RankCountryExports of Sesamum seeds, whether or not broken in USD (2010)
1Nigeria$637,931,028
2India$455,557,488
3Ethiopia$303,307,399
4China$59,870,868
5Burkina Faso$55,919,948
6Paraguay$52,600,673
7Tanzania$50,103,166
8Guatemala$33,761,380
9Afghanistan$24,640,300
10Netherlands$24,181,358
11Mexico$19,450,334
12Mozambique$17,237,862
13Egypt$13,736,651
14Uganda$12,859,979
15Bolivia$11,862,529
16Greece$11,815,537
17Pakistan$11,286,173
18Sri Lanka$8,885,933
19United States$8,132,711
20Nicaragua$7,410,305
21Turkey$7,091,101
22Thailand$6,461,646
23Germany$5,708,172
24Senegal$4,986,490
25Mali$4,945,054
26Kenya$4,063,547
27Indonesia$3,739,218
28Ghana$3,287,165
29Venezuela$2,633,084
30Belgium$2,537,051
31United Kingdom$2,263,573
32Austria$1,944,424
33Spain$1,800,883
34Korea, South$1,550,012
35Poland$1,451,052
36Canada$1,317,886
37Denmark$1,262,517
38Singapore$1,259,547
39Japan$1,163,770
40Hong Kong$1,110,360
41France$1,053,821
42Lebanon$1,012,749
43Estonia$819,318
44El Salvador$810,339
45Malaysia$711,837
46Peru$640,987
47Sweden$632,458
48Czech Republic$600,852
49Italy$497,342
50Lithuania$454,529
51Israel$414,000
52Vietnam$390,523
53Australia$329,467
54Saudi Arabia$316,534
55Cambodia$309,923
56Togo$279,336
57Jordan$271,699
58Slovakia$194,483
59Syria$146,428
60Brazil$145,090
61Serbia$120,818
62Switzerland$100,846
63Latvia$100,764
64Cote d'Ivoire$98,121
65Yemen$88,594
66Cyprus$83,169
67Croatia$71,529
68Hungary$68,000
69Portugal$64,105
70Norway$61,112
71Costa Rica$51,658
72South Africa$46,898
73Colombia$45,936
74Niger$44,954
75Bulgaria$40,860
76Romania$40,673
77Zimbabwe$39,200
78Malawi$34,087
79New Zealand$30,177
80Argentina$20,692
81Bosnia and Herzegovina$19,625
82Benin$18,992
83Slovenia$9,861
84Russia$8,579
85Luxembourg$8,371
86Ukraine$7,647
87Madagascar$6,542
88Ecuador$4,350
89Finland$3,829
90Gambia, The$3,054
91Panama$2,035
92Mauritius$1,528
93Morocco$941
94Dominican Republic$390
95Fiji$169
96New Caledonia$159
97Jamaica$155
98Iran$153
99Armenia$63
100Iceland$5
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Afghanistan   $3,388,234$14,288,994$24,640,300 
Albania      $2,095
Algeria$5,712      
Argentina  $108,570$455,759$1,131,718$20,692$22,718
Armenia     $63 
Aruba    $11  
Australia$265,151$289,391$96,010$271,603$119,640$329,467$85,348
Austria$754,474$788,070$1,093,971$1,864,632$1,888,177$1,944,424 
Bahrain $18,495 $32   
Bangladesh$7,283 $239,707    
Barbados$450$260$260    
Belarus    $21,800  
Belgium$2,007,015$1,523,000$1,657,412$3,304,949$1,627,942$2,537,051$2,835,437
Benin $21   $18,992 
Bolivia$16,579,140$13,736,288$11,594,800$11,359,728$16,984,072$11,862,529$15,107,735
Bosnia and Herzegovina$570$424$319$15,705$16,703$19,625$40,636
Botswana   $17  $94
Brazil$18,845$89,907$4,831$132,900$51,378$145,090$313,132
Bulgaria$38,579$55,580$11,640$24,236$17,548$40,860$1,524
Burkina Faso$9,594,964 $21,059,399$24,638,373$47,650,378$55,919,948 
Cambodia$94,989$76,801$86,813$88,424$406,638$309,923 
Cameroon$29,409 $38,806 $311  
Canada$328,940$308,783$262,729$971,440$910,431$1,317,886$1,474,349
Central African Republic   $18,712   
Chile $147$21$157   
China$60,664,563$55,915,893$56,821,693$82,776,136$60,252,544$59,870,868$67,534,416
Colombia$28,034$31,838$53,565$313,227$166,222$45,936$94,750
Costa Rica$556$106$72,537$93,750$59,734$51,658$27,759
Cote d'Ivoire  $15$58,547 $98,121$99,845
Croatia$18,492$10,978$30,753$85,417$95,054$71,529$62,033
Cyprus$480  $4,167$170,163$83,169$40,936
Czech Republic$183,444$414,159$515,185$1,237,367$1,084,129$600,852$398,038
Denmark$332,777$105,452$383,267$646,391$705,100$1,262,517$688,388
Djibouti    $4,979  
Dominican Republic$140$250$382$2,650$3,830$390$391
Ecuador     $4,350$2,765
Egypt$3,154,089$2,925,392$3,783,655$13,519,327$14,393,752$13,736,651$9,944,282
El Salvador$890,811$735,900$1,121,834$636,541$629,484$810,339 
Estonia$13,637$97,662$1,195,907$3,114,976$1,249,582$819,318$68,879
Ethiopia$173,306,981$160,618,956$133,028,868$209,928,796$334,483,998$303,307,399$350,039,182
Fiji$7$132$15 $172$169 
Finland$2,392$1,449$1,314$108,762$12,451$3,829$3,242
France$435,485$603,819$552,996$653,476$823,870$1,053,821$1,179,827
Gambia, The   $73,410$15,678$3,054 
Germany$3,747,000$4,351,000$5,675,000$8,149,000$7,192,000$5,708,172$7,089,376
Ghana$40,896$655,019$2,236,764$912,664$1,323,404$3,287,165$6,101,105
Greece$2,932,754$3,090,870$5,777,396$10,585,196$15,859,922$11,815,537$11,971,551
Guatemala$26,917,352$16,206,568$26,780,794$22,860,756$32,391,076$33,761,380$28,383,500
Guinea$128,994$11,735$44,607$105,557   
Honduras$1,764,410$1,491,601$1,327,022 $1,870,372  
Hong Kong$861,288$885,324$1,043,387$1,700,263$1,109,959$1,110,360$984,051
Hungary$8,000 $32,000$73,000 $68,000$86,000
Iceland   $11 $5 
India$166,111,075$171,301,580$319,405,150$434,768,494$253,726,607$455,557,488$563,887,741
Indonesia$499,149$249,367$735,488$199,629$241,979$3,739,218$548,363
Iran$14,109$7,930   $153 
Ireland$27,696  $1  $2,703
Israel $44,000$5,000$325,000$495,000$414,000$739,000
Italy$193,857$136,274$139,251$110,664$388,410$497,342$1,230,702
Jamaica     $155 
Japan$722,249$756,109$1,246,583$1,698,845$1,476,062$1,163,770$688,774
Jordan $135,743$531,280$1,331,796$642,277$271,699$928,707
Kazakhstan  $9    
Kenya$2,659,975$2,037,013$735,316$3,111,013$5,181,654$4,063,547 
Korea, South$1,292$1,523$29,405$43,673$250,253$1,550,012$492,015
Kuwait    $36,605  
Kyrgyzstan   $2,498   
Latvia$5,131$12,902$53,576$138,807$63,866$100,764$100,913
Lebanon$82,000$129,433$59,603$257,408$122,327$1,012,749$874,304
Lithuania$175,726$253,603$254,650$406,268$434,184$454,529$461,624
Luxembourg$6,066$5,916$6,042$8,466$8,141$8,371$12,080
Macedonia$221,778$216,673$552,819 $572,403 $553,787
Madagascar$11$894$37$191$415$6,542 
Malawi   $122,702$384,876$34,087 
Malaysia$96,997$108,417$36,298$108,316$28,517$711,837$332,810
Mali$323,365$866,074$1,043,100$1,457,505 $4,945,054 
Mauritius$226$179$925$110$227$1,528$412
Mayotte $90     
Mexico$17,071,717$15,696,397$13,424,252$24,674,401$17,360,593$19,450,334$16,542,191
Morocco$52,633$5,877$911$1,233$125$941 
Mozambique$8,178,805$13,499,546$15,997,552$30,577,264$39,140,037$17,237,862$19,580,000
Namibia  $34,058$11   
Nepal    $5,518  
Netherlands$18,035,667$19,080,060$21,355,666$35,106,569$30,429,715$24,181,358 
New Caledonia $11 $216$223$159$195
New Zealand$32,159$26,766$6,352$11,268$25,942$30,177$28,440
Nicaragua$8,216,280$4,319,270$6,874,993$6,526,979$6,478,663$7,410,305$6,251,151
Niger$51,965$54,112$111,114$138,732$65,406$44,954$429,941
Nigeria $2,622,902$118,244,150$151,299,802$194,394,759$637,931,028 
Norway$410$1,450$10,467$53,931$1,214$61,112$4,769
Pakistan$8,561,173$10,884,218$24,066,306$29,761,868$37,400,168$11,286,173$18,354,496
Panama     $2,035 
Paraguay$23,569,835$28,363,175$40,041,389$100,447,970$75,933,772$52,600,673$58,038,176
Peru$573,380$537,500$491,432$949,734$698,519$640,987$488,763
Poland$92,915$225,357$626,021$1,526,425$1,407,401$1,451,052$1,096,899
Portugal$632$2,160$5,933$6,844$32,420$64,105$58,881
Qatar$1,202$354$112    
Romania$40,170$9,603$71,036$346,209$102,429$40,673$181,117
Russia$3,891$9,342$16,586$17,608$9,439$8,579$2,060
Saint Lucia$278 $27$104   
Saudi Arabia$120,103$8,578$174,498  $316,534 
Senegal$208,604$122,627$203,514$1,089,368$2,700,188$4,986,490$1,417,004
Serbia$71,998$73,028$96,155$260,813$117,750$120,818$163,001
Seychelles$4      
Singapore$1,439,270$1,713,144$992,724$1,665,483$1,409,993$1,259,547$1,386,725
Slovakia$25,630$16,297 $171,253$76,126$194,483$408,593
Slovenia $53$3,224$13,056$22,656$9,861$14,396
South Africa$19,745$16,586$16,481$26,019$44,850$46,898$165,512
Spain$836,477$694,689$926,509$1,246,868$1,695,303$1,800,883 
Sri Lanka$713,699$1,333,297$599,073$359,590$1,621,115$8,885,933$514,211
Sudan$100,914,578$143,712,121 $167,918,256$147,450,301  
Suriname    $429  
Swaziland $1,004     
Sweden$878,200$1,276,267$401,209$757,722$470,303$632,458$858,848
Switzerland$28,038$48,414$36,655$3,850$55,676$100,846$7,054
Syria$246,037$957,527$306,159$697,650 $146,428 
Tanzania$17,983,456$21,135,390$17,048,706$31,267,930$64,529,595$50,103,166$73,077,178
Thailand$15,820,675$7,736,563$7,475,342$8,028,228$9,521,518$6,461,646$7,019,911
Togo     $279,336$2,804,145
Trinidad and Tobago$55 $32$256$965  
Tunisia$11,655$1,689$213$1,754$220,075  
Turkey$6,930,932$7,261,183$8,709,741$3,060,573$7,867,725$7,091,101$8,046,645
Uganda$4,779,219$4,547,430$5,447,215$14,153,551$12,907,725$12,859,979 
Ukraine$612$499$8 $6,223$7,647$23,373
United Arab Emirates$2,067,380 $2,321,898$7,777,904   
United Kingdom$2,569,314$1,750,524$1,750,057$3,269,736$2,289,231$2,263,573$2,216,669
United States$2,777,660$2,503,558$2,909,462$3,743,722$5,107,061$8,132,711$5,946,922
Venezuela$16,455,496$9,700,650 $2,616,743$23,139,670$2,633,084$4,171,205
Vietnam$1,950,478$709,221$901,266$1,292,935$290,280$390,523 
Yemen$56,871$48,857$72,198$105,365$121,806$88,594$159,912
Zimbabwe$11    $39,200