| Rank | Country | Imports of Agar-agar in USD (2010) |
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| 1 | Japan | $34,376,118 |  | | 2 | United States | $25,943,637 |  | | 3 | Germany | $16,118,253 |  | | 4 | Spain | $8,842,250 |  | | 5 | Thailand | $8,146,505 |  | | 6 | France | $7,534,008 |  | | 7 | United Kingdom | $6,742,725 |  | | 8 | Russia | $6,084,402 |  | | 9 | Malaysia | $4,637,324 |  | | 10 | Poland | $3,823,897 |  | | 11 | Indonesia | $3,305,460 |  | | 12 | Ukraine | $2,875,014 |  | | 13 | India | $2,475,834 |  | | 14 | China | $2,350,889 |  | | 15 | Mexico | $2,145,355 |  | | 16 | Turkey | $2,095,345 |  | | 17 | Belgium | $1,916,972 |  | | 18 | Denmark | $1,821,125 |  | | 19 | Canada | $1,754,912 |  | | 20 | Brazil | $1,401,755 |  | | 21 | Austria | $1,259,706 |  | | 22 | Netherlands | $1,251,526 |  | | 23 | Korea, South | $1,160,403 |  | | 24 | Serbia | $971,937 |  | | 25 | Switzerland | $894,356 |  | | 26 | Australia | $873,547 |  | | 27 | Argentina | $781,644 |  | | 28 | Singapore | $735,574 |  | | 29 | Iran | $709,802 |  | | 30 | Chile | $659,448 |  | | 31 | Belarus | $656,600 |  | | 32 | Lithuania | $464,453 |  | | 33 | Egypt | $382,424 |  | | 34 | Estonia | $344,215 |  | | 35 | South Africa | $322,358 |  | | 36 | Croatia | $287,286 |  | | 37 | Pakistan | $282,334 |  | | 38 | Finland | $256,452 |  | | 39 | Armenia | $253,881 |  | | 40 | Israel | $244,000 |  | | 41 | Greece | $238,029 |  | | 42 | Portugal | $234,895 |  | | 43 | Vietnam | $232,390 |  | | 44 | Sweden | $196,591 |  | | 45 | Norway | $196,387 |  | | 46 | Czech Republic | $177,960 |  | | 47 | Saudi Arabia | $175,200 |  | | 48 | Algeria | $172,202 |  | | 49 | Mauritius | $167,610 |  | | 50 | Bulgaria | $160,603 |  | | 51 | Slovakia | $152,880 |  | | 52 | Slovenia | $130,827 |  | | 53 | Morocco | $130,761 |  | | 54 | Hungary | $122,000 |  | | 55 | Ireland | $120,937 |  | | 56 | New Zealand | $107,384 |  | | 57 | Colombia | $104,618 |  | | 58 | Venezuela | $102,175 |  | | 59 | Iceland | $99,272 |  | | 60 | Tunisia | $97,790 |  | | 61 | Romania | $97,144 |  | | 62 | Malta | $69,766 |  | | 63 | Ecuador | $62,558 |  | | 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $61,797 |  | | 65 | Moldova | $58,660 |  | | 66 | Syria | $55,284 |  | | 67 | Costa Rica | $52,037 |  | | 68 | Fiji | $51,866 |  | | 69 | Georgia | $45,373 |  | | 70 | Peru | $44,338 |  | | 71 | Kenya | $43,730 |  | | 72 | Hong Kong | $43,112 |  | | 73 | Latvia | $43,035 |  | | 74 | Philippines | $42,041 |  | | 75 | Maldives | $40,244 |  | | 76 | Yemen | $39,823 |  | | 77 | Jordan | $37,401 |  | | 78 | French Polynesia | $36,303 |  | | 79 | Guatemala | $30,151 |  | | 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | $28,288 |  | | 81 | Albania | $27,157 |  | | 82 | Paraguay | $26,355 |  | | 83 | Qatar | $19,207 |  | | 84 | Sri Lanka | $17,421 |  | | 85 | Nigeria | $15,912 |  | | 86 | Nepal | $14,746 |  | | 87 | Ghana | $13,026 |  | | 88 | Ethiopia | $12,568 |  | | 89 | Bahrain | $12,081 |  | | 90 | Lebanon | $10,304 |  | | 91 | New Caledonia | $9,966 |  | | 92 | Madagascar | $9,429 |  | | 93 | Tanzania | $8,768 |  | | 94 | Uganda | $7,678 |  | | 95 | Luxembourg | $7,438 |  | | 96 | Samoa | $6,692 |  | | 97 | Mozambique | $6,141 |  | | 98 | Dominican Republic | $5,202 |  | | 99 | El Salvador | $4,868 |  | | 100 | Cote d'Ivoire | $3,840 |  | | 101 | Azerbaijan | $3,644 |  | | 102 | Zimbabwe | $3,336 |  | | 103 | Oman | $3,313 |  | | 104 | Jamaica | $3,251 |  | | 105 | Cambodia | $2,964 |  | | 106 | Barbados | $2,171 |  | | 107 | Bolivia | $1,970 |  | | 108 | Senegal | $1,886 |  | | 109 | Nicaragua | $1,226 |  | | 110 | Zambia | $1,062 |  | | 111 | Cameroon | $1,009 |  | | 112 | Panama | $815 |  | | 113 | Bhutan | $813 |  | | 114 | Antigua and Barbuda | $794 |  | | 115 | Bahamas, The | $465 |  | | 116 | Guyana | $464 |  | | 117 | Cyprus | $409 |  | | 118 | Belize | $379 |  | | 119 | Niger | $309 |  | | 120 | Botswana | $215 |  | | 121 | Suriname | $195 |  | | 122 | Bermuda | $180 |  | | 123 | Malawi | $58 |  | | 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $18 |  |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| 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 | |
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