RankCountryImports of Saffron in USD (2010)
1Spain$53,114,521
2Italy$30,402,906
3United States$14,727,832
4France$14,030,169
5Switzerland$9,744,336
6Sweden$8,007,775
7Japan$6,961,065
8Germany$6,942,269
9Argentina$6,782,720
10United Kingdom$6,419,559
11India$4,759,859
12Saudi Arabia$4,727,739
13Hong Kong$2,470,562
14Belgium$2,242,097
15Canada$2,003,746
16Portugal$1,959,822
17Austria$1,555,778
18Australia$1,231,600
19Singapore$1,206,595
20Bahrain$1,170,877
21Mexico$1,082,888
22Oman$1,061,550
23South Africa$856,355
24Netherlands$751,711
25Finland$733,654
26Denmark$634,224
27Qatar$596,954
28Mauritius$499,927
29Russia$377,209
30Norway$367,773
31China$339,260
32Luxembourg$260,723
33Korea, South$259,137
34Ireland$253,910
35Estonia$244,727
36Brazil$238,703
37New Zealand$210,185
38Dominican Republic$206,742
39Slovakia$206,024
40Czech Republic$183,396
41Chile$161,800
42Poland$153,221
43Romania$141,706
44Malaysia$139,936
45Maldives$114,826
46Israel$102,000
47Croatia$71,794
48Hungary$69,000
49Peru$54,508
50Thailand$54,272
51Nepal$47,959
52Lebanon$46,367
53Slovenia$44,388
54Costa Rica$39,555
55Albania$32,285
56Cyprus$26,912
57New Caledonia$26,887
58Egypt$23,453
59Guatemala$23,036
60Bermuda$22,982
61Panama$22,794
62Bulgaria$20,952
63French Polynesia$20,505
64Greece$20,370
65Latvia$18,805
66Jamaica$16,870
67Barbados$16,658
68Antigua and Barbuda$16,638
69Paraguay$16,240
70Serbia$14,303
71Lithuania$13,959
72Malta$13,842
73Iceland$13,321
74Bahamas, The$11,687
75Ukraine$11,176
76Algeria$10,389
77Indonesia$9,951
78Yemen$9,832
79Ecuador$9,793
80Bosnia and Herzegovina$9,141
81Montenegro$8,870
82Vietnam$7,140
83El Salvador$5,242
84Cote d'Ivoire$5,144
85Bolivia$4,768
86Colombia$4,626
87Philippines$4,543
88Cape Verde$4,205
89Botswana$4,043
90Suriname$3,749
91Fiji$3,630
92Armenia$3,431
93Guyana$2,602
94Jordan$2,477
95Belize$2,340
96Morocco$1,852
97Moldova$1,809
98Mauritania$1,778
99Benin$1,768
100Belarus$1,700
101Sri Lanka$1,419
102Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$1,336
103Zimbabwe$1,259
104Turkey$760
105Aruba$693
106Kenya$682
107Dominica$681
108Ethiopia$554
109Mozambique$374
110Bhutan$354
111Tanzania$324
112Uganda$253
113Cameroon$233
114Burundi$170
115Niger$169
116Trinidad and Tobago$123
117Zambia$91
118Sao Tome and Principe$82
119Malawi$58
120Nicaragua$52
121Georgia$36
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $14$23,030 $40,366$32,285$2,266
Algeria$3,989$3,155$13,030$5,593$10,015$10,389$657
Anguilla $3,141$2,002$12,410   
Antigua and Barbuda$3,584$3,124$8,171 $12,013$16,638$11,210
Argentina$1,316,471$1,423,215$2,404,825$7,537,645$11,609,326$6,782,720$5,611,247
Armenia$1,135$210  $545$3,431$607
Aruba    $752$693$511
Australia$309,901$334,743$621,909$807,543$734,173$1,231,600$1,278,382
Austria$322,126$461,447$614,465$1,036,885$1,399,501$1,555,778 
Azerbaijan $287$63$750$94 $5,721
Bahamas, The$305$120$770$3,042$12,704$11,687$9,021
Bahrain$438,247$341,444$211,774$700,012$607,787$1,170,877$1,007,077
Bangladesh  $16    
Barbados$11,419$9,457$9,846$15,639$15,339$16,658$15,187
Belarus$2,300$2,300$900$800$1,800$1,700$800
Belgium$1,082,509$1,313,688$2,224,999$2,457,868$3,811,103$2,242,097$1,989,924
Belize$2,561$1,352$2,484$773$569$2,340 
Benin     $1,768 
Bermuda     $22,982 
Bhutan$1,594$13,181$719$2,664$382$354 
Bolivia$1,923$1,142$258$10,733$4,408$4,768$8,071
Bosnia and Herzegovina$3,615$5,458$7,508$4,427$9,188$9,141$9,724
Botswana$18,468$12,300$35,938$2,501$8,099$4,043$183
Brazil$114,789$87,048$276,267$187,171$185,775$238,703$305,977
Brunei $19,438     
Bulgaria$1,609$3,034$1,037$31,976$6,801$20,952$15,195
Burundi $389   $170 
Cambodia$415 $919$661   
Cameroon$647$384$2,137$1,730$4,046$233 
Canada$678,466$640,076$1,005,049$1,816,644$1,389,359$2,003,746$1,958,023
Cape Verde$3,175$5,638$5,654$7,255$15,766$4,205$6,347
Chile$38,836$55,734$71,151$80,786$140,099$161,800$132,930
China$72,935  $64,835$363,107$339,260$528,202
Colombia$14,058$14,832$12,374$14,228$17,915$4,626$41,364
Comoros$1,337$449$1,980    
Costa Rica$15,572$21,610$39,758$59,441$10,110$39,555$41,832
Cote d'Ivoire$2,871$1,759$3,727$5,463$4,910$5,144$2,004
Croatia$20,686$24,284$48,354$73,396$71,120$71,794$40,265
Cuba$4,182$2,803     
Cyprus$7,230$3,544$8,809$55,485$8,219$26,912$51,546
Czech Republic$44,979$62,501$73,689$107,691$185,879$183,396$246,381
Denmark$196,296$164,445$218,728$354,392$622,284$634,224$531,054
Djibouti    $109,027  
Dominica $379 $490 $681 
Dominican Republic$7,728$12,517$40,779$92,981$171,827$206,742$189,009
Ecuador$1,519$1,154$8,851$13,683$10,757$9,793$12,344
Egypt$22,652$3,625,750$105,201$25,586$14,794$23,453$7,018
El Salvador$269$1,789$2,767$5,241$11$5,242 
Estonia$22,413$20,366$31,404$16,289$34,162$244,727$29,268
Ethiopia$36$1,668$44$355$4,099$554 
Faroe Islands$1,028$2,451$1,662$880$996  
Fiji$3,696$3,765$7,901$9,402$9,009$3,630 
Finland$78,493$185,344$421,966$202,777$298,410$733,654$341,106
France$2,502,233$3,039,681$6,438,516$11,139,585$12,652,614$14,030,169$10,389,775
French Polynesia$15,291$10,288$11,748$24,769$20,724$20,505$13,488
Gabon$12$524$1,745$1,840$5,722  
Georgia$2,210$193$630$166$586$36 
Germany$1,057,000$1,426,000$2,148,000$4,774,000$5,184,000$6,942,269$5,199,072
Ghana $4,797$1,165$534$62  
Greece$3,422$19,294$15,806$18,549$26,036$20,370$15,159
Greenland$2,614$1,748$744    
Grenada$379$486$2,309$2,371$6,779  
Guatemala$14,328$14,317$10,998$21,559$29,517$23,036$18,632
Guyana$52 $5,303 $440$2,602$1,308
Honduras$1,071$1,985$1,858 $1,447  
Hong Kong$692,640$617,769$512,799$1,103,843$777,058$2,470,562$2,127,141
Hungary$27,000$25,000$33,000$53,000$65,000$69,000$47,000
Iceland$5,429$6,476$17,033$19,055$26,703$13,321$28,093
India$1,775,356$1,012,232$2,873,258$3,151,808$4,982,276$4,759,859$8,353,462
Indonesia$4,805$4,095$1,654$16,359$2,823$9,951$12,502
Ireland$103,320$88,997$660,945$236,306$264,195$253,910$419,471
Israel$50,000$34,000$94,000$134,000$42,000$102,000$103,000
Italy$6,771,688$7,632,248$15,409,741$26,382,396$41,980,910$30,402,906$21,564,269
Jamaica$6,835$5,614$11,007$14,458$28,389$16,870 
Japan$2,045,788$2,165,840$2,917,050$7,508,011$7,807,903$6,961,065$3,535,331
Jordan$1,313$2,874$27,148  $2,477$5,868
Kazakhstan$2,767$1,151$8,981$2,269$5,770  
Kenya$1,874$2,214 $4,497$1,711$682 
Korea, South$115,044$97,977$138,829$239,760$67,079$259,137$126,701
Kuwait $785,468$482,704$908,746   
Latvia$12,661$7,508$12,975$20,390$16,323$18,805$36,019
Lebanon$44,000$18,233$19,081$61,034$40,770$46,367$66,040
Lesotho   $958   
Lithuania$6,956$12,379$12,074$20,067$10,522$13,959$112,517
Luxembourg$98,344$136,129$188,944$257,771$323,081$260,723$292,463
Macau$1,361$722$740$968  $1,990
Macedonia$135$505$459$507$3,552 $3,179
Madagascar$134$237$164$1,090$1,000  
Malawi     $58 
Malaysia$195,580$170,404$232,443$121,413$193,438$139,936$167,135
Maldives$26,984$43,638$53,656$66,683$103,510$114,826$108,754
Mali$338$320$415    
Malta$11,677$8,263$13,165$32,440$19,006$13,842 
Mauritania    $2,159$1,778 
Mauritius$339,104$214,143$213,947$371,998$347,326$499,927$376,587
Mayotte$950$2,465$2,978$4,159$1,800  
Mexico$489,011$506,956$663,273$855,498$692,503$1,082,888$700,424
Moldova$325$655$455$2,091$103$1,809$4,418
Montenegro $5,640$7,158$11,114$5,498$8,870$11,777
Morocco$9,346$357$14,924$863$2,434$1,852 
Mozambique$112$1$2,286$6,445$345$374$2,000
Namibia$11,241$3,187$555$895   
Nepal    $46,172$47,959 
Netherlands$179,016$376,890$786,456$870,831$870,401$751,711 
Netherlands Antilles$2,988  $2,463   
New Caledonia$13,868$11,402$11,857$21,166$15,940$26,887$27,653
New Zealand$73,388$91,645$153,536$135,378$166,847$210,185$227,548
Nicaragua$290$872$947$311$27$52 
Niger$587$2,367 $69$84$169$552
Nigeria   $26,096   
Norway$61,822$60,471$139,369$197,066$247,773$367,773$214,756
Oman$640,021$637,592$719,071$1,011,574$883,483$1,061,550 
Pakistan$134,839$124,599$11,859$17,464   
Panama$17,309$363$3,463$18,422$31,496$22,794$21,392
Paraguay$6,460$8,905$8,137$23,255$7,858$16,240$7,873
Peru$13,790$12,782$30,909$31,333$43,802$54,508$46,256
Philippines$5,214$14,381$29,713$12,674$27,557$4,543$6,797
Poland$80,232$95,587$227,512$126,452$175,657$153,221$121,025
Portugal$50,672$41,877$80,320$118,157$1,979,168$1,959,822$2,013,869
Qatar$315,522$331,309$256,237$496,438 $596,954 
Romania$39,686$25,633$48,801$79,003$63,502$141,706$118,452
Russia$11,052$26,675$47,917$132,287$159,552$377,209$335,829
Rwanda    $91  
Saint Kitts and Nevis$2,390$3,810$660$6,106   
Saint Lucia$3,997$4,185$6,887$13,920   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$2,323$2,778$1,693$4,520$1,472$1,336 
Samoa  $10 $40  
Sao Tome and Principe $945$53$102$164$82 
Saudi Arabia$3,724,163$3,097,805$2,094,350$1,860,802$1,914,030$4,727,739 
Senegal$7,387$3,939$4,338$8,565$4,127 $3,629
Serbia$3,978$8,851$8,233$13,253$8,442$14,303$7,950
Seychelles$1,426$2,768$4,693$16,617   
Singapore$411,471$306,208$980,155$809,225$920,453$1,206,595$787,187
Slovakia$14,193$19,556$27,180$51,127$48,577$206,024$173,980
Slovenia$12,210$19,500$13,447$22,723$28,955$44,388$61,312
South Africa$316,144$225,808$321,833$505,811$393,725$856,355$633,584
Spain$14,037,987$19,070,993$31,927,346$56,905,269$66,662,377$53,114,521 
Sri Lanka$6,044$67$659$6,979$2,592$1,419$2,286
Suriname$536$154$1,289$1,428$1,070$3,749$2,981
Swaziland$39,306$41,145$10,649    
Sweden$2,600,915$3,619,731$5,585,198$8,668,215$14,852,182$8,007,775$7,921,722
Switzerland$2,274,280$2,956,222$3,238,169$9,262,071$12,787,839$9,744,336$6,910,464
Syria $19,535     
Tanzania$118$3,371$308$2,057$349$324$157
Thailand$2,444$14,815$27,092$21,565$37,785$54,272$47,200
Tonga   $33   
Trinidad and Tobago$8,289 $795$2,310$2,376$123 
Tunisia$9,812$16,767$15,625$19,876$15,679  
Turkey$8,397$540 $44,676 $760 
Uganda$1,271   $19$253 
Ukraine$1,200$6,040$8,511$9,240$6,742$11,176$12,898
United Arab Emirates$17,815,943 $8,185,962$12,555,233   
United Kingdom$1,490,873$1,841,966$3,254,129$4,690,078$6,326,455$6,419,559$5,351,054
United States$6,261,643$7,238,266$8,324,432$13,488,810$13,730,308$14,727,832$14,006,912
Uruguay$24,338$16,620$66,320$60,339$27,811  
Vanuatu $674$1,285    
Venezuela$16,559 $39,609$864$47,197  
Vietnam$370$2,019$468$6,429$11,035$7,140 
Wallis and Futuna $379     
Yemen$14,743$25,096$11,273$14,757$17,451$9,832$26,234
Zambia$6,897$1,107$257$1,117$2,112$91 
Zimbabwe $86$1,196$776$310$1,259