turkey$32,614,699$35,911,625$38,546,003$39,092,502$35,216,845$38,819,077$49,170,436
Uganda$9,460,271$6,231,265$8,787,528$8,272,952$14,308,914$7,882,821 
Ukraine$23,529,953$24,607,130$33,524,395$42,174,819$30,970,859$33,404,170$37,312,490
United Arab Emirates$62,627,614 $86,594,191$95,289,036   
United Kingdom$1,185,536,478$1,260,532,869$1,356,248,480$1,388,669,668$1,152,159,897$1,191,753,512$1,367,609,642
United States$2,078,167,186$2,192,608,615$2,380,646,244$2,339,927,104$1,822,054,562$1,928,474,604$1,757,038,817
Uruguay$395,206$192,691$270,944$385,601$426,308  
Vanuatu $779,135$722,323    
Venezuela$183,501,464$61,470,929$121,182,700$110,342,779$61,677,739$39,738,932$33,740,514
Vietnam$24,953,272$34,063,566$32,222,230$12,587,010$14,370,787$17,744,670 
Wallis and Futuna$262,596$125,952     
Yemen$783,311$176,628$1,571,415$3,028,500$1,066,801$969,968$439,429
Zambia$9,749,571$29,766,773$9,818,338$15,489,719$11,691,737$8,594,245 
Zimbabwe$1,868,481$2,140,519$2,915,774$1,614,903$2,756,421$8,120,485