RankCountryImports of Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.)/sardinella (Sardinella spp.)/ ... in USD (2010)
1Spain$82,391,974
2Cote d'Ivoire$76,675,683
3Thailand$42,759,421
4Russia$34,758,160
5Netherlands$31,750,840
6Brazil$30,032,683
7Nigeria$28,590,272
8Ghana$24,351,163
9Ukraine$22,476,919
10Malaysia$19,793,688
11China$12,320,807
12Indonesia$11,103,603
13France$10,260,514
14Japan$8,849,697
15Korea, South$8,486,521
16Belarus$6,673,800
17Cameroon$6,664,905
18Fiji$6,281,646
19Turkey$5,713,403
20Portugal$5,562,646
21Egypt$5,346,914
22Poland$5,150,367
23Tunisia$5,095,324
24Costa Rica$4,191,562
25United States$3,901,277
26Latvia$3,779,814
27Croatia$3,308,116
28Algeria$3,300,369
29Philippines$1,868,595
30Romania$1,702,546
31Germany$1,686,547
32Canada$1,669,647
33Denmark$1,574,201
34New Zealand$1,516,928
35United Kingdom$1,418,365
36Serbia$1,180,465
37South Africa$1,165,408
38Armenia$1,156,747
39Lithuania$1,124,706
40Greece$1,110,233
41Malta$897,734
42Italy$831,248
43Switzerland$759,566
44Estonia$750,434
45Mali$733,877
46Australia$651,721
47Belgium$643,131
48Mexico$576,178
49Panama$567,640
50Israel$524,000
51Vietnam$482,610
52Iceland$456,655
53Slovenia$365,666
54Sri Lanka$353,528
55Bulgaria$349,828
56Luxembourg$344,248
57Kenya$298,344
58Macau$236,388
59Samoa$222,250
60Montenegro$221,563
61French Polynesia$211,690
62Hong Kong$202,920
63Moldova$194,939
64Bosnia and Herzegovina$185,119
65Peru$184,370
66Azerbaijan$180,957
67Singapore$157,626
68Zimbabwe$144,306
69Guatemala$143,129
70Argentina$131,798
71Morocco$126,997
72Tanzania$125,188
73Ecuador$112,141
74Oman$105,613
75Cyprus$93,844
76Qatar$75,796
77Tonga$63,619
78Ireland$61,640
79Albania$55,836
80Mozambique$55,025
81Dominican Republic$50,631
82Gambia, The$41,281
83Nicaragua$41,151
84Colombia$39,024
85Aruba$37,737
86Chile$37,690
87Kyrgyzstan$29,611
88Austria$27,484
89Jordan$26,097
90Botswana$22,771
91Benin$18,056
92Czech Republic$16,816
93Burundi$14,238
94New Caledonia$14,205
95Bahamas, The$11,717
96El Salvador$5,711
97Bahrain$5,664
98Cape Verde$4,963
99Georgia$4,678
100Finland$4,635
101Bhutan$2,950
102Norway$2,918
103Antigua and Barbuda$2,609
104Uganda$2,308
105Sweden$1,530
106Bermuda$1,365
107Maldives$1,049
108Zambia$874
109Niger$460
110Ethiopia$211
111Malawi$183
112Sao Tome and Principe$122
113Slovakia$12
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $339$9,296$1,838$64,374$55,836$49,007
Algeria$681,242$186,575$272,229$1,356,634$3,460,336$3,300,369$2,309,076
Antigua and Barbuda$1,244 $124,988 $2,169$2,609$509
Argentina$61,336$33,201$171,777$215,670$58,307$131,798$112,439
Armenia $37,003$25,811$317,258$1,048,406$1,156,747$1,274,327
Aruba    $33,858$37,737$2,164
Australia$666,690$684,607$608,089$429,877$583,544$651,721$504,989
Austria$121,544$76,796$80,800$78,277$46,770$27,484 
Azerbaijan$20,339$73,557$651,738$485,105$569,369$180,957$2,519
Bahamas, The$3,660$4,158$15,954$20,882$12,349$11,717$677
Bahrain$36,072   $15,658$5,664$9,221
Barbados$4,436$3,701     
Belarus$5,676,800$6,553,300$7,006,000$10,592,500$8,191,300$6,673,800$7,110,800
Belgium$912,736$647,186$607,407$758,587$827,302$643,131$859,632
Benin$136,137    $18,056 
Bermuda     $1,365 
Bhutan$199$34$34$285 $2,950 
Bolivia   $1,516$1,672  
Bosnia and Herzegovina$167,819$202,142$276,071$265,858$304,018$185,119$157,711
Botswana$15$57,131$701$314$7,512$22,771$1,860
Brazil$13,045,996$25,350,820$29,713,603$25,062,426$29,071,914$30,032,683$22,819,973
Brunei $506     
Bulgaria$60,984$396,954$131,150$187,649$219,288$349,828$678,159
Burkina Faso    $6,232  
Burundi$709  $54$668,854$14,238 
Cameroon$2,408,188$2,802,782$3,690,182$9,026,842$5,027,214$6,664,905 
Canada$1,489,137$1,536,012$1,577,602$1,779,284$1,579,811$1,669,647$1,669,069
Cape Verde$1,395$3,953$9,723$3,654$9,228$4,963$7,013
Central African Republic$71,267 $613,687$510,039$528,473  
Chile$3,956,563$2,581,230$2,307,632$3,009,471$1,918,916$37,690$1,038
China$12,316,247$10,301,572$10,662,047$8,648,812$10,388,272$12,320,807$14,001,365
Colombia    $27,734$39,024$77,574
Comoros$2,850$32,281$724    
Costa Rica$1,758,554$1,978,142$1,948,536$2,656,913$721,658$4,191,562$3,038,094
Cote d'Ivoire$40,321,994$43,763,900$46,351,645$75,341,469$73,737,512$76,675,683$112,641,150
Croatia$7,787,684$5,873,617$7,113,036$6,779,944$2,858,086$3,308,116$1,397,281
Cuba$76,670$77,764     
Cyprus$6,477,895$726,189$702,560$2,150,677$94,101$93,844$186,213
Czech Republic$47,306$409,995$42,624$33,847$12,383$16,816$62,181
Denmark$325,892$178,755$328,919$376,185$155,900$1,574,201$1,297,324
Dominica  $1,540    
Dominican Republic$9,067$55,245$3,754$53,783$130,707$50,631$105,762
East Timor$249      
Ecuador     $112,141$1,000
Egypt$4,202,515$9,538,504$3,945,618$5,626,154$8,078,048$5,346,914$17,416,152
El Salvador$1,330  $18,495 $5,711 
Estonia$1,944,396$1,036,753$512,686$1,171,986$280,465$750,434$1,142,144
Ethiopia     $211$345
Fiji$593,945$3,209,822$3,458,841$6,603,062$7,459,776$6,281,646 
Finland$1,001$25,836$7,265$13,373$15,166$4,635$3,062
France$5,386,458$4,045,375$6,008,915$9,931,323$7,134,098$10,260,514$12,488,045
French Polynesia$10,610$5,593$8,682$102,914$90,761$211,690$307,750
Gabon$15,713$171$282$665$17,445  
Gambia, The$105$51,058$5,332 $11,316$41,281 
Georgia$51,779$500,594$71,274$29,848$135,781$4,678 
Germany$1,926,000$1,719,000$2,155,000$2,777,000$1,601,000$1,686,547$2,418,912
Ghana$9,399,773$21,977,235$27,641,533$22,590,936$13,695,078$24,351,163$44,478,179
Greece$1,963,090$543,823$1,094,226$1,598,776$1,326,599$1,110,233$1,060,509
Grenada $722$881    
Guatemala$19,847$62,024$23,355$41,918$138,851$143,129$507,744
Guinea   $2,388   
Guyana$2,029 $797    
Honduras$850$63$3,632    
Hong Kong$159,469$55,236$96,668$128,380$162,871$202,920$468,280
Hungary  $4,000$46,000   
Iceland$1,066$751$1,073$34,766$36,174$456,655$557
India$434     $41,429
Indonesia$365,111$265,988$160,989$262,780$2,251,699$11,103,603$43,358,659
Ireland$30,141$51,318$6,186$33,515$1,784$61,640$17,597
Israel$638,000$134,000$89,000$145,000$241,000$524,000$660,000
Italy$2,849,978$706,908$2,395,747$1,633,479$1,991,123$831,248$2,616,332
Jamaica$1,210$184$9,561 $443  
Japan$30,620,389$15,944,929$12,015,046$17,191,705$18,822,468$8,849,697$8,754,154
Jordan   $14,695$75,551$26,097$34,031
Kazakhstan$667,745$593,286$865,198$770,352$1,491,002  
Kenya$82,488$194,365$578,187$182,031$221,906$298,344 
Korea, South$5,103,314$3,853,565$4,044,079$4,165,107$6,190,170$8,486,521$9,303,838
Kuwait $260,839$11,747$5,516   
Kyrgyzstan$16,763$15,705$13,659$15,905$38,128$29,611$14,093
Latvia$3,492,533$6,149,809$4,367,569$7,352,761$3,020,986$3,779,814$8,476,495
Lebanon$9,000$3,542$450 $19,298 $35,562
Lesotho   $748   
Lithuania$1,992,591$910,840$696,234$1,486,871$1,724,563$1,124,706$2,035,596
Luxembourg$86,241$125,619$161,309$148,506$142,065$344,248$302,128
Macau$121,080$168,341$185,138$310,388$156,952$236,388$308,574
Macedonia$35,553$38,306$79,244$111,536$141,504 $201,710
Madagascar   $39,883   
Malawi $5,340 $2,018 $183$267
Malaysia$20,295,852$13,851,077$19,960,763$11,944,643$25,989,938$19,793,688$27,835,643
Maldives$472$567$728$3,744$1,215$1,049$6,075
Mali$1,858,557$1,599,008$1,612,941$1,693,299 $733,877 
Malta$921,889$1,015,719$7,388,048$8,419,059$5,837,998$897,734 
Mauritania $1,117     
Mauritius$100,025$54,333$16,584$3,094,543$1,428,809 $287,936
Mayotte$1,366$756$6,770$24,438$369  
Mexico$91,037$61,329$316,314$136,014$105,754$576,178$331,643
Moldova$136,205$175,771$155,301$219,333$249,692$194,939$107,130
Montenegro $244,893$190,989$100,861$533,297$221,563$176,026
Morocco$180,956$171,797$296,093$144,821$56,447$126,997 
Mozambique$21,549$13,174$25,484$253,462$70,574$55,025$240,000
Namibia$766,044$764,426$2,257,009$828,702   
Netherlands$8,617,654$17,630,891$12,606,622$15,272,690$24,579,062$31,750,840 
Netherlands Antilles  $742$95   
New Caledonia$6,388$3,828$15,924$13,552 $14,205$20,959
New Zealand$159,131$135,195$939,846$634,125$1,126,673$1,516,928$1,173,047
Nicaragua$14,310$14,386$17,477$14,294 $41,151$55,250
Niger$278$552$107 $1,116$460 
Nigeria $8,763,185$36,838,858$12,666,772$20,113,859$28,590,272 
Norway$393,642$616,777$363,578$195,088$5,422$2,918$6,839
Oman$26,965$13,602$16,752$117,202$207,046$105,613 
Panama $24,508$318,694$397,527$470,627$567,640$618,320
Paraguay $12,035 $2,189$2,107  
Peru$90,375$151,853$197,000$163,449$105,663$184,370$48,592
Philippines$3,557,049$64,087$810,958$375,097$721,447$1,868,595$3,704,139
Poland$796,108$1,396,688$2,097,792$5,534,586$5,626,691$5,150,367$6,575,091
Portugal$4,817,050$3,304,479$4,003,982$5,558,968$4,915,901$5,562,646$9,648,156
Qatar $13,443$2,041$10,067 $75,796 
Romania$1,245,147$1,649,279$1,785,571$2,123,914$1,854,282$1,702,546$1,572,845
Russia$55,252,644$44,821,618$48,044,186$54,480,706$37,057,069$34,758,160$43,899,047
Rwanda$5  $3,138$594  
Saint Kitts and Nevis$36$856$89    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   $799$977  
Samoa$207,706$497,057$808,625$294,734$23,314$222,250$373,664
Sao Tome and Principe   $97$129$122 
Saudi Arabia$21,683$18,616$32,275 $986,484  
Senegal $716 $221$442 $2,886
Serbia$1,474,657$1,490,409$2,331,052$1,984,913$1,310,676$1,180,465$1,280,794
Seychelles   $18   
Singapore$118,363$120,175$86,496$103,394$105,319$157,626$237,242
Slovakia     $12$6,584
Slovenia$478,237$458,084$525,748$390,584$508,589$365,666$255,024
South Africa$311,327$411,721$381,849$582,731$3,701,918$1,165,408$361,041
Spain$17,494,876$8,875,562$23,118,520$16,079,149$74,471,904$82,391,974 
Sri Lanka$64 $14 $291,032$353,528$250,045
Sudan    $121  
Swaziland$42,463$39,633$3,765    
Sweden$97,784$10,597$38,137$2,001$76,792$1,530$11,100
Switzerland$498,527$623,574$615,920$672,952$734,018$759,566$847,815
Syria $9,860     
Tanzania $110$2,545$85,161$198,321$125,188$17,501
Thailand$2,659,175$6,114,509$28,739,467$36,858,185$64,786,502$42,759,421$86,420,932
Togo$943 $19,297   $32,002
Tonga   $12,755$71,148$63,619 
Trinidad and Tobago$5,493$2,644$61 $96  
Tunisia$5,235,922$3,910,914$5,278,562$12,908,573$7,749,276$5,095,324 
Turkey$4,592,207$8,468,090$8,962,069$6,664,215$600,628$5,713,403$8,000,193
Uganda$1,044$2,955$14,508$4,306$145$2,308 
Ukraine$14,053,773$9,037,565$11,381,684$15,363,980$13,715,117$22,476,919$20,742,584
United Arab Emirates$5,201 $51,907$93,306   
United Kingdom$1,155,301$2,410,209$2,157,956$2,556,940$2,186,519$1,418,365$1,092,909
United States$1,814,961$1,414,203$1,258,226$2,857,504$2,690,481$3,901,277$2,920,646
Uruguay$3,015$2,378$5,813$16,533$9,185  
Vanuatu $257$1,747    
Venezuela$1,600      
Vietnam$63,159$117$64,804$17,685$357,868$482,610 
Wallis and Futuna$149$822     
Yemen   $63,632   
Zambia$6,610$94$16,667$545$2,106$874 
Zimbabwe $1,586$33,843$111,977$191,738$144,306