RankCountryImports of Ginseng roots in USD (2010)
1Hong Kong$138,510,740
2Japan$21,139,185
3United States$17,111,509
4China$16,165,342
5Singapore$10,120,153
6Canada$8,304,153
7Malaysia$4,945,076
8United Kingdom$4,023,135
9Italy$3,215,562
10Belgium$3,006,039
11Germany$2,603,351
12Macau$1,626,831
13Korea, South$1,224,069
14Saudi Arabia$937,601
15France$828,423
16Vietnam$811,150
17Spain$541,400
18Indonesia$475,692
19Australia$322,015
20Ireland$310,822
21Netherlands$306,253
22Thailand$186,504
23Venezuela$163,990
24Egypt$152,869
25Hungary$152,000
26Russia$138,522
27Guatemala$113,247
28Switzerland$100,336
29South Africa$96,668
30Turkey$88,228
31Philippines$85,967
32Portugal$72,439
33Chile$69,136
34New Zealand$68,032
35Greece$56,791
36Poland$55,898
37Czech Republic$52,344
38Austria$49,793
39Serbia$49,605
40Ukraine$42,224
41Colombia$41,223
42Sweden$38,400
43Pakistan$36,568
44Mexico$36,267
45Bahrain$25,648
46Denmark$22,865
47Belarus$13,800
48Norway$13,779
49Romania$13,516
50Iran$13,445
51Argentina$10,398
52Costa Rica$8,134
53Panama$8,130
54Jordan$7,794
55El Salvador$7,421
56Israel$7,000
57Ghana$6,920
58French Polynesia$6,443
59Nepal$6,229
60Paraguay$5,292
61Luxembourg$4,309
62Peru$3,720
63Trinidad and Tobago$3,043
64Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,027
65Mauritius$2,024
66Malta$2,013
67Georgia$1,463
68Oman$1,040
69Lithuania$952
70India$914
71Algeria$847
72Ethiopia$766
73Cameroon$668
74Qatar$659
75Syria$649
76Lebanon$438
77Cyprus$375
78Slovakia$329
79Tanzania$292
80Latvia$288
81Aruba$231
82Madagascar$171
83Bahamas, The$157
84Finland$150
85Zimbabwe$137
86Bermuda$70
87Gambia, The$42
88Morocco$41
89Zambia$34
90Dominican Republic$30
91Barbados$29
92Guyana$17
93Tonga$12
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania  $974$3,910$1,795  
Algeria$3,333 $16,596$1,995$3,796$847$4,074
Antigua and Barbuda$107$96$18   $60
Argentina$22,247$13,390$10,989$31,236$2,515$10,398$31,217
Aruba    $34$231 
Australia$248,616$227,834$292,333$226,345$229,767$322,015$305,925
Austria$128,980$193,068$299,558$231,013$79,065$49,793 
Azerbaijan$550  $349  $58
Bahamas, The   $4$154$157$26
Bahrain   $1,114$315$25,648$751
Bangladesh  $10,373    
Barbados    $321$29$402
Belarus$8,800$13,600$32,300$5,200$12,200$13,800$30,500
Belgium$241,920$243,441$619,719$1,585,805$1,889,765$3,006,039$4,014,641
Belize   $751$85  
Bermuda     $70 
Bhutan $79     
Bolivia    $1,097 $127
Bosnia and Herzegovina    $126  
Botswana$500$28$443 $1,637 $89
Brazil$12,134 $4,447$28$4,330 $211
Brunei $22,378     
Bulgaria$6,165$708  $418  
Burkina Faso$6,758 $15,134$50,436   
Cambodia $65,604 $87   
Cameroon$8,654 $1,048  $668 
Canada$9,094,506$11,588,645$7,081,438$8,145,959$7,464,185$8,304,153$11,680,821
Chile$51,906$14,649$68,102$12,716$42,680$69,136$8,169
China$8,515,258$5,940,476$5,433,279$6,797,654$9,587,955$16,165,342$52,446,659
Colombia$30,556$35,147$29,801$29,596$15,222$41,223$11,718
Comoros$79      
Costa Rica$1,635 $8,000 $6,350$8,134$7,288
Cote d'Ivoire $19$1,421$844$264  
Croatia$246$429 $2,819  $3,674
Cyprus$5,812$5,847$1,268$5,316$21,090$375$603
Czech Republic$27,233$51,431$56,845$103,921$76,688$52,344$56,991
Denmark$53,365$4,013$18,102$5,666$9,258$22,865$53,026
Dominican Republic$26  $3,303 $30 
Ecuador   $1,162   
Egypt$54,314$41,313$69,747$139,217$231,378$152,869$301,238
El Salvador$3,002$2,739$3,196$1,023$1,112$7,421 
Estonia $30 $531   
Ethiopia $4,903   $766$109
Faroe Islands   $1$9  
Finland$174$76,335$69,472$243,564$40,307$150$3,858
France$1,352,525$1,199,048$2,647,601$1,607,578$850,818$828,423$3,344,987
French Polynesia$1,040$692$7,707$6,965$5,465$6,443$3,843
Gambia, The     $42 
Georgia$598 $705 $740$1,463 
Germany$870,000$1,982,000$4,068,000$3,382,000$3,767,000$2,603,351$8,561,735
Ghana$18,882$25,715$25,593$1,618$5,085$6,920$10,975
Greece$1,786 $40,590$57,794$74,515$56,791$59,691
Guatemala$25,439$235,231$1,914,103$1,287,891$47,419$113,247$154,677
Guyana $2  $4$17 
Honduras$5,264$2,214$1,698 $1,198  
Hong Kong$97,337,027$103,081,207$116,860,435$113,166,758$116,825,169$138,510,740$141,992,309
Hungary$156,000 $196,000$127,000 $152,000$239,000
Iceland  $535$810   
India$15,952$49,144$15,953$12,990$37,391$914$646
Indonesia$1,801,599$1,369,413$1,270,160$1,296,708$1,239,569$475,692$307,723
Iran$2,097$9,439   $13,445 
Ireland$19,432$29,606$49,573$28,969$38,202$310,822$163,797
Israel$3,000 $29,000$21,000$5,000$7,000$107,000
Italy$2,922,433$3,456,287$3,004,927$9,520,590$3,924,459$3,215,562$12,479,010
Jamaica$197 $392$245$300  
Japan$10,107,593$11,248,748$12,975,084$19,591,471$14,570,601$21,139,185$22,708,543
Jordan $509$3,367 $14,234$7,794 
Kazakhstan$25,482  $8,985$7,452  
Kenya   $562$263  
Korea, South$1,081,378$1,853,323$1,563,055$1,818,626$1,342,384$1,224,069$359,343
Kuwait $3,062$1,829$90,460   
Latvia$21,392$8,822$19,802$11,645$4,433$288$534
Lebanon$3,000$2,620$9,941$2,024$825$438$63
Lithuania  $1,960 $209$952$855
Luxembourg$14$1,422$1,053$517$1,318$4,309$1,444
Macau$503,816$662,570$1,187,866$883,166$1,052,253$1,626,831 
Macedonia  $10,310 $3,285  
Madagascar     $171 
Malaysia$4,063,269$4,081,998$6,250,389$5,032,357$4,258,792$4,945,076$6,139,304
Malta$2,461 $2,138$1,533$157$2,013 
Mauritania $5,987     
Mauritius$8,004$8,282$19,260$25,181$437$2,024$14,789
Mayotte  $147    
Mexico$3$27,998$17,715$70,626$47,596$36,267$14,385
Mongolia$1,279$1,543$1,102    
Morocco$4,982$228$201$875 $41 
Mozambique  $10    
Namibia$352$199$83$969   
Nepal    $2,838$6,229 
Netherlands$433,866$354,276$436,462$393,421$311,057$306,253 
Netherlands Antilles  $31$26   
New Caledonia $127     
New Zealand$47,578$26,831$24,715$18,677$55,923$68,032$78,725
Nicaragua  $34    
Niger $173 $7,528$52 $190
Nigeria    $37,314  
Norway$82,430$3,991$6,999$12,183$18,018$13,779$11,108
Oman$1,620$179 $2,577 $1,040 
Pakistan$38,365$8,067$11,998$61,976$81,705$36,568$43,528
Panama    $1,481$8,130$62,419
Paraguay$3,689$1,890$960$3,780 $5,292 
Peru$5,935$2,496$3,692$255$20,715$3,720$28,689
Philippines$327$5,698$49,559$246,341$206,177$85,967$71,853
Poland$1,269,084$198,340$4,203,627$598,599$757,140$55,898$67,979
Portugal$36,819$18,120$17,059$79,195$47,501$72,439$72,136
Qatar$2,516 $1,498$226 $659 
Romania$11,144$7,083$20,506$16,536$11,526$13,516$6,281
Russia$92,119$111,012$83,795$90,460$67,702$138,522$35,562
Saint Kitts and Nevis  $90$1,040   
Saint Lucia$529$60$829    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$156$2,617$1,511 $3,838$3,027 
Saudi Arabia$194,997$176,034$233,270  $937,601 
Senegal $203 $2,043$242  
Serbia$4,083$6,742$6,591  $49,605 
Seychelles$299 $112$30   
Singapore$6,585,235$7,028,694$8,476,631$5,921,529$7,634,742$10,120,153$11,824,870
Slovakia    $613$329$99
Slovenia$2,904 $100$9,326   
South Africa$31,764$56,442$45,133$51,152$111,332$96,668$104,213
Spain$433,752$612,812$499,844$682,056$928,985$541,400 
Sri Lanka  $2 $587  
Sudan$84$2,273     
Swaziland$1,721$97$43    
Sweden$68,181$32,063$853,109$324,985$107,351$38,400$22,355
Switzerland$833,600$792,515$1,337,375$1,523,439$97,326$100,336$4,295,557
Syria   $546,502 $649 
Tanzania $205   $292$1,381
Thailand$70,914$73,206$161,011$44,926$109,712$186,504$424,840
Tonga     $12 
Trinidad and Tobago$32    $3,043 
Tunisia $78$33,943$16,434   
Turkey$22,979$55,308$37,409$50,961$18,220$88,228$115,271
Uganda$1,349   $3  
Ukraine$46,153$101,986$49,529$46,360$100,411$42,224$37,500
United Arab Emirates$67,041 $98,746$5,861   
United Kingdom$1,014,927$967,274$1,016,917$798,790$1,134,100$4,023,135$9,846,378
United States$19,116,631$32,685,692$25,662,560$18,146,208$16,066,310$17,111,509$22,041,938
Uruguay $384$1,133 $1,509  
Venezuela$98,682$68,872$140,844$93,563$94,510$163,990$212,117
Vietnam$439,749$691,503$741,395$654,469$624,712$811,150 
Yemen   $25,072$40,560 $41,319
Zambia  $38  $34 
Zimbabwe $81$152 $76$137