| Rank | Country | Exports of Glutamic acid & its salts in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | China | $272,718,776 |  | | 2 | Brazil | $200,449,703 |  | | 3 | Indonesia | $154,606,488 |  | | 4 | Vietnam | $95,654,498 |  | | 5 | Thailand | $88,231,257 |  | | 6 | Korea, South | $17,151,010 |  | | 7 | United States | $14,248,634 |  | | 8 | Malaysia | $11,362,504 |  | | 9 | Peru | $6,708,748 |  | | 10 | Netherlands | $4,541,299 |  | | 11 | Germany | $3,655,721 |  | | 12 | Hong Kong | $3,645,646 |  | | 13 | Belgium | $3,268,785 |  | | 14 | Japan | $2,761,665 |  | | 15 | India | $2,694,042 |  | | 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | $2,419,745 |  | | 17 | Singapore | $2,129,837 |  | | 18 | Nigeria | $1,640,097 |  | | 19 | Spain | $1,463,459 |  | | 20 | Poland | $705,038 |  | | 21 | Cameroon | $695,446 |  | | 22 | Austria | $667,886 |  | | 23 | Senegal | $652,454 |  | | 24 | United Kingdom | $580,077 |  | | 25 | Canada | $403,551 |  | | 26 | Denmark | $384,876 |  | | 27 | Switzerland | $269,583 |  | | 28 | Philippines | $264,836 |  | | 29 | Serbia | $237,425 |  | | 30 | Yemen | $182,968 |  | | 31 | Turkey | $149,620 |  | | 32 | Latvia | $134,287 |  | | 33 | Lithuania | $107,602 |  | | 34 | Russia | $94,733 |  | | 35 | El Salvador | $85,294 |  | | 36 | South Africa | $77,841 |  | | 37 | Panama | $71,830 |  | | 38 | Ireland | $61,738 |  | | 39 | Guatemala | $58,203 |  | | 40 | Mauritius | $54,640 |  | | 41 | Czech Republic | $41,448 |  | | 42 | Hungary | $31,000 |  | | 43 | Sweden | $25,610 |  | | 44 | Bulgaria | $25,586 |  | | 45 | Australia | $23,830 |  | | 46 | Portugal | $22,644 |  | | 47 | Finland | $21,726 |  | | 48 | Costa Rica | $21,075 |  | | 49 | Romania | $20,505 |  | | 50 | Norway | $19,581 |  | | 51 | Ukraine | $13,916 |  | | 52 | Croatia | $13,108 |  | | 53 | Mexico | $12,706 |  | | 54 | Greece | $5,817 |  | | 55 | Dominican Republic | $4,935 |  | | 56 | Estonia | $3,115 |  | | 57 | New Zealand | $2,681 |  | | 58 | Luxembourg | $2,202 |  | | 59 | Israel | $2,000 |  | | 60 | Pakistan | $1,341 |  | | 61 | Argentina | $1,146 |  | | 62 | Slovenia | $1,138 |  | | 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | $1,022 |  | | 64 | Guyana | $699 |  | | 65 | Kenya | $467 |  | | 66 | Colombia | $82 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | | $347 | $294 | | | |
| Argentina | $2,026 | $51 | $2,106 | $1,620 | $670 | $1,146 | $2,868 |
| Australia | $58,620 | $620,152 | $27,555 | $29,140 | $11,579 | $23,830 | $33,671 |
| Austria | $223,917 | $416,834 | $382,731 | $573,550 | $706,448 | $667,886 | |
| Bahrain | $239 | | | | | | |
| Belarus | $100 | | | | $200 | | |
| Belgium | $1,059,194 | $2,512,973 | $2,426,600 | $3,292,356 | $4,953,151 | $3,268,785 | $3,432,043 |
| Bolivia | $8,970 | | | | | | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | | | | $102 | | | |
| Brazil | $91,025,457 | $112,691,497 | $123,517,254 | $161,138,739 | $157,260,455 | $200,449,703 | $243,851,838 |
| Bulgaria | $20,720 | $28,047 | $153 | $8,979 | $5,048 | $25,586 | $24,344 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | $32,629 | | | |
| Cambodia | | $36 | | | | | |
| Cameroon | $101,739 | | | | | $695,446 | |
| Canada | $99,149 | $74,522 | $164,639 | $338,760 | $317,631 | $403,551 | $124,953 |
| Chile | $56 | | | $1 | | | |
| China | $72,834,659 | $184,912,269 | $198,828,674 | $217,565,039 | $291,779,629 | $272,718,776 | $447,208,610 |
| Colombia | $24 | $63,307 | $125,192 | $784,009 | $992,192 | $82 | $16,208 |
| Costa Rica | $101,781 | $20,011 | $18,308 | $22,713 | $31,312 | $21,075 | $28,287 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $63,070 | | $53,820 | $228,730 | $3,894,764 | $2,419,745 | $229,525 |
| Croatia | $94,707 | $115,124 | $129,600 | $101,318 | $57,237 | $13,108 | $32,615 |
| Cyprus | | | | | $669 | | $234 |
| Czech Republic | $87,767 | $16,921 | $35,524 | $11,748 | $33,178 | $41,448 | $52,627 |
| Denmark | $109,839 | $233,141 | $92,605 | $116,779 | $175,178 | $384,876 | $128,047 |
| Dominican Republic | | | $2,430 | $6,588 | $14,702 | $4,935 | $114 |
| Ecuador | $10 | | | | | | |
| Egypt | $8,321 | | | | | | |
| El Salvador | $12,640 | $32,066 | $44,566 | $42,763 | $44,338 | $85,294 | |
| Estonia | $40 | $3,689 | $4,463 | $3,323 | $3,953 | $3,115 | $14,419 |
| Finland | $18,058 | $47,067 | $139,413 | $81,219 | $73,288 | $21,726 | $15,475 |
| Germany | $2,665,000 | $3,240,000 | $3,462,000 | $2,829,000 | $3,144,000 | $3,655,721 | $6,515,608 |
| Ghana | | | $37,815 | $1 | | | $22,718 |
| Greece | $13,677 | $4,162 | $6,058 | $12,951 | $19,818 | $5,817 | $16,074 |
| Guatemala | $19,589 | $45,055 | $34,975 | $83,929 | $72,934 | $58,203 | $85,016 |
| Guyana | $50 | $2,487 | $4,197 | $7,577 | $3,663 | $699 | $778 |
| Honduras | $12,790 | $545 | | | $35,957 | | |
| Hong Kong | $2,861,430 | $3,360,825 | $3,305,460 | $3,763,769 | $3,705,286 | $3,645,646 | $4,088,028 |
| Hungary | | | | $62,000 | $9,000 | $31,000 | $35,000 |
| India | $251,179 | $677,292 | $509,469 | $1,904,912 | $834,594 | $2,694,042 | $375,293 |
| Indonesia | $88,976,457 | $81,555,998 | $85,294,670 | $110,394,729 | $132,064,041 | $154,606,488 | $178,577,377 |
| Ireland | $256,843 | $185,680 | $11,368 | $3,090 | $53,650 | $61,738 | $55,742 |
| Israel | $26,000 | $31,000 | $3,000 | $4,000 | $7,000 | $2,000 | |
| Japan | $5,900,328 | $4,656,253 | $3,514,526 | $3,647,985 | $3,362,674 | $2,761,665 | $2,640,220 |
| Kazakhstan | | | | | $647 | | |
| Kenya | $7,209 | | | | | $467 | |
| Korea, South | $47,876,644 | $58,109,922 | $18,458,654 | $6,428,915 | $10,606,772 | $17,151,010 | $24,357,540 |
| Latvia | $1,056 | $818 | $553 | $19,540 | $43,765 | $134,287 | $79,912 |
| Lithuania | $38,502 | $41,537 | $74,703 | $59,689 | $22,076 | $107,602 | $76,468 |
| Luxembourg | $796 | $817 | $444 | $749 | $840 | $2,202 | $4,266 |
| Macedonia | $5,802 | $13,549 | $66,276 | | $3,704 | | $1,463 |
| Malaysia | $6,037,086 | $6,504,968 | $7,055,026 | $8,728,201 | $9,775,122 | $11,362,504 | $13,698,207 |
| Mauritius | $94,655 | $187,730 | $146,616 | $5,232 | $1,583 | $54,640 | $70,232 |
| Mexico | $20,677 | | $8,992 | $42,216 | $64,407 | $12,706 | $16,291 |
| Morocco | | | | $54 | | | |
| Namibia | | $22 | $10,032 | | | | |
| Netherlands | $4,800,557 | $13,084,798 | $15,053,026 | $8,592,445 | $9,280,024 | $4,541,299 | |
| New Caledonia | | | | $66 | | | |
| New Zealand | $14,198 | $13,669 | $35,580 | $56,848 | $9,610 | $2,681 | $33,194 |
| Nigeria | | $768,348 | $6,263,784 | $2,807,232 | $9,302,910 | $1,640,097 | |
| Norway | $2,116 | $2,530 | $4,355 | $3,495 | $1,278 | $19,581 | $11,168 |
| Oman | $161,209 | $56,713 | $55,672 | $52,869 | | | |
| Pakistan | $17,654 | | | $257 | | $1,341 | |
| Panama | | | $4,050 | | | $71,830 | |
| Peru | $5,841,472 | $6,397,116 | $7,762,597 | $7,829,433 | $7,665,335 | $6,708,748 | $6,124,031 |
| Philippines | $30,232 | $18,574 | $13,943 | $102,585 | $257,220 | $264,836 | $56,222 |
| Poland | $68,669 | $241,083 | $281,805 | $1,227,728 | $692,191 | $705,038 | $998,863 |
| Portugal | | | $14,808 | $66 | $7,377 | $22,644 | $38,006 |
| Romania | $19,740 | $1,163 | $34,510 | $8,848 | $177 | $20,505 | $5,683 |
| Russia | $6,425 | $10,878 | $14,880 | $18,084 | $69,956 | $94,733 | $107,308 |
| Senegal | $77,381 | $7,657 | $213,279 | $123,567 | $246,774 | $652,454 | $616,308 |
| Serbia | $26,256 | $8,416 | $140,946 | $202,285 | $182,207 | $237,425 | $208,733 |
| Singapore | $2,269,571 | $3,555,732 | $5,014,703 | $5,490,851 | $2,892,421 | $2,129,837 | $2,476,642 |
| Slovakia | | | | | $14,889 | | |
| Slovenia | $13 | $1,539 | $543 | $38,397 | $2,096 | $1,138 | $417 |
| South Africa | $43,279 | $104,220 | $65,939 | $11,511 | $92,576 | $77,841 | $112,737 |
| Spain | $518,742 | $438,841 | $597,625 | $911,030 | $608,009 | $1,463,459 | |
| Sri Lanka | $3 | $18 | $17 | $958 | | | $201 |
| Suriname | | | | | | | $86,109 |
| Sweden | $66,049 | $108,913 | $70,601 | $44,653 | $21,162 | $25,610 | $49,804 |
| Switzerland | $84,718 | $95,554 | $230,409 | $268,857 | $299,210 | $269,583 | $356,640 |
| Tanzania | | | $603 | | | | |
| Thailand | $59,730,612 | $61,060,014 | $60,003,669 | $74,453,351 | $90,347,785 | $88,231,257 | $99,816,608 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $3,131 | $11,931 | $4,203 | $6,531 | $5,113 | $1,022 | |
| Turkey | $3,513 | $7,664 | $155,833 | $2,259 | $143,812 | $149,620 | $83,129 |
| Ukraine | $585 | $304 | $262 | $1,190 | $11,351 | $13,916 | $12,207 |
| United Arab Emirates | $29,955 | | $159,129 | $145,135 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $330,161 | $306,621 | $367,113 | $545,068 | $514,127 | $580,077 | $493,219 |
| United States | $5,335,219 | $9,031,670 | $6,185,564 | $10,838,546 | $12,309,965 | $14,248,634 | $11,784,547 |
| Venezuela | $664 | | | | | | |
| Vietnam | $54,726,374 | $72,764,995 | $83,462,095 | $114,320,080 | $77,870,709 | $95,654,498 | |
| Yemen | | | $31,710 | | $94,244 | $182,968 | |
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