RankCountryImports of Agar-agar in USD (2010)
1Japan$34,376,118
2United States$25,943,637
3Germany$16,118,253
4Spain$8,842,250
5Thailand$8,146,505
6France$7,534,008
7United Kingdom$6,742,725
8Russia$6,084,402
9Malaysia$4,637,324
10Poland$3,823,897
11Indonesia$3,305,460
12Ukraine$2,875,014
13India$2,475,834
14China$2,350,889
15Mexico$2,145,355
16Turkey$2,095,345
17Belgium$1,916,972
18Denmark$1,821,125
19Canada$1,754,912
20Brazil$1,401,755
21Austria$1,259,706
22Netherlands$1,251,526
23Korea, South$1,160,403
24Serbia$971,937
25Switzerland$894,356
26Australia$873,547
27Argentina$781,644
28Singapore$735,574
29Iran$709,802
30Chile$659,448
31Belarus$656,600
32Lithuania$464,453
33Egypt$382,424
34Estonia$344,215
35South Africa$322,358
36Croatia$287,286
37Pakistan$282,334
38Finland$256,452
39Armenia$253,881
40Israel$244,000
41Greece$238,029
42Portugal$234,895
43Vietnam$232,390
44Sweden$196,591
45Norway$196,387
46Czech Republic$177,960
47Saudi Arabia$175,200
48Algeria$172,202
49Mauritius$167,610
50Bulgaria$160,603
51Slovakia$152,880
52Slovenia$130,827
53Morocco$130,761
54Hungary$122,000
55Ireland$120,937
56New Zealand$107,384
57Colombia$104,618
58Venezuela$102,175
59Iceland$99,272
60Tunisia$97,790
61Romania$97,144
62Malta$69,766
63Ecuador$62,558
64Bosnia and Herzegovina$61,797
65Moldova$58,660
66Syria$55,284
67Costa Rica$52,037
68Fiji$51,866
69Georgia$45,373
70Peru$44,338
71Kenya$43,730
72Hong Kong$43,112
73Latvia$43,035
74Philippines$42,041
75Maldives$40,244
76Yemen$39,823
77Jordan$37,401
78French Polynesia$36,303
79Guatemala$30,151
80Trinidad and Tobago$28,288
81Albania$27,157
82Paraguay$26,355
83Qatar$19,207
84Sri Lanka$17,421
85Nigeria$15,912
86Nepal$14,746
87Ghana$13,026
88Ethiopia$12,568
89Bahrain$12,081
90Lebanon$10,304
91New Caledonia$9,966
92Madagascar$9,429
93Tanzania$8,768
94Uganda$7,678
95Luxembourg$7,438
96Samoa$6,692
97Mozambique$6,141
98Dominican Republic$5,202
99El Salvador$4,868
100Cote d'Ivoire$3,840
101Azerbaijan$3,644
102Zimbabwe$3,336
103Oman$3,313
104Jamaica$3,251
105Cambodia$2,964
106Barbados$2,171
107Bolivia$1,970
108Senegal$1,886
109Nicaragua$1,226
110Zambia$1,062
111Cameroon$1,009
112Panama$815
113Bhutan$813
114Antigua and Barbuda$794
115Bahamas, The$465
116Guyana$464
117Cyprus$409
118Belize$379
119Niger$309
120Botswana$215
121Suriname$195
122Bermuda$180
123Malawi$58
124Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$18
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$649$3,633$2,918 $290$27,157$47
Algeria$88,331$30,636$36,576$101,041$77,406$172,202$32,930
Antigua and Barbuda$2,878$1,072$4,159 $4,685$794$89
Argentina$696,168$574,898$324,460$719,459$539,381$781,644$1,260,357
Armenia$63,039$67,149$153,105$278,141$210,444$253,881$304,226
Australia$507,323$646,699$783,247$877,913$1,045,406$873,547$924,735
Austria$699,390$860,368$1,716,520$1,172,008$1,150,154$1,259,706 
Azerbaijan$16,000  $26,637 $3,644$24,050
Bahamas, The $927 $352 $465$354
Bahrain$18,654$14,096$41,792$16,872$38,799$12,081$39,684
Bangladesh$37,674$47,912$88,125    
Barbados$1,798$49$2,708$1,588$1,790$2,171$4,208
Belarus$320,900$249,400$392,100$716,800$609,900$656,600$962,000
Belgium$682,780$1,056,759$1,320,415$1,672,069$1,813,936$1,916,972$2,326,265
Belize $80$174$154$164$379 
Benin$2,377$4,286     
Bermuda     $180 
Bhutan $17$67$11$251$813 
Bolivia$2,206$1,633$2,286$1,541$1,540$1,970$3,042
Bosnia and Herzegovina$108,156$77,804$97,011$113,429$62,010$61,797$49,702
Botswana$1,018$1,331$1,508$162$198$215$1,075
Brazil$504,900$1,142,977$1,333,329$1,238,855$1,425,702$1,401,755$1,593,776
Brunei $124,841     
Bulgaria$99,084$113,201$162,797$245,735$124,253$160,603$79,359
Burkina Faso  $150$668   
Burundi    $4,399  
Cambodia $12,376$1,796 $750$2,964 
Cameroon$2,962 $710$7,598$8,575$1,009 
Canada$1,509,195$2,668,109$2,341,489$1,689,986$1,666,640$1,754,912$2,097,243
Cape Verde $3,218 $233   
Chile$234,571$277,657$274,520$502,968$739,041$659,448$2,386,528
China$1,382,036$2,451,921$1,502,980$1,159,081$1,824,743$2,350,889$3,746,775
Colombia$31,395$45,516$47,641$55,782$136,041$104,618$100,260
Costa Rica$65,669$77,479$114,664$98,193$59,648$52,037$73,516
Cote d'Ivoire$13,495$1,675$5,240$68,147$4,900$3,840$9,955
Croatia$353,257$368,471$441,794$427,850$307,937$287,286$317,119
Cuba$81,389$94,023     
Cyprus$1,187$1,681$228 $2,520$409$932
Czech Republic$209,816$271,230$391,644$345,403$327,178$177,960$394,409
Denmark$2,201,659$2,165,362$2,900,294$1,711,098$1,501,770$1,821,125$2,561,609
Dominica    $2,074  
Dominican Republic   $94$546$5,202$1,138
East Timor$1,310      
Ecuador$3,747$6,296$3,625$37,078$60,602$62,558$73,299
Egypt$75,147$254,619$254,515$294,156$220,070$382,424$438,969
El Salvador$135$2,119  $717$4,868 
Estonia$268,786$415,294$313,678$279,164$137,189$344,215$535,039
Ethiopia$7,898$4,467$5,418$31,683$6,811$12,568$49,615
Faroe Islands$86$689$314$607$457  
Fiji$14,910$21,533$27,003$32,317$19,259$51,866 
Finland$180,854$188,717$282,101$216,495$223,274$256,452$235,142
France$3,276,171$3,364,868$4,886,190$4,765,267$5,068,818$7,534,008$8,932,952
French Polynesia$41,607$19,858$49,976$42,572$49,993$36,303$33,871
Gabon  $788 $375,929  
Gambia, The$385  $45   
Georgia$1,854$32,906$29,038$66,287$61,890$45,373 
Germany$12,327,000$17,911,000$17,106,000$12,599,000$10,412,000$16,118,253$18,612,689
Ghana$3,209$20,193$8,335$9,337$12,823$13,026$17,891
Greece$234,083$383,589$306,611$200,600$270,305$238,029$387,160
Greenland$130$24,609$21    
Grenada $754     
Guatemala$66,072$231,982$17,434$19,974$98,497$30,151$154,098
Guyana$1,253$287$430$419$680$464$1,147
Honduras$436$179  $792  
Hong Kong$215,580$207,501$156,146$218,230$167,335$43,112$147,958
Hungary$203,000$179,000$249,000$111,000 $122,000$185,000
Iceland$114,334$66,448$92,513$118,361$143,208$99,272$76,005
India$1,592,841$2,899,376$2,973,723$2,315,841$2,385,814$2,475,834$3,446,228
Indonesia$502,188$761,601$898,684$994,889$1,070,989$3,305,460$3,742,545
Iran$237,430$117,248   $709,802 
Ireland$287,244$94,174$298,783$967,776$202,176$120,937$378,452
Israel$308,000$389,000$341,000$436,000$347,000$244,000$296,000
Jamaica$14,099$13,756$16,020$6,807$7,548$3,251 
Japan$62,605,814$55,405,397$38,458,638$38,602,003$32,974,231$34,376,118$39,804,916
Jordan$2,955$3,121$2,659$4,357$11,890$37,401$2,849
Kazakhstan$422,082$939,881$577,024$921,783$976,872  
Kenya$25,735$6,953$60,630$24,383$14,304$43,730 
Korea, South$1,116,989$1,732,979$1,404,222$1,111,920$603,012$1,160,403$1,193,820
Kuwait $9,609$23,849$6,252   
Kyrgyzstan$12,675  $24,180$480  
Latvia$14,100$65,647$66,403$42,066$78,491$43,035$109,545
Lebanon$13,000$17,721$2,249$8,861$3,639$10,304$1,267
Lesotho   $273,569   
Lithuania$173,157$495,640$423,419$354,031$435,713$464,453$540,680
Luxembourg$4,810$4,664$2,464$1,961$29,997$7,438$10,568
Macau$5,254$9,178$13,250$11,754$12,522  
Macedonia$161,501$193,644$218,162$316,091$165,415 $305,473
Madagascar$6,560$1,843$1,105$9,635$4,471$9,429 
Malawi   $225 $58$354
Malaysia$2,528,335$6,513,744$5,519,111$5,107,803$4,508,455$4,637,324$6,780,901
Maldives$28,342$20,616$37,804$33,726$29,405$40,244$17,933
Mali $13,328     
Malta$180,953$147,289$208,149$106,470$145$69,766 
Mauritania      $182
Mauritius$204,373$233,797$326,366$324,730$229,758$167,610$260,903
Mayotte $29$32 $965  
Mexico$611,062$896,279$1,211,446$793,263$1,755,780$2,145,355$2,232,472
Moldova$16,181$192,295$52,015$97,927$135,076$58,660$163,141
Mongolia$854$1,383     
Montenegro $4,041$3,479$165$160 $220
Morocco$17,997$208,131$611,139$30,784$79,074$130,761 
Mozambique$3,477$3,714$1,194$2,264$1,586$6,141$1,000
Namibia$4 $4,063$1,052   
Nepal    $15,217$14,746 
Netherlands$1,061,667$1,049,009$1,071,940$1,896,377$1,270,730$1,251,526 
New Caledonia$694$4,956$5,030$3,480$5,867$9,966$8,325
New Zealand$86,878$175,597$230,143$367,899$132,695$107,384$102,119
Nicaragua$6,280$12,873$18,337$10,526$2,534$1,226$16,311
Niger $65$3,211$248 $309$24
Nigeria  $16,767  $15,912 
Norway$195,019$222,378$212,816$303,169$128,524$196,387$269,045
Oman$4,320$19,066$91,862$15,027$45,199$3,313 
Pakistan$85,349$127,856$217,641$193,450$347,863$282,334$385,212
Panama$250$562$4,723$313$17,761$815$65,886
Paraguay$19,894$40,775$41,352$28,279$52,118$26,355$83,016
Peru$59,933$77,687$56,111$49,765$25,051$44,338$44,666
Philippines$42,117$52,887$93,920$70,983$60,697$42,041$85,599
Poland$3,400,274$4,687,645$3,745,663$4,882,761$4,102,493$3,823,897$4,440,631
Portugal$749,432$212,269$1,266,452$916,705$338,316$234,895$161,945
Qatar$174,003$15,752$8,786$1,765 $19,207 
Romania$68,894$61,985$144,528$116,232$69,291$97,144$97,894
Russia$1,767,887$3,903,204$3,754,000$7,257,919$4,962,633$6,084,402$7,078,302
Saint Kitts and Nevis$627$1,672     
Saint Lucia$1,662$987$1,357$1,989   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  $1,553$186 $18 
Samoa $461$662$187$1,081$6,692$713
Saudi Arabia$28,823$33,092$132,650  $175,200 
Senegal$969$370  $209$1,886 
Serbia$1,019,364$1,228,942$1,257,974$1,549,040$902,386$971,937$1,148,368
Seychelles$2,453$759$2,680    
Singapore$854,644$1,014,371$1,130,328$920,572$939,736$735,574$1,290,140
Slovakia$78,093$189,043$192,414$220,145$211,368$152,880$168,750
Slovenia$158,056$89,822$159,432$94,405$157,289$130,827$160,451
South Africa$348,427$499,068$408,157$248,578$289,567$322,358$321,114
Spain$3,803,689$5,831,187$5,103,751$4,234,872$3,697,601$8,842,250 
Sri Lanka$11,754$9,612$24,815$18,208$17,682$17,421$30,926
Sudan $333$274    
Suriname     $195 
Swaziland$449,230$267,214$255    
Sweden$297,504$190,341$193,949$317,441$225,765$196,591$319,447
Switzerland$436,577$762,112$402,584$669,708$536,288$894,356$580,272
Syria $95,383   $55,284 
Tanzania$2,921$21,187$1,226$1,945$2,333$8,768$15,031
Thailand$6,239,185$6,866,323$8,192,334$8,556,493$6,912,498$8,146,505$7,922,882
Trinidad and Tobago$44,205$33,487$28,919$23,542$15,746$28,288 
Tunisia$4,208$73,792$86,572$118,876$71,728$97,790 
Turkey$720,214$1,158,645$1,605,891$1,588,610$1,803,506$2,095,345$3,112,957
Uganda $467$2,637$3,049$4,155$7,678 
Ukraine$1,881,020$1,841,582$2,049,574$2,717,390$2,782,622$2,875,014$3,160,304
United Arab Emirates$113,482 $315,242$205,307   
United Kingdom$3,529,272$6,150,254$7,799,058$7,005,835$5,021,310$6,742,725$7,428,472
United States$19,860,364$24,028,178$29,309,589$29,873,897$25,306,867$25,943,637$29,465,670
Uruguay$156,782$232,528$252,456$278,778$295,792  
Venezuela$8,258$82,550$111,920$164,863$73,916$102,175$346,210
Vietnam$61,564$73,480$692,273$101,242$126,235$232,390 
Yemen$4,109$19,030$15,660$17,948$25,219$39,823$15,101
Zambia$17,471$2,396$1,456$965$485$1,062 
Zimbabwe$79$4,103$134$926$3,007$3,336