| Rank | Country | Exports of Alginic acid, its salts & esters, in primary forms in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | France | $38,971,485 |  | | 2 | United Kingdom | $28,605,973 |  | | 3 | Japan | $26,317,057 |  | | 4 | Chile | $24,981,199 |  | | 5 | Germany | $16,073,777 |  | | 6 | United States | $12,749,293 |  | | 7 | Netherlands | $10,195,376 |  | | 8 | Belgium | $7,776,718 |  | | 9 | Spain | $2,802,767 |  | | 10 | Switzerland | $2,628,551 |  | | 11 | Denmark | $2,304,040 |  | | 12 | Hong Kong | $2,050,903 |  | | 13 | Ireland | $1,673,871 |  | | 14 | Sweden | $1,557,761 |  | | 15 | Italy | $1,437,691 |  | | 16 | Singapore | $883,220 |  | | 17 | Thailand | $836,779 |  | | 18 | Korea, South | $450,865 |  | | 19 | Austria | $369,324 |  | | 20 | China | $307,116 |  | | 21 | Australia | $288,005 |  | | 22 | Czech Republic | $253,282 |  | | 23 | Turkey | $194,662 |  | | 24 | Mexico | $191,368 |  | | 25 | Brazil | $175,189 |  | | 26 | Canada | $173,619 |  | | 27 | Ukraine | $112,921 |  | | 28 | India | $86,503 |  | | 29 | Greece | $77,309 |  | | 30 | Malaysia | $75,697 |  | | 31 | Estonia | $52,009 |  | | 32 | Egypt | $50,901 |  | | 33 | Poland | $43,160 |  | | 34 | Argentina | $32,045 |  | | 35 | Hungary | $30,000 |  | | 36 | Lithuania | $13,980 |  | | 37 | Colombia | $11,526 |  | | 38 | Israel | $10,000 |  | | 39 | Russia | $8,047 |  | | 40 | Uganda | $7,446 |  | | 41 | Bulgaria | $6,308 |  | | 42 | Morocco | $4,339 |  | | 43 | New Zealand | $2,521 |  | | 44 | Croatia | $2,191 |  | | 45 | South Africa | $2,133 |  | | 46 | Indonesia | $1,503 |  | | 47 | Slovenia | $1,367 |  | | 48 | Serbia | $1,229 |  | | 49 | Panama | $644 |  | | 50 | Portugal | $448 |  | | 51 | Belarus | $300 |  | | 52 | Philippines | $233 |  | | 53 | Romania | $12 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Argentina | $55,333 | $42,291 | $77,475 | $54,849 | $52,820 | $32,045 | $45,640 |
| Australia | $159,452 | $137,287 | $50,974 | $86,031 | $72,972 | $288,005 | $132,556 |
| Austria | $287,361 | $241,778 | $788,944 | $657,040 | $750,399 | $369,324 | |
| Belarus | | | | $100 | | $300 | $2,300 |
| Belgium | $12,045,726 | $5,840,346 | $5,742,432 | $6,366,946 | $6,182,584 | $7,776,718 | $8,490,764 |
| Brazil | $396,023 | $752,918 | $44,623 | $58,665 | $173,123 | $175,189 | $200,885 |
| Bulgaria | | $296 | | | $7,635 | $6,308 | $5,027 |
| Canada | $109,307 | $67,623 | $76,113 | $102,296 | $121,953 | $173,619 | $240,872 |
| Chile | $7,565,950 | $12,258,360 | $12,271,404 | $21,064,296 | $19,050,589 | $24,981,199 | $20,633,259 |
| China | $43,879,449 | $46,270,145 | $56,392,253 | $17,335,013 | $584,268 | $307,116 | $166,771 |
| Colombia | $3,759 | $9,356 | $14,433 | $11,052 | $25,913 | $11,526 | $16,791 |
| Croatia | | | $1,773 | $6,080 | $393 | $2,191 | $61,484 |
| Czech Republic | $2,659 | $2,330 | $10,185 | $24,750 | $40,935 | $253,282 | $207,180 |
| Denmark | $2,684,353 | $2,394,122 | $3,523,611 | $2,799,793 | $2,553,011 | $2,304,040 | $2,022,251 |
| Egypt | | | | | | $50,901 | |
| El Salvador | | | $368 | | | | |
| Estonia | $453 | $260 | | $158,357 | $1,584 | $52,009 | $138,013 |
| Finland | $7,357 | $13,659 | $25,862 | $23,906 | $4,277 | | $2,277 |
| France | $16,249,804 | $24,140,199 | $31,037,769 | $32,778,558 | $35,145,755 | $38,971,485 | $37,108,887 |
| Germany | $13,363,000 | $13,343,000 | $15,020,000 | $16,160,000 | $18,727,000 | $16,073,777 | $14,616,754 |
| Greece | $53,827 | $72,342 | $87,657 | $95,852 | $110,290 | $77,309 | $96,798 |
| Guatemala | | | | $15,059 | $22,702 | | $11,685 |
| Honduras | | | $786 | | | | |
| Hong Kong | $1,497,187 | $1,795,383 | $1,253,956 | $1,374,803 | $923,082 | $2,050,903 | $733,679 |
| Hungary | | | $24,000 | | $14,000 | $30,000 | $49,000 |
| India | $72,793 | $135,779 | $113,795 | $508,695 | $225,126 | $86,503 | $115,658 |
| Indonesia | $58,447 | $10,999 | | $1,141 | $22 | $1,503 | $13,052 |
| Ireland | $1,565,522 | $1,745,280 | $960,588 | $1,619,970 | $1,153,473 | $1,673,871 | $2,011,459 |
| Israel | | | | | | $10,000 | |
| Italy | $4,289,773 | $4,536,424 | $5,490,940 | $6,493,525 | $4,987,605 | $1,437,691 | $7,232,146 |
| Japan | $13,674,855 | $15,158,356 | $17,044,149 | $21,140,852 | $27,456,750 | $26,317,057 | $25,068,606 |
| Kazakhstan | | | $421 | | $1,082 | | |
| Kenya | $45,991 | $35,373 | $27,001 | | | | |
| Korea, South | $304,290 | $395,664 | $299,771 | $212,511 | $229,665 | $450,865 | $512,448 |
| Kuwait | | $18,422 | | | | | |
| Latvia | | $320 | | | $382 | | |
| Lebanon | $2,000 | | | | | | |
| Lithuania | $61,995 | | | $13 | $3,977 | $13,980 | $11,936 |
| Luxembourg | | $84 | | | | | |
| Macau | $1,174 | | | | | | |
| Malaysia | $1,785 | $19,081 | $407,910 | $43,288 | $67,631 | $75,697 | $1,203,272 |
| Mauritius | | | | | | | $43 |
| Mexico | $45,676 | $83,679 | $1,073,031 | $217,201 | $119,175 | $191,368 | $873,026 |
| Morocco | | | | $732 | | $4,339 | |
| Namibia | | | | $12,062 | | | |
| Netherlands | $2,570,661 | $3,786,614 | $5,436,387 | $7,504,943 | $8,434,482 | $10,195,376 | |
| New Zealand | $146 | $669 | | $720 | $545 | $2,521 | |
| Nicaragua | | | | | | | $522 |
| Oman | | $38,039 | | | | | |
| Pakistan | $2,274 | $21,691 | | | | | |
| Panama | | $27,426 | $4,619 | | $9,600 | $644 | $18,617 |
| Peru | | $24,181 | | $1,275 | $117 | | |
| Philippines | | | $1,075 | | | $233 | |
| Poland | $14,953 | $5,178 | $5,678 | $8,717 | $39,916 | $43,160 | $101,810 |
| Portugal | $256 | $14,635 | $3,564 | $2,194 | | $448 | $19,297 |
| Qatar | $23,827 | | | | | | |
| Romania | $1,010 | | $3,274 | $2,646 | $5,680 | $12 | |
| Russia | $18,750 | $4,233 | $1,131 | $7,509 | $6,840 | $8,047 | $1,297 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | $5 | | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia | | | $36,083 | | | | |
| Serbia | | | $6,390 | | | $1,229 | $4,905 |
| Singapore | $630,110 | $1,338,762 | $1,529,481 | $1,444,039 | $1,308,571 | $883,220 | $424,275 |
| Slovakia | | | | | | | $554 |
| Slovenia | $268 | $330 | $530 | $4,098 | $17,802 | $1,367 | $3,954 |
| South Africa | $17,605 | $26,890 | $13,502 | $6,817 | $42,853 | $2,133 | $212,906 |
| Spain | $271,723 | $46,907 | $389,235 | $182,669 | $452,509 | $2,802,767 | |
| Sri Lanka | $3,645 | $1,229 | | | | | |
| Swaziland | $146 | | | | | | |
| Sweden | $16,748,899 | $19,731,492 | $25,669,097 | $33,745,823 | $30,940,260 | $1,557,761 | $59,672 |
| Switzerland | $1,267,783 | $1,987,806 | $2,213,841 | $2,076,224 | $2,510,618 | $2,628,551 | $3,789,964 |
| Thailand | $898,289 | $1,363,760 | $2,172,522 | $764,998 | $766,001 | $836,779 | $573,510 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | | $19 | | | |
| Tunisia | | | | | $1,346 | | |
| Turkey | $336,201 | $350,174 | $338,080 | $211,219 | $148,997 | $194,662 | $129,081 |
| Uganda | | | | | | $7,446 | |
| Ukraine | $104,936 | $106,431 | $126,892 | $149,220 | $105,833 | $112,921 | $63,153 |
| United Arab Emirates | $9,231 | | $142,513 | | | | |
| United Kingdom | | | | $10,169,663 | $18,647,983 | $28,605,973 | $40,590,791 |
| United States | $10,051,136 | $10,662,208 | $8,551,189 | $10,182,484 | $11,361,472 | $12,749,293 | $9,558,736 |
| Uruguay | $6,584 | $573 | | | | | |
| Venezuela | $250 | | | | | | |
| Vietnam | $6,224 | | | | $22,630 | | |
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